Hilarious Ebay Auction

Doesn't seem worth it, you're looking at $75+ when you factor in shipping. It's only a P3 500MHz after all.
 
ian said:
I wouldnt take that piece of junk for free, let alone pay for it.
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I would take it if it was free....I would then get a baseball bat, and have some fun...(That's what I did with our old Win95 Machine...and the monitor)...man those monitors are pretty tough haha.
 
I search on eBay a lot for broken electronics... this isn't by far the worst I've seen. Most likely I would say it was a display model that some kid had fun with. Still perfectly salvageable.
 
:shrug: its ok for what it is. The shipping is ludicrous, but I can think of lots of uses for such a machine. I have less powerful rugs doing all sorts of stuff right now.
 
apj101 said:
:shrug: its ok for what it is. The shipping is ludicrous, but I can think of lots of uses for such a machine. I have less powerful rugs doing all sorts of stuff right now.
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I must say I don't agree with what ian said... I'd take it for free, but.... the description is ridiculous. The guy is quite the optimist.
 
JordanII said:
I must say I don't agree with what ian said... I'd take it for free, but.... the description is ridiculous. The guy is quite the optimist.
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Who isn't in auction discriptions? :P

I'd DEFINITELY take it for free. Heck, I've taken a 20MHz 486SX desktop in the year before... ahh... those few days before the ROM died :(
 
It really isn't that awful of a deal. A quick search of completed listings shows that the 7500 goes for at least $100, often $200 or more. You can get a keyboard for only $12 shipped, and a RAM cover for $9.50 shipped. A format and a windows reinstall later and it's good as new.

So $74 + $12 + $9.50 = $95.50

If you sell it for $200 (not an unreasonable expectation) then you make a quick $100 profit with minimal effort.

And yes, I know $200 is a lot for such an outdated notebook, but check for yourself, that is what it goes for. People are stupid when it comes to used laptop prices.
 
PohTayToez said:
It really isn't that awful of a deal. A quick search of completed listings shows that the 7500 goes for at least $100, often $200 or more. You can get a keyboard for only $12 shipped, and a RAM cover for $9.50 shipped. A format and a windows reinstall later and it's good as new.

So $74 + $12 + $9.50 = $95.50

If you sell it for $200 (not an unreasonable expectation) then you make a quick $100 profit with minimal effort.

And yes, I know $200 is a lot for such an outdated notebook, but check for yourself, that is what it goes for. People are stupid when it comes to used laptop prices.
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What about a battery and an adapter?
 
Ok, I overlooked that...

So $17 for the power supply and $25 for the battery brings it up to $137.50

$60 is still not an unreasonable profit.
 
PohTayToez said:
Ok, I overlooked that...

So $17 for the power supply and $25 for the battery brings it up to $137.50

$60 is still not an unreasonable profit.
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Dell sells Inspiron batteries for $150. Btw, didn't you forget to figure the shipping into all that?
 
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