16 Jul
2005
16 Jul
'05
6:21 p.m.
Hit 'send' in the middle of cutting and pasting, sorry....
>> Get over it snd take the long view. It makes
our collections worth
more.
That's ridiculous! Sellam is not crying that he couldn't afford to win one
or two specific auctions because of Dennis K(full surname unknown). Some
people may not like Sellam's word choice, but he's speaking up in defense of
all of us. He is pointing out that our hobby suddenly has this guy who is
being an irresponsible renegade. Say, for example, that some rich person
heard a small part of the NPR story, or quickly scanned an article about
that Christie's auction, and decided in his own mind that, "Oh, old
computers are collectible and worth lots of money, I should invest in
some"... so the guy jumps out there, anonymously, and starts hoarding every
C64 and TRS-80 he can find for $500... would that be good for the hobby?
Would you be happy, James, because it ups the value of your C64 or TRS-80
from $20 to $500? Or would you be ticked because some
idiot who didn't do
his homework is crashing the entire market for those
machines?
That's just hypothetical; I'm sure we all strongly hope that Dennis K. turns
out to be responsible in the end, since according to Bill Maddox, he was
formerly associated with the Boston Computer Museum.
Attention, Vince (vrs at msn.com) -- you're the only person on cctalk who said
you directly know who Dennis K. is. If you can't reveal his surname or
approximate location, then what can you share about his ethics, hobby
awareness, and intentions? If the mysterious Dennis K. is a good, aware,
well-intended collectors, then someone who knows his firsthand should come
to his defense, too.
- Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of James Rice
Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:33 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Need contact information for dkdkk
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Bob Shannon wrote:
What's the problem? Someone has deeper pockets? There is always someone
who has more money. Get over it snd take the long view. It makes our
collections worth more.
--
www.blackcube.org The Texas State Home for Wayward and Orphaned Computers
You don't set what an item is worth.
The highest bidder does.
Right, and that's the problem here.