29 Jun
2019
29 Jun
'19
3:01 p.m.
FYI, it is unlikely there would have been a VCF without Sellam. He
basically started it (with his own money) and continued through the
first 10 years or so. Many others help support VCF (and continue to do
so even though Sellam backed out some number of years ago.)
I, for one, fully support Sellam in his effots to move out his
inventory, and have never seen him sell anything at 10x prices.
Marvin
From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at hotmail.com>
Anybody try business with this guy?
His prices are 10X off the chart
29 Jun
29 Jun
3:21 p.m.
On Sat, 29 Jun 2019, Marvin Johnston via cctalk wrote:
FYI, it is unlikely there would have been a VCF
without Sellam. He basically
started it (with his own money) and continued through the first 10 years or
so. Many others help support VCF (and continue to do so even though Sellam
backed out some number of years ago.)
Many thanks to Sellam those who continue it!
I didn't get an adequate chance to thank Evan at the show last year.
I, for one, fully support Sellam in his effots to move
out his inventory, and
have never seen him sell anything at 10x prices.
10x??!?
An Imsai 8080 is s'posed to sell for $599 ($931 assembled)
An Apple 1 is s'posed to sell for $666.66
A TRS-80 is s'posed to be $599.95, with monitor and cassette player.
A 5150 is s'posed to be $1281, easily $1565 with base features, and up.
What kind of "capitalist profiteers" would go with what the market
will bear, and charge more?
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
6:18 p.m.
FYI, it is
unlikely there would have been a VCF without Sellam. He
basically started it (with his own money) and continued through the
first 10 years or so. Many others help support VCF (and continue to
do so even though Sellam backed out some number of years ago.)
Many thanks to Sellam those who continue it!
I didn't get an adequate chance to thank Evan at the show last year. 
7:18 p.m.
On 6/29/2019 4:21 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
An Imsai 8080 is s'posed to sell for $599 ($931
assembled)
An Apple 1 is s'posed to sell for $666.66
A TRS-80 is s'posed to be $599.95, with monitor and cassette player.
A 5150 is s'posed to be $1281, easily $1565 with base features, and up.
What kind of "capitalist profiteers" would go with what the market will
bear, and charge more?
The real question, did any one ever buy BIG IRON computers as NEW on
this list.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred???????????? cisin at xenosoft.com
Ben.
30 Jun
30 Jun
12:37 a.m.
Hear, hear. Sellam is one of the few good ones. You don't like the prices,
don't buy, but he's been a good member of the community for decades. Sellam
is a true collector and enthusiast and that's why he has such a huge
inventory. I helped him on one of his moves and it was massive at the time.
I'm really glad he's disbursing his inventory now, and grateful that he has
kept so many machines in good storage when so, so many other machines have
been recycled or just trashed.
On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 3:01 PM Marvin Johnston via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
FYI, it is unlikely there would have been a VCF without Sellam. He
basically started it (with his own money) and continued through the
first 10 years or so. Many others help support VCF (and continue to do
so even though Sellam backed out some number of years ago.)
I, for one, fully support Sellam in his effots to move out his
inventory, and have never seen him sell anything at 10x prices.
Marvin
From: Randy Dawson <rdawson16 at
hotmail.com>
Anybody try business with this guy?
His prices are 10X off the chart
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