Maxwell Collection
Wow. Somebody is off their meds. " I want to thank everyone who takes the time and effort to bid on this item. This collection had taken me TWENTY-TWO years to build. I began collecting these in 1990 and finished added the last one in 2012. But you can skip all that and pocket my years of searching and sentimental attachment that spanned more than two decades with just a few strokes of the computer. Ain't technology grand? I was a lifelong hardcore lover of all things tape including cassette and reel. And the Maxell brand was my preferred choice. Too bad that most folks in these circles don't see it this way anymore. Most so called fans of tape nowadays are nothing but a bunch of soulless, ethics-less bottom feeders and discount chasers. The only degree of separation between you and a dumpster diving cocaine addict is that your hobby is at least legal. Though both of you may sometimes have to share the same dumpster looking for your next "fix".
I have been an avid fan of tape and taping my entire life. The essence, the look, the feel, and sound of recording on and playing back an analog tape was something that brought me countless hours of joy. And what better way to showcase and augment that passion than with something cool such as this collection? Too bad that now, despite all this BS talk of a "cassette renaissance", probably 95% of cassette users (that's a very conservative estimate; the actual percentage is probably closer to 99%), don't see it this way. To them, cassettes represent nothing more than cheap entertainment and a way to bypass having to purchase modern technologies. These people could give a rats ass about what taping is really all about. These people have no morals, values, or ethics to speak of. These are people who value a discount more than the actual item received. Their only joy is sucking it from others by doing the "score" dance and taking money from others by pleading nonsense stories about poor health, job loss, etc, and to "please cut them a break". Scores and discounts are an addiction to them and these people would happily send their own mother to prison if it meant getting free license plates. They whine on incessantly about how sellers such as myself are a bunch of thieving vultures. Yet, faster than you can utter the word "hypocrite", the minute they get their next score, they will have it listed here for a quick flip. Case in point: one side of your mouth pretends to be stoic and indifferent. You'll walk the line about how tapes are "worthless, obsolete items" and you'll "do someone a favor" by "taking them off their hands" cheap. The second you are out of sight, you are clicking your heels and giving the middle finger "look at what I scored from that idiot that had no idea what he had" happy dance. Truly abominable and sickening behavior. But here in 2013, it's endemic to the so-called "taping community" and a large part of why I can't stomach to be around it anymore. Consequently, anyone who even bids on this listing is almost certainly the person I'm describing. What person who calls themself a decent human being in possession of a soul would look to "score" a collection that means so much to me that took so many years to build? But you don't care because the second the winning bidder gets their hand on these, they are almost certain to get parted out with a few being kept and the rest piecemealed out for an immediate flip. Nothing personal, it's just business right? That's the excuse all you scumbags love to hide behind to disguise the fact that as a person, you are shameless and utterly bereft of class and basic etiquette. So here you go. Take them. I don't care anymore. Go feed your score addiction. I'm moving onto other, real hobbies. Ones that don't depend on taking away from others to make me happy. You are also probably the type that always orders the lowest cost item in a restaurant, occupy that table for three hours, then, when once a year they have their "free meals for loyal customers", you expect to be the first one in line and order the highest priced item they offer. You guys really do make my toes curl, you know that? Again, this is why I'm truncating my association with the taping hobby. Most of you really are a bunch of deadbeats."
