Ebay Altair

From: Marvin <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Wed May 10 00:54:31 2000

foo wrote:
>

> > >As I have always maintained in the past, eBay has done nothing but
> > >artifically inflate the prices for old computers to the detriment of this
> > >hobby (and others as well).

The free market works well when there is communication between buyers and
sellers. We most likely will continue to disagree about ebay as its effects
on prices vs worth. I, and many others, have gotten some very good deals on
ebay generally because of mis-spellings, wrong classification, etc. which
imply ignorance on the part of the seller. Does this mean the seller got
what their item was worth ... or they got what was coming to them?


> The problem is with trying to assign monetary value to something that
> intrinsically has more historical value. At least that's how I see this
> stuff. If I was in this for the money I could sell my entire collection
> and realistically bring in at least EBAY$200K with what I have. But
> fortunately I'm not in this for the money. The history is much more
> interesting.

I think most of us are in this hobby either to preserve the history (as in
my case) or just to have fun with. The price you quote as to the worth of
your collection in ebay dollars is probably understated ... ASSUMING that
you didn't put the whole collection up at one time.
Received on Wed May 10 2000 - 00:54:31 BST