Yep, bought back in Jan of 2003. It has always been my kids computer. P3 450 Dell something or other. I had a 17" Viewsonic CRT from an old system that work just fine. They are on their second mouse (regular ball type)

So, the HDD went south. I'm certainly capable of adding a drive and formatting/loading it, but I thought in the back of mind that instead of messing with this now, I'll get my kids back up running and get this one going for a garage machine.

So I get on Ebay to look for a computer (searched "P4 computer") and the first listing I read seemed like a smoking deal.

P4 2.8 HT 256Mb RAM, 80Gb HDD, Integrated vid/NIC/Sound

AND

a 17" LCD Flat Panel Display.

AND

only 22 minutes left.



So I watch.

$580 no change for 12 minutes.



Then $590.



Then $600 with only a few minutes left.

I watch and wait.



I click the place bid button at about 20 seconds left. I bid $610 -

D'oh not high enough -

I up it to $616 as time runs out.

I beat the high bidder by a dollar!! Wahoo!!!

BTW, this is brand new in the box with a Dell warranty!!

 

d00d...nice score!

 

sweet....

 

Helps if I post a link eh?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5138146428

 

$90 to ship?!?

 

Yeah, that was kind of steep, but I factored that in. Most of the new PC's I saw were $70-90 for shipping. It's coming 2nd Day Fed Ex though.

 

I shipped a computer once. It ran about $100. But it did not have a flat screen monitor. The monitor box was by far the heaviest.

 

you are an auction snipper! sometimes you got to read the fine print about post and handling! thats where some sellers go in for the kill


bu what the heck...a great deal!

 

I got Fed Ex shipping info emailed this AM. It is arriving TODAY! I won the auction late Friday night! Great service!!!

 

It's here already! Gotta love that!!

I need to get her setup and check things out. On the surface, everything seems to be on the up and up!