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Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by jkestner »

chaostheory wrote: post #61
jkestner wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2837776/vintage-apple-1... $905,000, and presumably there's a premium for being in working condition. I think there's also a small market of people who have the money and care to spend it on this, so prices can fluctuate quite a bit.

Considering the time for the sales transaction taking place (2 days?), I'm sure if they took it to an auction house it would fetch a much higher price. There's only 50 ever made and it's from a household name that even the fashion houses respect. On the other side of the story, this story is totally genius marketing (if intended). I've been hearing this firm's name all day including their policy of sharing proceeds w…

You may be right, but if you look at the history of sales recently, the prices are all over the place. This one's still pretty low in comparison, but if it isn't working, that could explain the difference. Or perhaps some of these came with accessories, like a cassette player.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_I#Collectors.27_item

5/13: $668K 6/13: $390K 11/13: $330K 10/14: $905K 12/14: $365K

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by VLM »

SwellJoe wrote: post #44
VLM wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://cleanbayarea.com/portfolio/e-waste-recycling/ "Our electronic waste pick-up service is free for all residents of Northern California, CA." OP is likely assuming they operate like my local dump/recycling center where they record my drivers license info every time I visit and drop something off (electronic or otherwise). Believe it or not they used to physically write down the data, now they swipe. Locally they…

The article explicitly says he did not collect her information. Is the argument being made that he is lying about that detail of the story? To what end?

huh that's interesting, I missed that and in my mental model of op's theory, op obviously also missed it, for the model to make any sense.

I talked to a coworker and in his village they also gather visitor data, and for environmental reasons the recycle center will never turn hazmat away, ever, but the data is forwarded to the city who will lean very heavily on business owners who try to use free resident hazmat instead of paying for commercial hazmat disposal. With lead free solder and RoHS I wonder if some day we'll reclassify electronics (at least modern lead free electronics) as plain old garbage instead of hazmat.

There are, probably, many political ways to organize hazmat collection and its funding, some of which aren't going to make sense to outsiders.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by gibsonje »

informatimago wrote: post #9
smaili wrote: post #2

You can't really blame the woman, something so old doesn't shout "Hey I'm worth hundreds of thousands!" to most people. But I am glad people at the depot recognized its value and didn't actually recycle it.

You can blame her. I can't count the reports of such cases, where they throw away valuable things, just because they're not all chrome and shiny.

I have so many old computers/electronics. I can guarantee I couldn't pay someone (other than garbage collection) to take them, let alone make money off them.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by aerovistae »

EarthLaunch wrote: post #57
lfowles wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's stretching the idea of clickbait quite a bit. "Mystery woman gets rid of old computer, you won't believe how much it sold for!" is the one baiting clicks. Current title is just an unfortunate arrangement of words.

> That's stretching the idea of clickbait quite a bit. He was probably just using that term mistakenly, what a troll.

Wait, what? Who are you calling a troll?

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Post by 7Z7 »

aerovistae wrote: post #74
EarthLaunch wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> That's stretching the idea of clickbait quite a bit. He was probably just using that term mistakenly, what a troll.

Wait, what? Who are you calling a troll?

Woosh!

It's a joke about misusing terminology.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by aerovistae »

7Z7 wrote: post #75
aerovistae wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what? Who are you calling a troll?

Woosh! It's a joke about misusing terminology.

So far over my head I didn't even feel the breeze from its passing.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by lfowles »

aerovistae wrote: post #76
7Z7 wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Woosh! It's a joke about misusing terminology.

So far over my head I didn't even feel the breeze from its passing.

I missed it too... so far over my head I frowned and muttered something about chemtrails.

Re: Apple I discarded as junk sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half

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Post by developer1 »

lfowles wrote: post #49
developer1 wrote: post #46

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Same, intentional clickbait title. A decent editor would not have allowed that through. "Discarded Apple I sells for $200k; mystery woman stands to get half". Not difficult.

That's stretching the idea of clickbait quite a bit. "Mystery woman gets rid of old computer, you won't believe how much it sold for!" is the one baiting clicks. Current title is just an unfortunate arrangement of words.

I don't believe it's stretching. People specifically click through to that article to hear the first hand experience of the person who dumped an Apple I. There's an interesting angle to the story in this version; the actual article posted is void of any such angle of interest.
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