I've also used ebay for specific hard-to-find things, but in general, many of
us in the "active" part of the hobby like to keep things in the family, so to
speak... I don't mean to say that anyone here works as a "clique"... just the
opposite; people here (and me) love to see newcomers... but you'll generally
find that buy/sell/trade deals are most fair and honest amongst your fellow
collectors. Avoiding eBay, except when really necessary, also helps avoid your
stuff ending up at some (cringe!) scrap dealer, and helps avoid price inflation
from people who have no clue what they're bidding on or what it's worth.
So I guess you could say I advocate buying on eBay, but not selling on eBay.
(Does that make any sense? I think so.)
If you look at the list archives (
http://www.classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctalk)
you will see many long discussions on this topic.
--- Jim Isbell <millenniumfalcon_at_cableone.net> wrote:
> Why would you avoid E Bay? I have found that with Ham gear its a
> pretty good market. I can get more there than at Ham Fests and I don't
> have to haul it all over hells half acre.
>
> Computer Collector E-Mail Newsletter wrote:
>
> >Jim,
> >
> >To sell your systems, I recommend either using this list, or posting at a
> web
> >site like http://marketplace.vintage.org or
> >http://www.vintage-computer.com/vcforum -- I'd urge you to avoid eBay. For
> the
> >price of systems, you should check out the book "Collectible Microcomputer"
> by
> >Michael Nadeau, or just ask people on this list.
> >
> > - Evan K.
> >
> >--- Jim Isbell <millenniumfalcon_at_cableone.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>I have a TRS-80 mod 3, two TRS-80 mod 1s, some expansion chassis for
> >>TRS-80 and some 5.25" floppies for TRS 80, a Commodore Pet, a North Star
> >>(8" floppies!!), a Chameleon (dos/cpm)(portable but weighs 40 lbs!!) , a
> >>Sinclair that has been built into a monitor/keyboard cabinet with lots
> >>of super mods., a couple of TI computers and modules, a Commodore
> >>SX-64, several Datavue 25s (first really portable computer). If I were
> >>to hang on to anything it might be the Commodore SX-64 because it has a
> >>color screen and I have a Packet radio set up that fits it....hmmmm
> >>maybe I should sell the packet radio set up with it. But what I think
> >>what I will do is sell these either here or on E Bay and when the stack
> >>gets low, keep the last couple or the ones of the least value and use
> >>what I get from the others to make the last ones really nice.
> >>
> >>Is there a place where I can go to see what the values of the various
> >>units is?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Dan Veeneman wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Hi Jim,
> >>>
> >>>At 07:37 PM 9/12/04, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I just joined because I have a garage full of old computers that my
> >>>>wife said, "either do something with them or get rid of them." So I
> >>>>am here to make a decision, one or the other.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Welcome to this list. I'm sure you'll get a number of people
> >>>(including me) curious about what computers you might have
> >>>and where you're located.
> >>>
> >>>As far as deciding what to do -- do you have some "favorites"
> >>>that you'd like to power up and run?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>Dan
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
Received on Mon Sep 13 2004 - 14:37:25 BST