30 Jun
1999
30 Jun
'99
10:09 a.m.
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Kai Kaltenbach wrote:
Lately, there has been a disturbing trend towards
isolationism and elitism
among our flock, up to and including outright hostility. This has got to
stop.
We won't name the person who is most likely to be in our minds at the
moment.
Every time I hear somebody say something like,
"Are you going to sell that
to a REAL collector at a decent price or are you going to WHORE it on EBAY?"
I just want to gag. Amazing as this may seem, the people on eBay deserve
this stuff as much as you do, mr. nose-in-the-air elitist. Oh sure, who
Well, there is nothing wrong with wanting classic computers to remain
among people whom you trust as computer user/collectors/etc.
an idiot. People pay money for something because they
want it. So, you're
basically upset that somebody wants it more than you do?
I agree that this is not a legitimate thing over which to become angry,
but there is an issue that this is driving the prices up, out of reach of
people who can handle these machines, and into the reach of people who
want to encase them in plastic and put them into their 500 sq.ft. living
room. This is causing some hostility.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)
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