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To: Colin Cody who wrote (676)	1/31/1999 10:41:00 PM
From: Spots	Respond to of 1383

>> You can substantiate the fair market value at the time of the gift Just by the way, two days ago I got a flyer in the mail from Egghead, no less, with refurb 386 and 486 PCs for sale. Now THAT's a pretty good substantiation. The prices were absurd, too ($100 plus shipping for a 386SX, no monitor, no software, for example). I wonder if anybody actually buys this stuff at these prices. Cost some pretty bucks to make it runnable and you've spent 70-80% of a sub-zero P266 from Compaq or Gateway. I just realized I tossed mine out laughing after meaning to squirrel it away. Well, I'm off to the paper stack ...