on 2/23/02 8:54 PM, Rui Curveira at rui_at_interlog.com wrote:
>
> HA!
> I think I was bidding against you! Hehe. I would be very interested in
> the condition etc. of your Newt when it arrives. I have had my eye on
> these guys for a while and they have been selling for very low prices
> (made me suspicious) How much did they ding you for shipping?
>
> Rui
>
> Alex wrote:
>
>> I've been looking on ebay at those 32meg memory cards, and
>> considering buying one... I also was gonna spring for an AA battery
>> tray from the local mac dealer, but when they told me is was $47.95
>> plus 15% tax (canadian dollars) for a piece of nice plastic, I
>> started thinking maybe another Nimh pack would be a better bet....
>>
>> so.... I happened accross a sale of an upgraded newt 2000, with 32
>> meg card, nimh batt, charger, and a 33.6 modem
>> I was expecting to pay $35 for the mem card, plus about $30 for the
>> battery, and I expect the 33.6 modem is worth about $15
>> but this whole package was only $105.00
>> That's like paying $25 for the upgraded newton!!!
>>
>> A steal, considering I just bought a mr2ndhand 2100 a few weeks ago
>> for $149, no 32 meg memory card, no 33.6 modem.
>>
>> Ok, so who is this person selling no reserve newts on ebay with the
>> extras and letting them go cheap like this? LOL. I got mine from
>> phillydiscounters, and let me just add that I havent got the unit
>> yet, and it's a crap shoot about condition afaik right now.
>> But hey, I thought I;d pass on the info to the list....
>> Looks like he may be more wise today, and has added some reserve, but
>> many ppl sell below the reserve anyway when the auction is over.
>>
Well, well -
I was bidding in that auction too. I couldn't resist. I did the same math as
Alex, and I just couldn't resist. Let us know how things turn out!
Dave
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