Got offered some old apple II stuff need advice

A guy i met because of my addiction (video games) lol ended up offering me like 10-15 old apple II computers mostly some of the monitors and flopps drives thing is he wants 250 for all of it and thats more then scrap price alraedy now i know there is some value but i have no way of testing them. so my questions is, is there enough value of the parts untested to make a profit as this would cut pretty deep into my working capitol right now (alot myself 350 a month to roll into more) and i cant be without the money for a long period also the boards in the apples have all kinds of chips in sockets are these gold plated ic's? any advice woudl be greatly asppreciated i want to do this deal because i know it will lead to more dealings with the guy but i cant afford to lose my behind on at this point

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Originally Posted by Carhuntr

A guy i met because of my addiction (video games) lol ended up offering me like 10-15 old apple II computers mostly some of the monitors and flopps drives thing is he wants 250 for all of it and thats more then scrap price alraedy now i know there is some value but i have no way of testing them. so my questions is, is there enough value of the parts untested to make a profit as this would cut pretty deep into my working capitol right now (alot myself 350 a month to roll into more) and i cant be without the money for a long period also the boards in the apples have all kinds of chips in sockets are these gold plated ic's? any advice woudl be greatly asppreciated i want to do this deal because i know it will lead to more dealings with the guy but i cant afford to lose my behind on at this point

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Unless you can test the equipment or can afford to hold items or possibly lose a little then you ought to pass.....in scrap alone you will not even come close to $250

After my experience with Apples, I'd pass.

Get a list of the stuff, an do some market research on tested an non-tested.

Video game addiction can be fun...what games an systems do you enjoy? You can feel free to PM that, so as not to derail your own thread tho. ;)

Sirscrapalot - Play games with your children, an avoid those awkward moments when they claim they didn't know you couldn't carjack someone in real life. - who knows who!

The very early Apple II's are worth quite a bit of money but you have to know what you are looking for. If you are buying them for scrap pay scrap prices and do a little look over before you strip them. Too many people think because some computer is old it is worth money, most of it is broken junk. Tons of Apple II's were purchased by schools and somebody hung onto them for too long after the school dumped them.

and thats what these one from an old satellite school mostly disassembled but was figuring it was gonna have to pass

and ss i play mostly old school stuff nes snes genesis ya know the type of stuff you could chuck at teh wall and go back to playing instead of looking at it funny and it being ruined

I do in deed. Some of my favorite/notsofavorite moment's were due to using some choice words while playing duck hunt, or old atari stuff.. lol.

Good luck on the Apples!

Sirscrapalot - Up, Up, D, D, L, R, L,R - to my old school gamer friends, you know the code.

I would think the thing to do is offer less. I bet if you were in them for 150.00 you would be okay if you like to use Ebay. Obviously there would be some risk with Ebay. If you aren't going to put the work in to get a few systems up and running, then part out the rest, I wouldn't get involved.

i already offered 150 and he declined that but im thinking i might be able to get him to toss me a couple of extra windows xp vista systems in to repair and sell or part out

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Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot

I do in deed. Some of my favorite/notsofavorite moment's were due to using some choice words while playing duck hunt, or old atari stuff.. lol.

Good luck on the Apples!

Sirscrapalot - Up, Up, D, D, L, R, L,R - to my old school gamer friends, you know the code.

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I think you may have forgot a select+start there, but my recollection is foggy.

Here is my gift to you old school gamers. And by old school, I mean OLD school. Think Coleco, 2600, 7800... Pre NES.

https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom

Unless you know exactly what you are getting and know how much you can sell them for, I would pass. $250 is way above scrap value.
I did get an old Apple IIC several months ago, complete with the small 9" CRT monitor, manuals, disks, etc. Plugged it in and it worked, sold on ebay for $170 + shipping. However I only paid scrap price for it as part of a larger lot.

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Originally Posted by JustInTime

I think you may have forgot a select+start there, but my recollection is foggy.

Here is my gift to you old school gamers. And by old school, I mean OLD school. Think Coleco, 2600, 7800... Pre NES.

https://archive.org/details/consolelivingroom

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That's for two player mode. :) A+B select start...30 lives both players.

I started out on an coleco an atari, an amegia?..oh an can't forget the great commodore 64...gah, I feel old.

Anyhow..I like the idea of him adding the units, so you can make some thing off them if the apples don't fetch much. People today are strange tho.

Good luck either way!

Sirscrapalot - If a cow laughed, would milk come out of her nose?