I think the guy's providing a service, and that it's not about making money.
He's not likely to get rich, after all.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Battle" <frustum_at_pacbell.net>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 2:21 AM
Subject: Re: Arrrgh!! Piecemeal auction!
> At 10:08 PM 12/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >People on here have talked about people on eBay taking a perfectly good
> >working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
> >capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
> >
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
> >
> >This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
> >the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
> >
> >Bryan
> >
> >Excuse while I go bang my head against a wall... Did you know if you do that
> >for an hour you burn 150 calories?
>
> oh, come on -- it isn't like the guy was unsoldering the TTL from an Apple
> 1 to sell as parts. If he is willing to put in the effort and ship 50
> boxes to make $50, then he has a lot more time on his hands than I do.
>
> So even if they came from a working machine, perhaps 5 people out there who
> have a Commodore 128 sitting unused because it has a broken keycap can buy
> a replacement part at a reasonable price, yielding a net increase in
> working vintage machines.
>
> Speaking as a person who has an organ donation card filled out, I just hope
> that my logic applies only to computers and not to people who haven't yet
> reached the end of the line.
> I'd rather keep my organs for a while longer.
>
> -----
> Jim Battle == frustum_at_pacbell.net
>
>
Received on Sat Dec 15 2001 - 09:26:06 GMT