[arachne] Used computers down under

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On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 09:56:26 +0930, Greg Mayman wrote:


> Apart from the fact that the money is already gone on the phone
> bill, and I can't spend it twice, I have asked around, looked
> around, and done just about everything I can think of, and the
> best prices for s/h comps are all in the hundreds of $.

> Anything that would be cheaper in the commercial market seems to
> be scrapped rather than resold, probably to protect their sales
> of newer and higher priced hardware.


Could it really be that different in Australia? Here in the USA
we are swiming in cheap used computers. They haul truckloads of
stuff to the dump everyday.

Every small town in Michigan where I live has at least one small
businessman making a living building and servicing systems for the
locals. My guy here in Croswell has a shelf with trade-ins and
odds and ends priced around $100 to  $150 or less. (the prices
asked on this shelf of old computers have drifted downward over the
years)

Currently he has a Pentium II 300 with 64 megs, 7.5 gig hd and a
56k modem for $150. And that's overpriced! He'll dicker and bargain
and probably let it go for a hundred and be happy to get something
for it.

A larger, more commercial shop wouldn't bother with this sort of
"obsolete" hardware at all. They just throw it out because it's not
worth the hassle. 

So you ought to be able to find something!








Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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