8 Mar
2002
8 Mar
'02
11:37 a.m.
On 7 Mar 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
Out of curiosity, how many here care whether or not
the machines they
collect are considered "collectable" or "top collectable?" Isn't
the
point of collecting these machines to have fun toys to play with?
Collecting was more fun, and the machines were easier to find, when
nearly everyone considered them worthless a decade or so ago.
I dunno. It would probably help if I knew what "top collectable" is.
The fact is, I didn't know I was a "collector" at all till I started
reading the classiccmp archives. I just thought I had accumulated a lot
of junk. Seriously.
I _don't_ tend to collect anything at all that I don't/can't use. I
had a very extensive cigarette lighter collection till I quit smoking,
about 8 years ago. The collection quit being fun when I quit lighting
cigarettes. I also had a fair accumulation of special edition knives,
till I figured out that I was actively avoiding the sight of them. A
special edition blade becomes worthless the first time you sharpen it.
So I had all these cool, beautiful tools that I couldn't use. Bah!
So, no. If I can't at least play hangman or Empire on the damn thing,
I don't need or want it. If it has no monetary value, that just means I
get more, quicker.
Nobody but me is really impressed by them anyway....
Doc