14 Sep
2012
14 Sep
'12
10:01 p.m.
On 9/14/2012 9:32 PM, TeoZ wrote:
Well I have noticed some stuff that I have a bunch of that used to be
common as dirt tend to dry up in a few years when other people are
looking for them. I would think collectors pre ebay (and pre the gold
rush of recyclers) would be buying old rarities for next to no money
because there was no market for the stuff. You know back ages ago when
the economy was good and you had to PAY people to haul that e-waste
out for you.
In the 90's nobody wanted the stuff other than the metal guys. They
didn't even really care. There weren't really computer collectors. You
couldn't even give it away most times. There were a few USENET groups
you could buy, sell, or give away things but, it was hard. I bought all
of Xerox PARC's surplus once and out of a 53' semi full of stuff I think
75% just ended up with the scrappers or in the trash . I begged people
to take the computers. Wasn't a lot of interest.