Subj : On retro prices
To   : Dingo
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed May 08 2024 15:34:00

 d> The computers are 40 years old, we can wait a few more 
 d> days to buy or build a cable :)

You must have way more patience than I!  hehe  :)

 d> I lament sometimes that I gave away a C64 and Apple II ~16 years ago, when 
 d> they could be found at goodwill for $15, and now even goodwill sells them 
 d> on ebay for hundreds. But if I kept things like that, I would have paid
 d> thousands in storage or movers or required to rent or buy a large vehicle
 d> to move them myself.

I've come to the same conclusion myself.  One possible exception is the Tandy 1000 HX that was my first computer, I do now have a machine (from eBay), but there's a lot of sentimental value in that original I had in the 80s/early 90s.  But I can't think of much else that would have had significant enough sentimental value to be worth all the moves and storage.

 d> So, this isn't financial advice. I just want to suggest 
 d> that saving your money over your career and investing in 
 d> a well-rounded portfolio is a lot more likely to afford 
 d> a retrocomputing hobby today than if you were to buy and 
 d> keep microcomputers and gaming consoles at the time they 
 d> were popular :) please don't hoard, sell the stuff you 
 d> never use that can be again on ebay later!

I think you're right about the financial side, but on the other hand someone has to hoard the things so we can buy it from them later!  :)


Chris/akacastor

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