26 Sep
2019
26 Sep
'19
7:24 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 25, 2019, 17:26 Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org wrote:
At 02:59 PM 25/09/2019 -0500, John wrote:
1. I've got boxes of boards that are useful, which came out of undesirable
systems, incomplete or otherwise broken systems, boards that were purchased
as spares, etc.
2. The systems are harder to ship than the boards. I doubt if you're
unwilling to have a pile of boards shipped to you, that you'd pay shipping
on a whole system.
3. Just because you have different opinions doesn't mean their ways are
wrong. Hell, they even seem to be willing to work with people interested in
single boards. I'm sure they're putting "GOLD!!!" in the title for
advertising's sake. It seems to have worked just fine for advertising here
..
4. Maybe just quit whining? If you can't get what you want where you are,
to quote the immortal words of Dave McGuire, "Time to move!"
Pat
What, isn't anyone going to speculate on the
value of the gold here? :-)
The seller would seem to have been pulling rare boards from many old
machines,
probably scrapping the systems (since they would have been more saleable
with
the boards installed) then trying to sell the boards in bulk as scrap
metal.
If that's the case, I'd rather speculate on how many blows to the head with
a blunt object, it would take to teach that person the error of their ways.