Late to reply as always. Not because I'm slow, but I feel sympathetic to the need to keep threads going.
If you cut through the fluffed out spec descriptions there's less in there than appears, just :
Sanyo MBC-550 (complete system)
Sanyo MBC-500 (complete system)
Olivetii 486 Desktop
Toshiba T5200 386 laptop
2 x non-functioning Macs
National AG500 VHS Recorder
for the paltry $500 opportunistic asking price.
What is interesting is that on another auction ('NEC POWERMATE PORTABLE SX COMPUTER' -
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =435334257) at the time of his auction and around the time bidding was at about $1, pc-components was asking :
Q: Sorry for annoying Question but any chance of shipping to Christchurch? pc-components (491 ) 5:03 pm, Fri 30 Dec
A: That's alright. We'd have to add shipping charges to the winning bid. It weighs over 10 kg (one of the 1st true laptops).
Even more interesting, pc-components, is someone in the PC parts (or components, if you will) business - new and second hand.
So adding 1 and 1 together and coming up with 3, i posit that :
1. The trader has a ton of better stuff, and this is just the junk and clearing up space items
2. Based on his selling prices, the other auction, if got for a buck, would be a good investment proposition to him
3. If you buy these, then in a hundred years time, they could be worth more than all the money there is in the world !
I was going to ask on his auction if he had anything else, but I like to work things out from the facts and come up with my own stories. It's my own brand of Interactive Fiction.