21 Jan
1999
21 Jan
'99
3:36 a.m.
Date sent: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:10:49 -0800 (PST)
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From: John Lawson <jpl15(a)netcom.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: E-bay trauma
health. I buy enough Stuff via the Net as it is. But
that's just Me.
Ditto here, I find some good deals by net and thanks to this
beloved list that I was able to score few. :-)
My tuppence: If I find a nice juicy PDP-11 system
for sale, I will
either buy it myself, and crow about it here afterwards, or pass on it
and announce it here for others to consider. Then, IMHO, the same
situation obtains: someone will be successful and the others will be
dissappointed. C'est la Vie X2. I see no difference if the Item is
languishing on a lonely loading dock or represented on a public
auction forum.
Exactly! It's bad enough to trumpt there's one while someone is
trying to score a deal but suddenly many come out of woodwork
and bidding prices fly so high enough to knock off moon.
Please! Keep it quiet and leave people to find it and when one
score a deal then their choices to announce or whatever their
preferances are.
John
Jason D.