[Coco] Ebay Madness - Case # 787387423848293487

[Rogelio Perea]

I concur that it IS money *well* spent Mark. Signed by the author makes it a
unique piece of hardware valued not for the mechanics of its existence :-)

Maybe someone remembers Lee Veal's serial number 000001 CoCo 1. That box is
priceless for being the first one out of the all-hands released
production-floor line... the "signature" being its serial number.



-=[ Rogelio ]=-



On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Mark Marlette <mmarlette at frontiernet.net>wrote:

>
> Call me crazy..... I spent $35-$40 for a pak at the 17th(I think) Last
> CoCoFest. I don't recall the exact amount as I was in the auction frenzy,
> might have even been more.
>
> It was to be autographed by Steve Bjork, that was in attendance. Steve told
> the story behind the pak, GREAT piece of history. Steve has some REALLY good
> history and stories, if you have never heard them! Ahhhhh, the fests. :)
>
> It was fun, money well spent, all in the eyes of the beholder.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
> Cloud-9
>
> BTW: I realize that this Ebay pak is different than what my experience was.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rogelio Perea" <os9dude at gmail.com>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 7:39:21 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [Coco] Ebay Madness - Case # 787387423848293487
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170328706006
>
> Pretty outlandish to ask US$30.00 for two CoCo game paks, maybe if they
> were
> in an unopened box... maybe, and maybe if they actually were hard to find -
> outside of the Hard Disk Interface Pak, I know of no other.
>
> But then further reading down the auction text... "Downland sold for 71.50
> in 1983". What's that? Yen? Mexican Pesos (it would have been really cheap
> if that were the case at all)... then again, Downland appeared first in the
> 1985 catalog for a mere $24.95.
>
> So I sent a message with a $1.00 offer on the auction to the seller... will
> see what transpires next ;-)
>
>
>
>
> -=[ Rogelio ]=-
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