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For the purposes of laziness, this is my auction: https://www.ebay.com/itm/16-floppy-disks-for-Texas-Instruments-TI-99-4A-TI99-Vintage-Computer/401837596886 I want the disks pictured gone, so just DM me your address in the US and I'll send them Media Mail at my expense. CONUS only. First to send valid address gets them. I'll end the auction as soon as I get an address.

I filed for an exemption as a reseller and succeeded. Mind you I do pay taxes on what I sell on eBay already. Not that they asked, I doubt it matters to them. I also have a seller certificate and tax id in my state. Now I am not paying sales tax on purchases.

@e5frog Can I order a copy? I can prepay.

I have two US Model 1 Channel F units with issues. Does anyone have experience repairing these and is willing to help out? The first unit barely shows a poor picture “G?” And then goes to snow very quickly. I can get the picture back sometimes but unreliably. This unit I replaced the caps and the rectifier. The unit is in pieces on my desk so I can get to it easily. I can use a multimeter but I’m not capable of logic testing at this point. Hope to be in the future. What parts in the RF circuit can cause this and be easily replaced? Or is it likely to be something else? I suspect the logic is intact for this unit. The second unit shows a good picture for a little while and then goes to snow. I am not sure if it is losing power if it has to do with power. It actually works for a few minutes to play games and then it goes to snow. I’m tempted to recap it, but then the other unit it didn’t seem to matter at all. I have tested both units with multiple power supplies and controllers and they don’t seem to be an issue. Unit #1 is in pieces and unit #2 is still inside the shield. If anyone has any recommendations on reattaching the flex circuit from the card connector to the motherboard, I would appreciate it. It looks like it will be a challenge and I don’t want to damage it. Part of my reluctance to take apart the second unit additionally. Thanks

What signs of usage on the system?

I can't bear to simply donate such things where there is someone who might want these for their collection. Free, just pay $4 to ship in the US. Actual shipping cost to international and non-CONUS locations.

Expensive, cool, belongs in Auctions forum.

Jag?

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Pix of the carts would be useful

Interesting, but low post count. You might get more interest with some solid references. Not sure what would suffice for most people. For me, I'd need personal reference from people I know to offer what I'd want to offer and feel good about it.

Two things that came with Coco stuff. One may be a Disk Drive adapter? The other is a switch, but I'm not sure what 4 pin DIN(?) this would be useful for? Also came with a Symphony 12, which had no markings on the outside aside from the Speech Systems label but has 4 AY-3-8912 3 voice music synthesizer chips in it (last three. Fun!

It seems like there are no benefits unless you want to leave your stuff in your store forever, getting older and more ignored with time. The main benefit used to be free fixed price relistings but since they took away all fixed price except for Good Till Cancelled, I can't see why I'm bothering? I've switched to auctions but I sell no more than 25% of my stuff when I list it and it's quite costly to relist 30 items for 25 cents each when so few sell. I'm starting to wonder if I should be posting on Facebook and Craigslist now that my main conduit for getting rid of spare stuff has faltered.

I've never seen those style of Data Age carts. I have to doubt their authenticity. Anyone else know about those carts?

Those ball mods on the controllers rock.

This was a scam. The seller trades under Voyce, Inc. I arranged a purchase. Seller sent a 1 lb item to an incorrect local address intentionally so that they could file a tracking number with PayPal. Actual items never shipped. Initial complaint to PayPal was denied. I called PayPal and they did some actual research into the scam and ruled in my favor so I got a full refund. I knew it was at my risk and I'm pleased I could depend on PayPal to help out, although it was somewhat painful. I'm no fan of PayPal but in general if you stay on the correct side of their rules they don't bother you much. That includes rapid refunds when you sell and accepting that they favor the buyers. Be careful out there!

Check out my stuff on eBay if you have a moment. My store categories aren't as useful as searching my store at this link for whatever you like, whether it is "Atari" or "Commodore" or "Cryptologia" Ianoid Store on Ebay I'm moving towards using more auctions so if you want to look at auctions only (usually goes cheaper that way), check this link: ianoid auctions

Yes, I know international people are used to this, but it's new to see eBay charging taxes on many items I'm buying. I understand we all have to pay taxes and even manage sales tax ourselves, but now eBay is doing it for us? For example, I just bought an item from Canada, $75+$15 shipping. Taxes: $7. I'm not sure why I'd pay sales tax to a country I don't live in. Is this a new import tax from the US gov? I've seen some domestic purchases also having sales taxes, out of state. I understand if I buy in state, I have to pay sales tax, but now I'm paying for infrastructure in other states? It all makes no sense.

This is mostly directed at other sellers. Since the switch to stores (fixed price) being GTC (good 'til cancelled), my eBay stuff gets hardly sales. I used to do 30 day listings, but now I will have to relist and pay for auctions if I want more exposure. In the past, store fixed price relistings were free. So now I have to pretend everything is an auction, which means some weird minimum bid and then a buy it now or just a bid. It's a problem because I have a ton of stuff that I could list for 99 cents plus shipping that nobody would bid on, but in three months the right buyer might pay $12 for. Most of the stuff I'm selling isn't marquee items that will attract much attention. A fixed price store is where most of my stuff belongs, where the occasional buyer will find what they are looking for. Relisting every month was just a way to get more attention. And give my stuff the occasional break from selling (yes I know about vacation settings). This is a problem for me because I do have a lot of extra stuff to get rid of and eBay was my best choice. Previously the event that hurt my sales the most was maybe 5 years back when the USPS raised international mailing costs substantially, so my international business cratered. As a buyer, I like that my searches aren't filled with jerks like me relisting the same stuff week after week or month after month. I suspect that new listings have plummeted since the change because so many of them were sellers like me who were regularly relisting for exposure. But it's not like eBay has come up with a way to increase exposure to the older auctions, by finding things of interest. Their suggestion engine is almost entirely built on what buyers view and watchlist (which is why I never put anything I want on my watchlist). There is no AI or deep dive. I'm more tempted than before to use a web store and then advertise by posting on Facebook, Twitter and forums occasionally. It's hard because I have a pretty solid eBay workflow when I list and it just doesn't take much time. I have a bunch of services (Garage Sale for Mac, Endicia) that make it pretty quick and easy. And I don't have a lot of problems with buyers. The prototype for this is my friend's site, junksave.org . The site looks nice and has a good deal of related items. I think he does ok, but part of it is the professional presentation and the fact that he has so many high quality items. I have a ton of $10-$20 items that rarely sell. In the end, I just want this stuff gone. It would be nice to get some cash out of it as well. I don't just want to give it all away or donate it or throw it away. I want to convert it into a little money that I can spend, and send the stuff to someone that actually wants it. If eBay isn't going to help me with that, where to turn?

Found this thread when researching fixing up my Interact Micro Video. I'm actually looking to see if there is any info about the main tape belt. Mine worked initially but soon stopped playing tapes. The main belt is rather loose and should almost certainly be replaced. I could measure it and try to order a belt from somewhere, but a more precise bit of info would be nice. I don't know much about measuring belts by thickness, etc.

Any info on the Apple III or Lisa? Are those also for sale?

Fun read!

I've been waiting from someone to make Intellivision 1 and 3 and Sears Telegames II controller metal labels for the disc. I don't happen to need any of those labels, but there are many other labels I'd buy just to have around. I'm happy to see you produced those. I'll think about more I could use and post here.

I'm interested as well. I'd be into the entire lot but it depends on the price. PM with what you hope to get.

$500 seems like a very reasonable offer from a known quantity.