Here are my Hyperdrive photos.
Post some of your photos either at Flickr or Picasa. Shoot some of the machine on the outside too, as that will better determine the value of the system overall.
I got mine on EBAY over a year ago. I personally consider the purchase price "a steal" because Hyperdrives are almost impossible to find anywhere. Believe me, I've been on EBAY a long time, and I search the web for all things classic Mac, but that was the first Hyperdrive I'd seen for sale. And the machine was in very good condition, inside and out too. I had several people bidding against me, but I still walked away with it for $75 plus shipping. At the time, shipping to Japan cost me another $75 (surface). The timing was perfect because USPS stopped offering ocean shipping in May 2007. I've largely stopped bidding on EBAY since then too. Indeed, I doubt I'll ever buy another big machine. Air shipping is outrageous (what once would cost $75 by ocean now costs over $300 by freaking air).
So while this is my personal feeling, I honestly think Hyperdrives have value IF THEY WORK and if the host Mac is in good condition. I mean really. Who other than myself has announced (until today) they own a Hyperdrive? No one! I now have a fellow Hyperdrive owner on this site. Welcome to the Hyperdrive club! :b&w:
I would think around $500 to be about right for a Hyperdrive 20 Mac in good condition. That means the Mac can boot just fine off the Hyperdrive and there are no analog board problems and the external plastics are in good shape. That also assumes its a complete Mac with keyboard and mouse, also in good shape. And for that kind of money it would probably be good to include the original picaso white plastic disk case too, as well as a carrying case or yellow floppy disk insert -- a complete set. If you don't have a complete set, the valuation drops. Just look at prices on EBAY. Macs that don't include that white picaso box sell for less money. But for a Hyperdrive setup, those things are not the main selling point. So if you lack everything but the Mac, I still think a Hyperdrive Mac has value. It's just hard to put a dollar amount on it because these drives are so rare we don't have any online sales (except mine) to compare with!
Post some of your photos either at Flickr or Picasa. Shoot some of the machine on the outside too, as that will better determine the value of the system overall.
I got mine on EBAY over a year ago. I personally consider the purchase price "a steal" because Hyperdrives are almost impossible to find anywhere. Believe me, I've been on EBAY a long time, and I search the web for all things classic Mac, but that was the first Hyperdrive I'd seen for sale. And the machine was in very good condition, inside and out too. I had several people bidding against me, but I still walked away with it for $75 plus shipping. At the time, shipping to Japan cost me another $75 (surface). The timing was perfect because USPS stopped offering ocean shipping in May 2007. I've largely stopped bidding on EBAY since then too. Indeed, I doubt I'll ever buy another big machine. Air shipping is outrageous (what once would cost $75 by ocean now costs over $300 by freaking air).
So while this is my personal feeling, I honestly think Hyperdrives have value IF THEY WORK and if the host Mac is in good condition. I mean really. Who other than myself has announced (until today) they own a Hyperdrive? No one! I now have a fellow Hyperdrive owner on this site. Welcome to the Hyperdrive club! :b&w:
I would think around $500 to be about right for a Hyperdrive 20 Mac in good condition. That means the Mac can boot just fine off the Hyperdrive and there are no analog board problems and the external plastics are in good shape. That also assumes its a complete Mac with keyboard and mouse, also in good shape. And for that kind of money it would probably be good to include the original picaso white plastic disk case too, as well as a carrying case or yellow floppy disk insert -- a complete set. If you don't have a complete set, the valuation drops. Just look at prices on EBAY. Macs that don't include that white picaso box sell for less money. But for a Hyperdrive setup, those things are not the main selling point. So if you lack everything but the Mac, I still think a Hyperdrive Mac has value. It's just hard to put a dollar amount on it because these drives are so rare we don't have any online sales (except mine) to compare with!