Why?

Marvin wrote: Well, to get more specific, I have the (perhaps wrong) feeling that: a) You are against collectors who collect for the historical importance onyl and are not really worried if the item works or not (as long as all the parts are in there and the thing can be made to work if and when required). I have been ridiculized when I suggested this one way to go about collecting. b) You are against collectors who want ot take out bits and pieces from the systems in order to show them separately (but retaining and perhaps even ehibiting the "crippled" item). I have been refused help in thsi respect when it became apparent I was going to do this. c) You are against helping "foreigners" (and therefore "different") collectors to export "your" stuff perhaps in the wrong perception that it will diminish the heritage of the country (yours). I have striken a deal with one of the subscriber here and he disappeared in the distance after a while (he did not answer anymore...) By the way does anybody need British stuff? I would be glad to help you with it. Of course I have no proof of the above but from the short experience I had here, I think that the problem exhists as opposed to the "openess" of other American collecting groups like, for example, the radio collecting community which has been VERY helpful with me and other "foreigners" to buy and export stuff from the USA and CANADA (what about the stuff you ARE importing from overseas then?). I think that if you think I am wrong the best way to demonstrate it, if you care, is not with words but with facts. Thank you for your interest enrico -- ================================================================ Enrico Tedeschi, 54, Easthill Drive, BRIGHTON BN41 2FD, U.K. tel/fax +(0)1273 701650 (24 hours) or 0850 104725 mobile website <http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~e.tedeschi> ================================================================ visit Brighton: <http://www.brighton.co.uk/tourist/welcome.htm>