Slashzero wrote on 2020-02-08, 07:22:
That is a nice looking case! 😀
I’ve been keeping an eye on cases on eBay for my PIII W98SE desktop, but haven’t seen anything decent looking, and shipping is just too high for cases. When you say you worked out a deal, what kind of deal? I’m curious to know.
Well the seller had it listed for a little over $150 plus shipping, which was another $22 so the total cost would have been almost $180 to my door, and that's just too much for me to justify spending on an empty case. It was on my watch list for months but the seller never lowered the price, so a few days ago I emailed the seller and said I'd love to buy the case but I can't justify the high price, so if they would consider $100 shipped I'd buy it. At first they said they could only knock $10 off the price and I responded and said I just couldn't justify it for old hardware but good luck with the sale. They then came back with an offer of $100 plus shipping which I accepted, so I got it for about 35% below their asking price. Really friendly seller so I'm pleased.
I know it's a lot to pay for just a case but as I said it's very nostalgic for me because it's the same case I had when I was really heavy into PC gaming and I ran that rig for years updating along the way, and it's the only one I've ever seen come up for sale, especially new in the box. It's also the only time I put a neon light kit in my case (yeah I went through that phase) so, good times and great memories.
The only other case I'm planning on buying new on eBay like that, which will cost another $100 or so, is a CTX style AT case, because it's the same case as the very first PC I bought, a 200 MHz AMD K6 system, so that one also has a special place. Other than that, I'd like to buy more beige cases for older builds but they're just hard to find, and people list them for stupid high prices on ebay most of the time, and like you said they're costly to ship. I'm not going to spend over $200 on a used beige case which is yellowed and missing drive bay covers. I'll just frequent the local thrift stores and flea markets until I find what I want.