12 Mar
2016
12 Mar
'16
5:52 p.m.
Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine for
somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
12 Mar
12 Mar
6:24 p.m.
Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Austin! But here
is a great gold mine
for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
Sounds fishy/weird? He can only recall having two (maybe more) Next systems but he wants
to sell everything in his house and garage for $600 to make room? At the same time he is
willing to take trade so kind of seems self defeating.
I guess if you are in Austin and have time this weekend it is worth a look.....
-Ali
6:50 p.m.
On 12/03/2016 23:24, Ali wrote:
The view from afar.
Send in your Tonto (Indian Scout) . See if he thinks its ok.
Then after repeating the collectors mantra ' If it looks too good to be
true it usually is' three times
Go hitch up as many waggons as possible, head for the mine and clean it out.
Rod Smallwood
Unfortunately,
I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine
for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
Sounds
fishy/weird? He can only recall having two (maybe more) Next systems but he wants to sell
everything in his house and garage for $600 to make room? At the same time he is willing
to take trade so kind of seems self defeating.
I guess if you are in Austin and have time this weekend it is worth a look.....
-Ali
11:25 p.m.
I'm in Houston and could make the trip, Anyone here interested in the
systems listed?
I would need to see enough interest to go do it though, as even though I'd
love to get these and just play with them, but I wouldn't be able to keep
them.
I can't let myself go nuts collecting as I'm living the apartment life and
I don't want to "have to sell" things when I don't want to due to space
constraints or moving.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
Unfortunately,
I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine
for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
Sounds fishy/weird? He can only recall having two (maybe more) Next
systems but he wants to sell everything in his house and garage for $600 to
make room? At the same time he is willing to take trade so kind of seems
self defeating.
I guess if you are in Austin and have time this weekend it is worth a
look.....
-Ali
13 Mar
13 Mar
11:52 a.m.
On Mar 12, 2016 10:25 PM, "James Vess" <theevilapplepie at gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm in Houston and could make the trip, Anyone here interested in the
systems listed?
I would need to see enough interest to go do it though, as even though I'd
love to get these and just play with them, but I wouldn't be able to keep
them.
I can't let myself go nuts collecting as I'm living the apartment life and
I don't want to "have to sell" things when I don't want to due to
space
constraints or moving.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine
> > for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
>
> Sounds fishy/weird? He can only recall having two (maybe more) Next
> systems but he wants to sell everything in his house and garage for
$600 to
> make room? At the same time he is willing to take
trade so kind of seems
> self defeating.
>
> I guess if you are in Austin and have time this weekend it is worth a
> look.....
>
> -Ali
>
>
I contacted a guy who goes by Obsolete Geek on YouTube and Facebook. He's
in Texas (DFW I think) and does haul videos. He says that same guy is
always posting on Craigslist but is never willing to actually sell. Just
FWIW.
7:04 p.m.
Good call!
He responded to me and I could hear his trepidation, so this is spot on.
I let him know it would be going to folks who would be taking care of them
or they'd be in storage at my place.
So, we'll see if he'll let them go and if not that's cool.
I completely understand as I did something similar with a G4 cube years ago
on CL, I felt bad but I just couldn't let it go because the only guy that
hit me up was going to do an ATX mod on it.
He said he'd get me some photos, lets will see what happens!
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Eric Christopherson <echristopherson at gmail.com>
wrote:
On Mar 12, 2016 10:25 PM, "James Vess"
<theevilapplepie at gmail.com
<javascript:;>> wrote:
I'm in Houston and could make the trip, Anyone here interested in the
systems listed?
I would need to see enough interest to go do it though, as even though
I'd
love to get these and just play with them, but I
wouldn't be able to keep
them.
I can't let myself go nuts collecting as I'm living the apartment life
and
I don't want to "have to sell"
things when I don't want to due to space
constraints or moving.
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net <javascript:;>>
wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine
> > for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
>
> Sounds fishy/weird? He can only recall having two (maybe more) Next
> systems but he wants to sell everything in his house and garage for
$600 to
> make room? At the same time he is willing to
take trade so kind of
seems
> self defeating.
>
> I guess if you are in Austin and have time this weekend it is worth a
> look.....
>
> -Ali
>
>
I contacted a guy who goes by Obsolete Geek on YouTube and Facebook. He's
in Texas (DFW I think) and does haul videos. He says that same guy is
always posting on Craigslist but is never willing to actually sell. Just
FWIW.
7:27 p.m.
Chances are, you'll waste a lot of your time dealing with nothing but trepidation, and
get nowhere with what is probably NOT a gold mine.. but a hoarder junk mine. Seriously,
who writes meandering, confused ads like that, that don't even state what they have
and prices?
You'll very often see ads out there that stipulate, "Serious Buyers Only."
It's also well to heed that it should just as much be, "Serious Sellers
Only."
- J.
On 3/13/2016 6:04 PM, James Vess wrote:
Good call!
He responded to me and I could hear his trepidation, so this is spot on.
I let him know it would be going to folks who would be taking care of them
or they'd be in storage at my place.
So, we'll see if he'll let them go and if not that's cool.
I completely understand as I did something similar with a G4 cube years ago
on CL, I felt bad but I just couldn't let it go because the only guy that
hit me up was going to do an ATX mod on it.
He said he'd get me some photos, lets will see what happens!
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Eric Christopherson<echristopherson at gmail.com>
wrote:
I contacted a guy who goes by Obsolete Geek on
YouTube and Facebook. He's
in Texas (DFW I think) and does haul videos. He says that same guy is
always posting on Craigslist but is never willing to actually sell. Just
FWIW.
7:38 p.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
js at cimmeri.com
Sent: 13 March 2016 23:28
To: General at classiccmp.org; Discussion at classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off-
Topic Posts <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: A gold mine for anybody in Austin...
Chances are, you'll waste a lot of your time dealing with nothing but
trepidation, and get nowhere with what is probably NOT a gold mine.. but a
hoarder junk mine. Seriously, who writes meandering, confused ads like
that, that don't even state what they have and prices?
You'll very often see ads out there that stipulate, "Serious Buyers Only."
It's
also well to heed that it should just as much be, "Serious Sellers Only."
- J.
I didn't read it too closely as I am on the wrong side of the pond, but I was curious,
so had a quick read. There seem to be at least three different sums of money mentioned, so
the "listing" is confusing to say the least.
Regards
Rob
7:50 p.m.
Probably true, but it's a weekend and I have time to deal with it so we
will just see how it goes, I have some hope but low expectations.
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, js at cimmeri.com <js at cimmeri.com> wrote:
Chances are, you'll waste a lot of your time dealing with nothing but
trepidation, and get nowhere with what is probably NOT a gold mine.. but a
hoarder junk mine. Seriously, who writes meandering, confused ads like
that, that don't even state what they have and prices?
You'll very often see ads out there that stipulate, "Serious Buyers
Only." It's also well to heed that it should just as much be, "Serious
Sellers Only."
- J.
On 3/13/2016 6:04 PM, James Vess wrote:
Good call!
He responded to me and I could hear his trepidation, so this is spot on.
I let him know it would be going to folks who would be taking care of them
or they'd be in storage at my place.
So, we'll see if he'll let them go and if not that's cool.
I completely understand as I did something similar with a G4 cube years
ago
on CL, I felt bad but I just couldn't let it go because the only guy that
hit me up was going to do an ATX mod on it.
He said he'd get me some photos, lets will see what happens!
On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Eric Christopherson<echristopherson at gmail.com>
wrote:
I contacted a guy who goes by Obsolete Geek on YouTube and Facebook. He's
in Texas (DFW I think) and does haul videos. He
says that same guy is
always posting on Craigslist but is never willing to actually sell. Just
FWIW.
14 Mar
14 Mar
11:52 a.m.
On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:50:56 -0500, James Vess
<theevilapplepie at gmail.com> wrote:
Probably true, but it's a weekend and I have time
to deal with it so
we
will just see how it goes, I have some hope but low expectations.
I've communicated with him in the past. He seems like a nice enough
fellow, but IMHO the prices he was asking for his stuff was way to high.
His ads have been in the local CL for a long time now, so I assume he's
not in a big hurry to sell or let things go at firesale prices (though
maybe it's been long enough now that he'd be more open to it).
12:07 a.m.
On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:25 PM, James Vess
<theevilapplepie at gmail.com> wrote:
I'm in Houston and could make the trip, Anyone here interested in the
systems listed?
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine
>> for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
I?m live in Brenham, which is halfway between Houston and Austin. I wish I had read CCTalk
earlier as I have been in Austin for the past two days and just got back home. Watching
this thread, and would be interested in going in on part of the lot as more details
emerge, or helping with pickup/shipping/temporary storage. A lot of unknowns about the lot
and condition (and even quantity) of the machines so far though.
Best regards,
Ryan
12:38 a.m.
Hey Ryan,
Sounds good! I appreciate you reaching out.
Once we have a better idea of how this is going to happen and if, I'm sure
I'll be in touch.
As always, once I have more information from the guy I'll pass it along.
On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 11:07 PM, Ryan Eisworth <ryan at diskfutility.com>
wrote:
On Mar 12, 2016, at 10:25 PM, James Vess
<theevilapplepie at gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm in Houston and could make the trip, Anyone here interested in the
systems listed?
On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Ali <cctalk at fahimi.net> wrote:
>> Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near Austin! But here is a great gold mine
>> for somebody local http://austin.craigslist.org/sys/5436553322.html
I?m live in Brenham, which is halfway between Houston and Austin. I wish I
had read CCTalk earlier as I have been in Austin for the past two days and
just got back home. Watching this thread, and would be interested in going
in on part of the lot as more details emerge, or helping with
pickup/shipping/temporary storage. A lot of unknowns about the lot and
condition (and even quantity) of the machines so far though.
Best regards,
Ryan
17 Mar
17 Mar
11:24 a.m.
James,
Just wondering if you had any luck with the CL guy? Thanks.
-Ali
13 Mar
13 Mar
10:42 p.m.
Fortunately or unfortunately I am away from Austin right
now or I would go take a look.
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