September 10, 2003

continuing
Jason's comments and my response.

Let's apply Jason's $3500 investment to my hypothesis, that's ~$580 a year. However, there aren't many computers selling for $3500 now. Here's my theory:

Year 1 - spend $3500 - net one computer
Year 2 - spend $3250 on a new computer, get $3000 from ebay - net one computer, spent $500
Year 3 - spend $3000 on a new computer, get $2500 from ebay - net one computer, spent $1000
Year 4 - spend $2750 on a new computer, get $2250 from ebay - net one computer, spent $1500
Year 5 - spend $2500 on a new computer, get $2000 from ebay - net one computer, spent $2000
Year 6 - spend $2250 on a new computer, get $1750 from ebay - net one computer, spent $2500
Total: $7000 and a new computer

Jason's scenario is
Year 1 - spend $3500 - net one computer
Year 6 - spend $2250 - net one computer and one that sells for maybe for $150-$200 on ebay.
Total: $5550 and a new computer

The difference is... five computers in between. Of course, none of these figures are real... just complete and total wild guesses!

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