Oops -- hit 'enter' too soon -- rest of message here -- RE: Needcontact information for dkdkk

[Joe R.]

At 01:21 PM 7/16/05 -0400, Evan wrote:
>Hit 'send' in the middle of cutting and pasting, sorry....
>
>>>> Get over it snd take the long view.  It makes our collections worth
>more.
>
>That's ridiculous!  Sellam is not crying that he couldn't afford to win one
>or two specific auctions because of Dennis K(full surname unknown).  Some
>people may not like Sellam's word choice, but he's speaking up in defense of
>all of us. 

   He's not speaking for me!  I respect Sellam but I think he's wrong here.
I know Dennis (and I know his last name) and I see no reason to complain
about what he buys on E-bay. It's a free country and he's free to buy
whatever he wants and can afford. You don't know Dennis or what his reasons
or goals are and you and Sellam have no more right to complain about him
than you do about someone like Al Kossow who ALWAYS gets what he goes after
on E-bay.


 He is pointing out that our hobby suddenly has this guy who is
>being an irresponsible renegade. 

   That is not only ridiculous, it's also slanderous!  You know NOTHING
about Dennis and it's completely irresponsible of you to make such a
statement!


 Say, for example, that some rich person
>heard a small part of the NPR story, or quickly scanned an article about
>that Christie's auction, and decided in his own mind that, "Oh, old
>computers are collectible and worth lots of money, I should invest in
>some"... so the guy jumps out there, anonymously, and starts hoarding every
>C64 and TRS-80 he can find for $500... would that be good for the hobby?
>Would you be happy, James, because it ups the value of your C64 or TRS-80
>from $20 to $500?  Or would you be ticked because some idiot who didn't do
>his homework is crashing the entire market for those machines?
>
>That's just hypothetical; I'm sure we all strongly hope that Dennis K. turns
>out to be responsible in the end, since according to Bill Maddox, he was
>formerly associated with the Boston Computer Museum.
>
>Attention, Vince (vrs at msn.com) -- you're the only person on cctalk who said
>you directly know who Dennis K. is.

   Vince isn't the only one that knows Dennis. I know him and I've known
him for a couple of years. I didn't speak up sooner in the hope that this
rediculous thread would die on it's own but when I won't stand by when you
start slandering people that you don't know!

    Joe