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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: vamigan on July 10, 2007, 02:52:39 AM
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http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/customer-open-auctions/A2M0M7UATWH910/002-0328024-4952069
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wow, NO traffic over there... your prices are high? More like buy it now not bidding!
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It's not that the prices are high. It's that nobody does amazon auctions.
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I'm sorry, I buy on eBay and YES these prices are high. Not un reasonable but to high to start bidding for sure, and yeah, nobody goes to amazon.
$50 for a prevew sync strainer... man they where cheaper new!
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I say no.
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go buy some then
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too expensive along w/the rest of the stuff.
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@guru-666, @TheMagicM
:violin:
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it going swell thanks
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Nice, clean looking machine. I think it's a fair price considering the Video Toaster system is included. Good luck, however I agree that eBay would probably give you a larger market. Any reason you're not using it?
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Most of the stuff is over priced, The Kitchen sync TBC for example wont sell for more than $100. I have two of them so I should know. I would consider bidding on it if the start price would be at about $80.
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Yeah, the prices seem fair enough. I have usually seen things do better starting low and letting people bid them up, though. (And also, I agree -- amazon auctions?? WHY? I hardly ever look for anything there...) But, hey, seller's choice, really. :) Good luck. I wouldn't mind the 4000/Toaster, but I've got too much Amiga stuff as it is! :lol:
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My maths:
high prices + new auction site + questionable seller = no bids = not surprised
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vamigan wrote:
@guru-666, @TheMagicM
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You can play the violin all you want, but the coments here are correct. Take advise from a former eBay power seller. Your current aproach will reach little or no buyers.
1) Most items priced far too high.
2) If it aint eBay, it aint selling.
3) No seller history, too many scammers in the Amiga market.
Put them on eBay on true auction and post a link here. You will get market value.
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here is a well priced a4000 with toaster
http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-Amiga-4000-Video-Toaster-Computer_W0QQitemZ130132413787QQihZ003QQcategoryZ74945QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
price may go up now that I shared the link
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Hmmm... no monitor, "works perfectly", "never tested the Toaster", "Can't connect a monitor", "sold as is" and some really expensive shipping...
I'll give that one a miss... along with his C64 and floppy drive that costs $80 to ship. :crazy:
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LOL, so skeptical... I'm more skeptical of a $500 4000 that is also sold as is also. Without the protection that papal offers to boot. The toaster is very robust, and that 4000 looks pretty good, as good a chance and any that that box work fine.
but yeah go ahead buy the $500... it's your money
There is "market value" and I don't know what I'm doing I must have now "value"
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guru-666 wrote:
LOL, so skeptical... I'm more skeptical of a $500 4000 that is also sold as is also. Without the protection that papal offers to boot.
That's why I try and avoid eBay. I've made 3 purchases in total (One from Redrumloa). I'd rather pay 25% from a shop than risk a DOA on eBay, but I've been fortunate so far.
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here is a well priced a4000 with toaster
Yeah, Wordlam is pretty solid as an Ebayer. I asked him about shipping via Fedex which would cost a lot less but he says Fedex is 40 miles away and can only ship USPS. He would get a better price if he was more flexible on shipping and included some pictures of the motherboard--especially the battery area. The Toaster card is very close to the battery and I removed the battery in my A4000D just in the nick of time. It seemed to have emitted a cloud of corrosive gas that went far beyond the immediate battery area and caused some damage on the Toaster card. It only partially worked--it couldn't sync properly. I had another Toaster 4000 board on hand, fortunately. Still, a good set of photos that show the buyer exactly what he's getting helps a lot in getting a decent price--especially if you can't test what you're selling. The battery issue is really critical in the A4000D due to it's densly packed motherboard with loads of critical components right around the battery.
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I would be very leary of buying an A4000 these days, they are sure to have battery leakage and broken RTC circuits if not SIMM problems due to the acid.
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TjLaZer wrote:
I would be very leary of buying an A4000 these days, they are sure to have battery leakage and broken RTC circuits if not SIMM problems due to the acid.
Yeah, I had to clean the MB with a baking soda solution and there were some touchy spots and I had to clean the first Simm socket and the Simm with a small wire brush. I am happy that I saved this A4000 from a premature death. If you don't already own an A4000, it is worth the pain. And my enquiry to Wordlam was actually for another auction with a simular shipping price. I already have my A4000. And at the curent price of $76 plus 95 shipping, Wordlams A4000 is still worth the money. If someone buys it and it works and the buyer removes the battery and cleans up any damage, it is another A4000 saved for posterity. And I just looked at the picture of the listing and the power light is green which is a very good sign the the MB is good and the simms are working. It looks like a clean well cared for machine out of some video studio with keyboard and mouse so I would say it's worth buying.