State of the Hobby

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Wed Jun 30 18:33:03 1999

Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com> wrote:
>
> I agree that this is not a legitimate thing over which to become angry,
> but there is an issue that this is driving the prices up, out of reach of
> people who can handle these machines, and into the reach of people who
> want to encase them in plastic and put them into their 500 sq.ft. living
> room. This is causing some hostility.

Hi
 I think the plastic encase ones are quite rare. It is possible
that some are buying as investments, some are buying to protect,
some are buying as a hobby and some are buying for what ever
reason. I just think that anyone that pays the silly prices
I see on eBay for some of this stuff must really value it.
In these cases, I would suspect that for the most part they
are going to a safe home.
 I would rather that the prices were less and more in the range
that I'd pay but I consider most pricing on eBay to be
early surge. In a couple years, things will settle down
to the real world ( except for those really valuable items ).
 Like I said, I doubt these people are just buying these things
to spray paint them, green and red, to use as lawn ornaments.
Dwight
Received on Wed Jun 30 1999 - 18:33:03 BST