> >> >Let's see, how would you name a meeting where several buyers went
> >> >home with new toys at acceptable prices (a TRS 80 M1 with expansion
> >> >box, printer and all dust covers (!) at USD 30 isn't realy overpriced)
> >> >and some pricepushing dealer went home with their entire stock ?
> >> I just Wish I could have seen his face when he was packing his stuff back.
> >> I hope he swore to never make it back.
> >I don't think that my prices were THAT bad! We made a lot of people
> >happy, got rid of a few boxes of old class handout reprints from Dr.
> >Dobbs, and found homes for a few items (PCJrs, Portfolio, etc.). At the
> >end of the day, I sold my entire remaining stock that I had brought down
> >to a colleague who is starting a collection (OSI, N*'s, Compupro, etc) for
> >a preset price. He still owes me one more pizza.
> The seller I was refering to had the biggest booth of all and the most
> inflated prices I have ever seen. For reference the name started with
> "Computer" and ended in "Jones", That's the guy who didn't want to sell at
> the VCF. I don't know where he comes from but I have never ever ever seen a
> dealer in used "crap" refusing to bargain. And that really pissed me off
> (here you go Sellam another example of where cussing IS appropriate). That's
> the dude I hope had to take his load back home. He's a buisness and should
> know better. If he wants "ebay prices" (TM) for his stuff, he should sell on
> ebay or out of his store or whaterver hole in the wall he normally operates
> from. A hobby meeting is for hobbyists where you unload stuff you don't want
> anymore and sell at a reasonable price so you're not out of pocket. If a
> business wants to participate, they should undrstand the spirit of the event
> and be willing to play by the rules.
Computer Jones is somewhat odd, but it's still possible to get a
decent deal. He just puts up a completely different scale of
values. And he did sell a lot during the weekend.
Beside that, it's also people like him, who're just in the game
for the cash, who save unusual stuff (temporarly) from the
dumpster. His motivation may be alien and 'evil' to us, but in
the end it turns out to do good - and the result is all to be
counted.
Gruss
H.
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Received on Fri Oct 13 2000 - 09:51:54 BST