19 Sep
1997
19 Sep
'97
1:17 p.m.
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Marvin wrote:
Sam Ismail wrote:
While at WeirdStuff today I was talking with the owners. They told me
that most people are not willing to pay enough over scrap value to
make it worth their time and effort to sell old machines. If you call
them looking for specific parts or machines, they will sell them to
you, but they scrap old stuff pretty quickly.
As soon as the demand becomes great enough to make it worthwhile for
stores like WeirdStuff to sell old machines, the prices will be at
a level where collecting will become expensive. More machines will
be saved from the landfill and scrapers, but then again I won't be
adding as many to my collection each year.
--pec
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Saved From The Dumpster Collection: http://www.crl.com/~pcoad/machines.html
AuctionWeb, but once I saw that my items (some
old common computers and
video game systems) were going for far more than I had anticipated, I
didn't bother, not caring what bidder ended up with whatever high bid.
I am starting to find the pricing for *some* of the older computers far more
than I had imagined. My suspicions are that the value of the older
computers is starting to rise as more and more people starting (finally!)
thinking about the history of these things. For instance, I had no idea the
Sol would go for the price it did although it seemed very complete. The Old
Computer Auction Web had some pricing that I thought high, but I am seeing
the same type of thing in other places. I still get given quite a bit of
stuff, but it is declining as I see more and more people looking at the 386
as old :).