Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!UCONNVM.BITNET!SEWALL From: SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: problem Message-ID: <8904231937.aa29700@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Date: 23 Apr 89 21:07:06 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 28 >>The going rate for a //c WITH Imagewriter printer, monitor, and software is >>on the order of $600.... >> >You make your point, but I think that figure on the going price for a IIc >is a bit low. I recently sold my IIc to family who wanted "a computer for >the kids," and they paid $1500 for my system, which had all you mention (color >monitor) plus a 3.5" external drive. I think anyone should be able to >get more than $600 for a decent IIc system. Call 47th Street Computer in New York and ask about a (brand new) //c with monochrome monitor and Imagewriter (clone) printer. Why pay more for used than new costs? You can exploit ignorance I suppose, but our local "want ad" neighborhood freebie paper carries ads for personal sales of Apple systems routinely. Anyone who pays more than $1,000 for a basic system isn't paying attention. With Color Monitor //c, add $200, with extra disk drive, add $100. I'd say you made about $500 more than the careful family would have spent (must be nice to sell to the affluent :-) So, why the complaints about how much Apple charges????? 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)