This is a hobby site not a true sales sites with rotating stock and new lines. Each computer or peripheral will be handled individually – you won’t see “Spectrum 48K – 6 in stock” each one will be a separate item and is therefore individual and irreplaceable.
Firstly, I identify (find, trip over, drag from storage) an item, give it the once-over and appraise its condition. It is then added to the appropriate section(s) of the web site – even though it is not prepared for sale or even available to buy yet. For some there won’t even be a picture yet. For each item you will find a details panel giving details not just of the item itself but of its progress through my “system”.
These stages are shown in “Refurbishment Status” and are currently:
Unexamined
Initial Appraisal
Initial testing
Tested - initially working
Tested - attempting to repair faults
Tested - Fully working
After Repair Testing
Being cleaned
Repairing - Tape, FDD or HDD
Repairing - Memory
Repairing - Keyboard
Repairing - Video
Repairing - Case Damage
Repairing - Chip-set Failure
Repairing - PSU
Repairing - Other
The initial look results in a setting for “Device Initial Condition” which currently can be one of:
Unexamined
Terrible :(
Terrible to Reasonable
Reasonable
Reasonable to Fairly Good
Fairly Good to Good
Good
Good to Excellent
Excellent
Mint (as new)
Small items that do not require much testing or that are new will be available to buy.