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* Mildly OT: Sinclair C5GeoffC
`* Mildly OT: Sinclair C5chrisnd @ukrm
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  `* Mildly OT: Sinclair C5Eddie
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Mildly OT: Sinclair C5

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From: me...@invalid.nl (GeoffC)
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Subject: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 13:15:25 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: GeoffC - Fri, 5 May 2023 13:15 UTC

BBC R4 program 'Toast'charting the Rise and Fall of the Sinclair C5.
Quite amusing/informative I found.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

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Geoff
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Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5

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From: chri...@privacy.net (chrisnd @ukrm)
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Subject: Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5
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 by: chrisnd @ukrm - Fri, 5 May 2023 13:20 UTC

On 05/05/2023 14:15, GeoffC wrote:
>
> BBC R4 program 'Toast'charting the Rise and Fall of the Sinclair C5.
> Quite amusing/informative I found.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5
>
>
And if anyone wants one, the pub opposite me has one lurking in the bar.
Everything is always open to offers
HTH
Chris
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Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5

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From: me...@invalid.nl (GeoffC)
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Subject: Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5
Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 13:40:29 -0000 (UTC)
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 by: GeoffC - Fri, 5 May 2023 13:40 UTC

chrisnd @ukrm wrote:

> On 05/05/2023 14:15, GeoffC wrote:
> >
> > BBC R4 program 'Toast'charting the Rise and Fall of the Sinclair C5.
> > Quite amusing/informative I found.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5
> >
> >
> And if anyone wants one, the pub opposite me has one lurking in the
> bar. Everything is always open to offers
> HTH
> Chris

A quick look at the market website here and there are 5 for sale, all
less than the original RRP so it wasn't a particularly good investment.

https://www.marktplaats.nl/l/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-ligfietsen/q/sinclair+c5/

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Geoff
NTV650

Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5

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From: edd...@deguello.org (Eddie)
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Subject: Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5
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 by: Eddie - Fri, 5 May 2023 13:51 UTC

On 05/05/2023 14:40, GeoffC wrote:
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> A quick look at the market website here and there are 5 for sale, all
> less than the original RRP so it wasn't a particularly good investment.
>
> https://www.marktplaats.nl/l/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-ligfietsen/q/sinclair+c5/

I don't think anybody would buy them as an investment ... would they?

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Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5

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Subject: Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5
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 by: GeoffC - Fri, 5 May 2023 14:20 UTC

Eddie wrote:

> On 05/05/2023 14:40, GeoffC wrote:
> >
> > A quick look at the market website here and there are 5 for sale,
> > all less than the original RRP so it wasn't a particularly good
> > investment.
> >
> >
https://www.marktplaats.nl/l/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-ligfietsen/q/sinclair+c5/
>
> I don't think anybody would buy them as an investment ... would they?

I think after they went bust somebody bought up the old stock and tried
to flog it for tenfold, so somebody did, once.

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Geoff
NTV650

Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5

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From: rusty.hi...@foobar.girolle.co.uk (RustyHinge)
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Subject: Re: Mildly OT: Sinclair C5
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 by: RustyHinge - Sat, 6 May 2023 01:29 UTC

On 05/05/2023 15:20, GeoffC wrote:
> Eddie wrote:
>
>> On 05/05/2023 14:40, GeoffC wrote:
>>>
>>> A quick look at the market website here and there are 5 for sale,
>>> all less than the original RRP so it wasn't a particularly good
>>> investment.
>>>
>>>
> https://www.marktplaats.nl/l/fietsen-en-brommers/fietsen-ligfietsen/q/sinclair+c5/
>>
>> I don't think anybody would buy them as an investment ... would they?
>
> I think after they went bust somebody bought up the old stock and tried
> to flog it for tenfold, so somebody did, once.

Sid Stevens, who made frames and stuff for Claude Butler, tried to give
me one - oo-er Missus! - while they could still be bought from Sinclair...

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