I ditto the call for photos. It would be glorious to have a searchable database with photos. Perhaps you could print the Auction and then save as PDF?
Yeah, that would be nice ... but a wee bit more work than I am up for. I note the description of what's included and condition. Honestly, there's not much point of including pictures as they generally all look the same, unless there are cracks or severe yellowing (which we all know now can be reversed quite effectively).
That price is very reasonable for what was included. I would not say the same though had it sold for much over $600 though.
I would agree with that, however, given that it included all original packing materials in such good condition it falls into "collectable" status for me and not just another 128K, so I could see it selling for as much as $1,000 and still be OK with it. The IMPORTANT POINT here is that the market set the price. By contrast danapplemacman just
posted a 128K auction for $1,000 BIN, and although as Dan claims, it is fully serviced operational condition, it comes with considerably less: only two manuals, one disk and an audio cassette. Considering the earlier value, I would only buy Dan's at that price if I couldn't wait another minute to own my own functional 128K (and I would be kicking myself for not bidding higher on the other one!). Otherwise, those complete boxed units tend to turn up two or three per year on eBay for approximately the same price and are of course a better collectable value (matching serial numbers), even if the 128K isn't in top condition. It's really the difference between buying a shirt at Macy's you can return, or buying the exact same shirt, with a pair of pants, socks and underwear at an "all sales final" factory outlet and running the risk of some minor imperfection. And for some that justifies the retail markup. Bottom line is the buyer must investigate all options in order to make the best purchase.
