Not saying that what the landlord did was ethically, morally or even legally correct, just that you could have avoided the whole disaster; I'm sure the community would have gladly chipped in to help, but I think your attitude at the time was not very helpful..
You certainly had (and have) my sympathy, but at the same time I was pissed because IMO as de facto 'curator' of a pretty special collection, much of it no doubt donated, you had a certain responsibility to protect it. As you say, let's not revive the whole sad tale; glad to hear you're back on your feet. mike On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 7:56 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > I'm trying not to extend this conversation, because I am not interested in > a pity-party, but this kind of comment is insulting. Of course I should > have paid the rent. And vy the way, as soon as I had it, I offered it, but > they refused the tender. > > Regardless, when someone gets evicted, they and their stuff get thrown out > of the building. The landlord doesn't get to keep a million dollars of > property over $4,000 of missed rent. It is not lawful to liquidate any of > the tenant's property to offset the debt, unless they go through a long and > drawn out legal process. > > Sellam > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 2:11 PM Mike Stein via cctalk < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Shoulda paid the rent. > > > > A sad tale indeed. > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 4:11 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The good news is that most of my best stuff was either already with me > > or I > > > was able to get out, including my two Lisa 1's, my (straight) PDP-8, > and > > > several other precious items. I long since sold off most of this to > pay > > to > > > live, since at the same time they destroyed my collection they > destroyed > > my > > > business (not to mention my life's work). > > > > > > I've gone on to build a new collection out of the old, one that > is--like > > my > > > original collection--unrivaled anywhere on the planet. But this time > > I've > > > erected castle walls around it, surrounded by a moat filled with > > > alligators. > > > > > > Sellam > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 11:58 AM Ryan de Laplante via cctalk < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I didn’t know you were able to recover 20% of the collection before > > being > > > > locked out again. I know losing any of it is terrible, but I’m > > guessing > > > > you prioritized the very best pieces of the collection when > recovering > > > the > > > > 20%, such as your Lisa 1? > > > > > > > > I kept my collection in storage lockers for years. I kept moving to > > > > larger and larger lockers, then eventually two large lockers, because > > my > > > > collecting got out of control. Prices kept going up every year and > it > > > was > > > > a nightmare having to pay what I did just to store the collection. > > > > Fortunately I was able to move to a house and relocated the > collection > > > to > > > > the basement. Not everything could come home with me, so I sold the > > > > remaining lower priority pieces to the first person who could clear > the > > > > locker over a weekend. I didn’t get much for it, but at least it > > didn’t > > > go > > > > to a recycler. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Oct 17, 2022, at 4:54 AM, Sellam Abraham via cctalk < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Long story very short: > > > > > > > > > > Landlords evicted me from their warehouse where my collection was > > > stored > > > > > and wouldn't let me back in. Had to go to court. Regained access > > and > > > > was > > > > > able to pull out 20% of the collection before they locked me out > > again > > > > for > > > > > good. Then sold the rest to computer recyclers, who proceeded to > > > scatter > > > > > it to the wind. > > > > > > > > > > Sellam > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 1:43 AM Ali via cctalk < > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> You had to ask......I was there 3000 years ago (or about 10 years > > ago > > > in > > > > >> non Tolkien meme terms) and it wasn't pretty.... > > > > >> -------- Original message --------From: Tom Hunter via cctalk < > > > > >> [email protected]> Date: 10/17/22 1:31 AM (GMT-08:00) To: > > > > "General > > > > >> Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <[email protected]> > > Cc: > > > > Tom > > > > >> Hunter <[email protected]> Subject: [cctalk] Great Vintage > > Computer > > > > >> Heist of 2012 Sellam Abraham referred to a "Great VintageComputer > > > Heist > > > > of > > > > >> 2012". What was that about? Who stole what and where andwhy? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
