$4,000 for an Apple II ?

Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote .. It's not just an Apple thing. A TI-99/8 just went for $3240 on Ebay. It seems this was the second one over $3000 in the last 6 mos., so apparently it's not a fluke. Prices on vintage stuff generally seem to be on an up-cycle, apparently unlike the value of the time and labor spent assembling and protecting collections of historical, cultural, or economic significance. Tell it to the vandals in Timbuktu, maybe. I'm just catching up on the list after being too busy to read it the last couple of months, and I'm still digesting Sellam's situation. Been through some similar circumstances, myself, and on the other hand, I do some work for an asset management co. that handles a lot of rentals, and to my intense dislike, property left behind after sadly , no matter what you do, with owners breathing down your neck, the inevitable evictions, property we go out of the way to have the tenant come get. But they don't. Much less pay the back rent. So maybe I have a somewhat unique perspective on the matter. I'm not sure, however, that I could remain either temperate or coherent about it, so I'm going to refrain from comment just now. I can tell, though, when failure to pay rent on a timely basis is a thinly veiled pretext for theft. Good luck, Sellam. jbdigriz