Re: ...thoughts on Retro-uC?

From: silverdr_at_wfmh.org.pl
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:48:19 +0200
Message-Id: <DE4C79C4-10DE-4229-9EB1-91E05DD09DF8@wfmh.org.pl>
> On 2018-09-14, at 11:29, Francesco Messineo <francesco.messineo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>> At least the ebay prices for a known good VIC-II and a known-good SID
>>> together is higher than a C64 (without any accessories) is worth here
>>> in Sweden.
>> 
>> That is because the vic-ii and sid are sold as working.
>> 
>> There are far too many c64 sold without power supplies & a statement to
>> say that it used to work but they can't find the power adapter.
>> 
>> I may be too cynical, but if it hasn't been tested then I assume it
>> doesn't work & if the seller says it's an easy fix then I assume it isn't.
> 
> I've not bought a lot of C64 on ebay, just the very cheap ones (< 20
> euros when I happen to find one), of course untested, missing supply
> or missing cables etc.
> They always worked fine. In one occasion I had to clean the keyboard.
> Yes, my sample is less than 10 units, but so far I can't confirm your theory.
> Of course there're some people doing this on purpose, but you can
> easily tell from their feedback and ebay history.

Not reallly. They construct the descriptions in such way that you can't really blame them in the end. After some time of reading those, it's much more from the "spirit" of the description that you can gain some gut feelings. Just as smf wrote..

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Received on 2018-09-14 13:01:18

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