I'm getting a PC, but is it worth it?

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For 749.00 + 50.00 shipping, is it a good deal?  What do you think?  I still have my number 1 iMacG4!


Brand new and sealed .
 
   15-INCH SONY SDM-HS53 FLAT-PANEL COLOR LCD MONITER

 256 MB DDR RAM expandable to 1 GB
  266 MHz memory speed
  533 MHz frontside bus
  512 KB level 2 cache
  80 GB ATA-100 hard disk drive
  3.5-inch floppy disk drive (1.44 MB)
  40x10x32x40x CD-RW drive
  16x maximum DVD-ROM drive
  Intel integrated graphics with 64 MB shared memory
  10Base-T/100Base-TX fast Ethernet
  V.90 modem
  One 3.5-inch internal expansion bay
  2 PCI expansion slots
  Two front and two rear USB 2.0 ports
  Serial port
  Two PS/2 ports
  Parallel port
  6-pin and 4-pin i.LINK ports (IEEE 1394)
  Headphone output
  Microphone input
  Audio line input
  Stereo speakers
  VAIO smart keyboard
  PS/2 wheel mouse
  Multimedia software includes PictureGear Studio, DVgate Plus SonicStage and VAIO Media
   pre-installed software includes ,window xp home edition,Microsoft Works 7.0, Quicken 2003, Money and McAfee Security Center
  PC dimentions are 7.2"W x 15.6"H x 14.9"D
  PC box weight 52 pounds  s/h $50
  COMPUTER IS BRAND NEW IN THE BOX, FACTORY SEALED, NEVER REMOVED FROM THE BOX OR USED.
   

[ljocampo]

Tonye:

 Someone from Spain tried to sell my nephew a system just like that (Sony Vaio) sealed in the box.  She emailed him with the offer because he bid on a similar computer on eBay.  That computer sells for much more than that, but he easily talked down to $645.  She of course didn't haggle just wanted her money sent Western Union.  My nephew was smarter than that.  It was a scam.  If he'd sent her the money, he could kiss it goodbye.  Beware use a PayPal system etc.  

[Paddy]

Leo, did you see this thread on the eBay discussion boards?

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jsp?foru...=20030822081234

Tonye, you didn't list the processor speed or model number for the Vaio, so it is a little difficult to tell what exactly you're looking at - but the monitor alone on eBay has gone for $227 to $315 over the past month.

The entry-level RS300 models with 2.4 GHz Pentium4 processors and the 80GB drive & DVD-ROM drive sell for $829 from Sony - WITHOUT the monitor. Is this the model? I'd be highly suspicious - but it all depends on the seller. Lowest price for the RS310 on CNET was $749 with a rebate - again, no monitor.

Can you post the seller info? (auction listing? website?) We'd be better able to offer opinions on whether or not it's a good deal if you can do that.

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Paddy here is the thread, I think.  i saved it to my desktop.


Edited long URL out.

[Diana]

Hi Tonye,

That "link" you gave is just a file with it's
path information on your local machine. Noone
here is able to read or see what's in it.

What we need is a real link to the actual page
at E-bay. If you visit that sale page in your browser,
then copy/paste the actual link from the location
bar to TS. We can all click on it and go directly to the
page at E-bay just as you do.

see ya,

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Paddy it's a P4 2.4


New Sony  Vaio PC P4 2.4 GHZ 15" flat  LCD

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=2748578618

[Gary S]

Tonye,

Could you go back and fix that post with the long path name? Just delete the path name or something?

It's hard reading this thread ...... scrolling.

[Diana]

Hi Tonye,

After looking at the e-bay sale page and
reviewing the seller's feedback, my opinion
is that this is a good deal. The seller doesn't
appear to have sold something this large in the
recent past, but if he's been gathering this good
reputation just so he could pass off this sale as
a scam, he's worked awfully hard. I would use a
trusted escrow service and grin over my prize.

see ya

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Diana, thanks for the input.  I was getting a little nervous, but i do have a home address as well as his telephone number, not to mention that eBay and my Bank would probably work together and get my money bacvk for me if it were a scam.

I also noticed on eBay people selling similar models without the monitor for 679.00.  I am going to think POSITIVE and enjoy my new PC when it arrives.  Ilet you know when I get it too.

[iGuy]

QUOTE

Tonye,
Could you go back and fix that post with the long path name? Just delete the path name or something?
It's hard reading this thread ...... scrolling.

I second that!

Ryan

[ljocampo]

Paddy:

Thanks for the link.  I'm going send it to my nephew.  

Tonye:

Good luck, I hope it works out for you.  Of course, I will never buy anything from eBay.  I don't even go to their site.