And $500 gets you...

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Mon, 11 Apr 2005, Fred N. van Kempen wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> > Yeah, I thought I already put this issue to rest the last time I posted a
> > long diatribe about it.  You'd think people would listen to an expert ;)
>
> What made you an "expert" in valuation of goods, other than the
> fact that you have a warehouse loaded with stuff?

Not "goods" in general, but vintage computers.  I've been in this hobby
for a long time.  I've bought a LOT of stuff, hence, how else would I have
ended up with a "warehouse loaded with stuff"?

I made it my business to track and understand valuations of vintage
computers and have been doing it for longer than this hobby was even
considered a "hobby".

I do a lot of behind the scenes research that does not get discussed here.
I talk to a lot of people: collectors, scrappers, surplus store owners,
etc.  I stay in tune with the "market".

Major institutions refer their donors to me when an appraisal is required.

Relative to how seriously other people take this, I can claim to be an
"expert".

What gives you the nerve to question my credentials?

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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