1 Oct
2016
1 Oct
'16
1:57 p.m.
On 10/1/2016 3:21 PM, N0body H0me wrote:
From where I sit, the big prices seem
mostly centered around Apple 1's and
this Twiggy Lisa. Have any other
computers have gone astronomical like these?
- J.
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From: cclist at sydex.com
Sent: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:12:02 -0700
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Subject: Re: ka... ching!
On 10/01/2016 08:27 AM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
Yeh. Once we started seeing Classical Computers that could be considered
'investment grade', prices just got ridiculous for everything. Everyone
with an old computer in their closet started seeing dollar-signs. But, like airplanes and boats, this looks like
only a rich person's game.
...
The game has changed, obviously. We are in an era now when folks with too much money and
spare time and narcissism want to buy and sell and display toys rather than play with
them.
Looks like it's time to get out of this racket.
--Chuck