Re: question

["John H. Kim" <jokim@MIT.EDU>]

Don Whiteside wrote:
>
> What do people think is a reasonable market price for a 750 mono with 12M
> ram, dinged up cosmetically but functional and with almost 1 yr left on warr?
 
I just sold mine (same config with less warranty) for about $650.
I had no idea what it was worth so I did a DejaNews search for other
mono 486s offered for sale:

PB    486??/33  12/200 w/modem          $950
LTE   486DX2/50 12/250 2.5 yr warranty  $899
Lxmrk 486SLC/25  4/130 w/modem          $750
LTE   486??/25  20/250                  $730
TP350 486SX/25  12/250 w/modem          $700
Aero  486SX/25   4/170                  $625
Sharp 486DX/33   4/124                  $600
PB    486??/33   4/200                  $600
Twnhd 486??/33   4/200                  $575
Mdwst 486SX/25   2/120                  $550
Cntra 486??/25   4/125 w/modem          $500
Lxmrk 486SLC2/50 4/170                  $475
Lxmrk 486SLC/25  4/120                  $430
Lxmrk 486SLC/25  4/80  w/modem          $300

Keep in mind the SLC processors are 16-bit external bus.

Robert Dewar wrote:
>
> Very low, perhaps a few hundred dollars no more. If you look these days,
> you can buy quite nice color notebooks brand new for about $1000.
> You can't buy mono notebooks at all any more.

No insult intended to Robert, but he's had every top of the line
Thinkpad to play with ever since this list started.  I don't give much
weight to his opinion on the value of the low end models. 

Mono offers a couple advantages that may be attractive to a buyer:
Longer battery life, better visibility in sunlight, lower repair
costs should the LCD break (not really a factor if it's still under
warranty), etc.

One last note, I noticed most of the offers I got were my asking price
minus $100, both the first time I posted the forsale, and the second
time at a different price.  The first time was while school was in
session.  I asked $800 and got almost a dozen offers for $700.  The
second time was during the summer and I asked $700.  I got one offer
for $650, a couple for $600, and one for $590.  If you can wait, I'd
suggest selling it once school starts, add $100 to what you want to
get, and post.  :)
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