VCM, was Re: Ebay idiocy

That is *really* hard to do since I generally list things as I find them ... and there is a lot to find :). Yet :). One of the things I tried to do was to put enough stuff there that others would also start to list. And I do have another motive as well ... if something doesn't sell on VCM, depending on what it is, I already have the listing done to port it over to Ebay. It is unfortunately a fact of life that stuff will sell better on Ebay. It is also a *very* unfortunate fact of life that I either need to buy this house or move. VCM will not provide enough money to do that, and the reality is that Ebay will. But I still try and list somewhat uncommon items on VCM that are unlikely to generate ebay bids. What I like about Sellam and a lot of other people here is that they *DO* rather than just talk. VCF started out as a thought here, but he was the one that took it and ran with it to create VCF. And ditto for Jay when ClassicCmp needed a new site. Jay didn't just say woe is us, but took the ball and ran. And with his hosting other classic computer related websites, all I can say is that I greatly respect the man ... and I've never met him :). And look at Al with what he has done with Bitsavers, and Erik, and Curt, and ... The amount of knowledge available on this listserver and what is being done is truly incredible. I've met quite a few people on this listserver, and at times it is fun to just talk and listen. It would be nice if everyone would just get along and not jump on every annoyance that comes along.