collectors vs. enthusiasts

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed Oct 13 22:02:54 1999

Tony Duell wrote:
>
> >
> > > > It's crazy. I can't believe what they are paying on EBay for less
> > > > than *incomplete* systems. I could see $1400 with drives, running,
> > > > tested, manuals, etc... but a shell??????
> > >
> > > <rant>
> > > That's because eBay is where "collectors" hang out. Not people like
> > > us, for whom collector is an insufficient/inaccurate term.
> >
> > Whereas I agree that there is a differentiation between the
> > "collector" and the "enthusiast", I must take umbrage to the ,again,
> > generalization of the person who pays "too much" on ebay
> > automatically being "collector assholes, just because he had deep
> > pockets".
>
> My main objection to e-bay (and to most other forms of selling,
> actually), is that I don't know who the item is going to be sold to.

The same could be said about newcomers to this list, and just about anyone I
don't know. This is something only time will correct. The same goes on ebay.
After a while, you see a lot of the same people bidding on stuff. The other
not so minor detail is that people that pay for this stuff will probably not
send it to that junkyard in the sky.
Received on Wed Oct 13 1999 - 22:02:54 BST