6 Mar
2013
6 Mar
'13
10:11 a.m.
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 03/06/2013 03:34 AM, Lance Lyon wrote:
> http://www.bankrate.com/lite/smart-spending/collecting-items-as-an-investmen
> t.aspx
>
> You got it wrong about C64s - they are regularly going for well in excess of
> $100 (here in Oz - which is unusual as this was one of CBM's biggest
> markets) - and remember our dollar is worth more than the USD too.
Here in the States, they were once quite common (I know they weren't
as common in the UK and NZ because of the high cost compared to more
domestic 8-bitters, Sinclair machines and such). They also don't take
up a lot of room, so many of them have survived in closets to be found
later.
I dunno, man. People can't give them away here
in western
Pennsylvania. (nor could they in southwest Florida)
Here in Ohio, either. There's "no perceived value" around here for
them. SID collectors can get more for just a bare SID chip through
eBay and such than the general public can for an entire system on
Craigslist, etc.
I'm not saying they don't fetch "real money" in Oz, but this would be
another example of local supply and demand ("but the streets are
*paved* with VT100s!") Here, the supply was very high and the demand
is currently very low.
-ethan