[Coco] "NEW NORMAL"

[Boisy G. Pitre]

I understand that you’re frustrated that you cannot afford these prices on eBay, but please consider the impact of what you are saying here. There are people on this very list who have purchased CoCo 3s from eBay at these prices. They are not fools; they are simply paying for what the market is bearing right now.

At Cloud-9, we’ve adjusted our prices accordingly and are selling clean, quality, working CoCo 3s starting at $299.

The days of buying a CoCo 3 for $50 or $100 are pretty much gone. Supply is drying up (look at how many CoCo 3s come up on eBay vs. CoCo 2s) and you will see why prices have gone up.

> On Jul 15, 2015, at 3:04 PM, camillus <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> The "NEW normal"???
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> This is just the outcome from the fact that some people are greedy in a sense that they just want something so badly, that they would pay an arm for it.
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> I bet you that if nobody would just pay such stupid prices, you can find a coco3 on your doorstep, and they will pay you to take it.
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> What is wrong with those people. Sadly also that most of those people that spend to much money on their coco are quickly bored and trash it or stack it on the attic where it collects dust. 
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> I would rather do without then go with this "NEW NORMAL", there is nothing "NORMAL" about it.
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> Well I guess it is not difficult to find just one fool, that pays anything, ( probably don't know what to do with there money, because having to much), but kills it for the true hobbyist....
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> I paid 500 euro for my coco3, and because of my move from europe to usa I had to throw it away. Luckily when I found out that the coco still lives here in the USA, I could my hands on one from a friend of mine, FOR $0000.00
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> BTW 500 euro now is E 500 x $ 1.10 = $550 
> Now some people pay's $300 and more for a 35 year old computer???  There are classic cars of 40 years old you can buy for less. Just insane this is, and it is all because fools pay's that kind of money. Maybe the word "fool" is not the right choice, I should call them the "newnormals".
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> cb 
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