26 Apr
2001
26 Apr
'01
8:47 a.m.
Well, my two cents...
I think advertising items on ebay or any other auction site is kinda really
not in it's place here.
Ebay or any other auction site does not "equate" (can I say that?...I am
french) with the "true-spirit" of collecting classic computers IMO...It has
not helped a lot the collecting hobby IMO and has driven the price of a lot
of stuff to ridiculous levels...like .com stocks...that I owned a few
of...and that are worth a lot less now...but thats another story...
I always taught classiccmp was for "true" collectors...not resellers...now
whats a "true" collector is different for everyone, but think of why you do
this for a minute and how much classic computers you have sold compared to
how many you have traded, given away, restored or "played with" recently and
you can figure out why you do this...
list.
From what I understand, the stuff offered here should
be giveaways or
trades....stuff I have done in the past and stuff that should be
happenning
more here...unless most of the people here are in this to make money?
As for stuff being RARE on ebay, almost everything is RARE on ebay from the
point of view of the seller from what I can see...
I don't know how this sounds but : When I am at the point of going through
all the hassles of packing and shipping and ebaying to make $5-$10, Ill
question myself about my financial situation and ebaying will not be my
first taught for changing that...but thats just me...
Claude
Canuk Computer Collector
http://computer_collector.tripod.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: Amiga items on eBay
John Foust
wrote:
Pardon the auction announcement...
I did this and got blasted for it. I don't think FA (for auction) posts
are that bad, escpecially on classic cmp
for classic cmp related material.
But what I am asking is the offical rule-of-thumb on this for this mail
list. Anyone like to clarify?
Eric
Rules, we have no rules, only complaints. ;)
People on this list do what they want, those that don't like it complain,
but we have no police, and I don't think anybody has ever been booted off.
That said, if you want to offer something to the list, offer it to the
Trying to get a few more bidders on your ebay auction is typically seen as
merchantile, not friendly, activity.
Regardless of the above I say if its stuff people on the list will want,
post it, but be a man about the criticism, because YES you are doing it
for
the money, not the pure pursuit of junk collecting.