what am I missing ?

Originally Posted by ComputerScrapper

I think it is the same reason that buyers on eBay tend to way over pay for electronic scrap....They are simply uninformed and believe that they are going to make a huge profit from stuff that is actually causing them to lose money. I have watched many of the surplus auctions and found people to be paying completely stupid prices for most things, including Pentium 4 towers which are not great when it comes to value.

Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Most any pentium 4 of higher machine can be sold for about $50 to $100 bucks if its working. Just what I have seen in my local market.

It drives me crazy at auctions trying to decide whether the guy bidding against me is a moron, or has the inside line!