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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: Betelgeuse on December 19, 2005, 05:16:15 PM
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I'm looking for a vanilla A4000/040 (not Toaster edition) in good condition (i.e. no battery damage) and fully working. I'd prefer a local seller (Toronto area, Canada, or at least in Canada.) PM or e-mail me with your asking price if you've got one and are willing to sell.
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Talk to an amiga.org member "CatHerder". AFAIK, he's got a new old stock unit available for sale, however if I were him I'd simply eBay it and collect the $1000. :-D
He is located in Canada. Perhaps he would be willing to sell it to you off eBay, if the offer is right.
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Catherder does have one but he'll put it up on eBay, not sure when. Still looking for one, anyone? anyone? Bueller?
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Betel,
Just in case you aren't set on an A4000, I have an A2000 with 060 and I am in Brantford.
Peter
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AmigaPete wrote:
Betel,
Just in case you aren't set on an A4000, I have an A2000 with 060 and I am in Brantford.
Peter
Thanks but I need an A4000, too bad tho 'cuz I'm in Hamilton.
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Okee Dokee,
No problem.
Were you ever a HAUG member? I went to a couple of their meetings, mostly remember the one where they demo'd the A4000. I remember it well because I GURUed the thing.
Pete
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@x56h34
Ain't that the truth? Well I have yet met anyone on here that simply wanted to help out another fellow Aoer and sell outright, it's always on the bay to make that extra (hundred) green back... :banana:
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AmigaPete wrote:
Okee Dokee,
No problem.
Were you ever a HAUG member? I went to a couple of their meetings, mostly remember the one where they demo'd the A4000. I remember it well because I GURUed the thing.
Pete
No, I never was. I saw my first A4000 at Leppert when they still sold them circa '93 I think.
It's not that I don't want to buy from ebay, problem is finding one in Canada so I don't have to pay expensive shipping and taxes...
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@TjLaZer:
Perhaps he should sell it to boogiegail for a normal price so that she could part it out down to the A4000 screws sold in individual auctions. :-D
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Well, I do have an Atari Falcon030 mint in box, with all manuals and stuff, maybe I should offer that up for a trade. But then again, a Falcon in box with all the stuff is much rarer than an A4000, albeit less useful to me.
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TjLaZer wrote:
Ain't that the truth? Well I have yet met anyone on here that simply wanted to help out another fellow Aoer and sell outright, it's always on the bay to make that extra (hundred) green back...
Well, if my A3000T motherboard sells for less than the $100 I was offered on here I guess you can apologise later. My words were "you'll probably get it for less than that and neither of us will feel cheated in the end" for a few things people have asked me about on here...
Not to mention the free 68882s, roms, disks, mounts, cables, etc I've sent people on Amiga.org through the past couple years (I'm also Jagabot on here but that account is broken), I've also sent brand new 2000 motherboards with all the newest chipsets just to try to get a person's Picasso II card to work (free), and I've swapped hardware to people with no questions asked (burned at LEAST ten times by names right here on Amiga.org and by "dealers" out there with names everyone recognises).
As an example, the 1200 HD adapters I've listed on eBay for $1.95 (can't list them for the $0.99 I wanted to sell them at because minimum amount for multiples is $1.50US on eBay) I paid $6.00/ea for. Dammit catherder stop trying to rip people off on eBay for the maximum dollar! And the 1200 cable/mount kits I built myself by buying 8 feet of cable and a bag of laptop ide connectors. I guess those should be given away for free too? Or should they be sold for the amount of the parts and nothing for the 3 or four hours worth of making cables?
This is why I want all my Amiga stuff gone and no longer thought about. Too many times burned, too many times conned, to many people pissing and whining about somebody trying to recover their expenses and time and too much time wasted responding politely to people who expect the sun for nothing. (The loading up a truck and dumping it all off in a landfill is still a really great idea in my opinion.)
In short, don't bid on any of my stuff if you're offended by me listing it on eBay. I've been burned TOO MANY TIMES by people who frequent Amiga.org and any other Amiga website for that matter. At least on eBay I get to publicly ridicule anyone with my mighty & fearsome negative feedback... :roll:
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Hey Catherder, so how about selling me that A4000? :-D
Anyway, I did bid on one of your A1200 boards, and I have a solid 100% rating on ebay too (registered since '98) so I mean what I say. Just name your price :-)
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(http://www.amigadeals.com/ebay/amiga/hardware/4000/a4000-1mil.jpg)
But seriously...
I'll get around to letting you know what's in it and it's history eventually. I don't plan to eBay it. It's not "standard" but it is a new old stock case, and it does have some nice "features" (such as one of those fancy schmancy HDDD controllers that support PC drives etc).
It's just not "standard" out of the box new old stock... the motherboard in it, for example, was one of 6 I sent to Amiga France to get new batteries and the components certified (meaning they replaced anything that didn't test 100%). That cost me over $130US per board... On the 5 other A4000's I sold, after all was said and done I made about $115 on each "New Old Stock" machine. Yeah, eBay means you sell your Amigas for millions baby! :roll:
Thanks for bidding on one of the 1200s, I hope it works great for you! :-)
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I don't mind that it's been worked on, as long as it works well and is in good shape I'd take it. I've been looking for a good one from a Canadian seller for a while, and either got outbid or it went for some insane price. Anyway, let me know once you're ready to part with it. The sooner the better :-D
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@CatHerder,
Hey times are tough it is your perogative if you want to list items on ebay. I am just making a statement that whenever I ask for something it is always turned down and listed on ebay. What would you think if that happened to you all the time? I think the only deal I got was someone who sold me a A500 for shipping only! (Very nice of them I am greatful) But then again A500s are cheap. So I take back what I said that every time that has happened.
Anyway I am still interested in a few of your items and wish to bid! I hope you don't blackball me like Vesalia!
btw both your A3000T MBs are going to sell for way more than $100 so no worries! :)
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Why would I blackball you? Times aren't tough, I'm just as happy to throw all this crap out but I thought I'd give everyone a chance to grab some of it before I did so. I think my perfectly clear intentions stated in my auctions will all by itself keep the prices low...
By saying "no refunds, no guarantee it works" etc on items I know work means I'll more than likely get 1/2 to 1/10th what I normally would... :angel:
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eBay is always the easiest way to get rid of stuff and get a decent dollar amount in return. Dealing with individuals here is fine. Nothing wrong with that, but I agree that sometimes it can be a pain as a lot of people like to whine and consider anyone that doesn't "give away" Amiga hardware in order to "help fellow community members" evil. :-)
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ok cool. Well hopefully I can at least win a Chinon drive as I really need one! :P
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Still looking... Anyway, I'm not looking for a freebie here just something that I can get in Canada (to avoid expensive shipping and taxes) and I'm prepared to pay good money for one that's in a good shape and working.
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Yeah, the key to importing parts from the USA is to use USPS ONLY, UPS and FedEx have extortion fees, err I mean brokerage fees...
I will certainly keep you posted on this 4000 once I set it up with a HD etc to let you know what the skinny is.
I'm really really trying to find a 2MB SIM locally that shows up as 2MB chip, all my simms (even 4MB ones) show up as 1MB chip. I've ran into this before, it's just the sims I have are all great 4MB 60ns FAST RAM but in bank 1 they show up as 1MB regardless of jumper settings.
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CatHerder wrote:
Yeah, the key to importing parts from the USA is to use USPS ONLY, UPS and FedEx have extortion fees, err I mean brokerage fees...
This is so true. Once I ordered a part and they only shipped via UPS, I think it was a DVD burner or something. It cost me $60, but I had to pay a $40 brokerage fee and $5 or so in taxes. That's criminal almost. I learned my lesson...
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CatHerder wrote:
I'm really really trying to find a 2MB SIM locally that shows up as 2MB chip, all my simms (even 4MB ones) show up as 1MB chip. I've ran into this before, it's just the sims I have are all great 4MB 60ns FAST RAM but in bank 1 they show up as 1MB regardless of jumper settings.
Try a double sided SIMM, they usually work! (I've succesfully used 8MB SIMM's as 2MB Chip Ram)
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Yeah that's what I had to do before. Except trying to find old double sided SIMMs in a city of 40,000 people is like trying to find a virgin in Las Vegas... I was pretty sure I had some, but they're probably in some super safe storage location that I'll have to stumble across as I am throwing stuff out. :-)
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CatHerder wrote:
trying to find old double sided SIMMs in a city of 40,000 people is like trying to find a virgin in Las Vegas...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Bump...
Still looking, seems like my leads have dried up or gone silent. PM me if you want to sell one, details in original post. Thanks.
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Amiga 4000's are awesome!!! Thats why I have two of them, and I'm on my way to getting a case for my spare motherboard for my third one. Kinda wish I had a Amiga 4000T, but I guess I really can't be greedy, eh?
Maybe a Amiga 1200 would be good.
Besides there is nothing wrong with needing to get that extra bit of cash. It's nice to help people by giving them hardware at discounted prices at times, but if you are selling on eBay for shark prices, that means you need the money. Yeah stuff is expensive and landlords don't care if you are a nice person. They just want there money for the rent. So if there are people willing to get in bidding wars to pay $600 for you A4000 or what not, that will pay the bills.
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I have 4 mint A4000's, yes they are awesome! :)
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people act as though people ebaying stuff are just evil. unless the seller put an enormous buy it now or reserve price on their stuff the prices are determined by the buyers. in other words stuff is selling for what people actually think it is worth.
a really good a4000 setup in excellent condition could be easily worth 500usd, it isnt worth that to me so i wouldnt pay that for it. i would consider 500usd for a mint a3000 with good accelerator, large hd and good video card.
ive sold stuff on ebay, and here on amiga.org and i can tell you that people on ebay pay what the device is actually worth. people on amiga.org want a deal, which isnt necissarily a bad thing, ive gotten several deals here. but dont rip someone just because they use ebay.
and then there is doomy...
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I know what you mean about that 'attitude' some Amiga users seem to have. I got a load of abuse hurled at me when I tried to sell something on Amibench, and didn't reply for two days to an offer because I was away visiting friends in another part of the country.
I was selling a complete A4000 system on ebay
Hi
I emailed an offer of up to £300 a couple of days ago but have not yet had the courtesy of a reply. Did my email not get through?
I replied that I had just come back from a few days away and simply had not had time to reply to all emails sent to me. [As if I have some duty to sit in front of my computer all day like some pasty faced geek!]. Anyone who has ever sold anything 'high demand' on Amibench will know the amount of interest it can generate, I think I had somewhere between 15-20 emails with offers for the complete system or for individual components (even though I said I wouldn't split!). Anyway, I replied saying sorry and that I'd been away and hadn't had time to reply to all the emails.
Yes, very good but it doesnt say if the stuff has sold or whether you were
accepting my offer or hanging on for more or what??
There was little point in the response you just sent.
Now the tone of both of these emails had already started to get my back up. Its as if computer geeks DO conform to their stereotype. I bet the guy is some spotty virgin with bad breath and no social skills who uses the internet as a means of overcoming this, but STILL manages to come across as a {bleep}...
So I say that I have decided to keep the stuff (as it happens, I just don't want to deal with this tosspot), and at this point he starts hurling abuse at me and says how he's going to block my email address...
At the point, I decided never to use Amibench again, even though I'd dealt with some great people on there in the past. I've had enough of geeks who chase Amiga hardware with the same zeal that normal men chase women. I encountered this attitude a few times where people thought it was their god-given right to have my computer equipment essentiall given to them.
What I say, is sell on ebay, and screw the tossers that have ruined this 'community'
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Its as if computer geeks DO conform to their stereotype.[As if I have some duty to sit in front of my computer all day like some pasty faced geek!]
I know what you mean. But these are the type of people that ruin the work "geek" for those that truly honor it. As you know a nerd just knows a lot of stuff, but a geek can actually get things do with that knowledge. The "geeks" you are describing attack people with angst of a Star Wars acolyte at a cancelled show.
Yeah I have met some of these people when I did sell some stuff on eBay (yes many of you have sold/bought stuff on eBay, so quit acting like it's trading pornography to deal there.) It would be like 2am in the morning, and they would leave me messages for stuff they bid on, and then they would retract their bids because I didn't answer within 4 hours of their bids :-?
Many people just don't realize that some people actually work some bizzare hours, and can't get to the computer as often as they can.
As for the Amiga hardware/software prices. True some people go out of their way to "screw" the Amiga users, such as some dealers will try to sell stuff that is definately a bloated amount (even with all the production, warehousing, other expenses), in hopes to capture on the emotions of Amiga users.
Yet there are some people that sell on eBay because they know that there is someone willing to pay that money for what they need. I mean yeah supply and demand. It's not like many people are opening up a shop just to screw people over, just that a lot of people need money, and sometimes fast. It's cool to get a deal and stuff. I myself am happy when I can catch a steal at times. But it's just plain wrong to constantly expect a hand-out all the time. Just my opinion.
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some people also dont get that ebay goes around the world. im eastern time ebay is pacific some people might be hours before or after that.
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I've gotten good deals on both Aorg and Ebay, it's all about deciding what something is worth to you and being patient.
I was looking for an A1200 and there was an Aorg member who had one. I corresponded back and forth with this person over the course of 2 months. Took forever to get descriptions of what he had and photos. I made an offer to him and was even willing to travel 600 miles round trip to pick the stuff up with cash in hand. He responded back saying that my offer made him laugh. I can tell you that it was fair offer. I told the guy "I'm glad that I can make you laugh, but I still get to keep my money." I also told him that I could wait and that I would find an A1200 for a lot less than this guy was expecting to receive.
A month later along comes KThunder with an A1200. He gives me a damn fair deal on an A1200 with monitor, etc. and he's only 45 min. away. We meet exchange cash for A1200 and even have a pretty darn nice conversation too. As far as I know we are probably the only two active Amigans within a 300 mile radius.
I also had bought an similar system off ebay for about the same money, but the shipping costs are what really killed the value of that deal. I've also had some ebay deals that have been outstanding even when you include the shipping costs. I've had some where I just really wanted the thing so bad I was willing to pay what was necessary to win it. (my bad!) :roll: And then there have been the ebay con artists who have just plain ripped me off. :madashell: Btw... by a sure stoke of luck Doomy wasn't one of them. It was a close call though.
I really would like to see more people offer up their stuff on here too, but I know that even if I wanted to part with some of my stuff (which I don't) that some would have to go to ebay to even have a hope of recovering some of the over inflated price I paid in the first place. The rest could go on here.
As far as Aorgonites ripping off each other, that is just sad! A different forum that I belong to for vintage motorcycles has it's own feedback system and also has a forum user name to ebay user name cross reference. Very Handy! Perhaps something like that could be done here? Wayne?
Regards,
AmigaEd
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Yeah some people just want to get more bang for their buck so ebay it is. Remember it is all about the benjamins baby!
I lucked out and got a sweat deal on ebay of all places once, I got Two (2) Amiga 4000/040s a A2000, and two 1084 monitors AND all 3 had Video Toasters for a buy it now of $300. You can see them in my photo gallery.
Deals can be found, but I also get irritated when people buy and part and resell to make a extra buck. Also starting really high starting bids gets old too. Unfortunately not everyone wants to help you out.
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Like I said earlier, I'm not looking for a freebie and will pay a fair price. The reason I'm looking for one here is because I want to get one in Canada, to avoid extra costs associated with shipping, taxes and duties. I check ebay regularly and lost one A4000 that was in Canada, nothing since then however.
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I am still looking for an A4000 motheboard. It has been 2 years now. I always get outbidded in the las minutes because I am either at work or not at a computer at the time the bid finishes. I am almost ready to give up. I put all my extras in a A3000. I can understand your point in trying to get someone from amiga.org. Good luck :-D ;-)
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Good luck to the guy of this post, I myself got a very good deal from a member on this site for a A4000 motheboard and a few extras, He's a very good guy :)