Getting out of the hobby

Alexandre Souza alexandre.tabajara at gmail.com
Tue Oct 11 23:22:36 CDT 2016


When I decided my collection gave more troubles than fun, I stored
everything in plastic boxes and stashed on a room at my mother's house.
Some years later...ta-daaa! :D Happiness forever! :D

2016-10-12 1:19 GMT-03:00 Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com>:

> Hi Seth,
>
> I'm sorry to see anyone leave the list or the hobby for any reason, but
> especially because of comments made on the list.
>
> I strongly agree with Rob.  Hang on to some of your favorite toys. You
> never know when you might want to play with them again. I have a lot of
> regrets from letting go a lot of equipment that I might never find again.
>
> Paul
>
> On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 9:19 PM, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com>
> wrote:
>
> > > > The learning is the best part, I think.  It's almost a
> > > > letdown when something is already just working.
> > >
> > > Weird Stuff Warehouse used to put "Guaranteed Not to Work" stickers on
> > some
> > > of the items they sold. One time I bought an Atari 800 with such a
> > sticker,
> > > intending to part it out to repair other machines. To my dismay, it
> > worked
> > > perfectly. I went back and complained. They said I was the only person
> to
> > > have ever complained, but that they would honor the guarantee if I
> > brought
> > > it back, i.e., they would break it for me.
> >
> > It's that attention to quality and customer satisfaction that is so
> sorely
> > lacking today.
> >
> > --
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> > http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ --
> >   Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com *
> > ckaiser at floodgap.com
> > -- Drive defensively ... buy a tank. ------------------------------
> > ------------
> >
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