12 Nov
2010
12 Nov
'10
11:47 p.m.
It'll go for what it goes for - if a collector is
willing to pay that price for it, then that's what the market price is. I find it
amazing that so many people on this list constantly denigrate others because they
can't/won't accept market forces and believe that every classic computer item
should sell for peanuts because that's all they'd pay.
Hold on. I'm NOT one of those people. I'm trying to HELP the auction
company and their buyers.
Unfortunately, the real world doesn't work like
that.
Thank you for educating me about the "real world" .... clearly you who
know better. (Again, what's the symbol for rolls eyes?)
auction house ALWAYS gets a higher price because the
serious collectors are willing to pay more than the hobbyist market.
Of course. But $160,000 as the STARTING bid for something that
typically sells for less than $25,000?
Now I'll wait to get flamed for suggesting that
serious, private collectors are a better option for some equipment than hobbyists.....
I'm not suggesting that one way or the other.