@Phonic
This is where I would trust quite a few of the people on here about the stuff for the big box Amiga items. I would rather more then likely get an accelerator from a dealer, instead of just blindly get some stuff from some of the random eBay users out there. Some of them just don't take care of there stuff, and other are just very steep.
There are some like karmanss that have very steep prices and WILL not budge on the prices. Then you have others like "He That Must Not Be Named" (you all know who He is, and I'm not going to mention it) that like to throw hissy fits when you question the integrity of his products and credibility. When they say Caveat Emptor, they mean that. Some of the eBay people can be some real shady folks, and they get even worse when it comes to computer stuff.
It's a shame that a lot of the Amiga product sellers have gotten to be even nastier over the years. I'm all for the making the money thing, but don't sacrifice honesty and integrity for it. You really can have slighty higher prices, while still maintaining that down home goodwill and charm, with customer service. I know that Redrumloa has been good to me in the past. (By the way Redrumloa, those laptops are bit of a pain to replace the OS on at times. But I just used something like the Sabrent 2.5 USB enclosure it worked like a charm)
Also good luck on the A1 hardware. I mean seriously if you do manage to get it, will it work for a good while and then just quit on you. I mean haven't some of you had your motherboards fail :-? (if I read some of the stuff on the internet right). Lets see OS4 isn't fully out yet, it's one big licensing nightmare. I guess I would just like to be able to run my nice running classic software in the fastest, best running possible way. As for the money, I've seen people that have blew more then $800 dollars on more worthless things then computer hardware, so I really wouldn't complain.
When it all comes down to it, money will be the deciding factor if we have any good developers and dealers at all. Some people like to code for fun, others for a little bit of profit. Some people love to do hardware for the challenge, others do it for a living because they just love doing it. There are those that like to swap stuff in trade show fashion, yet there are some that are the back bone of the hardware/software trade that put serious effort in customer service to ensure quality. That's qualilty that at times warrants the higher price.
Just my 2ยข's.
