Good points to it and bad points - it sucks if you're buying but great if
you're selling. The first part of the year was bad, right around tax time
but it's picking up again.
-> -----Original Message-----
-> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Gunther Schadow
-> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 5:40 PM
-> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-> Subject: Re: Ebay madness
->
->
-> Well, I haven't watched the szene until april/may this year, but
-> I'm not too confident that prices are dropping. Actually I think
-> we ought to keep a low profile in order to keep this classic computer
-> stuff from becoming a fad. Things like newspaper features will
-> eventually hurt us, because the one main issue with classic computer
-> stuff is that it's rare.
->
-> As Chuck mentioned the VAX 4000/300s on ebay their prices are up
-> by now. I would be surprized if they sold for less than $150 this
-> time. It isn't over until it's over, as they say. The only reason
-> for prices may be moderate right now is it's vacation time.
->
-> Have you watched the PDP-8's. It's now the 3rd in the last 3 weeks
-> or so, the first two have not sold under $500 and this one is at
-> $200 last time I looked. The PDP-11s sold for same amount almost.
->
-> Watch how the UNIBUS and QBUS SCSI cards trade. Over $200 minimum.
->
-> Who are the buyers? Some have so high feedback numbers that I'm
-> afraid those are traders who try to make money out of this.
->
-> In conclusion, I really think that newspaper features about vintage
-> computing and conferences with lots of publicity do hurt the vintage
-> computer hobbyist because they invite people who merely have money
-> to spend on a fad.
->
-> regards
-> -Gunther
->
->
-> Steve Robertson wrote:
-> >
-> > >Some more interesting Ebay madness is that some nice VAX
-> systems are going
-> > >quite cheaply. There is a 4000/300 on Ebay for less than $20,
-> the CPU alone
-> > >is worth that, and if it has memory too... A 4000/200 in the
-> nice BA215
-> > >case sold recently for $60. So you see the market works as you would
-> > >expect, these things come out of the woodwork and the prices on ebay
-> > >reflect the increased availability.
-> > >
-> > >--Chuck
-> > >
-> >
-> > Seems to me that prices on eBay have dropped over the last
-> year or so. This
-> > could be because of the depressed economy or the fact that some of us
-> > collectors are becoming "saturated".
-> >
-> > I've certainly slowed down on my purchases. Nowadays, a
-> computer's gotta be
-> > really cheap before I'll buy it.
-> >
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-> --
-> Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
-> Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
-> Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
->
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Received on Fri Aug 03 2001 - 18:49:32 BST