11 Jun
2001
11 Jun
'01
9:23 p.m.
I've got to chime in here.
If you can get some dough for something you might otherwise be inclined to
pitch, or at least allow to gather dust in a corner of the basement, it doesn't
matter whether you use the proceeds from the sale to buy another dust-collector
or to pay the electric bill. After all, the electric bill supports your hobby
too.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Engdahl" <engdahl(a)cle.ab.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: Ebay horror ...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey S. Sharp" <jss(a)ou.edu>
Right. I would, however, tack on a note saying
that it's ok
to try
and make money off of classic computing items IF
that money is
used
to recover costs incurred in your collecting
activities.
I could not disagree more. Whether someone makes a profit off
selling a classic computer item, and what he does with the
money, is entirely his own business.
If it were not for the guys that are making a living by selling
classic computers and/or parts on eBay, I would not have much of
a collection at all, and most of my PDP-11's would have been
scrap metal by now*. I have found eBay to be a great place to
find things that otherwise would be inaccessible to me, at very
good prices.
It's time to let up on eBay and the people that use it. Overall,
they're doing a good job. We ought not to be judging and
criticizing people that we don't know. Let's talk about
computers instead.
--
Jonathan Engdahl Rockwell Automation
Principal Research Engineer 24800 Tungsten Road
Advanced Technology Euclid, OH 44117 USA
Euclid Labs http://users.safeaccess.com/engdahl
*footnote: if you ask my wife, they became scrap metal anyhow,
except it's in the family room.