I've noticed whats happening to compact macs is what happens generally to cars.
Something fairly ubiquitous in the 80s, then they're everywhere, then they become cheap and disposable, then they become less and less, people start gathering good examples, selling them as rare and the price inflates.
When I picked up the Mac Plus in the late 90s, it was at a car boot sale (similar to "yard sale" / "flea market" etc) the man had a table full of them, I picked mine up for a £5, despite it not working (bad solder) and I thought I could pick up an ADB mouse for it (little did I know).
Schools, companies, offices, homes were getting rid of their compacts and they were everywhere.
Now, the only people who have compacts are those who want to collect them, so they aren't looking rid of them for small amounts of money.
Something fairly ubiquitous in the 80s, then they're everywhere, then they become cheap and disposable, then they become less and less, people start gathering good examples, selling them as rare and the price inflates.
When I picked up the Mac Plus in the late 90s, it was at a car boot sale (similar to "yard sale" / "flea market" etc) the man had a table full of them, I picked mine up for a £5, despite it not working (bad solder) and I thought I could pick up an ADB mouse for it (little did I know).
Schools, companies, offices, homes were getting rid of their compacts and they were everywhere.
Now, the only people who have compacts are those who want to collect them, so they aren't looking rid of them for small amounts of money.