Sellers on The Bay do the darndest things

[Dave Britten]

(02-23-2021 10:19 PM)Don Shepherd Wrote:  One of my favorite Ebay transactions was a Victor MEC 2 calculator from around 1970. The seller was selling it "as is or for parts" because when she did the calculation 3+4= it didn't say 7. I knew from experience that this model only used the = key for multiplication and division and if she had done 3+4+ she would have got 7 and realized that it worked just fine. So I got it at a bargain price.

Sometimes you get a gem, sometimes not.

Ha, that's great! I've had pretty good luck with untested/as-is listings. My 19BII and both of my 82143A printers were acquired that way. And I think both of my TI-58Cs might have been the same.