From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Thu Nov 25 1999 - 23:17:50 EST
Amazing is it not..!!
selling what APPEARS to be a stol... uhhh... MISappropriated! machine and
people are actually bidding on it..
and its up to $1100 now..
"James H. E. Maugham" wrote:
> Dave,
>
> > BTW, has anyone heard of/done business with EX/Portable? They showed up
> in my
> > pricescan
> > search with lots of very low prices on older model laptops, including a
> TP600
> > P2-233 for
> > $1600 that is tempting the heck out of me.
>
> There's often several 600s on eBay and the 233 to 266 MHz units all seem to
> go for around $1K to $1.2K loaded with RAM. The PII 300s go for a lot more,
> I don't really know why.
>
> There's even a BIOS password protected one being offered at
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=205737511 where the
> seller has the temerity to complain that when he contacted the 800 number
> displayed on the screen on startup, they declined to give him the password
> and asked him to return their machine. Obviously he didn't feel obligated to
> do so.
>
> BTW, the bid for the unit is up to $660.00. I hope that it doesn't simply
> have the BIOS password set but also the Supervisor password, in which case
> the purchaser is screwed!
>
> Regards,
>
> James
-- Happy trails...** Bill Morrow ** :-) WEB page http://thinkpads.com e-mail: bill_at_thinkpads.com, penzance_at_icanect.net
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