8 Mar
2010
8 Mar
'10
10:55 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Koblentz" <evan at snarc.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:42 PM
Subject: Re: rare systems
LOL .... for the purpose of * acquiring * systems, we
all want prices to
go * down *, right? But for the purpose of our personal (and in my case,
museum) collections, we want prices to go up. Quite a dilemma.
Of course, I want to see Sellam be successful and make lots of money in
this field. The success of VintageTech directly helps improve the VCF
events, which helps popularize our hobby, and helps my own group be
successful too.
Prices should be a few times scrap value at minimum so they are worth
seeking a buyer, and cheap enough that people do not start hoarding them for
profit driving prices up for no real reason (bubble).
Why does the hobby have to be popular with the mainstream anyway?