"Response" from seller with the "Apple-1"

[Vintage Computer Festival]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, C Fernandez wrote:

> He's replying after the auction.  I wouldn't send individual replies to
> a bunch of people after the auction either.  Most people ask questions
> so they know if they want to bid, or how much too bid..... after the
> auction it's a moot point.

A lot of people asked some good questions, like, "Why didn't you open up
the box to find out if it really was an Apple-1?"  No sane person who
knows anything about the Apple 1 and Apple ][ would've passed up the
opportunity to find out this information.  Even the most dim-witted person
would've had an inkling that he ought to check.  This guy just skirted
around the issue, and not cleverly I might add.

I think the reason why this pisses me off is because I (and I'm sure I'm
not alone here) hate idiot hucksters like this guy.  I guess I should be
more angry with the idiot sucker who fell for this and bid $2,550 on a
plywood box with a keyboard.  It's bad for the hobby on both ends.

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Sellam Ismail                                        Vintage Computer Festival
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