The market can be funny that way.
I found an weeks-old ad on Craig's list for three IIci's for $50 each. From the photos, it looked like they lacked the drive tray/shelf assembly. I already have three IIci's so I didn't really want another one, but I figured these might need rescuing, so I emailed the guy and said, I'd give him $10 each to save them from going to the dump. If he had another buyer, or was planning to keep them if they didn't sell, that was great. I just wanted to save them in the event that the dump or Good Will (scrapper) was the fall-back destination.
He emailed back and asked if I could go a little higher. I pointed out he didn't seem to have the trays, reiterated my first point. He claimed he did have the trays. I said I could go to $50 for all three. Got an email back that said he was getting me some photos to show the trays -- seemed like he was accepting my offer, but wasn't clear. I waited a few days for the photos, then emailed him to ask, and point out that I didn't really need photos. If he was accepting my offer, I'd see the trays when I got to his house.
He emailed back that after a couple of months of no responses, someone had bought them.
Which was the best outcome. But it's weird. No interest for weeks or months, then folks pop out of the woodwork.
I hope that the buyer knows about logic board recapping. The seller said he had some program on the hard drives he'd like to use, but none of the IIci's worked. I tried to explain about logic board recapping, but I can tell he just didn't get it. He couldn't see any capacitor goo and just didn't understand how hard to spot the stuff can be. The seller asked if I could recap them at one point and get one working, but I just don't have time, so I referred him to Charles' website and then he decided he wasn't going to bother after all.