I just had to turn down a Commodore 128 for $30 :(

[STICH666]

I only had $8 on me.

[nathanallan]

doh! Too bad the guy couldn't wait, I'd have gone tot he atm quick-like.

[CGQuarterly]

Was this at a garage sale? You could have given the dude your $8 as a deposit while you found the nearest ATM machine...

 

Chris

[STICH666]

doh! Too bad the guy couldn't wait, I'd have gone tot he atm quick-like.

I don't have a bank card.

[Video]

That sucks, see if he stll got it later and then you can find more money

[nonner242]

I woulda had him hold onto my $$ ran down the street, rob a beverage store came back and payed him double.

[Chickybaby]

Well, I bet you have a cellphone. That would have warrented a "Mom, Dad, I'll mow the lawn for you if I can borrow some money" phone call.

 

ps - Don't forget to check the guy's trash later.

[STICH666]

Lucky for me my birthday is monday. As soon as I got home I found a $100 check in the mail from my Aunt and Uncle. Tomorrow I'm going to cash it and go back to see if it's still there.

Edited May 31, 2009 by STICH666

[nathanallan]

Definitely check his trash. And happy birthday to you.

[STICH666]

Definitely check his trash. And happy birthday to you.

I will and thanks!

[Koopa64]

Damn, I hope you can get that 128 Stitch, that would be such a massive loss if you can't.

[SRGilbert]

Is that a good deal on a 128? I have to admit I have ZERO nostalgia for old home computers. Over the past couple of years I did snag a TI99/4a with a bunch of games at a sale for about $25, and a Commodore 128 with a floppy drive and a box of discs for about $3! They sat untouched for over a year until I unloaded the whole thing on Craigslist for $50 to a retired college professor. Now when I see stuff like that I just pass it by unless I KNOW it might be super rare. Unfortunately I just don't know what to look for when it comes to old computers as opposed to game systems.

[nathanallan]

Well, as a general rule I go by, if it says Commodore, Atari, Tandy, TI or Timex, I get it because nobody else will and it most likely will get trashed unless I find it a home. I feel I am doing a public service by snagging them. We are preserving history!

 

If you see another and think to pass it by, snag it for me, the Grand Historian I'll get it from you definitely before a year passes.

[STICH666]

I'm going to go back tomorrow to see what happened with it. I have money now so if it's still there i'll get it.

[VideoFever1982]

Let us know if you get it. I had a guy i know give me a complete 128 with drives and a bunch of stuff for free after he picked it up off a guy who was just getting rid of it. I have a ram expansion for it as well.

[DrLove0378]

It's simple: "Hey, could you hold onto this for me? I gotta run back home real quick and get some money." Often times, they'll be nice enough to do that for you.

 

It worked for me once, back in '03: I asked the folks at GameStop to hold a top-loader NES deck for me overnight, because I didn't have $39.99 (or a credit card) on me to buy it. So I went back in the morning with the cash, and got it! That's one of the best deals I ever got!

 

If you did get the Commodore, let us know.

Edited June 5, 2009 by DrLove0378