Does this sound like a reasonable price?

[joshc]

Just noticed an SE sell in the UK for £180...that's around $228.

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Put most simply, prices vary. Shop around / be patient and you'll find one much cheaper, even with a keyboard and mouse.

 

[ClassicGuyPhilly]

I'd suggest posting WTB thread in the Trading Post for an SE system, or anything else you're interested in collecting. There's also a member transaction feedback section you can consult.

I'm sure everyone will agree you're better off buying from a know and respected member of this community vs a random person from CL or eBay.

 

[bigmessowires]

Depending on the amount of yellowing and the availability of keyboard, mouse, manuals and so, I would price this machine anywhere from $50 to $150. $50 for an SE so yellow'd, it practically has skin cancer and $150 for an SE in pristine condition with keyboard & mouse or manuals thrown in.

I can't recall seeing a working Macintosh SE sell for as little as $50 any time recently. On my local Craigslist (SF Bay Area), there are two SE systems listed at the moment. One is a working SE (not FDHD) with Zulu SCSI for $300 asking price. A keyboard and mouse are $50 extra if you want them. The listing makes no claims about it being restored or recapped. The other is a non-working SE FDHD with keyboard and mouse included for $200 asking price. OP's system with $225 asking price compares favorably to both of these. Yes, they could try to bargain down the price some, but I don't feel it's wildly overpriced or anything. I still maintain that people who are saying it should be priced at half that much are living in their memories of what an SE used to cost, or what they feel like it should be worth, rather than what they could actually buy it for today.

 

[jmacz]

On my local Craigslist (SF Bay Area), there are two SE systems listed at the moment. One is a working SE (not FDHD) with Zulu SCSI for $300 asking price. A keyboard and mouse are $50 extra if you want them. The listing makes no claims about it being restored or recapped. The other is a non-working SE FDHD with keyboard and mouse included for $200 asking price.

Those have been sitting there for almost two months I think, maybe longer. There was another at $100 also fully functional and cleaner, and that one didn’t move either until after the seller dropped it to $90.

 

[ArmorAlley]

I still maintain that people who are saying it should be priced at half that much are living in their memories of what an SE used to cost, or what they feel like it should be worth, rather than what they could actually buy it for today.

You have a point.
The equivalent of €50 for a Mac SE is optimistic and probably happens quite rarely.
The Bay Area may very well have inflated prices in comparison to the rest of the world.
From the market perspective in Switzerland-Germany-Austria (and possibly even England too), prices seem to start at the equivalent of $100.

 

[Aeroform]

For what it’s worth I had two for sale locally here in Sweden for $50 and $40. One in excellent condition and the cheaper a bit yellow. Took me 3-4 weeks to get rid of them at that price .

 

[robin-fo]

I bought my SE in 2021 for an equivalent of around $50. It was non-working though…

 

[Fred1212]

Fleabay prices in Australia start around A$250 no keyboard or mouse and usually untested

 

[Byrd]

It's good that they are so cheap: they're pretty much the ultimate entry level vintage Mac. Most will have a questionable HD, gummed up floppy drive and might need an AB recap here and there however all cheap/easy prospects to get into the hobby!

 

[4seasonphoto]

Shipping an SE from out of town could easily cost more than the machine itself, and then you hope that it doesn't get destroyed in transit.

 

[Fred1212]

I won an SE on UK ebay a year or so ago and it arrived perfectly in Australia. You can be lucky some times

 

[joshc]

Fleabay prices in Australia start around A$250 no keyboard or mouse and usually untested

I won an SE on UK ebay a year or so ago and it arrived perfectly in Australia. You can be lucky some times

Australia prices are higher.

How much was the shipping from the UK?

 

[Fred1212]

I think it was around 40 to 50 pounds. The combined price was around A$200 which was better than I could find here at the time. It was worth it as it was a made in Ireland version of the SE and it worked, only ever see asian and some us builds in Australia.

 

[joshc]

I think it was around 40 to 50 pounds. The combined price was around A$200 which was better than I could find here at the time. It was worth it as it was a made in Ireland version of the SE and it worked, only ever see asian and some us builds in Australia.

Units for the Americas were built in Fremont. Europe was served entirely by the Cork, Ireland factory and Asia/Pacific came from the Singapore factory. This applied to all Macs made around that time until Apple started using Foxconn and other manufacturers for some stuff around the mid 90s.