25 Feb
2004
25 Feb
'04
2:15 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
If you like a fair marketplace suited specifically for
the vintage
computer hobbyist and market, use the Vintage Computer Marketplace. And
I'll make a base appeal to those who still use eBay to buy/sell/trade: you
have no room to complain when something on eBay pisses you off because
there IS an alternative which you have chosen not to use. The VCM is not
used nearly enough. Some of that we can and are working on to get more
activity. We've got an advertising push coming up to take it to the next
level. But everyone here can also do their part by spreading the word
about the VCM and actually using it to sell or trade your stuff. We'll
have incentives to make you want to do this, but in the meantime, do it
for your own good!
I like the old idea -- the seller sets a price, the buyer pays the price.
I want to buy the product today! Not to fuck around with bidding or
other things. The biggest problem is not buying a product , it is
getting it shipped. That is where you need help in the Vintage Computer
Marketplace. If I want to bid on the lastest FAD item I would collect
what ever is the latest box of "Sugar Sugar Crunch Cereal".
While we all remember the day FREE computers for a Song, that is not
longer the case for vintage computers.
PS. There is a NICE PDP-11 waiting to sold at VCM. Note I don't have the
cash for it, or a way to get shipped safely here.