Hey, so, I thought I would take a moment to brag... but also pose a question:
In the Winter of 2002 I purchased an Abit KR7A-RAID motherboard with VIAKT266 chipset, integrated RAID, and 4 RAM slots--I bought it from Newegg for $140. To give you a feel for the age, I originally used this mobo with 1GB of PC2100 RAM and an Athlon XP 1800.
This past spring (2006) I upgraded and just now finally got around to selling the old mobo on eBay. I set the reserve at $20 and figured I'd be lucky to get $60 out of it... especially since it has been 4.5 years since I purchased it and I used it for 4 of those years.
Imagine my surprise when the auction quickly climbed to $120! Then today it went to $150. Two bidders were fighting over this old mobo! In the last few minutes of the auction these two bidders drove the price up to the ending price of $205!!!
The thing I can't figure out is why these two people were willing to pay so much for a motherboard so old. My only guess is that they had a business-critical system that was using the same model of motherboard and they needed to replace that exact model? I can't think of any reason why else someone would pay so much... I mean, it's in great condition, etc... but they could get a modern mobo with current technology for a lot less.
Hey, I'm stoked though... I just made a $65 net profit on a 4.5 year-old motherboard!
Eps.
In the Winter of 2002 I purchased an Abit KR7A-RAID motherboard with VIAKT266 chipset, integrated RAID, and 4 RAM slots--I bought it from Newegg for $140. To give you a feel for the age, I originally used this mobo with 1GB of PC2100 RAM and an Athlon XP 1800.
This past spring (2006) I upgraded and just now finally got around to selling the old mobo on eBay. I set the reserve at $20 and figured I'd be lucky to get $60 out of it... especially since it has been 4.5 years since I purchased it and I used it for 4 of those years.
Imagine my surprise when the auction quickly climbed to $120! Then today it went to $150. Two bidders were fighting over this old mobo! In the last few minutes of the auction these two bidders drove the price up to the ending price of $205!!!
The thing I can't figure out is why these two people were willing to pay so much for a motherboard so old. My only guess is that they had a business-critical system that was using the same model of motherboard and they needed to replace that exact model? I can't think of any reason why else someone would pay so much... I mean, it's in great condition, etc... but they could get a modern mobo with current technology for a lot less.
Hey, I'm stoked though... I just made a $65 net profit on a 4.5 year-old motherboard!
Eps.
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