On 2/23/02 7:25 PM, "David Golden" <ikondave_at_charter.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
I got a few NiMH Batteries NIB from philly discounters. Quick shipping for
me, paid on Sunday night, recived it Wednesday morning, that's east to west
coast! :)
-Chris
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