13 May
2004
13 May
'04
10:47 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jules Richardson" <julesrichardsonuk(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: IDEA - Collector interest database
On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 14:06, John Allain wrote:
Good point Jules. I used to have quite a few contacts from Britain, Belgium
and Italy plus some more probably who emailed me from my site. I guess in
1996 there weren't that many vintage computer pages so I used to get a lot
more then, than I do now. Terrific interest in Atari, Amiga, Tandy too I
think plus Apple. Those were the ones I knew, then there were Acorns and
things I didn't know about. (Since discovered that Sears here in Canada used
to sell Acorns.) The sites and the people are out there, it just seems
harded to find them.
What's a boot sale? :)
Maybe you could start a European vintage site!
bm
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BTW I like the VCM.*
Itt's just that we're talking show-and-tell, not show
and sell, in this instance. The VCM is actually a
surprizingly good effort and I hope everybody on
the list checks it out at least once a month.
Are there any stats for the location of buyers, casual browers (that'd
have to be based on IP) and sellers? Looking at that front page it looks
purely an American affair at the moment, with a couple of strays.
I'd use it for listing my collection and interests. I couldn't really
use it for buying or selling though, as shipping to/from the UK just
makes it uneconomical on anything but the smallest items unless they're
located in this country.
Does anyone else on this side of the pond have any idea where all the
classic collectors are lurking? Generally, they don't seem to be on this
list. It'd be nice if the VCM reached a wider (non-US) audience...
cheers
Jules