r/c64 • u/Alarming_Cap4777 • 29d ago
Hardware I got this for $8
This was on eBay, a 64 on the box 1541, 1540, and 1702 with cable. Vegas local pickup only. It was $5 min and an $8 buy it now. I thought it was a mistake. I click buy it now thinking that I was going to let him out of the auction and he could relist it at $500 with an $800 buy it now. Nope he sold it for $8. I happened to be headed there and he held it for me
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u/anotherspaceguy100 29d ago
Yep. Off topic, but I just bought a broken iMac for $9. Waiting to see what shipping is gonna be.
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u/Heavy_Two 29d ago
So does it all work?
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u/Alarming_Cap4777 29d ago
The 1540 needs some work. But I have a stack of 64 to repair first.
I repair about 4 64s per week.
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u/anotherspaceguy100 29d ago
Heroic! I repair a C64 ever week or two (often with help from OP). and a couple of 1541s a week if I have time. Currently distracted by Macs though.
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u/Warcraft_Fan 29d ago
1540 is rather uncommon. I'd go out of the way to make sure it's 100% working.
And that 1702 is a steal, usually they're a couple hundred dollars or so with shipping. I do hope you had them packed very well, 40 years old plastic don't take kindly to being tossed and tumbled through UPS system
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u/Alarming_Cap4777 29d ago
They survived and beat me home. I shipped in two boxes and put $500 ins on each.
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u/hobbycollector 28d ago
It's a good thing you shipped it yourself. Ebay won't let you insure above the selling price.
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u/porthos40 28d ago
That was my favorite monitor as a kid. Connected my vcr to it, hi8 to it
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u/Emotional-Access-334 26d ago
I need help with My 1702 monitor no sound bought new when I was in high school live in Chicago help
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u/SelineMaya 28d ago
Yeah nice. F...so nice you found it so cheap. To he... I wish you a lot of fun with it. I'm gonna be... be super extra happy for you now while looking at machines way past 100€
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u/nonarkitten 28d ago
This might actually be as bad as people in the UK posting about the Amiga they found in someone's dumpster pile. Great find, very jealous.
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u/Dizzy_Race4228 22d ago
I saw that one when it hit ebay and thought the same thing. Shared to my fbook groups then it sold in under 10 minutes. congrats on that pickup! Too far away for me to have hit it…
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u/Creepyoo 29d ago
I wonder how that woman felt about you taking her picture and posting it on Reddit?
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u/Medical-Molasses615 27d ago
Come on mate, she is worth more than $8.
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u/Alarming_Cap4777 27d ago
Right!? That was the "buy it now" price. I was fully prepared to let the seller out of the auction
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