I've been collecting radios, televisions, and computer equipment for some years. I've bought and sold lots of different radios and televisions, always to buy yet another more coveted radio or television. I don't have the disposable income necessary to collect everything I want and regardless of available resources, my interests have changed over the years. What once bowled me over may have grown passe` to me now. Anyway, I've funded the purchase of new and to myself, better gear by selling off what I am no longer in love with or just plain bored with. I have made a profit on some of what I've sold, taken a loss on others. I've been able to better my collection without denying my children milk and clothing this way. Marty ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: RE: SOL feeding frenzy? Author: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu at internet Date: 12/15/98 4:40 PM | -----Original Message----- | From: Max Eskin [mailto:kurtkilg@geocities.com] | Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 1998 1:20 PM | To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers | Subject: Re: SOL feeding frenzy? | | there are actually people trying to make money off this hobby. I hear this a lot, but I think it's just collectors like us whining (yeah, whining, I'm guilty too) of prices for this stuff going up past the junk range. While I do not dispute that there are folks who have had some machine(s) in their closet/garage/warehouse for some time, find out that it's worth money now, and pop it onto eBay, I am not aware of anyone who is _buying and selling_ classic computers for a profit. Kai ------ Message Header Follows ------ Received: from lists2.u.washington.edu by smtp.itgonline.com (PostalUnion/SMTP(tm) v2.1.9i(b5) for Windows NT(tm)) id AA-1998Dec15.164040.1767.85052; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 16:40:40 -0500 Received: from host (lists.u.washington.edu [140.142.56.13]) by lists2.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with SMTP id NAA02357; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:38:16 -0800 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id NAA18554 for &lt;classiccmp(a)lists.u.washington.edu&gt;du>; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:38:12 -0800 Received: from mail2.microsoft.com (mail2.microsoft.com [131.107.3.124]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.1+UW98.09/8.9.1+UW98.09) with ESMTP id NAA24 390 for &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;du>; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:38:11 -0800 Received: by mail2.microsoft.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <Y950V3TR>; Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:38:07 -0800 Message-Id: <FFD1BA74C6A7D111A09500805F9F88F5024CF9BF@RED-MSG-43> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:38:03 -0800 Reply-To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu Sender: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu Precedence: bulk From: Kai Kaltenbach &lt;kaikal(a)MICROSOFT.com&gt; To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt; Subject: RE: SOL feeding frenzy? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-To: &quot;&#39;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&#39;&quot; &lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt; X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.1 beta -- ListProcessor(tm) by CREN