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Title: Remember when..
Post by: DaOld Man on December 16, 2018, 12:18:58 pm
Remember when you could find fairly decent prices on ebay?
Case in point:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENERIC-EMPTY-AT-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-CASE-POWER-SUPPLY/223276575309?hash=item33fc522a4d:g:5BgAAOSw8iZcDu8p (https://www.ebay.com/itm/GENERIC-EMPTY-AT-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-CASE-POWER-SUPPLY/223276575309?hash=item33fc522a4d:g:5BgAAOSw8iZcDu8p)


Condition: IN GOOD CONDITION

INCLUDED: EMPTY DESKTOP COMPUTER CASE

NOT INCLUDED: POWER SUPPLY UNTESTED, SCREWS AND/OR POWER CORD

You have found a great deal so bid now and get these at a fraction of the retail price.

Comes from a smoke free environment

Thanks for shopping!!


Come on... $120 bucks + 45 shipping for an old EMPTY PC case?? At least it came from a smoke free environment. Yeah rite.
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: Drnick on December 16, 2018, 12:53:06 pm
Uhhhhmmm,  No.  Don't think I'll go for that :)
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: Osirus23 on December 16, 2018, 08:00:04 pm
I remember when they were only $30 new. I'd order them as part of a barebones system from mwave.
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: Malenko on December 16, 2018, 10:04:00 pm
Remember when you could find fairly decent prices on ebay?

Bro, look how many PS4 Pro and XB1 empty BOXES are up for sale. For an empty cardboard box!
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spider-Man-PS4-Pro-LIMITED-EDITION-Collectors-Item-BOX-ONLY-RARE/233048458337?hash=item3642c54461:g:38IAAOSwz05cFTal:rk:10:pf:0 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Spider-Man-PS4-Pro-LIMITED-EDITION-Collectors-Item-BOX-ONLY-RARE/233048458337?hash=item3642c54461:g:38IAAOSwz05cFTal:rk:10:pf:0)


Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: nitrogen_widget on December 16, 2018, 10:05:35 pm
What's that guy been smoking?
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: Howard_Casto on December 16, 2018, 11:06:19 pm
Well it's probably still cheaper than amazon prices, so I guess it's better than nothing.
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: fallacy on December 16, 2018, 11:36:10 pm
I personally have never ever, ever, seen anyone ever try to charge more than something should be worth on ebay, craigslist site. Seems as if one did see such an event and was not born yesterday you would presumably just laugh to yourself click out of it and move on.

By the way if he does sell it than it is worth that much, the value of something is worth what someone else is willing to pay for it; if he does not ever sell it than he is just wasting his own time.
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: pbj on December 16, 2018, 11:54:44 pm
Asking price != actually sold for this price
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: ark_ader on December 17, 2018, 01:26:41 am
I remember when PC AT cases weighed 70 lbs and you could not give them away for $10.  You always ended up needing stitches if you dissembled anything inside to make it an empty case. 

Go to Frys and see their cases without PSUs for $120.  Better still go in store and see the mess that is their PC case display for $120.  They are smoke free too.  ;D
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: DaOld Man on December 18, 2018, 10:40:22 pm
Yeah, I dont know if you can even find an AT motherboard anymore, that would fit this scrap heap.
Maybe he expects a museum might be interested in it?
My house is 30 years old, still in good shape though, think I can get 10 times what it is really worth?
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: nitrogen_widget on December 19, 2018, 02:09:31 pm
Yeah, I dont know if you can even find an AT motherboard anymore, that would fit this scrap heap.
Maybe he expects a museum might be interested in it?
My house is 30 years old, still in good shape though, think I can get 10 times what it is really worth?

I have a small stack of AT motherboards in my basement. :)
Maybe I should put them on ebay and match them to the cases price.
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: Mr. Peabody on December 20, 2018, 10:00:40 pm
That must be a 'museum piece' auction. Searching 'generic computer case' gives a bunch of less ridiculous things, foremost, this fancy-schmancy thing for $15, shipped, in-country.


https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=generic+computer+case&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=generic+pc+case (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=generic+computer+case&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=generic+pc+case)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-LED-Lights-for-PC-Case-window-Two-LED-Strip-Red-Computer-case-LED-strips/173667592803?hash=item286f652a63:g:s5MAAOSwDk5UGjhU:rk:27:pf:0 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-LED-Lights-for-PC-Case-window-Two-LED-Strip-Red-Computer-case-LED-strips/173667592803?hash=item286f652a63:g:s5MAAOSwDk5UGjhU:rk:27:pf:0)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s5MAAOSwDk5UGjhU/s-l500.jpg)
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: yotsuya on December 21, 2018, 10:30:39 am
That must be a 'museum piece' auction. Searching 'generic computer case' gives a bunch of less ridiculous things, foremost, this fancy-schmancy thing for $15, shipped, in-country.


https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=generic+computer+case&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=generic+pc+case (https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=generic+computer+case&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=generic+pc+case)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-LED-Lights-for-PC-Case-window-Two-LED-Strip-Red-Computer-case-LED-strips/173667592803?hash=item286f652a63:g:s5MAAOSwDk5UGjhU:rk:27:pf:0 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/RED-LED-Lights-for-PC-Case-window-Two-LED-Strip-Red-Computer-case-LED-strips/173667592803?hash=item286f652a63:g:s5MAAOSwDk5UGjhU:rk:27:pf:0)

(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/s5MAAOSwDk5UGjhU/s-l500.jpg)

Uh, that’s for the LED strips, not the case.
Title: Re: Remember when..
Post by: Mr. Peabody on December 30, 2018, 09:06:36 pm

Uh, that’s for the LED strips, not the case.

Doh. This was part of the original search line-up and is less than fifty dollars shipped.


https://www.ebay.com/itm/Generic-5004MB1-Desktop-Computer-PC-Tower-Chassis/153308871703 (https://www.ebay.com/itm/Generic-5004MB1-Desktop-Computer-PC-Tower-Chassis/153308871703)