[noobermin]

So, this is probably a super nimby moment, but the growing excitement around "retrocomputing" (really just old machines) means a lot of hardware is becoming super expensive. Like good luck finding an IDE harddrive under 500 MB that works, people are pulling them out of working old machines, putting them on ebay for 100s to even 1000 usd, then shipping them in after thought packaging that has them fall apart on their way there. This hobby is fast becoming a rich man's game for speculators and huskers.

It's a tragedy really. I feel like efforts like OP are great because they pull pressure off the literally limited stock thereby making the speculators go elsewhere (segasaturn games and the like mostly).