Yes, I agree... I've had to pass on several items and also sell off some
duplicates of items I have to get some extra $$$ to maintain the rest of the
collections... times are tight and so are the purse strings :-(
Hopefully on the up side.... when things get better, prices should have
fallen significantly and beginning grabs at bargains should be good for
all... the times of fat wallets and insultingly high Ebay prices are now
over and lean times and good bargains should be on their way.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest" <ernestls_at_attbi.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: Hard year
> I was just wondering if any of you have had to drastically cut back on
your
> collecting this year. I collected 20+ Apple II clones in 2001. So far this
> year, I think that I've picked up maybe six. Collecting old computers is a
> luxury, of course and this year has been hard on my wallet. I've watched
> several choice systems go by on ebay, and I never used to let any of them
go
> by -even the crappy ones.
>
> Things are getting better for me but I'll sure be damned glad when this
> lousy year is over. People talk about Black '87 but as far as I'm
concerned,
> '02 has been my "black" year.
>
> Ernest
>
> http://12.228.5.66
>
Received on Thu Sep 26 2002 - 20:10:01 BST