Re: Compaq dumping 3150s on ubid.com?

tspielman_at_mncee.org writes:
> For anyone who hasn't noticed there's been lots of often 20 or more 3150s
> being sold on ubid for the past several weeks. Usually going for around
> $159. Apparently this latest bunch has a reserve price of $159 but they
> can't even get 20 people to pay that (not at this point anyway) so maybe
> the reserve will come down. The latest auction ends in less than 30 minutes
> so it might not be there when you check but another will start within a day
> if not less.
>
> http://www.ubid.com/cat/get_cat_page.asp?CatID=1012

It's still there.

> I suspect some people are buying these and then turning around and trying
> to sell them on ebay.

I suspect so. I didn't know about ubid, and purchased one for $180 on
ebay.

> I know the status of Familiar is a little iffy on these devices but at that
> price I've been pretty tempted. The 3150 only has 16 Meg but since the
> display is grayscale there is some memory savings. Anyone having any real
> luck with them?

I'm planning to, if only because my wife saw the Windows logo and
shrieked in horror. :-)

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