Dick Van Dyke sells his Amiga 4000T on ebay

[anivichano]

Greetings redrumloa,

redrumloa wrote:
@anivichano

Welcome to Amiga.org, thanks for clearing this up.

Thank you and its my pleasure. :-)

Let us know if the auction gets re-listed. We are all skeptical, myself included, for a reason. There has been a long history of hoaxes, scams and impersonations in the Amiga community. HERE is a perfect example.On top of that, eBay has a serious problem of counterfeit items selling. So please don't it personally.  :-)

It has been relisted:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180208438492&ssPageName=ADME:L:LCA:US:1123

and I can't take it personally!

I'm not a well known name in the larger Amiga community.  I'm certain that there are a lot of Amiga users who still don't know that Dick used Amigas and even more that didn't know I'm his tech ... or even who the heck I am.  Really, I'm noone significant ... didn't invent the Amiga, didn't promote the Amiga, didn't get my picture taken with Jay Miner or Dave Haynie ... didn't even make a prequel movie of "Dances with Wolves" ... i.e. ... "Dances with Penguins" so I expect a good amount of skepticism!

I hope that noone was offended by my responses and I've quite enjoyed this experience :-)

Good luck,

Alex

[anivichano]

Greetings Plaz,

Plaz wrote:

Give me an example and I'll be happy to provide something along those lines

Here's two suggestions....

#1
The "coup de grâce" would be a snap shot of Mr. Van Dyke autographing this machine. Of course we know he's a busy guy and may not be able to schedule for such a shoot.

You are correct that he's busy, however he's obliged to make time to sign this machine ... it has not been signed, yet and he's willing to personallize the autograph.

At that time, its no trouble to snap a couple of pics.

However, for those who require proof, prior to the end of the bid, this might not be sufficient.  I will consider other suggestions, so please feel free to make requests.

 
#2
Perhaps a less reliable but more convienent idea would be to make a phone call. Could you provide a .avi or .wma audio clip of Mr. Van Dyke confirming your possesion of his 4000? Unless you have a professional voice impersonator, I think his distint voice confirming you and the machine would be enough for me.

The fact you've come over to discuss the situation has alreay boosted your credibility, but any one looking to spend perhaps a couple thousand dollars will probably like more proof.

Plaz

A phone call would be difficult since I'm not set up to record such a thing and impersonation is too real (if I really were that desperate).

It is a possiblity, but me, personally, I wouldn't accept it as proof.

Other suggestions, please?

Good luck,

Alex

[hardlink]

anivichano wrote:

It has been relisted:

Darn! I was first and highest bidder for a day last time around, but I missed it by 20 seconds this time  :-P

[monami]

yay i got the first bid! a completely unrealistic 100 dollars...

on the downside i can't keep singing chim chiminey. it's been 2 days now and i don't know all the words. arrrg!

[sdyates]

I thought Dick had passed away a few years back... I used to love his courtroom show -- nice guy

[anivichano]

Greetings monami,

on the downside i can't keep singing chim chiminey. it's been 2 days now and i don't know all the words. arrrg!

Try:

http://www.angelfire.com/movies/disneybroadway/marypoppins.html

Enjoy,

Alex

[Kin-Hell]

Chim Chim Cher-oo!  :-D

[adonay]

It does not mater who owned it i would not buy a computer that ugly "incomplete" . As for autograph hmm why would i want another mans scramble.

Although i recognize him as a great artist

[Nlandas]

Plaz wrote:

Fake?? (Edit It may not be a fake, unknown at this time)

Did anyone notice how high the bid got before it was pulled?

Plaz

It was $610 the last I saw for quite a while. I wish people who didn't want it wouldn't bid on it just so that they can go. I bid on DVD's Amiga. All that does is push it up out of people's price who might want it.

[Nlandas]

anivichano wrote:
Greetings Nlandas,

Nlandas wrote:
Anyone have time to call Mr. Van Dyke's advertising agency?

Since its not going through his agency, they won't know.  They'll have to contact Dick, personally, since he gave me the machine to do as I wanted.  We two were the only ones involved in this transaction ... no official publicity.

So, if there's some other form of verification you would like to request, please let me know and I'll do what I can to oblidge.

At the moment all you have is my word.  There are a few in the Amiga community who know me and that I've worked with Dick for years.  Any one of you who's been to an NAB show or a Siggraph show and seen Dick speak on behalf of Newtek would have seen me there as well ... I'm just not as recognizable as Dick :-)

Alex

Hey Alex,

I don't need more proof. I've talked with you enough on email to tell that your not trying to pull anything over. It would have been readily apparent after a short while if you were.  :-)

I was just trying to keep the Yahoos busy.  :-D

I figured that his agency wouldn't know immediately and that they would have had to check with Mr. Van Dyke to confirm that someone wasn't pulling a fast one.

-Nyle

[ami_junki]

@anivichano

Hi Anivichano,

Welcome to Amiga.org, I had written to you early on, I am amiga.junkie on ebay, sorry to see that you have been have problems selling the machine and with ebay.  I guess the Amiga community is so jaded that it is tough for them to accept real deal sometimes. I wish you all the best for selling the machine and thank you for helping me out, I look forward to it greatly.

Good luck with the auction!

[persia]

@anivichano

Does DvD still do video work?  I presume if he does he's switched to Final Cut.

[Nlandas]

persia wrote:
@anivichano

Does DvD still do video work?  I presume if he does he's switched to Final Cut.

Hi Persia,

Alex says that DVD is indeed still into video work. He loves Lightwave and recently he's been playing around with DAZ studio. DAZ recently bought Bryce. Their DAZ studio is free for Mac and PC.

DAZ FREE 3D STUDIO

I didn't ask which platform he chose.

-Nyle

[anivichano]

Greetings ami-junki,

ami_junki wrote:
@anivichano

Hi Anivichano,

Welcome to Amiga.org,

Thanks! :-)

I had written to you early on, I am amiga.junkie on ebay, sorry to see that you have been have problems selling the machine and with ebay.

Thanks for your concern and good wishes.  It was never a problem with ebay and quite honestly, I've enjoyed the commotion this entire incident has caused :-)

Overall, its been no trouble at all ... if anything, I believe more people are now aware of the sale :-)

I guess the Amiga community is so jaded that it is tough for them to accept real deal sometimes. I wish you all the best for selling the machine and thank you for helping me out, I look forward to it greatly.

Good luck with the auction!

Its been a pleasure!

Many thanks,

Alex

[anivichano]

Greetings persia,

persia wrote:
@anivichano

Does DvD still do video work?  I presume if he does he's switched to Final Cut.

Sorry, but Dick has not jumped ship to Final Cut.  He has stayed very loyal to the company who started it all for him ;-)

Alex

[persia]

anivichano wrote:
Greetings persia,

persia wrote:
@anivichano

Does DvD still do video work?  I presume if he does he's switched to Final Cut.

Sorry, but Dick has not jumped ship to Final Cut.  He has stayed very loyal to the company who started it all for him ;-)

Alex

The company that started it all for him died April 29, 1994.  No one should be expected to stay loyal to a company that has been dead for almost 14 years.

Besides one of the previous posts said that he used the current version of Lightwave and Daz Studio, so clearly he uses either a PC or Mac now...