16 Jul
2005
16 Jul
'05
3:08 a.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Glen Goodwin wrote:
I'm having trouble understanding how "more than I could afford"
automagically equals stupid.
I came into a small inheritance last spring and paid stupid money for
several Amiga items off eBay. I wanted them, I had wanted them for a
while, I could *afford* them, and I bid on them till I won them.
Stupid? I dunno. My spousal equivalent sure doesn't understand why
hat stuff is worth so much to me. But I have to say that a year later,
I'm still getting my money's worth. I'd say that subjectively, each
piece was worth what I paid. What its objective value might be, I don't
give a damn. It ain't for sale.
Furthermore, and I think it's you that usually points this out, each
item was worth about $5 less than my price to at least one other collector.
Doc
Okay, so what do you hope to accomplish? Do you
really think
you can convince him -- or bully him -- into *not* buying
whatever he wants at whatever price he's willing to pay???
Maybe. Maybe it'll be useful just to vent at him. Maybe it'll be useful
to let him know he's pissing off half the community with his stupid bids.