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eBay is going crazy? (Or Is a Mac SE collectable?)

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sigamy

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Seems that prices on eBay are going nuts. A Mac SE just closed at $466! It was in nice shape and had printer, etc but that seems like a crazy price.

This was released in 1986, after Jobs left. Would this machine still be considered collectable?
 
Wow! That's totally insane. I wasn't under the impression that they were all that collectible.

And something similar happened to me, I sold 5 satellite radios (sportster 5) on eBay a while ago. 4 of the auctions ended for $50 a piece, and the fifth ended at $150. Not sure why that happened, but some people just have no concept on pricing 😉.
 
sigamy said:
Seems that prices on eBay are going nuts. A Mac SE just closed at $466! It was in nice shape and had printer, etc but that seems like a crazy price.

This was released in 1986, after Jobs left. Would this machine still be considered collectable?
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I've noticed this recently here in Australia too.

I don't know what to make of it, but I'll ponder two things:

1. They are the next in line after the original form factor 128K, 512K, 512Ke & Plus.

2. The SE & SE FDHD aren't as prone to dying as the SE/30 and Mac Classic and Classic II due to an absence of those surface mount electrolytic capacitors that leak and etch tracks.

I sometimes wish I hadn't given away my best SE FDHD with an internal HD to an overseas charity, but I did so because it was what they wanted. Compact, and certainly more reliable than a Classic, Classic II, LC, etc. Could easily run Word 5.1 with a dot matrix printer. That's all they wanted. I wonder if they still use it? 🙂
 
48walshj said:
Ok How do I know when my mac was made it serial number is F4483CZ M0001
any ansers can drop me a note at DON'T POST EMAIL ADDRESS
I miss Steve already His vision was far reaching
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3909th Mac manufactured during the 48th week of 1984 in Fremont, California, USA.
 
I think good condition SEs with the HD are pretty valuable now. See them for 4-500 on eBay all the time.
 
SafariX said:
I think good condition SEs with the HD are pretty valuable now. See them for 4-500 on eBay all the time.
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What a pest. I had absolutely loads of these about 12-14 years ago and they were worthless at the time...You could not give away an SE in those days.
 
holly heck..i found this one a few years back (we have annual clean up days...people put stuff out for garbage collectors to take away...so i saved this puppy) don't have keyboard or mouse,but friend did and when we powered it up it worked...i just put # into that site and it came back as this

Manufactured in: F => Fremont, California, USA
Year of production: 1984
Week of production: 12
Production number: 8PY => 10062
Modell ID: M0001 => original Macintosh 1984 (128k)

Your original Macintosh 1984 (128k) was the 10062th Mac manufactured during the 12th week of 1984 in Fremont, California, USA.

i had no idea these were worth anything let alone $1000-4000...what would one without keyboard and mouse be worth?

here's a couple pics

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I remember seeing the SE's for the first time...

OMG - A MAC WITH A BUILT-IN HARD DRIVE... 😱

😉
 
Here is what I have. My wife purchased it from her company for $50.00 back in 1990. It does still power up, but I have to find the disc's for it.
According to the SN decode, it was the 29614th to be produced, but the rest of the info was undefined :-(
 

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BigDukeSix said:
Here is what I have. My wife purchased it from her company for $50.00 back in 1990. It does still power up, but I have to find the disc's for it.
According to the SN decode, it was the 29614th to be produced, but the rest of the info was undefined :-(
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remember reading something about how to remove the yellowing from the cases... your would be great then
 
SE's were great at the time....my first experience with Macs was working in an office that had a bunch of them....

Even did some CAD work on one....that was quite something....not the best setup for it, but somehow managed to produce a set of drawings...MiniCAD I think....

🙂
 
Original is the best... 😀 good luck guys..

we threw away few old macs when we moved to our existing home 4 yrs ago.. maybe they worth something now 🙁
 
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