Damn, I paid $259 CDN for them, and I just sold them for $234.50. That's after owning them for almost a freakin year! A $24.50 loss after a year - that's like $15 US. Man, you really do have to stand in awe of eBay sometimes. Couldn't say no to that! Might get another kind of speaker next... heh heh</strong><hr></blockquote>
****! you know what? I bought my SoundSticks in Summer for $260 CDN
Then in October I got a new set of TDK speaker as birthday gift....its quality is 10x better than SS.
I then had to get rid of my SoundStick. I only sold it for $180 CDN
Damn, Murbot, you are such a lucky bastard , Only lost 24 bucks in one year.....I envy you..... :eek:
hey i don't suppose you have that picture with all those boxes do you leonis? The mountain of Mac boxes? remember that one? if you still have it, could you send it my way and ill post it on the website.
i just soiled myself. i didn't know that people did this, and I certainly didn't think it'd be possible for a person to stay in the green. I suppose for more gold you gotta have a quick turnaround time, but i thought that the best a person could do is keep minimal losses. not actual profit.
i thought that i've had a lot of computers [5], from an Amiga 500, to an Apple quadra 605 (i think it had 8MB ram, and around 33MHz), to a powercomputing powertower pro, a Color Classic, and now a b&w g3. i get a new one about every 3 or 4 yrs. i meant to sell them, but i end up just leaving them in my closet, til my mother threw them away. This thread has changed my whole outlook on life.
Any1 wanna lend a poor college kid some money so i can start getting a different Mac every quarter or so. i don't mind taking the money as a no-strings attached gift.
<strong>hey i don't suppose you have that picture with all those boxes do you leonis? The mountain of Mac boxes? remember that one? if you still have it, could you send it my way and ill post it on the website.
Murbot you are totally like my friend, before January 2001 he had a Yosemite 450 and iBook 333. Now listen to this upgrading.
\t
\t-iBook 466
\t-iMac 600
\t-PowerMac G4 466
\t-Titanium 400
\t-Titanium 500
\t-PowerMac G4 533
\t-Pismo 400
\t-PowerMac 733 DA
\t-iBook 500
\t-PowerMac 733 QS
\t-Titanium 550
\t-Titanium 667
\t-PowerMac 867
\t-iBook 500
\t-Titanium 550
That's all in on year. Sometime he would even go back to hardware he had already had like the iBook 500 and such. Currently he still have his PowerMac 867 and Ti 550. But I think he is getting rid of his Ti 500 and going to an iBook 600.
You and him should contact each other and have some sort of contest. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
<strong>Also, you can backup your all-important files with its 5 GB Hard Drive (who has 5 GB of MP3s anyway?) and then transfer the stuff onto your machine-of-the-month.
I should have known something was afoot when this thread got bumped back up.
I was just on MacNN scrolling through a thread when I saw Murbot's trademark desk picture with what's this? An iMac. Matsu stops scrolling and sure enough it's Murbot, in an iMac picture thread!
Murbot, you are becoming the stuff of urban legend. I'm sending an e-mail to AtAT, we're going to make you famous! (or infamous -- wife kicked you out yet, or what?)
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lets see...
January 2000 traded my HP 4458 for a Rev A iMac. (thus started my adventures in Macintosh's) i still have this machine, its on loan to my aunt.
in Sept 2000.....purchased an Indigo ibook.
Traded that for a iMac DV SE 400 in January 2001
Traded that for a Rev A iBook, Blueberry. feb. 2001
Traded THAT for a Rev B iMac. Bondi early march 2001
Sold that for 400 with a broken modem late march early april.
Used my PM 6500/225 till April 28th.
April 28th, 2001- my Refurbished iMac DV + Arrives in all its indigo glory.
Traded that for a Rev B iBook a few weeks ago.
Ive learned a few things this year, I am a portable person. I love to move around. Im laying in bed right now actually
Im kicking Minerva (the ibook) up to 320MB next week sometime......getting an Airport card for X-Mas.....
and..
if i feel lucky, ill OC it to 366Mhz whenever i swap out the Hard drive, (probably sometime next year.
Current Mac Roster:
Minerva (blueberry iBook)
PB Duo 280
Mac SE/30
Mac IIci
iMac Rev A (on loan to aunt)
<strong>I sold the SoundSticks!!
Damn, I paid $259 CDN for them, and I just sold them for $234.50. That's after owning them for almost a freakin year! A $24.50 loss after a year - that's like $15 US. Man, you really do have to stand in awe of eBay sometimes. Couldn't say no to that! Might get another kind of speaker next... heh heh</strong><hr></blockquote>
****! you know what? I bought my SoundSticks in Summer for $260 CDN
Then in October I got a new set of TDK speaker as birthday gift....its quality is 10x better than SS.
I then had to get rid of my SoundStick. I only sold it for $180 CDN
Damn, Murbot, you are such a lucky bastard
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i thought that i've had a lot of computers [5], from an Amiga 500, to an Apple quadra 605 (i think it had 8MB ram, and around 33MHz), to a powercomputing powertower pro, a Color Classic, and now a b&w g3. i get a new one about every 3 or 4 yrs. i meant to sell them, but i end up just leaving them in my closet, til my mother threw them away. This thread has changed my whole outlook on life.
Any1 wanna lend a poor college kid some money so i can start getting a different Mac every quarter or so. i don't mind taking the money as a no-strings attached gift.
when i grow up, i wanna be murbot.
but until then,
I'm George Dietrich,
Yes, THE George Dietrich.
<strong>hey i don't suppose you have that picture with all those boxes do you leonis? The mountain of Mac boxes? remember that one? if you still have it, could you send it my way and ill post it on the website.
[email protected]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Lots of older hardware are gone, plus I threw some boxes when I moved....therefore the box pile isn't as big as before
\t
\t-iBook 466
\t-iMac 600
\t-PowerMac G4 466
\t-Titanium 400
\t-Titanium 500
\t-PowerMac G4 533
\t-Pismo 400
\t-PowerMac 733 DA
\t-iBook 500
\t-PowerMac 733 QS
\t-Titanium 550
\t-Titanium 667
\t-PowerMac 867
\t-iBook 500
\t-Titanium 550
That's all in on year. Sometime he would even go back to hardware he had already had like the iBook 500 and such. Currently he still have his PowerMac 867 and Ti 550. But I think he is getting rid of his Ti 500 and going to an iBook 600.
You and him should contact each other and have some sort of contest. <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
[ 03-15-2002: Message edited by: Quarem ]</p>
<strong>Also, you can backup your all-important files with its 5 GB Hard Drive (who has 5 GB of MP3s anyway?) and then transfer the stuff onto your machine-of-the-month.
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Hah! Maybe me!
<strong>but do you still have that old picture?</strong><hr></blockquote>
It's gone too. Sorry
But I can tell what's left:
The monitor box (21" ASD), G4, iBook, iMac, PC, Scanner, Burner
that's it I think
<strong>... and some dolls...
Oh yeah....forgot about those boxes.... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
I am going to resurrect this thread and let the guessing game start
I bet this machine will only last - 3 weeks 6 days
my offical prediction.
800Mhz G4 TiBook ( or whatever comes out next)
<strong>next up...
my offical prediction.
800Mhz G4 TiBook ( or whatever comes out next)</strong><hr></blockquote>
Could be. He hasn't had a TiBook in a while.
I was just on MacNN scrolling through a thread when I saw Murbot's trademark desk picture with what's this? An iMac. Matsu stops scrolling and sure enough it's Murbot, in an iMac picture thread!
Murbot, you are becoming the stuff of urban legend. I'm sending an e-mail to AtAT, we're going to make you famous! (or infamous -- wife kicked you out yet, or what?)
<strong>Geez, you guys can never just leave me alone... I'll have to stop posting about my computer swapping.
This makes me wonder about all the other Macs you've bought, but were afraid to mention.