mattsoft Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) SOLD Doing some more quarantine cleaning of the basement...up for grabs is a nice TI-99/4a system. Comes with the computer, voice module, cassette player, TI joysticks, all the cables (including composite video), a handful of games, and genuine pleather dust cover. Everything works great, even loading games from the cassette player. The power button on the TI is a little sticky; needs a squirt of deoxit. I'm happy to do this prior to shipping. Everything is very clean with no visible damage. Asking $60 + shipping + PP fees form 98115. Would also be willing to trade for CIB Atari 400/800/XL games. Thanks! Edited April 25, 2020 by mattsoft 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrylaffer Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 (edited) Mattsoft is an awesome person who does awesome deals and is very helpful even after the sale! If I didn't have one of these great machines already I would have purchased this lot in a heartbeat! Edited April 21, 2020 by larrylaffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Damn tempting but too many mouths to feed already. Someone needs to jump on this deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 God I want this... I have nowhere to put it. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 buy with confidence from @mattsoft - outstanding guy. i can at least bump the thread since i have less than zero room at Casa del Digdug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I'm tempted to buy this... I have the space(sort of) and the money... But I don't much like the looks of the TI99... Ugh. I can't decide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, bluejay said: I'm tempted to buy this... I have the space(sort of) and the money... But I don't much like the looks of the TI99... Ugh. I can't decide! God knows it'd be cheaper to ship it to you than to me. I grew up on TI99 and always wanted to get another one back into my possession but there's no room in my stripped down collection area. I used to have a maxed out PEB with 2 drives, printer, RAM, a TI Recorder, TI color monitor(!!), printer, OEM joysticks, voice module, modem... my dad dropped over $10 grand into that thing over the course of its life with us. I miss it. Oh... free bump. Edited April 22, 2020 by ClassicGMR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot1975 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 I'll take it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsoft Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Everyone - just a heads up that shipping prices on this are just stupid. I haven't shipped something outside of eBay's discounted prices in a while and I'm really surprised at the cost of shipping. The entire box of stuff without any bubble wrap is around 16 pounds with a dimension of 17"x17"x10". I might be able to get it a little lower, like 8", by skimping on the packing material. It's actually 12" high; couldn't skimp any on the packing material. USPS ground shipping cost to just either side of the Mississippi is around $50. So this might only make sense to someone closer to WA state in OR, CA, ID, or thereabouts. Edited April 22, 2020 by mattsoft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicGMR Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 So.... $10 to Rhode Island is out huh? Fudge... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, mattsoft said: Everyone - just a heads up that shipping prices on this are just stupid. I haven't shipped something outside of eBay's discounted prices in a while and I'm really surprised at the cost of shipping. The entire box of stuff without any bubble wrap is around 16 pounds with a dimension of 17"x17"x10". I might be able to get it a little lower, like 8", by skimping on the packing material. It's actually 12" high; couldn't skimp any on the packing material. USPS ground shipping cost to just either side of the Mississippi is around $50. So this might only make sense to someone closer to WA state in OR, CA, ID, or thereabouts. Have you tried Paypal Ship Now page. I think you might get much better than retail pricing that way too. See what it quotes you. https://paypal.com/shipnow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsoft Posted April 22, 2020 Author Share Posted April 22, 2020 47 minutes ago, taxman said: Have you tried Paypal Ship Now page. I think you might get much better than retail pricing that way too. See what it quotes you. https://paypal.com/shipnow Thanks for the tip! Just tried and same price as USPS.com website. UPS quote was broken...hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowsson Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I will accept the challenge, and buy the bloody thing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejay Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/21/2020 at 7:00 PM, mattsoft said: Everyone - just a heads up that shipping prices on this are just stupid. I haven't shipped something outside of eBay's discounted prices in a while and I'm really surprised at the cost of shipping. The entire box of stuff without any bubble wrap is around 16 pounds with a dimension of 17"x17"x10". I might be able to get it a little lower, like 8", by skimping on the packing material. It's actually 12" high; couldn't skimp any on the packing material. USPS ground shipping cost to just either side of the Mississippi is around $50. So this might only make sense to someone closer to WA state in OR, CA, ID, or thereabouts. Ikr? Shipping has become so expensive. It costed $30 to ship my TRS-80 Model 100 bundle to North Carolina iirc. And the Model 100 is supposed to be a laptop. Sure it included the carry bad and everything with lots of packing material so it was quite heavy and big but still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widowsson Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 I accept the call to action of buying this lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsoft Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 Still for sale. Getting parted out tomorrow (Friday) if no one wants the lot as there are some buyers that want pieces of it. I'd rather sell the whole lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 On 4/22/2020 at 12:25 AM, mattsoft said: Thanks for the tip! Just tried and same price as USPS.com website. UPS quote was broken...hah! That's VERY strange that paypal.com/shipnow gave you the same prices as the USPS website. I have never seen that before to be honest. PayPal has always been a good deal cheaper. I have noticed that shipping from the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast (and vice-versa) seems to have skyrocketed in recent years. No idea why. Something that would cost me $20 to ship to Florida (from PA) costs $60 to Washington state/Oregon. I will say that FedEx is often cheaper than USPS for larger/heavier/bulkier items. I shipped a CIB TI about a month ago and it was $10-15 cheaper on FedEx (be sure to sign up for a free account online to get a discount) than USPS. P.S. That's a beautiful TI you've got there and a good price for the bundle but I can see why the shipping has seemingly been a sticking point for some, especially if they're east coast-based. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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