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victoral
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Reply #15 on: October 04, 2010, 00:01
We'll It didn't sell (big "surprise" :-( ) but I put it on bid and its starting price is $150.00. Maybe this will have better luck, but I don't think it will sell well anyway. People aren't buying or collecting nostalgia anymore ... sigh :-(. As for my motifs for selling, I'm saving up to buy myself a new power mac g5, for use as my professional workhorse for movie editing in final cut and Photoshoping, and some 3D rendering among other things. |
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #16 on: October 04, 2010, 00:15
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That's fine and all... there's no need to start multiple threads about the same thing. I still say you should think more in the $20 range for a starting price, and let the price rise naturally through bidding. That is, after all, what an auction is supposed to be.
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Anonymous Freak
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32 MB Posts: 37
Reply #17 on: October 08, 2010, 07:42
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One trick to eBay that I've found is that for older potentially valuable, but only to a small audience, items, is to have one of two methods: List high, and keep re-listing until it sells. This may take *MONTHS*. List *REALLY* low, and let a bidding war start. Obviously, this will only work if it will get even two bids; so you need to look at completed auctions that sold. Not current auctions, not unsold completed auctions, but ones that sold. Look at the prices of those. Unfortunately, there have been no 8600s or 9600s that have sold recently, so you'll just have to keep searching every so often to get a good gauge. I see a few 7300s, 7600s, and beige G3s, but all of those sold for $30-$60. While an 8600 may have a little more value than those, it's likely not going to be *THAT* much more value, so if you really want to make over $100 for it, "list high and keep re-listing" is about the only way it's going to happen.
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gillham
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16 MB Posts: 30
Reply #18 on: October 13, 2010, 23:41
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Starting very low and letting the item go through a normal auction typical sells better. If you check completed you will occasionally see things go via auction for more than another item that didn't sell but had a slightly lower Buy It Now price. If you don't want to sell it too cheaply use a reserve price if you have to, but usually you will have more activity with a $0.99 starting price than $50. On the other hand that system probably would sell better as a fast System 7 machine than a slow MacOS 9 system. People looking for 9.x have a lot better/cheap/faster options, but if properly presented as one of the fastest available System 7 machines you might get somewhere. I have a PowerMac 9600/350. I believe it is the fastest (stock) System 7.6.1 machine available. That has some value versus just being a slower MacOS 9 system.
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bd1308
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128 MB Posts: 198 
Reply #19 on: November 07, 2010, 23:44
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One of these days, I'd love to get a 9500. If you ever decide to sell yours, let me know.
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mac2geezer
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64 MB Posts: 68
Reply #20 on: November 08, 2010, 05:19
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If what you really want is a 9600 instead of a 9500, here's a bunch of them: http://68kmla.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=14589 Dirt cheap or free.
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bd1308
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128 MB Posts: 198
Reply #21 on: November 08, 2010, 20:23
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Thank you for the link. I'd love to have one or two of these systems, especially with the radeon 7000 
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victoral
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32 MB Posts: 43
Reply #22 on: November 11, 2010, 01:52
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It sold! For $50 bucks but sold and at least I got something out of it!
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