AOL Disks Collectable - why not?

----- Original Message ----- From: <SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:53 AM Subject: Re: AOL Disks Collectable - why not? Superdave tell you what. If someone somewhere found out you did have an AOL Version 2.5 Beta Tester coffee cup and they wanted it badly enough and that person offered you US$1 000.00 for it, would you turn them down? Would you find some ethical reason why they shouldn't spend their money that way? Would you feel better not having $1K more than you did before? If you, or anyone who might read this discussion, answer no to all or any of these questions then let's get off the righteous collectors' bandwagon and fill this bandwidth with useful sourcing tips and wonderful 'how I found it stories', announcements of new acquisitions, and interesting technical questions and answers instead of these complaints about other collectors. Remember there are many, many more people who DON'T collect computers than those who do AND THEY THINK WE'RE absolutely nuts. So since our complaints don't offset their complaints in the grand scheme of things, let's just not do it anymore. Yours in good faith. Kevin Stumpf - The Nostalgic Technophile www.unusual.on.ca - 519.744.2900 EST/EDT (GMT - 5) Author & Publisher of The Guide to Collecting Computers and Computer Collectibles: History, Practice, and Technique