15 Jan
2013
15 Jan
'13
1:13 p.m.
Are some people here suffering from short term memory loss?! A month
and a half ago (12/1/2012) Sellam posted to cctalk that he was selling
some of his collection:
"The Vintage Computer Festival is currently securing funding for
operations and storage of the VCF Archives for the next 6 months. As
such, the VCF is conducting a limited sale of select items of the VCF
Archives."
Cheers,
Bryan
On 1/15/2013 2:46 PM, Dan Gahlinger wrote:
I lost over 10,000 5.25" floppy disks from a
storage locker in Ottawa that way :(
Yes, in this area, they chop the lock if you're even 24 hours late, no excuses.If you
have been a long time customer you might get 72 hours, if you're lucky.
From his last message I'd say he does have a
point on his side though,if the owner agreed to an arrangement then suddenly turned around
and did this,then he has a case.
But I also agree with other posters, he should
have sold some of the collectionin order to save the rest of it, rather than lose it all,
no matter who was right.
Also agree with the comments here, there are tons of collectors, the postershould have
been actively pursuing borrowing space from others, loaning,trading, etc.
This was let go far too long. Although I do hope he gets most of it back.
Dan.
From: ball.of.john at gmail.com
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Vintage Computer Festival Archvies STOLEN by Tri-Valley
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:47:47 -0800
I encourage everyone to read through the letters
and especially the
affidavit to see the absolute criminality of these vultures. I am
continuing to upload more material as I have time, but the basic story is
there.
The court system was absolutely useless, as were the police and sheriff.
I am having to sue for conversion, fraud, racketeering, unjust enrichment,
and probably other charges as I continue my research.
I am here to tell you right now: Anyone on the receiving end of my stolen
property is going to be entangled in this mess one way or another.
Therefore, my suggestion to you is that YOU SHOULD NOT BID ON OR BUY
ANYTHING FROM TRI-VALLEY RECYCLING IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. If you do end
up with my stuff, you will become a part of the lawsuit in some way.
My
interpretation is: tough noogies.
You spent half a year not paying bills or trying in any possible way to
relocate your belongings. It was excuse after excuse after excuse followed
by backlash. If you considered these computers so valueable you should of
been putting a LOT more effort into cramming it into a storage locker or a
spare bedroom.
Up here in Canada (I guess that's the key phrase because who knows just how
much different the laws are but at least up here it's nationally accepted
that....)if you don't pay the rent and you're that far due you can forget
about whatever you left there. The landlord can switch the locks and now
claim it as his own and the courts will laugh you out the door.
Just because you decided to play lazy does not mean that we can't bid in
fear of a pretty weak court case. If anything I advocate for more people to
bid on it because we at least know it came from a reputable person.