appiah4 wrote on 2026-02-16, 06:16:

TheAbandonwareGuy wrote on 2026-02-15, 02:45:

Why is these kinds of people are the ones that largely seem to end up with hobby stuff? I never see collectors selling to other collectors at fair prices anymore. It's always scalpers or collectors selling at scalper prices. I always price my shit just above where I know a scalper won't make any money if they buy it from me, but a collector is still getting a great deal.

Because they are people of discipline who worked their asses off at the age you are trying to engage in hobbies instead, therefore they made enough money to afford paying however much they want for whatever they want, so they can sell it at whatever they want and tell you to fuck right off if you try to bullshit them.

Don't fuck with GenX. You are the problem. You are NOT entitled to someone else's Presario. Act like you are, and they will tell you where to put it.

Ah good old Appiah4

Always on the wrong side of a battle, and quick to chime in with ignorant bullshit. In this case you've done an excellent job of reaffirming everything I've just said. Your also doing the boomer shit where you act like hard work still means success because boomers and GenX, the generation of psychos they are, don't want to accept they strip mined society with their "fuck you, got mine" attitude. The fact is the only way you get the quality of life and success their lazy asses were handed now is if your born into wealth and power.

Now that that's out of the way...

You realize he got that for free right? And that the price I was offering was more than fair. Everyone else here agrees. If I had low balled him on something genuinely rare and valuable, sure you could argue I was out of line. But I didn't. That entire setup is probably worth around $125-150, I offered 200 specifically because I didn't want to offend him (though I should have known a GenX scalper scumbag would be unreasonable).

The forum should have cast you off with JadeFalcon and his lot during the last troublemaker purge. Every interaction I have with you here is negative, and your about the only member that's true of.

EDIT: I see your post was edited twice. I admit given the sheer BS you left in place I'm more than curious what you felt was necessary to remove. My DMs are always open for hate mail just an FYI.....

Did my semi-annual cleaning of my workbench. Ended up redoing some of the shelving and extended the front end of the bench an extra 1.5 inches for more work space.

I also replaced my 20" Dell 4:3 monitor with this Dell 2407WFPb 24" that I found at a thrift store. Since I repurposed my old gaming PC as a workshop PC, having a widescreen display is nice for things like Youtube videos, etc.

I'm also impressed at the number of inputs the 24" Dell has, even component video. Should hopefully be useful for testing with other hardware.

And added a new piece of hardware, this Triplett bench power supply. After all these years I can finally do voltage injection.

sunkindly wrote on 2026-02-14, 23:19:

I'll never understand why sellers allow offers and then get insulted when you offer something and explain as to why you've offered that amount.

Yes, exactly.
When I offer a lower price, usually because I know what the value is, I always explain my reasons and state that if it's not what they want I respect the choice (not my item).
People sometimes ask way too much because they think they have a treasure. I briefly collected stamps and that world is ruthless and taught me a lot.

It's the heart of business, haggling, bargaining, convincing... I don't see anything wrong with that if you are fair and in good faith.
Considering that it's all from behind a keyboard it's pretty easy to say "no".

My 2 cents with a hole in the middle.

Shponglefan wrote on Today, 19:02:

Did my semi-annual cleaning of my workbench. Ended up redoing some of the shelving and extended the front end of the bench an extra 1.5 inches for more work space.

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This is what I envy to many users here 😀
A clean and tidy workbench.

Nexxen wrote on Today, 19:23:

This is what I envy to many users here 😀
A clean and tidy workbench.

It looks tidy now, but give it a week and it will be messy again. xD

Nexxen wrote on Today, 19:22:

Yes, exactly. When I offer a lower price, usually because I know what the value is, I always explain my reasons and state that i […]
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sunkindly wrote on 2026-02-14, 23:19:

I'll never understand why sellers allow offers and then get insulted when you offer something and explain as to why you've offered that amount.

Yes, exactly.
When I offer a lower price, usually because I know what the value is, I always explain my reasons and state that if it's not what they want I respect the choice (not my item).
People sometimes ask way too much because they think they have a treasure. I briefly collected stamps and that world is ruthless and taught me a lot.

It's the heart of business, haggling, bargaining, convincing... I don't see anything wrong with that if you are fair and in good faith.
Considering that it's all from behind a keyboard it's pretty easy to say "no".

My 2 cents with a hole in the middle.

Alot of resellers think their time is valued in the hundreds of dollars per hour and I would rather scrap something than sell it for its fair value. You see it all the time with cars. "Give me $4000 or I'll crush it for $250".

I think there is also a secondary aspect of they think keeping a high list price can artificially inflate the price and add some type of prestige to an item. Like the item itself is somehow enhanced by a high sale price.

I literally just dropped $250 on a PowerComputing PowerTower 225 (a rare late high performance mac clone) at the local pawn shop. I have no problem paying high prices for genuinely rare stuff. What I have a problem with is scalpers ruining ALL of my hobbies by hoovering up all the hobby good (which they can do because they are lazy POS who don't work, and thus can beat you to anything listed locally) and hoarding them unless you pay their extortion prices.