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Everything is Illuminated...
« on: June 20, 2010, 05:21:48 AM »
in the light of our past...  In another thread on another forum someone got me thinking about collecting and collectors.  How many on here are just collectors, buying up lots of amigas and sitting on them?  If you do such things, why?  Is it for some future time when amigas will sell for even more than they are now?  Or is it just the lure of the chase?  I ask because the thread in question involved an individual asking for a lower price on a item because they were a "collector".  I found it odd, as I figure anyone buying classic amiga hardware for ANY purpose would be considered a collector.
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Re: Everything is Illuminated...
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2010, 04:57:55 PM »
Quote from: Thorham;565786
I recently bought an A1200 mobo for 35 Euros and I'm 1) not a collector, and 2) not stupid or crazy. It's called a hobby, thank you very much :madashell:


No offense meant, Thorham.  We all enjoy the hobby-I said stupid/crazy in the sense that we collect what most feel is trash left over from the dawn of personal computing.
 

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Re: Everything is Illuminated...
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2010, 05:00:22 PM »
Quote from: Tenacious;565868
My 3 A2000s were rescued from a public access station, a tech there wanted blow them up for his home video.

:shocked:  Wow!  See-I wish I had the chance for such heroism as that around here...
 

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Re: Everything is Illuminated...
« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2010, 06:47:54 AM »
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I would not be a collector even if I could afford it because that reduces the number of machines available to people who are (maybe) looking for their first amiga.
However those who rescue amigas from destruction are doing a fantastic job and deserve any profit they make from selling refurbished machines.

I feel this.  I just wish they were selling them near me and not on Ebay where idiot snipers drive the prices so far north.  :lol: