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

[vrs]

From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
> >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.

Joe's pretty much echoed my opinions here; I don't see any reason for
causing
dkdkk trouble.  I think he's doing what many of us might do with an
unlimited
budget.

> >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.

>From what I can tell, he's a collector of vintage computing paraphanalia,
same
as any of the rest of us.

> >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!

Thanks for speaking up; I'm on the road, so I haven't been getting to my
email as quickly as usual.

    Vince