Date   : Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:41:46 +0100 (BST)
From   : kim@... (Kim Faulkner)
Subject: Expensive Atoms

One does wonder who would pay that price for the computer. It is probably the
best available, but wow, what a sale!

I have a brand new unconstructed Atom kit here. I haven't looked at it for
years but I remember that the condition is similar to that shown in the
eBay sale. The polystyrene box for the plastic case shell hasn't got a
cardboard wrapper as many units were supplied together in an outer cardboard
box and I managed to get hold of two of them many years ago. I constructed
one of them and kept the other as an unused kit. I would like to think that
the unconstructed kit has some value as a museum piece in the future. I am
keeping all my Acorn parts for the moment, but they cannot stay for ever.

Kim Faulkner










On Wed 29 Aug, Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> 
> On 29/08/2012 18:33, Jules Richardson wrote:
> >
> > People here might get a kick out of this one, too (I posted it to
> > classiccmp earlier) - ?1,100.00 for an Atom:
> >
> >     http://search.ebay.co.uk/251105620795
> 
> Ah yes we had a good old chuckle about that one on the Stairway to hell 
> forums.
> 
> > ... well, unless there are shenanigans going on!
> >
> > (not mine, of course - just a bit of a 'bloody hell!' moment)
> 
> Indeed I bought a similar condition one about a year or so ago, for 
> ?100, that was boxed mind it was in the brown box rather than the retail 
> one.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Phill.
>