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ebay shenanigans: vectrex
RandyT:
I think I was about 16 when the Vectrex went belly up, and I bought one of everything for next to nothing, but needed to drive 50 miles to get to the store where it was being dumped. Even got the crazy 3D spinning color wheel goggles. Took it with me to Germany when I joined the Army and STUPIDLY sold the whole collection for about $100 so I could put the money toward C-64 stuff. I suppose it was for the best, considering that everything I know about machine language programming was learned on the 64, but I still kick myself for selling that collection.
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: RandyT on May 05, 2011, 07:48:44 pm ---
I think I was about 16 when the Vectrex went belly up, and I bought one of everything for next to nothing, but needed to drive 50 miles to get to the store where it was being dumped. Even got the crazy 3D spinning color wheel goggles. Took it with me to Germany when I joined the Army and STUPIDLY sold the whole collection for about $100 so I could put the money toward C-64 stuff. I suppose it was for the best, considering that everything I know about machine language programming was learned on the 64, but I still kick myself for selling that collection.
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If I had a dollar for everything I sold I later regretted, I'd be able to buy it all back and have enough left over for a round of beers. :cheers:
(Yeah, the mathematics of that makes no sense...)
DillonFoulds:
I suppose you could regret more than once that you sold something? Or blame inflation like everyone else!
ChadTower:
Meh, the cost of storing something for 30 years outweighs a few hundred in potential profit. Ask any hoarder.
Thenasty:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on May 07, 2011, 01:48:05 pm ---
Meh, the cost of storing something for 30 years outweighs a few hundred in potential profit. Ask any hoarder.
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I knew a hoarder once, he's dead now.
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