Re: ebay dilemma / cdr seller

[gids.rs@sasktel.net]

On May 26, 10:15 pm, PZ <skierp...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On May 26, 8:53 pm, ramito <ram...@san.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > no point in selling old disks you actually bought
> > when somebody can burn images & sell em cheaper.
> >  Oh, wait, hey, maybe someone should burn asimov archives etc
> >  & sell those as well to folks on ebay?
> > OK buys beer for a few weeks I guess ;-)
>
> and
>
> >It was just an odd thought that came up - hey will I be the last person
> >to sell a particular program on floppy before it then shows up on cd-r
> >on ebay? Hence my question.
>
> It does look like this guy did take some effort to make PDF scans of
> manuals for a lot of this software.  It looks more like an enthusiast
> providing a service to me with the fee being very minor on top of
> media and labor and handling costs to produce the CD.  In comparison
> Syndicomm charges $12 for System 6.01 which was was and is freely
> distributable by Apple Usergroups. Its a service to just make the
> software available in my eyes. I think creating a CD compilation with
> document scans takes a lot more time and effort than just copying and
> labeling 6 floppies and thus the $24 price is justified.
>
> Secondly, I don't believe your originals are devalued in any way. Its
> much nicer to handle an original manual than have to view a black and
> white pdf.  Genuine Apple II users will buy your classic software for
> this reason, and emulator users, who wouldn't buy your software anyhow
> because they lack Disk II floppy drives or 800k 3.5's will buy the
> CD's.  I don't see any conflict of interest here.
>
> As far as burning Asimov archives and selling them on ebay, go ahead,
> but I'm sure by the time you build the image, buy the cd's, make the
> labels, scan the manuals, and test the software (many asimov images
> are broken), you'll probably want to charge much more than this ebay
> seller is.
>
> - Paul


Some people also do not have the internet speed such as dial-up or
high speed light to or the time it takes to search for specific files,
so spending a little money on an already made cd and have it shipped
through the mail may actually be cheaper than if you have to pay for
internet service.  Dial-up is the only option for a lot of rural
people and probably even third world countries who do not even have
LAN available to them.  I think a lot of people will be surprised that
there is a bigger market for ready made cd's than most realize.

My 2 cents worth.

Rob