Also, as cool as it is, I don't think it would have been worth 3000DEM in 2001. Adjusted for inflation it's worth almost 3000 of today's USD.
That was just a month after the release of the original iPod, that eventually brought back Apple to relevancy. Apple was still the small competitor that Microsoft kept alive to avoid more problems in their anti-trust lawsuit.
Exactly. At this time, people were either giving or throwing away vintage Apple products because most had very little value in the secondary. I know I did too.
Very good point! I was an Apple fanboy back then, and I bought quite a few vintage Apple things on eBay for next to nothing at the time. Even 10% of the stated amount would have seemed quite expensive for this item in 2001.
That was just a month after the release of the original iPod, that eventually brought back Apple to relevancy. Apple was still the small competitor that Microsoft kept alive to avoid more problems in their anti-trust lawsuit.