"Accidental" auction win: IBM mainframe, Avaya telecom parts and old phones- oh my!

**Immulmen** · 05-11-2016, 04:55 AM

Look at the phones to see if you have a 302c they are big $.
Avaya Lucent 302C Black Attendant Console Black with 26B1 B 003 DSS Console | eBay

**mikeinreco** · 05-11-2016, 05:07 AM

Also some of those old IBM boards may be worth more than scrap....i have actually parted out several of those IBM units in my day

**thebugguy** · 05-11-2016, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by Immulmen

Look at the phones to see if you have a 302c they are big $.
Avaya Lucent 302C Black Attendant Console Black with 26B1 B 003 DSS Console | eBay

Yeesh. Last night I swore that I would break down all the phones from the lot to get them out of my way- and I did. There were a couple odd models (including two examples with an extra console), but they weren't the one listed on Ebay (phew!). Still, this illustrates an excellent rule of thumb: if you find yourself with a pile of 50 items and 49 of them are all the same, you might want to spend a little extra time figuring out what's so special about the 50th!

cheers,
tbg