Update: Sold Apple Bluetooth Mighty Mouse

This afternoon I met a photographer and his brand new Macbook Pro at Starbucks in Newbury Park. He had contacted me yesterday asking if he could buy the Apple Bluetooth Mighty Mouse I had listed on Craigslist.

I bought the mouse and Apple Bluetooth Keyboard exactly a month ago for $18 and 4 crappy 4 AA batteries. I listed the mouse on Craigslist for $30 which I thought was a little high. The photographer was very pleased when he saw the mouse, as it was in mint condition, and asked what I had it listed at.

"$40?" He asked

"No, no" I said, "$30. But if you want to pay me $40 that is fine with me!"

He said he was so happy with the whole arrangement, he gave me $35.

Since I am keeping the keyboard for my iPad, I still made $17 purchasing the same keyboard I was about to pay $45 for.

Not bad...

Someone is coming tomorrow morning to (hopefully) buy my TI-83+ for $35. We will see...

Apple Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse - Craigslist

I love bargain hunting. This is why more and more I have enjoyed going to garage sales, searching Craigslist, or "Slickdeal" shopping online.

So I thought it would be interesting (for me at least) to write about the items my wife and I pick up at garage sales, etc. and the prices we finagle out of the poor saps.

So here we go. My brother graciously sent me a link on Craigslist from a guy who was getting rid of some computer equipment. The title of the Craigslist ad was "COMPUTER PRINTER AND NICE SPEAKERS, CHEAP! - $15 (BURBANK)". At first glance, I had no idea why my brother sent this as I have no interest in either a printer or speakers. But then as I opened the link to the ad, I realized why he sent it. I have been looking for an Apple brand bluetooth keyboard to use on my new iPad (1st Gen), but a new or like new keyboards are going a little above my price range on eBay, etc. at around $50. Within this poorly titled ad, an Apple bluetooth keyboard and a bluetooth "Apple Mighty Mouse" was listed at unbelievable $20 for both! Considering the "Mighty Mouse" is worth on average around $20 by itself, I was stoked. After arriving at the seller's house I tested the keyboard on my iPad and saw the mouse power up. I paid the $20 and got $2 back by selling four extra batteries I had with me to test the keyboard.

So all together $18 and four AA batteries for around $70 worth of Apple products. I purposely didn't try to bargain the guy down on the price, because both the keyboard and mouse were mint.

Apple Bluetooth Mighty Mouse; Model No: A1197

Apple Bluetooth Keyboard; Model No: A1255