17 Jun
2021
17 Jun
'21
8:23 a.m.
When I was with MARCH and vcfed and now at kennett classic we never sold/
sell any donations unless the donor specifically allowed it.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 10:51 AM Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Ok, you're probably right. And here I was just
about to box up this HP
9825b as a donation....
CZ
On 6/17/2021 10:48 AM, William Donzelli wrote:
Approximately zero people ever thought this guy
was a museum.
--
Will
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:28 AM Chris Zach via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Reason #1 why I am exceptionally loathe to donate things to "museums"
> these days...
>
> CZ
>
> On 6/17/2021 10:06 AM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
>
>> His target market is not the vcf hobbyist.
>>
>> Many of these were on ebay or wherever, shipped to Long Island and put
back
>> on ebay for 50%+ more than
"wholesale" (orig. seller's price).
>>
>> I have sold items to this guy via ebay inadvertantly and he has
relisted
>> mynitems at a much higher price. It
might take 6 months to sell at the
>> higher price but eventually they sell. I wanted to sell quickly and
was
>> not willing to wait so my price was
competitive. His profit comes
from
>> patience and apparently cheap storage.
He probably re-uses the
original
>> shipping box which is smart!
>>
>>
>> Personally I think people who scoff at this seller are missing the
point
>> ... we are mostly a group of educated
frugal vc hobbyists and not his
>> target market. But if you must have it, he's got it!
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021, 7:40 AM D. Resor via cctalk <
cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It seems at least on the first page of their listings, $899.99 is a
>>> favorite
>>> asking price?
>>>
>>>
>>>
https://www.ebay.com/str/vintagecomputermuseumservices?_trksid=p2047675.l256
>>> 3
>>>
>>> Don Resor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>