BGary335 wrote:
I just saw a set of Amiga A10 speakers sell for $173.50 on Ebay. Are you kidding me? For a set of speakers? You can almost buy an entire Amiga computer for that! I find it very hard to believe that those speakers are worth that kind of money. How on earth would you justify spending that on a pair of speakers? :-o
Yes, it is absolutely ridiculous for a set of speakers. You could easily buy a pretty nice set of bookshelf speakers that would annihilate those little pieces of crap.
BUT... they are somewhat rare, in fact I haven't noticed a set on ebay before. So you have 10 guys who all collect vintage commodore/amiga hardware, don't have these speakers, but have money, competing for a mint boxed set. It's like guys who collect comics, cards, coins, vehicles, etc... they'll never even use them, just put it away to "have" or pull out and admire from time to time. I know a guy who does the same thing with cars... he has a special, secured garage to store all the Mercedes he drives 100 miles a year.
Actually, I was expecting those speakers to sell for more.
For myself, though I try not to hoard or spend ridiculous amounts for this stuff, a few months ago I spent $25 for a new/sealed Bard's Tale for the Amiga... seemed like a good idea at the time, but definitely not easy to justify out loud, LOL. It's something I have fun with, I just try not to get too carried away. (The sad thing is I actually have little time these days to enjoy my hobbies.)
It's all a matter of perspective... most people would consider spending ANYTHING on amiga related things is a complete waste, even $10.
