Re: question

[Richard Chalk <rchalk@atl.mindspring.com>]

I have tried several times to sell high-end thinkpads on the internnet, and
the usual attitude seems to be that if it's 3 months old, and has been
replaced by a newer model, then it's worthless!

For example, I posted a 760CD Pentium 120, new, manufactured in March of
1996, and priced at $6500+ .  IBM has now announced the ED at $7,000, with
limited availability, and I get comments like "Who would want that obsolete
piece of junk???"

Excuse me?  I thought a P-120, with all the bells and whistles that come on
this machine would still be desirable at $1500 less than the 760ED, but the
best offer I got was $3500.

I think I'll try the local newspaper...

Richard


At 11:07 AM 7/18/96 -0500, you wrote:
>At 10:24 AM 7/18/96, John H. Kim wrote:
>
>>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.  :)
>
>Well, I tried selling my 701c recently (24/540, DX4), and I got offers from
>$900 to $1300, which I thought was ridiculous, so I kept it.
>
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