value in ancient computers like Commodore?

I would post every single one of them on ebay one at a time if your not hurting for the money right away. People will buy them for parts. So the ones you think arnt worth listing more times than not are. Just start your listing for scrap value plus 15% to cover ebay and paypal fees and let them pay for shipping. You might be surprised in the ammount you might get for one of them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-64...item1e697ab925
this one sold for $14.50 plus $15 shipping. That has to be at least double scrap value since they really only have one board in them that weight maybe a pound?

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

I would post every single one of them on ebay one at a time if your not hurting for the money right away. People will buy them for parts. So the ones you think arnt worth listing more times than not are. Just start your listing for scrap value plus 15% to cover ebay and paypal fees and let them pay for shipping. You might be surprised in the ammount you might get for one of them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-64...item1e697ab925
this one sold for $14.50 plus $15 shipping. That has to be at least double scrap value since they really only have one board in them that weight maybe a pound?

I would dis-agree with this listing method. I have an ebay account that I use for my other business where I part out "obsolete" merchandise. I find if you start with a low bid price, that is usually all you will get. You are dealing with merchandise that has a limited market, but is highly sought after / needed by those few, you need to take a different course. I use a 30 day listing and set a high buy it now price and I put a best offer button on the listing. This way you are giving it a perceived value and you are letting the buyer see that you know what you have. Many times, the buyer takes the items at my buy it now price without haggling. they don't want to take the chance that someone else will beat them to it. Most of the rest sells with a little haggling, but I control the price, not an auction where you might have only one bidder on something with such a limited audience. Just my 2 cents.

Originally Posted by Midnight

I would dis-agree with this listing method. I have an ebay account that I use for my other business where I part out "obsolete" merchandise. I find if you start with a low bid price, that is usually all you will get. You are dealing with merchandise that has a limited market, but is highly sought after / needed by those few, you need to take a different course. I use a 30 day listing and set a high buy it now price and I put a best offer button on the listing. This way you are giving it a perceived value and you are letting the buyer see that you know what you have. Many times, the buyer takes the items at my buy it now price without haggling. they don't want to take the chance that someone else will beat them to it. Most of the rest sells with a little haggling, but I control the price, not an auction where you might have only one bidder on something with such a limited audience. Just my 2 cents.

That's good advice. I do a lot of ebay - mostly auto parts - but I'm always underselling myself. Its great to get $10 for something I was going to drop in the scrap bin, but running that same piece at a $25 BIN and the Make Offer option might be worth trying. In the past I've been out for quick turnaround but maybe its time to slow down and let them come to me, so to speak.