28 Oct
2015
28 Oct
'15
3:17 p.m.
I didn't like his prices either, but I wanted to put the 3Bx eyeballs on
this in case there was something they needed for the emulator project.
Breaking out what I consider to be spares from the Symbolics sale is
what I referred to in my post below, but didn't put it in such language.
At least he's not the psycho in Colorado Springs vintagecomputermuseum
or whatever he calls himself. I wish he had gone off on me now, because
I think I'd have a case to get him booted, and he truly is an asshole.
I just pointed out a bit of info on one of his auctions several years
ago and he went nuts. I think he considers his "knowledge" similarly to
his penis size and if you challenge it he feels his manhood is threatened.
The goal is find these things and convey them to deserving places around
these sorts of idiots.
thanks
Jim
On 10/28/2015 2:54 PM, Alan Hightower wrote:
(Jerry you are not a terrible person for saying that)
I have similar thoughts. Ebay seller twenex has had this stuff listed
for months. It's not new. He's trolling for desperate buyers. I would
hardly call this a 'sale'. I've offered him very reasonable prices on
several things he listed for crazy amounts and he's refused. I mean $200
for a single tape that will melt as soon as it's run at speed? I don't
even mind personally paying him for previously un-archived manuals and
media that I would just turn around and send to Al K. or Jason S. for
free. But he won't even take a reasonable offer from me when I tell him
they are to be archived for the greater public good. And by reasonable..
I have offered him $50 for a SVR 3.2.3.2 (V3) tape and his counter was
$150! You can download a 3.2.1 tape image on-line today. 3.2.3.2 would
be a nice patch level bonus for those few of us running V3 hardware.
He's an eBay troll and nearing the a-hat level of wiredforservice from
my experiences with him.
Please let us know when he wants to be reasonably compensated for his
wares as my check-book remains open.
-Alan
On 2015-10-28 04:01, jwsmobile wrote:
This is a representative auction by the vendor.
Look at all of his stuff for the whole story.
VINTAGE-COMPUTER-AT-T-3B2-500-600-1000-UNIX-SYSTEM-16MB-MEMORY-WESTERN-ELECTRIC
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321811268824 [1]
The buyer of his Lisp Machine is going to be sad. The vendor has broken off good to have
spares and software for a working machine into separate auctions. Unlike the 3B2 stuff
which is all parts. Not a nice thing to do if you are asking $9500 for the machine and
only a few hundred more for the spares. Spares such as mice, keyboard, and software
restore tapes. Nice.
Thanks
Jim
Links:
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[1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/321811268824