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Re: are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?
« on: July 30, 2012, 12:45:30 PM »
Hi All,

Interesting thread. There are some crazy prices for some of these items - over $2000 for a C64...and someone paid for it! WOW.

Maybe not in the same league but this ebay auction I found is for a phase 5 233Mhz powerpc + 060 accelerator (128MB RAM) with AmigaOS4.0 Classic....

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Amiga-Cyberstorm-PPC-233-MHZ-Phase5-68060-128MB-FAstRam-SCSI-IDE-/190708796966?pt=Klassische_Computer&hash=item2c67214e26

Starting bid from 2000 Euros (AUD$2365)....

I know they are getting harder to get now but is this serious?

You can buy a brand new complete SAM460 or 2xSAM440 AmigaOne systems with AmigaOS4.1 running at a decent speed and a bunch of extra software for the starting money of just this ppc board...amazing.

Or maybe you are in the market for a Commodore 1571 disk drive, a bargain for USD$699....(AUD$670)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRAND-NEW-COMMODORE-1571-vintage-computer-disk-drive-C64-C128-/260973914340?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item3cc341e8e4

Final auction I found for today (from the same seller) is a Commodore 128D for the highly realistic asking price of USD$3200 (AUD$3064):

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRAND-NEW-COMMODORE-128D-vintage-computer-and-keyboard-RARE-/260973919535?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item3cc341fd2f

Some of the other auctions from this seller have similar scary prices....

As an interesting comparison here is another Commodore 128D auction which includes a lot more and is a little bit cheaper currently at USD$103.50 at time of writing:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Commodore-128D-lot-w-1764-REU-1571-1351-1670-Partner-128-cables-WOW-/140808683119?_trksid=p4340.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D555001%26algo%3DPW.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D7%26meid%3D971681623446644834%26pid%3D100009%26prg%3D1004%26rk%3D1%26

Hmmm, I wonder which one I would go for....

Final one - not a computer I know, but a sapphire, yours for only USD$19 Million Dollars. And they even throw in free shipping. Bargain. :-)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/101Cts-Huge-Rare-Quality-Yellow-Golden-Natural-Sapphire-/120793670462?pt=Loose_Gemstones_1&hash=item1c1fdd233e

I say it again - WOW.

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Epsilon
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Re: are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2014, 07:43:57 AM »
Quote from: danbeaver;771836
Here is a good one: $797 for an A1000

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1000-vintage-Commodore-computer-very-early-unit-/380872830530?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item58adca2e42

The description:  "Unit is in fair used condition with a fair amount of scratches and a couple of deep gouges on the top cover....it's a Rev 6 board ... Top cover includes signatures of the design team. From the missing logos and IDs it looks like a early model or prototype."

Or its been beat to hell!
I can top that - how about US$5900 for an Amiga 1000?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1000-/151376618167?pt=US_Vintage_Computers_Mainframes&hash=item233ebfe2b7

Heh. Seems a lot of amiga people already gave him a hard time about this ridiculous price...this text is in the listing too:

"Now to my Amiga.  In a year, I've gotten around 100 emails from the  passive aggressive to the straight out rude.  If cursing was allowed, I  could just image the emails I would have gotten.  What I've found is  that it actually isn't the pricing per se that is making the "Amiga  community" so ticked off.  It's that I priced an Amiga 1000 higher than  the buyer would like and specifically an Amiga buyer.  Every item I've  bought, the price ranged from really low to the extremely high as in 100  times higher than retail.  Never in my mind did I think of sending the  seller an email and giving them a piece of my mind.  I just bought the  one I could afford and be done with it.  But, with an Amiga buyer, it's  very different.  They have a very unique sense of right and wrong.   I  get emails on how markets work, pricing lessons and even life lessons.   I would banter with them a bit and ask them if they actually have  emailed other sellers with ridiculous prices on a recent purchase.  You  can guess the answer to that.  A lot of other tidbits I found  as well.   I would like to send a big virtual hug to the Amiga community and hope I  was able to help you release some hot air.  "

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Re: are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2014, 07:50:42 AM »
Quote from: hese7;771793
$485 USD for a CDTV trackball controller?!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261566982556
Alternatively you can also opt for a boxed cdtv trackball for the bargain price of $AU1660

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TRACKBALL-Transmitter-Controller-CD1200-OVP-BOXED-NEU-Commodore-CDTV-Amiga-/261574502204?pt=Klassische_Computer&hash=item3ce70e273c

...you really gotta want it I think.

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Re: are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2015, 04:30:08 AM »
Hi All,

Of course in Australia you could buy an Amiga 500, stock standard, apparently brand new in box for $2500. Untested.

Bargain.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Amiga-500-BNIB-RARE-/111765214444?hash=item1a05b9d4ec

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