12 Nov
2007
12 Nov
'07
3:41 p.m.
What I meant to say is that the investor who get in
turn the hobby into a
business. Get in buy low, trade items around between other investors to
drive up the costs, sell out and find another pump and dump hobby.
This has not happened in the vintage computer field. If it has, please
show the evidence.
Exactly why would it matter if the big pocket
collector has the item in his
personal museum shrine, or in a cardboard box on the shelf next to his
bowling ball, nobody else is ever going to see it again until he is dead.
You are very wrong. The Big Boys are just as open and nice as the
average collectors. Most are happy to show off their toys, and many
will indeed trade. The Big Boys also tend to have plans for their
estates, including their expensive collections - something the average
collectors are sorely lacking.
Of course, when someone like you whines about them, smears their
names, and somehow places your collecting philosophy above their's -
well, I would not be expecting any invites and time soon...
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Will