good deal?

[rhodest]

I just bought a powermac g4 733 384mb ram 40gb hard drive off of ebay. It came with a 17" dell flat screen monitor and a wireless keyboard and mouse. It was $466. Did I get a good deal, or not?

 

[EricNau]

I just bought a powermac g4 733 384mb ram 40gb hard drive off of ebay. It came with a 17" dell flat screen monitor and a wireless keyboard and mouse. It was $466. Did I get a good deal, or not?

Sounds like a good deal to me, but I don't know...

If I said no, what are you going to do about it?

 

[joepunk]

It does sound like a good deal. Maybe too good

Could you provide a link to the ebay auction? Better to see it for ourselves.

 

[rhodest]

I was just wondering
here is the link http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5827123650&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

 

[QCassidy352]

yes, I think that with that monitor, it's a great deal. I doubt it's a scam; if it is, it's a very unusual one. The picture is of the actual items, the seller accepts paypal, there are no external e mail addresses, the specs aren't cut and pasted from a website, the bidder's identities aren't kept secret, and there isn't one flat buy-it-now price with no option to bid. Perhaps most importantly, this just isn't the kind of item that typical ebay scammers use. They list much newer and more expensive things that will get many many searches (quad G5) and promise outrageous upgrades.

Of course, this could be a smarter scammer, but I think you just got a great deal. They really do exist on ebay, and in this case, I think the auction, for whatever reason, just didn't get as high as it should have.

Congrats and enjoy.

 

[rhodest]

thanks that makes me feel a little better (that i didn't get ripped off)

 

[joepunk]

Congratulations on your awesome purchase.

 

[Vader]

That is the exact computer I use. Well, I have upgraded RAM to 896, new Radeon 64mb graphics card, have a Super drive and a second internal 80gb hd, but it is the same processor and that. Didn't realize my computer was so crappy and cheap now.
All well, still works fine in OS 10.4.3, with video editing and all!
So enjoy, it is a great and very flexible/upgradable computer.
Ours cost $1600 a little over 4 years ago, with no monitor, straight from Apple.

 

[QCassidy352]

thanks that makes me feel a little better (that i didn't get ripped off)

My pleasure. I think you're going to really enjoy your great deal. Let us know how it goes when you actually get it!