UNBUILT Heathkit H89 Computer Kit & Software - $526.77

[Peter A Markavage]

My modified text: I forgot the words  "or worth" and  "today".

You can't
ever build the kit because it's value [ ADD: or worth ]as a completed kit
(in pristine
condition, as new, etc.)  [ ADD: today ] would fall at the high value of
a unit assembled
20, 30, or 40 years ago.

My point was that a H89 computer and its accessories, whether it was
built yesterday or 10 or 15 years ago, doesn't have any more value. It's
a door stop in today's computer world. What drives the price through the
roof is the insane desire or the notion that "time" will drive the
unbuilt kit price even higher. Sort of reminds me of the late nineties in
the stock market and we all know what happened with that.

Truly these people who pay these insane prices for unbuilt kits must
desire to be "legends in their own mind".

Pete



On Wed, 6 Feb 2002 10:50:51 -0500 Bill Coleman <aa4lr at arrl.net> writes:
> On 2/5/02 5:34 PM, Peter A Markavage at pmarkavage at JUNO.COM wrote:
>
> >I don't wonder about the number of unbuilt kits out there somewhere
> ( I'm
> >sure there are many), I question the logic for paying such high
> prices
> >for kits (there's a WA-P2 preamp up there still climbing).
>
> The Unbuilt H89 computer went for less than $550. I'm sure it was
> substantially MORE than that when the unit was discontinued.
>
> I don't see that as such a high price. Indeed, it seems somewhat low
> to
> me.
>

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