<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Apologies for my lack of response. This holiday season seems unusually busy this year for us.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks to all of you for your replies. I have a much better idea how to proceed.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Mark</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 18, 2006, at 10:08 PM, <A href="mailto:bwms@bellsouth.net">bwms@bellsouth.net</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <P><FONT size="2">In iBook Digest, Vol 28, Issue 4, the person identified as </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2"><A href="mailto:gooddog@interlync.com">gooddog@interlync.com</A> thoughtfully said:</FONT> </P><P><FONT size="2">>Looking at ebay or sites like powermax.com or everymac.com doesn't </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2">>give me a real sense of a fair price</FONT> </P><P><FONT size="2">I'd use PowerMax as the reasonable =high-end= price for a garanteed </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2">refurbished machine and scale down from there. (We traded a clamshell </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2">Indigo iBook for a "Snow" iBook at PowerMax and, what with the trade-in </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2">allowance on the clamshell, actually came out with the new/used iBook for </FONT> <BR><FONT size="2">abt $500. Works great after two years and two trips to Europe!)</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>