From: "Michael B. Brutman"
<mbbrutman-cctalk at brutman.com>
I like VCM a lot. I've been browsing it for over a year. It's always
fun to speculate on what Marvin is holding onto based on what he has
listed. :-)
That is *really* hard to do since I generally list things as I find them ... and
there is a lot to find :).
Sadly, I haven't found anything I want to
purchase. My particular weak
spot (the PCjr) doesn't show up there.
Yet :).
If I were to unload something, VCM is the first place
I'm going to go.
I'd rather sell to a group of like-minded individuals first. If it
doesn't sell there after a reasonably long period of time, then I would
consider eBay.
One of the things I tried to do was to put enough stuff there that others would
also start to list. And I do have another motive as well ... if something
doesn't sell on VCM, depending on what it is, I already have the listing done to
port it over to Ebay.
It is unfortunately a fact of life that stuff will sell better on Ebay. It is
also a *very* unfortunate fact of life that I either need to buy this house or
move. VCM will not provide enough money to do that, and the reality is that Ebay
will. But I still try and list somewhat uncommon items on VCM that are unlikely
to generate ebay bids.
As for Sellam,
I've never met the guy. I've heard a lot. :-)
What I like about Sellam and a lot of other people here is that they *DO* rather
than just talk. VCF started out as a thought here, but he was the one that took
it and ran with it to create VCF. And ditto for Jay when ClassicCmp needed a new
site. Jay didn't just say woe is us, but took the ball and ran. And with his
hosting other classic computer related websites, all I can say is that I greatly
respect the man ... and I've never met him :). And look at Al with what he has
done with Bitsavers, and Erik, and Curt, and ... The amount of knowledge
available on this listserver and what is being done is truly incredible. I've
met quite a few people on this listserver, and at times it is fun to just talk
and listen. It would be nice if everyone would just get along and not jump on
every annoyance that comes along.