In a message dated 5/15/00 5:49:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, foo_at_siconic.com
writes:
> On Mon, 15 May 2000, Tom Owad wrote:
>
> > >Let Them Come to You
> > >
> > >One way to find vintage computers is to let them find you.
> > >Try placing an ad in the classifieds section of your local
> > >paper. Be sure to specify exactly what you are looking for
> > >to avoid getting a flood of false leads. In the very least,
> > >include a cut-off year indicating you are not interested in
> > >any computers manufactured after that year.
> >
> > Anybody try this? What kind of response did you get?
>
> Not a newspaper ad, but posting a Usenet ad was quite possibly the best
> thing I could've ever done. I posted several ads in the local for sale
> newsgroups periodically over the course of several months and turned up
> all sorts of good stuff.
>
what is an example of the usenet ad you post?
i'm wondering how good an ad will work around here, however. someone posted
on a local usenet group here asking for a C64. I eventually traded him one
for a scsi drive for my PS/2 server. he said he had gotten some offers from
people offering to sell their C64s, but they wanted $40 and insanely high
prices. must have been ebay users. 8-<
DB Young ICQ: 29427634
hurry, hurry, step right up! see the computers you used as a kid!
http://members.aol.com/suprdave/classiccmp/museum.htm
Received on Mon May 15 2000 - 19:24:38 BST