1 Oct
2016
1 Oct
'16
2:41 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: js at cimmeri.com
Sent: Sat, 01 Oct 2016 15:57:45 -0500
To: general at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: ka... ching!
On 10/1/2016 3:21 PM, N0body H0me wrote:
From where I sit, the big prices seem
mostly centered around Apple 1's and
this Twiggy Lisa. Have any other
computers have gone astronomical like these?
- J.
Maybe not astronomical, but most of the systems I'm interested in, anyways,
are almost always outside my price range. A good example: I bought my
first ss-50 machine for $50. That's $116 in today's money. Not lunch
money, but not out of reach. Try to buy an SS-50 today (like say, an
SwTPc 6800 or similar). You can't SMELL one for under $600-800, and
more likely you're going to have to pony up a grand or more.
I tried to buy a PDP-11/23 on Craigslist. "Make offer" the ad said.
I made an offer. No response. No "no thank you" or "I was really hoping
to get $________". Nothing. Make another offer, still nothing. A week
goes by, and I'm looking at e-pay. The EXACT SAME machine is now listed.
Opening bid was $100. I didn't bid; there are too many people playing
games like this....
So, it's not 'astronomical' just out of reach. If I didn't still have
a bunch of stuff I acquired when it was still all reasonably priced, I likely wouldn't
bother.....
N0body
-----Original Message-----
From: cclist at sydex.com
Sent: Sat, 1 Oct 2016 11:12:02 -0700
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: ka... ching!
On 10/01/2016 08:27 AM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
Yeh. Once we started seeing Classical Computers that could be considered
'investment grade', prices just got ridiculous for everything. Everyone
with an old computer in their closet started seeing dollar-signs. But, like airplanes and boats, this looks like
only a rich person's
game.
...
The game has changed, obviously. We are in an era now when folks with
too much money and spare time and narcissism want to buy and sell and
display toys rather than play with them.
Looks like it's time to get out of this racket.
--Chuck