9 May
2000
9 May
'00
8:30 p.m.
What's just as likely is that the Altair will go un-paid-for, thereby
leaving the notion that it should bring a high price, but without any actual
consummated sale. Most of us won't know about that little detail, but will
surely remember that an Altair, probably worth at least that much if
inflation is taken into consideration and if you simply consider what it
cost back in the "old days" when it was purchased. Note that this one had a
4K Ram board and a CPU, but little else, hence, it was probably just held
for investment.
This is how the prices are pushed up.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin <marvin(a)rain.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: Ebay Altair
though,
johnb wrote:
>
> Funny how a lot of people here think the prices are inflated. These
prices
> are established by *demand* and availability (as
with anything else). I
sold
my Altair 8800
serial #80 just like this one with my collection :-(
"Inflated" implies a comparison. And of course prices are established by
supply and demand, and I think that is a good thing. The comparison, is with the approx. $2K to $4K or so they have been
selling for on ebay
for
the past several years. That ad gives a LOT less
detail than others that
sold for much less. Was it ignorance that drove the price up ... or was it
that the bidder knew something we don't? Perhaps this person emailed the
seller and did find out something that made it worth the extra money.