26 May
2007
26 May
'07
1:36 a.m.
"r.stricklin" wrote:
[snip]
I quite agree, frankly I think the guy may be lucky to get somebody just to
empty his warehouse for free. There may be something in there each of us would
like and would pay a couple bucks for, but it's a lot of work/gamble to get the
multiples of a couple of bucks to make it worthwhile, or unless it's something
one likes to do. Situations like this tend not to be a good match between the
seller and pool of buyers.
- - -
..Looking at the photo of all the old Macs stacked up reminds me of the local
used-Mac store which years ago started using an original/classic Mac as a
doorstop. Every day (weather considered) they prop the front door open with
one. It's the right size and weight and a convenient built-in handle too.
Poor thing: how far it's fallen from the lofty heights of 1984.
In dollar terms I would wonder how one does a
cost recovery just on
moving and storing it.
That's going to be the big problem. If it comes down to it and he
expects some thousands of dollars, I'm going to have to walk away no
matter how interested I am in some of the stuff.
With a large, unfocused collection like this where there has been
little to no obvious upfront effort to cull uninteresting or non-
useful items, the indirect costs beyond simple acquisition become
huge very quickly.