Hardware For Sale/Trade

This really breaks my heart. All of these items just going to scrap.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SGI-Silicon-Gra ... 25819efc19

The craigslist link at the bottom -> http://baltimore.ebayclassifieds.com/co ... z2cJgWfv8f

Looks like he wants $28k.

If he'd part it out I'd make the ~3 hour drive down to him and could pick up some items if some folks wanted it. I just don't have much storage space in my town house.

Yeah, these big lots break my heart.

If the scrap value of an Onyx2 is > $300 then there must be more gold in my computer systems than in my wife's jewelry box

jan-jaap wrote: If the scrap value of an Onyx2 is > $300 then there must be more gold in my computer systems than in my wife's jewelry box

It's never too late to swap'em

jan-jaap wrote: If the scrap value of an Onyx2 is > $300 then there must be more gold in my computer systems than in my wife's jewelry box

Not a chance that is worth $300 in scrap. Maybe $30. He used too many zeros. I have been offered Onyx like that for $50 from actual big recyclers in the past. They know exactly what it is worth in scrap. The labor involved scrapping stuff like this quickly kills the profit margin. If you;ve ever taken an Onyx completely apart you know it's not a ten minute job.

jan-jaap wrote: If the scrap value of an Onyx2 is > $300 then there must be more gold in my computer systems than in my wife's jewelry box

leaknoil wrote: Not a chance that is worth $300 in scrap. Maybe $30.

Sounds right. When I had to scrap my Onyx Deskside (RE²) I got $8 or $10.
It had a bad Dallas chip, pinstripe of death, and then the graphics gave out completely -- serial console still worked.

This is what you get with dealers. Have no real idea of the value so they keep pushing a pretty ridiculous figure and won't budge on the price after months of not selling. Finally when they can't wait any longer instead of dropping the price they assume nobody is interested and send it out for gold extraction.

What's the matter? Your ego can't live with selling cheaper than you think it is?

pentium wrote: What's the matter? Your ego can't live with selling cheaper than you think it is?

They are crazy ... but it is not just in dumb stuff like old computers. Currently we are getting jerked around by some lying little pillar of the community finance assholes on a $400,000 gear shaper.

The problem is, when the job creators have all the money the "laws of suppy and demand" no longer apply. If you don't need the money, then you'd rather sit on an overpriced pile of crap forever than sell it at a reasonable price. In fact, if you don't need the money you'd rather scrap useful items than sell them for what they are worth. That reduces the supply and keeps the "value" artifecally high.

It's time to bring out the guillotines. Congress needs to take a ride in the tumbrels. We can't afford the Social Security which people paid into all their lives but we have enough money to bomb Syria because it's our duty to protect the world from tyranny. I would personally like to thank the Bitch Caucus for their oft-flaunted concern for us little people.

You know that NRA rant about protecting the people from the gubmint ? Well .....