On Wed, 28 Jul 2004, Teo Zenios wrote:
> I would expect a normal thief to look for items that are easily sold or
> pawned and hard to trace. Do you have the serial numbers written down for
> your PDA's and portables? Are they insured? The people you would have to
> watch out for are fellow collectors who might snag an item for their
> personal collection that very few people would ever know about. At the VCF
> how many people in the audience are there just to see old gear (like going
> to a museum) and how many are actual collectors of your specific gear?
If any exhibitor ever stole from another, I would personally drag them out
to the parking lot and beat them silly.
However, this is moot. I know all my exhibitors (to some extent), and I
know a lot of people in this hobby. I can't think of a single person that
I couldn't trust. This is one of the most honest groups of people around.
Some may be annoying and/or obnoxious, but they are trustworthy.
I do the VCF because I don't have to deal with hassles like theft or
fights between exhibitors or whatever. If this ever becomes a problem,
the fun will be gone and so will the VCF.
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Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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