30 Dec
2004
30 Dec
'04
2:41 p.m.
Oh, no you didn't bid on those Siamese Twin exotic Dancers, did you??
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, William Donzelli wrote:
--
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
But it makes
me wonder, what is the most that we've all knowingly over-paid for
a collector's item in the hobby -- perhaps something that you really wanted and
said "just this once"...?
What? Show our hands?
Seriously, I have spent some big bucks for some computers and radios. That
B1900 on EBay cost me about $2K when all was said and done (mostly
shipping). A string of 3330 drives is costing me about $500 a
pop. Sometimes the rarity commands the price.
One purchase was insanely expensive. However, you aren't going to
find out how much...
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org