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From: jfr@locus.com (Jon Rosen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: ***FOR SALE***  MacPlus
Message-ID: <19153@oolong.la.locus.com>
Date: 5 Nov 90 21:17:35 GMT
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Organization: Locus Computing Corp, Los Angeles
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Regarding $800 for MacPlus with external 800K floppy...
Sorry to say this guy, but that ain't a competitive
price anymore...
Just four weeks ago B4 the new announcements, several
local shops were selling NEW pluses for $650... Add
$150 for an external floppy and the only value-added
you have is the software... And the new stuff comes
with a full one year warranty...
The Mac Classic is now street pricing in LA for about
$799 with a Superdrive (1.4M floppy) and the new
512K Rom... And its video is a bit faster than the plus.
My best guess on a used MacPlus right now is about
$350 tops plus about $75 for the external drive...
Sounds brutal, but hey, everyone wanted Apple to reduce
their prices and they did... can't complain about it now.
Just as an aside, I spent $1700 on an original Mac 128K
and have added about $800 to upgrade it with a SCSI,
800K drive, 128K ROM and 512K of memory... Best I can
get for my machine right now is about $250... So it \
has depreciated 90% ( I wish I could write it off...)
 
Sigh...

Jon Rosen