26 Sep
2002
26 Sep
'02
1:10 p.m.
Yes, I agree... I've had to pass on several items and also sell off some
duplicates of items I have to get some extra $$$ to maintain the rest of the
collections... times are tight and so are the purse strings :-(
Hopefully on the up side.... when things get better, prices should have
fallen significantly and beginning grabs at bargains should be good for
all... the times of fat wallets and insultingly high Ebay prices are now
over and lean times and good bargains should be on their way.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest" <ernestls(a)attbi.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: Hard year
I was just wondering if any of you have had to
drastically cut back on
your
collecting this year. I collected 20+ Apple II clones
in 2001. So far this
year, I think that I've picked up maybe six. Collecting old computers is a
luxury, of course and this year has been hard on my wallet. I've watched
several choice systems go by on ebay, and I never used to let any of them
go
by -even the crappy ones.
Things are getting better for me but I'll sure be damned glad when this
lousy year is over. People talk about Black '87 but as far as I'm
concerned,
'02 has been my "black" year.
Ernest
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