Like the lister said above, probably a flat rate box will be no more than $ 15.00, but heck !!! You are bidding on a fixable laptop, go for it ! These are over $ 100 on ebay and cl, so why not save your $ and help a listian friend ?
If it's just a Virus a fresh install of the operating System will fix that. Looking at the 450 specs on Gateways site shows it to be a Pentium-M most likely, 256-512Meg SDRAM and who know what size HDD and/or a DC/DVD drive. Have you got any more specs on this to share, it'll certainly help the bidding.
A slight virus...What kind of virus? Does it run slow, not at all?? Is there a power cord, what operating system does it have? Can you take a picture with the computer on so we can see that it works? Thanks.
If you bid on an item and do not hear from the seller you file a support ticket an you get your credits back unless they can verify with a tracking number that they sent the item.
You all know that he lives in Alaska an you have to pay for shipping. I have to wonder just how much that would cost to Florida. Wow more than I think I would pay.