In early 2006, I powered up my old IBM PCjr and realized it would not boot up. The BIOS would beep a few times, but nothing else would happen. How was I supposed to play JumpMan or Shamus?! So to eBay I went and in April 2006 I found and won a working IBM PCjr. It cost me $51 and even came with original manuals, keyboard, and power supply… all in the original box. A great deal in my mind.

Fast forward to the end of August 2007. My original IBM PCjr (which refuses to boot up) just sold on eBay. I threw it back in the original box I previously bought and included my old keyboard and the manuals. The winning bid? A whopping $154.50. I couldn’t believe it. With the housing market in a slump, is this turning out to be prime PCjr selling season?

So I guess the moral of the story is this: Broken crap is worth more than working crap. Who knew?

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