Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[dwight via cctalk]

The seller is in business. Old computers seem to be the target. They do not 
seem to have much computer knowledge. They seem to be a member of VCF and such 
as a business would be that sells such items. anyone can be a member They 
periodically change their seller name. They don't seem to be interested in 
having people correct their descriptions of items(personal experience).

I what their ebay sales with curiosity now. They do sell some items every now 
and then. I suspect it is enough to justify their efforts.

I've not found anything that they sell to be at a reasonable pricing but that 
is just my personal opinion.

Dwight




From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Sam O'nella via 
cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
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 today...

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 from them years back. But i know they have premium/eBay 
prices generally.
We also occasionally see the reminder that the user is a member of the 
community and on some forums so despite opinion its a bit ashame to see bad 
mouthing of any collector. Albeit actual sales, and comments from first hand 
deals are certainly legitimate information.
null

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 from them years back. But i know they have premium/eBay 
prices generally.
We also occasionally see the reminder that the user is a member of the 
community and on some forums so despite opinion its a bit ashame to see bad 
mouthing of any collector. Albeit actual sales, and comments from first hand 
deals are certainly legitimate information.
null

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[dwight via cctalk]

Hi Eric

 It is vintage-computer-store

Dwight



From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Eric Christopherson 
via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
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...

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Robert via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 12:07 PM, william degnan via cctalk
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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 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. This must be the stuff that wasn't worth hauling to the
> new warehouse.


FWIW, vintagecomputerstore doesn't seem to exist on eBay.

--
Eric Christopherson

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 normal list of Altairs and such appear to have all been sold.
>
> 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. This must be the stuff that wasn't worth hauling to the
> new warehouse.


FWIW, vintagecomputerstore doesn't seem to exist on eBay.

-- 
Eric Christopherson

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[dwight via cctalk]

Mostly a bunch of picked over junk.

Enough said.

Dwight



From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> on behalf of Dennis Boone via 
cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>
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...

> 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 sold people on my workbench).

He's known for crappy packaging, as well as the astronomical and ever
rising pricing.

De

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 few messes he's sold people on my workbench).

He's known for crappy packaging, as well as the astronomical and ever
rising pricing.

De

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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
sold people on my workbench).

Thanks,
Jonathan

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 6:10 PM, jim stephens via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:

>
>
> 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 description and got back a profane long bs thing
> threatening me like a psycho, and threatening to report me to ebay for
> harassment for sending him friendly info.
>
> So I hope he rots, and somehow this shows up on Storage Wars or a Barn
> Finds reality show.
>
> kryptonite seller.
>
> thanks
> jim
>
>

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 description and got back a profane long 
bs thing threatening me like a psycho, and threatening to report me to 
ebay for harassment for sending him friendly info.


So I hope he rots, and somehow this shows up on Storage Wars or a Barn 
Finds reality show.


kryptonite seller.

thanks
jim

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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  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 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. This must be  the stuff that wasn't worth hauling to the
new warehouse.

--  
Robert

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 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. This must be the stuff that wasn't worth hauling to the
new warehouse.

-- 
Robert

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[Amardeep S Chana via cctalk]

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Amardeep S Chana <asc...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com>
>> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 10:27:04 -0600
>> Subject: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> -- Forwarded message --
>> From: Jason T <silent...@gmail.com>
>> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <
>> cctalk@classiccmp.org>
>> Cc:
>> Bcc:
>> Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 11:29:14 -0500
>> Subject: Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...
>> On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk
>> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 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 friends "vintagecomputermuseum".
>> This is the stuff that they can't push at their usual "price point".
>>
>>
> Looks like about $50 worth of outdated PC/PS2 and clone hardware.  But I
> spotted a tub marked Laser 128 and CP/M-80, a couple of CoCo 2's, and a
> Tandon TM-848.  The most valuable item looks to be the mechanical
> typewriter.
>
> Amardeep
>
>
My apologies about the subject in my prior post. I know I've forgotten to
edit it in the past also.  I'll be more careful in the future.

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 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 friends "vintagecomputermuseum".
> This is the stuff that they can't push at their usual "price point".
>

Re: Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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 friends "vintagecomputermuseum".
This is the stuff that they can't push at their usual "price point".

Odd Ebay auction showed up today...

[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