More E-Bay Insanity?

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Dec 4 02:43:16 2001

Well said Dave!

      Ian



Dave McGuire wrote:
> Value is in the eye of the beholder, man. Why is it automatically
> "insane" when someone else views omething as being more valuable than
> we do?
>
> The resale value of the stuff we hack on is going up, and we have to
> learn to deal with it. It has been for some time. People are buying
> it at these prices, and it's not just one or two people. Let them
> spend their money...if they're happy with their purchase, what's wrong
> with it?
>
> Further, one mustn't lose sight of the fact that different things
> are more readily available in different geographic areas than in
> others. Just because there are fifty AppleIIs at the corner yard sale
> in your neighborhood doesn't mean there are fifty of them at EVERY
> corner yard sale.
>
> As a case in point...I'm no newcomer to this field; I've been doing
> pdp8/pdp11/vax stuff for a solid fifteen years. My first real system
> was a pdp11/34 which I sold about ten years ago, and have regretted it
> every since. I've wanted another one for several years, and had been
> looking for one in earnest in the Washington DC area for a solid three
> years...never managed to get one, and believe me, I know where to
> look. I finally bought one locally for about $400, indirectly from a
> surplus dealer who was sharking on the "antique computer craze" trying
> to make a ton of money on it. I'm sure he got it for free, and he
> laughed all the way to the bank. However, I'm VERY happy to have it,
> and I love the machine. If I hadn't paid that $400, I wouldn't have
> one. They're simply unobtainium in the DC area.
>
> -Dave
>
> --
> Dave McGuire
> St. Petersburg, FL
Received on Tue Dec 04 2001 - 02:43:16 GMT