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From: jamesd@percival.UUCP (James Deibele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.wanted
Subject: Re: I do not have a blue book for used IBM PC's.  Do you?
Summary: Sybex publishes one
Message-ID: <1354@percival.UUCP>
Date: 6 Sep 88 02:24:34 GMT
References: <15625@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> <8757@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: jamesd@percival.UUCP (James Deibele)
Organization: Percy's UNIX, Portland, OR.
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In article <8757@cup.portal.com> bcase@cup.portal.com writes:
>Re:  market prices for used computers

Sybex publishes a blue book in conjunction with the National Association
of Computer Dealers, whoever they might be.  They come out twice a year
and a new one is about due.  I have utterly no idea how the prices compare
with reality, but they do a fair job of covering the market.

The problem is that there doesn't seem to be any good way of
assigning value to clones.  I have an XT and an AT bought from
a local dealer with a good reputation, but neither of them have a nameplate
on the front.  "No name" to the nth degree!  How do you put a value on these
types of machines, especially if you're not an experienced technician who can
speak Chinese?  Got me...


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