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| DATE | 2009-07-13 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] TRS-80
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On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 11:01:22AM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
> Ruben Safir wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 08, 2009 at 08:13:45AM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>>
>>> Ruben Safir wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 04:42:07PM -0400, Paul Robert Marino wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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