Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: problem Message-ID: <8904211113.aa12379@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 21 Apr 89 15:34:14 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 30 > instead of waiting for the axe from Apple, and since I am weary >of the "limitations" of my machine imagined or otherwise, I indevored to >sell my Apple IIGS with 1.5 meg ram, printer, 20 meg hard drive and mucho >software. The problem is, that I cannot seem to find a buyer. I have tried >my local paper, and campus..nobody wants it. Do you think the problem could >be my asking price of $3000? "Previously owned" computers like used cars are worth about half what you paid for them the minute you take them home. It's interesting that you expect to get so much for a machine you find "limited." Most people reading a newspaper ad will expect the asking price to be negotiable (unless the ad says "firm"), BUT if the price they're willing to pay is half what you're asking, most also will assume you're unlikely to negotiate that far. The going rate for a //c WITH Imagewriter printer, monitor, and software is on the order of $600. Is a IIgs worth $2,400 more (those that think so probably will buy a new one from an Apple dealer)? Readers of "for sale" ads are more likely to want "a computer for the kids," and under $1,000 is what most have in mind. Murph Sewall Vaporware? ---> [Gary Larson returns 1/1/90] Prof. of Marketing Sewall@UConnVM.BITNET Business School sewall%uconnvm.bitnet@mitvma.mit.edu [INTERNET] U of Connecticut {psuvax1 or mcvax }!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL [UUCP] (203) 486-5246 [FAX] (203) 486-2489 [PHONE] 41 49N 72 15W [ICBM] -+- I don't speak for my employer, though I frequently wish that I could (subject to change without notice; void where prohibited)