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| DATE | 2009-07-08 |
| FROM | Paul Robert Marino
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] TRS-80
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Ruben Safir wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 08:13:45AM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
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>> Ruben Safir wrote:
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>>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 04:42:07PM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
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>>>> too bad you didnt ask this while i was working at Concord High School
>>>> we had ten of them in the basement.
>>>> Robert Menes wrote:
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> We should do that then. Can you initiate that procedure?
>
> Ruben
>
>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 1:48 PM,
>>>>> mlr52-at-michaellrichardson.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone have an idea of what a good price for a working TRS-80 would be?
>>>>>> Non-working?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> If you're interested, I have a TRS-80 Color Computer in storage that
>>>>> should still work. Leather case
>>>>> and cables included; $20 and it's yours.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Rob
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> I bet they are still there and still illegal to move :)
>>>
>>> Ruben
>>>
>>>
>> Not really there is just a procedure.
>> you have to sell it for "fair market value" and the money has to be
>> added to the schools budget.
>> essentially it works like this
>> first try to sell it for its original price for one month.
>> second try to sell it to the highest bidder for one month.
>> third put it in the trash.
>>
>> The trick is proving that you did all of this because the rule is meant
>> to prevent people for selling or "throwing out" school equipment for a
>> personal profit.
>> Most schools don't want to be bothered with the hassle so they just
>> throw it in a room somewhere.
>> The thing that occurs to me is that its really not that much of a hassle
>> as it use to be since eBay was created.
>>
Not any more I haven't worked in a school for years.
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