Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-06 Thread dwight via cctalk
g but that is just my personal opinion. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Sam O'nella via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 7:24:41 PM To: Warner Losh; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up tod

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-05 Thread Sam O'nella via cctalk
Since it wasn't said already, i think (if its the same user) they've posted similar auctions several times in the past also (over several years). You can see some of us discuss it in vcfed.org forums. No affiliation or bad blood myself. I know i bought my working Columbia Data Products luggable

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-05 Thread dwight via cctalk
Hi Eric It is vintage-computer-store Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Eric Christopherson via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 8:58:16 AM To: Robert; General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-05 Thread Eric Christopherson via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Robert via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, william degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > I noticed that he had not been selling as much lately, I guess he ran out > > of the good stuff and needs to close out the business, or raise new > funds. > > His no

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread dwight via cctalk
Mostly a bunch of picked over junk. Enough said. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Dennis Boone via cctalk Sent: Monday, September 4, 2017 6:07:10 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today... > Y

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread Dennis Boone via cctalk
> Yeah, you usually are better off not sending messages. Inexplicably, > I once got a good deal out of him on an Altair 8800B Turnkey > system. It arrived very poorly packed, which was actually surprising, > given the price and his feedback (he does indeed move items, I've > ended up with a fe

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread systems_glitch via cctalk
Yeah, you usually are better off not sending messages. Inexplicably, I once got a good deal out of him on an Altair 8800B Turnkey system. It arrived very poorly packed, which was actually surprising, given the price and his feedback (he does indeed move items, I've ended up with a few messes he's s

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 9/4/2017 11:47 AM, Robert via cctalk wrote: As best we can tell, he's moved all the good stuff to a new account, vintagecomputerstore, operating out of a location that's nearby but not the same. At one point several years ago i sent along a correction to his absolutely correct and perfect d

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread Ed via cctalk
vintagecomputermuseum account had a roll of paper tape for $100+ dollars one time? ...Ed# In a message dated 9/4/2017 11:47:22 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > I noticed that he had

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread Robert via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > I noticed that he had not been selling as much lately, I guess he ran out > of the good stuff and needs to close out the business, or raise new funds. > His normal list of Altairs and such appear to have all been sold. As best we

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread Amardeep S Chana via cctalk
f vintage items. Any clue who these folks >> are? >> >> Warner >> >> >> >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: Jason T >> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" < >> cctalk@classiccmp.org> >>

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread william degnan via cctalk
I noticed that he had not been selling as much lately, I guess he ran out of the good stuff and needs to close out the business, or raise new funds. His normal list of Altairs and such appear to have all been sold. On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Jason T via cctalk wrote: > On Mon, Sep 4, 2017

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread Jason T via cctalk
On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Warehouse-for-sale-100s-of-Vintage-Computers-Keyboards-More/192286567641 > > selling off an entire warehouse of vintage items. Any clue who these folks > are? I think that may be our old ebay

Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

2017-09-04 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
Greetings! http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Computer-Warehouse-for-sale-100s-of-Vintage-Computers-Keyboards-More/192286567641 selling off an entire warehouse of vintage items. Any clue who these folks are? Warner