Vintageness

From: Vance Dereksen <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Fri May 11 16:32:14 2001

Yes, but we're not talking about Apples. We're talking about McIntoshes.

Peace... Sridhar

On Fri, 11 May 2001, Don Maslin wrote:

>
>
> On Fri, 11 May 2001, Vance Dereksen wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 11 May 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
> >
> > > I take generic cold tablets, loath generic root beer, and have a sealed
> > > original Apple item, that in used but good condition I have sold to members
> > > of this list for $12, on auction with a current bid of about $600 with 3
> > > days left.
> > >
> > > If its something you want to use, get one that works well, or even works
> > > the best, generic is fine.
> > >
> > > In matters of taste, go for the real thing, Barq's or A&W.
> >
> > Hallelujah, brother! Go tell it on the mountain!
> >
> > > Collectibility has its own rules, but sealed original mint etc. mean money.
> > > The only thing better is history, which is sort of the partner to
> > > uniqueness.
> >
> > Condition all depends on the rarity of the item. The condition of an
> > ancient Phoenician wooden trade coin doesn't really matter. It's that
> > rare.
> >
> > > The problem I think we are having is the intersection of collectible items
> > > that some of us wish to use, and where the cost of the replica is close to
> > > the cost of an original. A classic example of this that we can look back on
> > > instead of speculation on the future are the Gordon Gow editions of the
> > > classic Macintosh MC275 tube amplifier. At a time when the original MC275
> > > amps were selling in very good condition for about $1500, MacIntosh
> > > released the Gordon Gow remake at $5000, with the street price dropping to
> > > about $3200 after a year or so. The re-release killed the collectible value
> > > of the originals, as the average person was a USER not a COLLECTOR, and
> > > greatly prefered the new more reliable etc. unit.
> >
> > The originals are still worth quite a bit in the collectors market. Their
> > value just dropped on the open market. And what about new collectible
> > stuff like the MC2000? And, BTW, its McIntosh, not MacIntosh. 8-) I'm
> > nitpicking though.
>
> And nitpicking erroneously. Apple, in their infinite wisdom, seems to
> think that it should be spelled "Macintosh".
>
> - don
>
> > Peace... Sridhar
> >
> >
>
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