<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Not quite sure what you're getting at - is is by definition a bad thing to be a landlord?<div><br></div><div>My behavior regarding fixing/cleaning is taken from my other hobby of classic car collecting (assuming "1" counts as a collection). A significant part of the retro computing hobby is the cleaning/restoring of older computers - check out YouTube vintage computing videos, it's the main topic of discussion. It is also common in the antique collection hobby I understand.<div><br></div><div>If you're upset about me profiting on the sale, well, no regrets - I agreed to consider lower offers when I consigned the system, but the buyer opted to pay asking price.</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Ken</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 30, 2026, at 22:27, CJ Reha via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr"><div>>
I sold a TRS-80 Model 4 at the show that I picked up on a whim last
month at an auction ($50), but it didn't start. I offered it for $175 on
the VCF consignment table and it sold in 4 hours. I decided not to
clean it up, and I clearly said it did not power up. I decided it would
sell best in its 'as found' condition, rather than spend an hour or two
with goo gone cleaning up the case. The new owner, I figured, would
rather do it themselves and "know it was done right."</div><div><br></div><div>Just curious, were you a landlord in a previous life?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 30, 2026 at 10:28\u202fPM Lionel Peterson via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I sold a TRS-80 Model 4 at the show that I picked up on a whim last month at an auction ($50), but it didn't start. I offered it for $175 on the VCF consignment table and it sold in 4 hours. I decided not to clean it up, and I clearly said it did not power up. I decided it would sell best in its 'as found' condition, rather than spend an hour or two with goo gone cleaning up the case. The new owner, I figured, would rather do it themselves and "know it was done right."<br>
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50 year-old power supplies are expected to need to be repaired, and again, by not attempting to 'fix' it I left it for the buyer to do it themselves and "know it was done right."<br>
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Ken<br>
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> On May 30, 2026, at 20:32, Joshua Boyd via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> How can they charge so much much without at least a basic level of cleaning.<br>
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