28 Jul
2004
28 Jul
'04
8:31 a.m.
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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