Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 11:36

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Let's just say that its caused by many factors, overpaying included. If guys continuously overpay then sllers will ask more that's certain. Agreed. It is part of the problem but not a small part. If I always pay significantly more for the item that will increase prices in the future for others as …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 09:49

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it has already been discussed in this thread many times... increased popularity of retro hardware due to youtubers and other internet publications keeping up the hype, not saying at all they're at "fault" here, I do thouroughly enjoy that content as well, but I can't deny this obviously has an …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 09:24

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Another variable is expenses. Somebody with no mortgage, spouse, kids, student loans, car loan, etc and who lives with his or her parents (increasingly common these days), will not need a 6 figure income to be able to afford lots of subjectively overpriced retro stuff . Indeed. But if I have more …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 09:19

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because I can't really see any evidence supporting this claim, and even if there might be a few cases here and there it still wouldn't make it "most of us". So you keep concentrating on the wordplay. Us - most of us, not the issue itself. But it only takes a few to spoil the bunch. What do you …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 08:46

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The good thing is that people with a lot of money will have expensive hobbies, like supercars, expensive watches, expensive art (paintings, etc). They don't compete with us for retro hardware, there might be very few exceptions. There is a difference between a billionare and a guy with a good job …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 08:41

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imi wrote on 2020-09-19, 19:48: let me say this again, I don't disagree that this is a problem, but I strongly disagree that anyone here is actually contributing to it at any appreciable capacity. Why?

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 08:40

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Big Pink wrote on 2020-09-19, 22:44: A responsibility to keep prices low? I thought this was a hobby, not a cartel. It's not a problem until it is YOUR problem. Simple. People are always like that.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-20, 08:38

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badmojo wrote on 2020-09-19, 22:59: It is disappointing when "people" don't conform to the rules you made up but now that you've accepted that they never will, you can stop whining about it - yay! Dream on, pal. 😁

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 19:28

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darry wrote on 2020-09-19, 17:23: I agree about trying to not be part of the problem the ends up affecting us all . I just realized that it's hopeless. People are too uptight when it comes to their responsibility and it won't ever change. That would require acknowledgement first and it's near- …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 19:22

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As I wrote before, if the cap fits... you literally adressed "us" :p No, MOST of us, that excludes some. Big difference. And what happened? People who claim they are not part of the problem started to write a wall of text denying the problem. It indicates a guilty conscience being present otherwise …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 17:12

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Again people interpreted this as a personal attack and not as a phenomenon, just like last time with the other guy. Hitting a nerve does that and makes further conversation impossible about the topic.

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 16:03

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you realize the people you're trying to talk to are not in this forum? ^^ Yes, they are here but I already made my point. If the cap fits, wear it because we were not talking about 50 euro but $500. Even 50 is overkill for many items and it still negatively influences future prices. If I give $100 …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 14:12

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So why would somebody be wrong for appreciating this stuff enough to pay a lot of money for it? Because that caused the price increase. It may be good for the top 1% of the buyers with no money problems but bad for the rest. No point in denying that dumping serious cash into the hobby will cause it …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 14:00

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Impatience, greed and vanity, the three major price increasing factors. Lolz yep, you've got it all figured out. So what's the solution genius? Let me guess - everyone needs to be sensible and awesome like you and only pay the amounts that you deem reasonable? That'll totes work. Solution? People …

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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-19, 10:07

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Someone already mentioned the reason for the price increase.. it's you! And by that I mean most of us. The price goes up if there are people who are willing to pay it. Offer A: $20 Offer B: $50 Offer C: $400 What should the seller think? Should he sell his next similar item for $30? No. He'll sell …

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Re: Which browser do you use?

Posted on 2020-09-18, 12:04

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Miphee, explain the Firefox autocorrect problem... URL bar autocomplete. When I type 'g' in Chrome it immediately completes it to gmail.com. In Firefox it works for a while then it suddenly stops working and nobody ever gave me or anyone else a solution for this. I stopped using Firefox in 2019 …

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Re: Which browser do you use?

Posted on 2020-09-18, 09:25

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I'd use Firefox if it's autocomplete wasn't broken. It's a problem they never fixed so they're out. It's Chrome for me, stable, fast and there are lots of custom extensions. I hate Google products because of the extreme censorship but this browser is simply good.

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-09-17, 08:27

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Got this Office 95 standard floppy set for $3 in average condition. It must have been fun when one of them malfunctioned during install (#29 for example).

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-09-17, 05:39

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I will sometimes test it without heatsink really quick to see if the image is fine. Just enough so I can see the Win98 boot logo. I don't know about V3 3500 chips but I once did something similar to a Celeron 700. I wanted to see if it's working but I was too lazy to bother with the heatsink (I …

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Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2020-09-16, 15:20

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imi wrote on 2020-09-16, 14:59: umm... you're only testing WITH a heatsink? right? just put a fan blowing air on it should be cool enough to touch. Good question. If it was used without a heatsink it could be toast.

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