> There's always that issue. I find it analogous to retirement homes in
> this area. People 'buy' a retirment home, townhouse, apartment, etc. for
> a fixed price and then live there. When they die, it belongs to the
> retirement home to sell again. The cycle continues. If you've seen some
> of the homes around here, you know they've been around for a while. Part
> of the charge funds maintenance fees and lawn care (the latter not being
> important for computers). The continuous re-renting of the property
> helps keep the available funds around to maintain everything.
> I'm not saying that the 'organization' fund for maintenance to whoever
> rented the computer, but the concept is similar. The end goal in this
> case is to do what's possible to keep it around for the next person.
I always fear that 'the organisation' will be put before
the mission - in this case profit maximization instead
of preserving the past.
>>But, if we could keep it to a small and more individual to
>>individual base, I'm in.
> Do I hear charters?
??? Maybe I lost the thread here.
>>> Some of the funding can also be used to provide insurance coverage to
>>> members by people who know the value of what's being insured.
>>Thats a very dangerous terrain.
> I do agree with you. Here, in the state of Pennsylvania, insurance of
> any type is heavily regulated. It may not be as bad for other states or
> countries.
Maybe not - Afaik are insurances around the world very heavy
regulated - to keep fraud away and to get enough taxes ...
Another possible aproach might be to cooperate with insurance
companies. Maybe the same way as for old car collections.
At least here in Germany some (smaler) insurance companies
are offering very interesting deals in cooperation with
Verteran associations. One can get an all included insurance
for a USD 200,000 veteran car for less than an minimal
insurance for a actual USD 60,000 Mercedes. It just took
around 15 years of talks to give them the idea how the
collectors handle the cars and whats all this old car
stuff is about. There are now even premium insurances where
they will pay a complete rebuild of the car, even when burned.
Even when a 'new' would be cheaper - and all at an afordable
rate - thats exactly what a collector want: keep HIS car
(computer) not just one of the same kind.
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Thu Oct 08 1998 - 05:28:20 BST