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From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Fri Oct 8 11:02:10 1999

On Fri, 08 Oct 1999, John Foust wrote:
>> I paid just short of $200.00 for one on eBay about six months ago. I'm
>glad
>>it's paid for itself.
>
>At first I thought you were pulling my leg. Maybe you are.
>Then I searched eBay.
>
>I didn't find any past auction like you described, but I did see

  They only keep the completed auction info around for 30 days. This was
about six months ago.

>dozens of other auctions selling the free CDs that SGI gave away
>at trade shows, each fetching $10-50, and SGI polo shirts, and
>other little trade show give-aways for $30. Insane. Off to the
>back room to look for goodies to sell to the unwashed.

  Well I'm rather washed, thank you, and if you send me a cool SGI shirt, I'll
send you a cool SkyCache (my employer) shirt. And we consistenly get "best
t-shirt of show" awards. :)

>T-shirts? I can sell computer show give-away t-shirts on eBay?
>Gads, I've got boxes of unworn shirts in the basement, and I use
>them like tissues when I'm working in the yard or the barn!

  Blasphemy! Wear your VendorWear with pride, man! Show the world
(or just the grocery store or mall) that you're a true geek! ;)

  A good friend of mine spent a lot of time out on the west coast in the Valley
area...A not-too-attractive gentleman, he's used to being blown off by women
due to his looks. One day he goes out for a stroll wearing a USR X2 t-shirt
and gets picked up. Twice. By two women which he described as "rather
distracting". Of course I thought he was pulling my leg, but he has witnesses!

  Hey man, at least on the US West Coast, geeks are in demand! Now, I wonder,
why is it that I live on the *east* coast... :-/

>Not only that, I have rare Amiga t-shirts - the first Amiga
>wake party t-shirt, baseball caps, sweat shirts, NewTek shirts.
>Sheesh. Off to the basement.

  You'll make a fortune. And I'll probably be the buyer on at least one of
'em. Sure, I go to InterOp and collect VendorWear from all the biggies...but
there are some that I'll never see at the shows I go to, some that are cool
that I want! :-)

                        -Dave McGuire
Received on Fri Oct 08 1999 - 11:02:10 BST