<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I believe Ezra's message was meant for the group. See below.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>I would have been happy to lead a group buy, but we spoke about it last night and there wasn't a consensus that we should proceed. We never really got to the question of what the limit would be. We did confirm that it would be at least $700. Then someone found a listing on ebay of someone in South Korea trying to sell a similar model for $2,800. People might be speculating that indicates its worth? If so they will be disappointed. That one's been for sale for over a year.<br><br><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/284085010523?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28">https://www.ebay.com/itm/284085010523?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28</a></div><div><br></div><div>Anyhow, I don't want to get into parting them out or reselling them to recover the value.  To me they are worth a couple hundred bucks a piece including shipping, but I don't need 6 of them. If 5 others agreed on $200 that would put the max bid at around $900. That would have to happen very fast.<br><br></div><div>Karim</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 9:20 AM Ezra Christensen <<a href="mailto:ezracc@gmail.com">ezracc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Better act quickly if we're going to do it. It closes this afternoon.<br>Factoring in split shipping costs of ~$60, how much are they worth to people? </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:48 PM Karim Virani via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Well that depends on what it is worth to us.  Freight would be about $300 and I know for sure the prebids are above $300</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 3:50 PM David P. Anderson via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <p>Me too.</p>
    <p>dpa</p>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div>On 12/14/21 3:00 PM, Thalanayar
      Muthukumar via DPRGlist wrote<br>
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        <div>I can also buy one for a split price, if someone wins and
          wants to sell one of them.</div>
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        <div>Regards.</div>
        <div>- Kumar</div>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 2:57
            PM Ezra Christensen via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>>
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            <div dir="ltr">Yes, the lot is for all 6 of them. <br>
              It's an auction site though - the starting bid is $25,
              increases in $5 increments, while you can pre-bid it looks
              like the auction will open and close in 3 minutes. Your
              initial bid is likely your only bid. They do have an ebay
              style system where the winner pays the minimum amount
              needed to beat the other bids. It doesn't go to their max
              unless needed. I wouldn't be surprised if it hit $300 very
              quickly before shipping. Still not bad even if you parted
              them out and gutted the boards. <br>
              <br>
              If someone does end up winning and doesn't need all 6,
              I'll buy one for a split price (assuming it's reasonable).</div>
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              <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at
                2:45 PM Karim Virani via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>>
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                <div dir="ltr">They were very expensive back then. Is
                  the lot all 6 at once?</div>
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                  <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 14, 2021
                    at 2:34 PM David P. Anderson via DPRGlist <<a href="mailto:dprglist@lists.dprg.org" target="_blank">dprglist@lists.dprg.org</a>>
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                      <p>Pat,</p>
                      <p>I remember these platforms.  Pretty cool in the
                        day, mostly sold to university robotics
                        programs, as I remember.   Very cool.   <br>
                      </p>
                      <p>David<br>
                      </p>
                      <div>On 12/14/21 10:31 AM, Pat Caron via DPRGlist
                        wrote:<br>
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                          <div style="font-size:small">I found this
                            posted on the PARTS list.  (Portland
                            Robotics)</div>
                          <div style="font-size:small">Might be of
                            interest to some.  It would be too expensive
                            to ship to Canada.</div>
                          <div style="font-size:small"><br>
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                          <div style="font-size:small">...Pat C.<br>
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                              <div>This popped up on my work's Slack. 6
                                for (currently) $25 seems a steal.
                                Though my coworkers don't seem to have a
                                high opinion of these platforms, FWIW.
                                Also, you'd have shipping :p</div>
                              <div><br>
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                              <div>Still, thought someone would enjoy
                                looking at it.</div>
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