[Coco] Lucky ebay bidder

Roger Taylor operator at coco3.com
Sun Sep 9 19:01:51 EDT 2007


At 02:29 PM 9/9/2007, you wrote:
>Roger,
>No real offence is taken. Like I have tried to make clear, shipping 
>to the States for 10 units probably would have been close to $100. 
>People can gripe and moan all they want about it, but I 'll betcha 
>no one would have forked over the 100 bucks on this list for 
>shipping, so in the end the choice was simple.
>I thank you for your offer for the banner add. I am not sure right 
>now on the future of the site though. I am moving at the end of the 
>month, and I really don't have the time or the energy to keep up 
>with the hobby. I am debating whether tho just take the site 
>"off-line" and quietly dispose of my stuff that I have left or try 
>to sell everything in one fell swoop. I have at least 20 big boxes 
>full of CoCo stuff, many prototype and project hardware, boxes of 
>disks that a past collector made of new and unique software and many 
>unseen before 'Cool" items. Mixed in with these are a lot of old PC 
>parts and other vintage micro stuff. I know there is an Amega 500 
>and a whole (photocopy paper) box of floppies just for that. a bunch 
>of old PC monitors (like a 21 RGB monitor that weighs a ton), and 
>too much other stuff to even go into. Do I really want to keep all 
>of that- yes, is it practical for 1 guy living out of a small one 
>bedroom apartment- no.
>All I do know for sure is if i sell all of this with the web site, 
>it must and will go in one package. I neither have the time to go 
>through it all, or the desire. The "Buyer" is responsible for all 
>shipping. he/she will make arrangements with whomever they want for 
>shipping and co ordinate it from their end. just tell me the time 
>the shipper is coming to get the stuff.
>as for a fair price? I am not sure, the website itself has take well 
>over a thousand hours of my time, and over 3 years what's that worth?
>All I know for sure is I have to decide before Oct 1 for the move.
>-GlenBe sure to stop by www.thecocolounge.com and 
>www.iboughtavoodoolaptop.com Proud Microsoft Supporter, User and 
>Tech since 1982
>


Hello Glen,

If you want to,  Zip up your entire root directory and all subfolders 
you want hosted, and I'll give you a directory on coco3.com.  E-mail 
me the file no matter how big.
operator at .... coco3.com






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Roger Taylor





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