21 Jan
1999
21 Jan
'99
4:01 a.m.
Mike wrote:
Maybe... One of the cool components of the hobby is FINDING the bargain.
These announcements do nothing but raise the prices eventually paid for
these items. I guess that makes sense if your already sitting on a cache of
Altairs and 5100s and are happily watching prices go through the roof. I'd
do everything I could to help that little market develop...
On the other side of that coin, if I were trying to attempt to gain a
fortune in computers now, I would do everything I could to stop the free
flow of information. Yes, I do have a sizeable collection of computers,
etc. Yes, it is gaining in value. Yes, I still get *given* computers that
are worth money. And no, they are not for sale although I will occasionally
do trades.
One thing I find interesting is that I rarely find anyone talking about
their finds on ebay; why not?
So far, the "share the information" people continue to outnumber the "keep
it a secret so I can benefit" people on this list. If ebay is the only
source of computers for some people, they need to work at developing other
sources rather than try to stop the sharing of information.
At any rate, I choose not to participate further in these discussions about
the "morality" of posting to this list items for sale on ebay as they are
pointless and do nothing to *promote* this hobby. I will continue to post
items that *I* think might be interesting to members of this list.