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Liquidating stuff in Twin Cities area.. anyone interested?

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Jan 02, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
Due to economic troubles, I'm looking to sell a number of items locally to pay off bills.... even had to cancel a VO acct I'd been paying on for 2 years, though still hoping to return at some point once things get more stable, so it's not for sale.

Up for grabs is:

Yellow 1972 Kawasaki KZ-1100A, shaft-drive motorcycle, incl. aftermarket oil cooler, heated handgrips, sportster suspension, removeable locking hard-cover saddle bags. 80K miles, well cared for, 50-ft paint, no windscreen or front fairing.

Early '08 model Macbook 13", very lightly used and well cared for, includes Applecare, MS Office 2008, Red Speck protective shell, marware set, keyboard cover, Oakley padded carrying case and backpack. Will throw in an MX Revolution mouse if wanted.

Saitek X-52 stick and throttle set. Heavily used for only a short period (back when I started playing VO regularly), moderately worn, but still in full working condition.

Playstation 2
Logitech Force Feedback racing wheel,
1 standard controller, 1 wireless controller, NEW, only been used once.
GT3, GT4, Ace Combat 4, Ace Combat 5, SOCOM, Deus Ex
Memory card with unlocks and save games if wanted

Ancient old notebook computer, collector's piece... Pentium III with true-color LCD, full keyboard with numpad, more ports and features than most modern laptops. No OS or compile your own. Been running DSL on it.

Possibly other things as I think of them.

Local pick-up only, no shipping.

Reply if wanting more info, or can email offers to veritas.fury gmail com
Jan 03, 2009 look... no hands link
damn, its a shame you dont ship, cause the p3 laptop would come in handy from time to time, sure i can't convince you to ship it?
Jan 03, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
Cost of shipping it would be considerable... it weighs quite a lot. Not to mention packaging it safely for the trip, and the time expended to do it... no, I'm pretty sure not.
Jan 03, 2009 toshiro link
I would so go for the bike and MacBook if you lived in Europe (and if I had money to spare).
Jan 03, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
If I lived in Europe, I probably wouldn't be needing to sell them. ;)
Jan 03, 2009 break19 link
^^ lol..

I know, because then you could have your government baby sit you, since you're obviously too lazy to actually... WORK.

Never was it mentioned that YOU would have to pay for the shipping.. Yet you DID state an aversion to work.. "Not to mention packaging it safely for the trip, and the time expended to do it"

^ Laziness.. pure and simple.
Jan 03, 2009 Whistler link
Perhaps he's working two jobs to make ends meet and can't spare the time to package and ship?
Jan 03, 2009 toshiro link
Eize, please note that there are many different states in Europe, each of which handles welfare differently. Not every country enables people to live without having to work, or at least not indefinitely.
Jan 03, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
Whistler: Actually only one full-time job right now, still spending most of the rest of my time looking for a second -- they're kinda hard to come by these days.

LNH is more than welcome to pay for S&H, I was simply insinuating it wasn't worth it. I don't have shipping supplies on hand, so that's more out of pocket... in the end I'm asking like $40 for that PC, but would be asking another $50 to ship it if he's much further than across town.

I actually qualify for federal housing aid in the U.S. already, like about 100 million other Americans, I just hate taking charity enough to not apply for it.

EDIT: HDD failure. Won't be available for reply until it's attended to... I've had such shit luck with these western digifails.
Jan 04, 2009 Whistler link
I was wondering if the shipping cost would be worth it to anyone, but I was ignorant of how much that laptop would go for and how much it would cost to ship.
Jan 04, 2009 LeberMac link
I have a cousin in the twin cities area, I'll ask if he wants a bike, a MacBook, or a PS2.
Jan 05, 2009 toshiro link
Just asking: Is it a PS2 (fat) or a PStwo (slim)?
Jan 05, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
It's the fat one. I'm not sure if it's the moddable series or not.

My mainboard died 2 days ago, so I'm slightly less reachable atm. I bought a replacement yesterday, and am working on installing it.

I also got laid off today.

I am adding to the list:

1 Extreme Performance homebuilt gaming machine, that hasn't been used for gaming in more than half a year. No components more than a year and a half old. Brand new mainboard, GPU and memory. Most parts still under factory warranty.
Specs:
Cooler Master CM Stacker T-01 Solid Steel & Aluminum server chassis (Heavily modded for maximum airflow, transparent viewport, red and UV lights, UV reactive cable sleeving, red LED fans, red Lian Li brushed aluminum high-wattage rhoebus fan control for cooling under load at a dull roar, or near-silent idle operation)
Corsair HX620W Power supply (modular)
Gigabyte EP45C-DS3R Motherboard (Brand New, intel P45, with aftermarket NB cooler, takes 45nm, DDR2 and DDR3, 8 USB + 2 headers, 6 SATA, Crossfire-supported)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (overclocked above 3GHz, probably 3.6, with Zalman 9700 copper air cooler)
4x 250GB HDDs, (combination of Western Digitals and Seagate, all still under factory warranty)
1.5 TB Seagate HDD as a backup
LG Blu-Ray/HD-DVD drive with Dual-Layer DVD burner
4 GB of DDR2 800 (G.Skill overclocking memory)
nVIDIA GeForce GTX260-Core216 Overclocked Edition (216 stream processing cores, plays Crysis maxed out)
Soundblaster Audigy SE 7.1 card + 80W Creative 7.1 surround sound system
Samsung 24" widescreen HDMI/DVI/VGA monitor with HDCP, 1920x1200
Viewsonic Q20WB 20" WIdescreen DVI/VGA monitor, 1680x1050
PCI Wireless Adapter
PCIe SATA card with 2 extra SATA ports and optional SoftRAID/SCSI modes
First-series Logitech G15 gaming keyboard with flip-up LCD
2x Saitek Cyborg EVO ambidextrous gaming joysticks
Logitech MOMO Force-Feedback Racing wheel
Razer Lachesis 4000dpi laser gaming mouse
Logitech MX Revolution ergonomic 800dpi wireless laser productivity mouse
Steelseries I1, black frosted glass precision mouse surface.
780 Watt APC in-line battery backup uninterpretable power supply

Will sell the whole thing as a unit for $3500 OBO.
Jan 06, 2009 LeberMac link
Shit, Gunther. Whaddya do? I'll find ye a job in Milwaukee!

Alas, my cousin has no money, either, to buy any of your reasonably-priced merchandise.
Jan 06, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
I'm an IT professional. I fix computers. mostly malware cleanup and hardware diagnostics.

Minneapolis is, in theory, the best place in the midwest for the field... problem is, the field isn't in the midwest, and I can't afford California.
Jan 08, 2009 Whistler link
The pay is higher in CA, but then again you can't turn around without running into an IT professional around here.
Jan 08, 2009 LeberMac link
Dallas is IT heaven, I heard.

Anyway, I'll keep my eyes open, ear to teh ground, and nose in the air. Milwaukee doesn't have as much corporate stuff as MSP does, tho.
Jan 09, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
You must be incredibly flexible on the sauce, leebs.
Jan 09, 2009 break19 link
Odd, see, this is why I got into truckin' when I did...

I have a degree in electronics, but couldn't find a decent-paying job around here that wanted it (My current employer wasn't hiring when I was first looking). So. I went and drove trucks.. Took me about 3 weeks of company-paid school before I started getting a livable paycheck, and pretty quickly I was earning 30-40k a year.. like, within the year..

Doesn't sound like a whole lot, but if you're living in the truck, there's no utility bills to speak of..

Truckin companies are -ALWAYS- hiring. especially in your area, it's a pretty big intersection, goods-wise..

might give that a look-see?
break19

edit: I could even give ya the names of a few companies that will train you, no experience needed..

edit #2: In fact, I may well wind up going back to truckin' - Depending on how well my current employer does..
Jan 11, 2009 Gunther Hermann link
That actually sounds a decent idea, and it wouldn't be the first time I'd considered it... as long as there are benefits involved I'd step to it, anyway.