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SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:24 am
by Khipata
I am starting listing my collection on eBay. Here is a link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/252977304517? ... RK:MESE:IT

Feel free to bid confidently, that is my new SELLING account.
There will be FREE SHIPPING for forum members in the Continental USA and deep shipping discounts anywhere in the world. If auction is won, shipping will be refunded for USA forum members.

Since it is a new account, there is a maximum listing limit but it will soon be lifted and I can post more items, eventually my WHOLE collection.

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:30 am
by Khipata

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:39 am
by Thinkpad4by3
I feel bad for you and if I could I would give you a million for all those machines so you could pay your medical bills and get your collection back. Unfortunately I can't buy those machines at those prices. I wish you the best of luck with the auction. Just I want you to do one thing. Keep one machine, clean it up to the best of your ability and make it your own as best as you can as a memory of all that help you :) .

Just make sure there is that one laptop you have for when you want to plop down and play doom without emulation, write without a bad keyboard, or just remember what good thinkpad owners who recieve your machines and keep good care of them.

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Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:42 am
by Khipata
Thanks for the kind words!

I have such a machine :)
2 actually: 750P (brand new, never used) and W520 (also new).

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:47 am
by Thinkpad4by3
Sounds like the machine I just got, see in pictures of your thinkpad. My HP Compaq Nx. Btw, where did you find the 750P nib?

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Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:48 am
by Khipata
Bought it long time ago. Was still in sealed box and shrinkwrapped. Discarded box. Still has shrinkwrap though ... :)

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 10:55 am
by Thinkpad4by3
Sorta similar on how for 200$ I got a mint condition IBM PC 5150. Someone in north NJ had a machone they wanted to get rid of but thry treated it like it was their child. 30 years under a dust cover has really protected it. The biggest flaw is a tiny red spec on keyboard. Came with software and monitor and everything. That 75lbs dot matrix printer was a DRAG to bring in the house. I had to put the monitor in a seatbelt there was so much stuff.

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Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 10:20 pm
by Khipata
I just listed IBM Palm TOP PC110 on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/253002756535? ... RK:MESE:IT

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:03 am
by Thinkpad4by3
Khipata wrote:I just listed IBM Palm TOP PC110 on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/253002756535? ... RK:MESE:IT
I see where you got your eBay logo :)

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Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:12 am
by Khipata
Yes it is highest resolution I could find :)

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:56 am
by RealBlackStuff
You should either change the Tbilisi, Georgia location in your eBay account, or create a new eBay account with location Arlington - VA, USA and post your items there.
Personally I wouldn't like this kind of eBay info:

International items may be subject to customs processing and additional charges.

Item location: Tbilisi, Georgia

Ships to: Worldwide
Delivery: Estimated between Mon. Jul. 24 and Wed. Aug. 9
This item has an extended handling time and a delivery estimate greater than 14 business days.
Please allow additional time if international delivery is subject to customs processing.

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:45 pm
by Khipata
Thanks for your suggestion. I will make some changes definitely. BUT:
All my items are in USA, so no international hassle for US buyers.
BTW, it is my spouses account and she convinced me to sell my collection on ebay (faster funds for my treatment) and she is overseas, so changing account is out of question :)
As for buyers outside of USA, shipping and other issues will be negotiated on case by case basis for now.
I have very little experience of selling, as I am a collector and not a merchant and to be honest, do not want to be one :) It's just life which is forcing me to sell my precious computers but I guess a man has to do what he has to do...

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:48 pm
by Khipata
P.S. Yes, originally I am from Georgia, but not from Tbilisi, which is a capital. I am from KUTAISI, 3500 years old and second largest city in my country of origin :)

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 8:51 pm
by Khipata
To all forum members:
In coming days and weeks I will be posting many more items, so please pay attention if you are interested ;)

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:26 pm
by Thinkpad4by3
Khipata wrote:To all forum members:
In coming days and weeks I will be posting many more items, so please pay attention if you are interested ;)
Can I haz a 755CD for 15$ :) .

Good luck on the sale!

Ps: i dont need a 755cd.

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Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 4:46 pm
by Jackbee
I'll gladly take a keyboard from an existing 760 if you got one from a nonworking spare unit in your collection. Mine has a few dead keys, unfortunately.

Otherwise, it's WTB threads for me!

Re: SELLING MY VINTAGE LAPTOP COLLECTION

Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:10 pm
by Thinkpad4by3
Jackbee wrote:I'll gladly take a keyboard from an existing 760 if you got one from a nonworking spare unit in your collection. Mine has a few dead keys, unfortunately.

Otherwise, it's WTB threads for me!
Ebay has them cheap! NOS comes aroune very often and there is always some used ones.