Great IBook G3 deals

[SolidxSnake]

http://henrico.k12.va.us/ibooksale/index.html

$50 each :drool:

[techun]

if only..if only

[NaNoBLaZe01]

Too bad I live nowhere near there.

[Mr_Fuchs]

8 hours away, VERY tempting.

[Vulcan]

I tried to convince my Mom to drive me there, but no dice :(

[Mr_Fuchs]

i'm considering pulling some jamie kennedy **** and picking up 4 or 5

[d94]

any1 wanna pick one up and ship it 2 me? :D

[jack222]

Too bad they are such slow machines.

I already have a beast lappy. :D:D

[Mr_Fuchs]

its not about performance, its baout price, i would buy these cold to resell in new york -- personally i hate apple stuff

[jack222]

Pick me one up if you go then.

How are you goig to get more then 1?

[Mr_Fuchs]

lol the only way would be to bring a lot of makeup, or something lol. if i pick one up for you your'e paying market price of 350 (hypotheticly, not making deals outside of classifieds)

its not worth the trip for just one,,, if i could maybe throw down 1000 on these then its worth it

[Aslan]

Damnit, I could have used it for $50. Nice find though SolidxSnake.

[cyberey66]

I saw this too last week. I wish I was local, I'd get one for my mother. These easily go for $300 or more, its still fast enough for regular use. With apple you pay for the ease of use and design, not speed. Awesome deal.

[NaNoBLaZe01]

If someone buys one of these, I might be interested in buying it off you... :)

[ryufreak]

it's limited 1 per person :( good find though, although a little too far for me, i wonder if i can call them up and convince them to ship me one

[Ogre]

Im thinking of driving down there during the morning ....so bump one off...but my gal will scream at me ..

[techun]

its only 50 bucks...heck, give it to her, she cant break it

[Mr_Fuchs]

is anyone actually local enough to do this ?

[Silversinksam]

i'm considering pulling some jamie kennedy **** and picking up 4 or 5

Good luck with that


• 1,000 laptops available

• Limit: one per person

*Edit*
On Ebay, 500Mhz 384mb 10Gb iBooks sell on average for about $300 Link (http://search-completed.ebay.com/G3-500mhz-384mb_W0QQampq3bsspagenameZhQ3ahQ3aadvsearchQ3aUSQ QcatrefZC5QQcatrefZC6QQfclZ3QQfisZ2QQfposZQ5AIPQ2f PostalQQfromZR10QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ1QQftrtZ1Q QftrvZ1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ 2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofocusZbs) (Link may not work as I had to sign into Ebay to do the search)

[Mr_Fuchs]

^ lol, its an 8 hour stretch, i dont think its worth the work-- the way it sounds it will be packed,line starts at 7am, and sale starts at 9

[Silversinksam]

^ lol, its an 8 hour stretch, i dont think its worth the work-- the way it sounds it will be packed,line starts at 7am, and sale starts at 9

I just checked my schedule, and I'm going to be about an hour away on Aug 9th, perhaps I will get one as a gift for someone while I am in that area..

[theMonster]

If somebody goes and gets one for me I'll give them an extra $50 for a total of $100 to make it worthwhile.

[scott d]

Yeah, I'm going to be about 3 hours away, too bad it's only one per person, or else i'd pick up a bunch for you guys.

[Mr_Fuchs]

if there is a limited supply what sense does it make to waste grabs on giving them back out on here @ the same price, lol

[MailOrderSausag]

makes me want to drive to virginia...

wait, it's a g3 book? nevermind...

[Mr_Fuchs]

let me know if you figure out a way to get more than 1

[theMonster]

OK no responses, I'll up my ante. I'll give whoever stands in line and buys one, $50 for the laptop, $100 to stand in line and whatever shipping costs. C'mon how many of you guys make $50-$100 an hour?

[JamminPotato]

i live an hour away, so i intend to go yay!

[Mr_Fuchs]

OK no responses, I'll up my ante. I'll give whoever stands in line and buys one, $50 for the laptop, $100 to stand in line and whatever shipping costs. C'mon how many of you guys make $50-$100 an hour?


why do that when the person can resell at market price

[theMonster]

why do that when the person can resell at market price

C'mon help an overclocker out.......... :shrug:

[cyberey66]

I read this so far on 3 or 4 different sites. It is probably going to be crowded, very crowded. Slickdeals posted this a while ago, so expect tons of ebay resellers bringing family members to each buy one for them.

[Ogre]

if slickdeal knows, that measn the whole site will be cramped, crap..

why do we have internet ?

[blueswitch]

Too bad they are such slow machines.

I already have a beast lappy. :D:D


Actually they arn't too bad, remember it's a different architecture...I have a G4 400mhz and the thing runs great...Id put it up against an 800mhz PIII

[Mr_Fuchs]

the thing is bringing family members,, i went to other people i know, and they figure they'd go if they can just buy one for themselves.. the only loophole is if oyu bring a really old person or a baby or something.

[shuiends]

I plan on going and getting one. Mayby all the OCForums members can meet up there. It is only about an hour away from were I live.

[tenchi86]

Man that would be awsome to get. To bad I am so far away.

[Mr_Fuchs]

agreed.... the term "northeast" is VERY relative.

[shuiends]

I am no longer able to go. It upsets me. I have to go into work because some people form georgia are coming up to work on some things. BAA I was looking forward to a cheap laptop.

[Mr_Fuchs]

after working it out i got it! I'm going to richmond baby!!! i'm taking the business on the road.. i buy and sell laptops on new yorks craigslist, and posted on richmond i can go down there buy these ibooks and pick up other stuff while in town! i've figured it out.

its 7 hours and 30 minutes to get there so i take an 11pm bus sleep on the bus, and have a nice early 530 jump on the goodies, and even time to perhaps slip through the cracks and buy another one, and then have 6 hours in historical richmond to make more deals, that havnt already been made! Perfect!

does anyone know if you can plug your laptop in on these busses ?i've taken one before but i didnt have a laptop then and didn't take notice...

[Dios67]

I live in arlington, va. I am going to go into work late and pick one up :-)

[Dios67]

http://www.nbc12.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WWBT%2FMGArticle%2FWBT_BasicArt icle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784206477

This was kind of too good to be true anyways :-)

FYI...

TO ALL THOSE INTERESTED, A VERY INTERESTING quote from someone close to this sale (quoted in TimesDispatch):

"Buyers should realize they may not get much service life out of these computers," he said. "When you evaluate the condition of the equipment, the age of the equipment, the use that it's had -- the price is reasonable."Stuart P. Myers, vice-chairman of the Henrico School Board

[theMonster]

boooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

As a side note, stating that people were coming from California to buy them is frickin' stupid, the cost of gas/plane or bus ticket alone would've been prohibitive.

[Mr_Fuchs]

california is just stupid for one.. for reasons stated above.. but this really SUCKS good thing i didnt buy my bus ticket 7 days early for that discount....

link no longer works.. man i was looking forward to this trip too. i've always wanted to visit the capital of the confederacy

[scott d]

awwww dangit.... i was going to go too
booooooo

[Mr_Fuchs]

henrico has 262,000 residents... and with 1000 laptops it doesntl ook like there will be a leftover sale

[mdameron]

That link clearly states you have to be a resident of the county, a taxpayer in the county, and a registered voter of the county.

Acceptable methods of such identification include:

* Driver's license (that includes the word "Henrico" on the face of the license)
* Henrico real estate tax bill
* Henrico personal property tax bill
* Henrico voter registration card


Any individual that is not a Henrico resident or taxpayer will not be allowed to purchase an iBook on August 16.

I hope none of you actually thought too long about going to this sale...

[Mr_Fuchs]

that wasn't there before.

[Mr_Fuchs]

bumpage.. i guess this shoudl be updated to non deal.. along with the XP home disks for 1 dollar from staples

[Mr_Fuchs]

wow! people are getting their ass kicked over these

http://www.nbc12.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WWBT/MGArticle/WBT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784465955

[Aslan]

How nice. I'm not really suprised that it came to this though, it seems like there wasn't really much organization in the entire process.

[Ha_hA_HA!]

Here is another article about the sale:

CNN: Panic ensues in rush for cheap laptops (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/08/16/computer.frenzy.ap/index.html)

[cyberey66]

yeah supposedly over 12,000 people showed up, and there were less than 1000 laptops. But the source that posted that also posted they are worth $999-$1299 each.

Ridiculous, they should have raised the price to at least $200, and at that price im sure they would have sold all of them. Thats all my comments I can post here.

[hrhrhrFOOT]

Jesse Sandler said he was one of the people pushing forward, using a folding chair he had brought with him to beat back people who tried to cut in front of him.

"I took my chair here and I threw it over my shoulder and I went, 'Bam,"' the 20-year-old said nonchalantly, his eyes glued to the screen of his new iBook, as he tapped away on the keyboard at a testing station.

rofl that's terrible :|

[the adam]

lol... that quote is hilarious, yet pretty sad that someone would do that (or maybe is was beating the crap out of ppl for fun)

[Ha_hA_HA!]

Sorry, off topic:

cyberey66,

Do you go to Rutgers in New Brunswick or Camden?

[d94]

http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/b6/dc/f6_12_sb.JPG
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8327177210

[cyberey66]

ha_ha_ha, pmed answer

and to stay on topic, it has already hit ebay, http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-G3-iBook_W0QQitemZ5797632388QQcategoryZ80039QQssPageN ameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Mr_Fuchs]

that shirt has got to have the record for the most views but no bids

[Ha_hA_HA!]

that shirt has got to have the record for the most views but no bids

You have to click the "Bidders list" link a few lines below the price. As of right now, 24 people have bought at least one, with some people buying a few. Heh, anyway, that is a great price for a shirt with free shipping, reguardless of what it says on it!

[d94]

anybody gunna buy 1? :D

[jack222]

http://i4.ebayimg.com/01/i/04/b6/dc/f6_12_sb.JPG
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8327177210
33 sold already, lmao. I should get one.

[Mr_Fuchs]

wow this guy made 255 bucks on these, thats insane.