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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: amigadave on May 04, 2008, 06:41:57 PM
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Someone is going to get a beautiful mint condition A4000/040 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-Amiga-4000-040-w-1942-monitor-MINT-IN-BOXES_W0QQitemZ220231326791QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) from eBay when this auction is over.
I don't have the money, and really don't need another computer in the house, but I sure would like to have an A4000 that is in as good of condition as this one in my collection.
Not my auction, as I would obviously keep this one.
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Now that truly is a work of art! *wipes a tear away*
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The seller is going just a wee overboard with the description IMHO.
The keyboard is clearly filthy (not "mint mint mint")
The mouse is obviously stained from use..
Some light discoloration on the front bezel (and what looks like a possible nick in one area)
"Little old ladies" probably didn't have their A4ks fitted with toasters, either. :lol:
Original boxes may be a plus, but also no disks or manuals..
Anyway, it's still a *very* nice unit, and probably could be nearly perfect with a little care/cleanup.
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-D- wrote:
The seller is going just a wee overboard with the description IMHO.
The keyboard is clearly filthy (not "mint mint mint")
The mouse is obviously stained from use..
Some light discoloration on the front bezel (and what looks like a possible nick in one area)
"Little old ladies" probably didn't have their A4ks fitted with toasters, either. :lol:
Anyway, it's still a very nice unit, probably could be perfect with a little care/cleanup. Original boxes may be a plus, but also no disks or manuals..
I agree that the seller has embellished the description a bit and further doubt that it was owned by a "Little Old Lady", but the keyboard looks perfectly clean to me. Perhaps it is time to clean your monitor or LCD, the dust must be sticking to the screen. :lol:
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Perhaps it is time to clean your monitor or LCD, the dust must be sticking to the screen. :lol:
It's the sunglasses :-P
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amigadave wrote:
-D- wrote:
The seller is going just a wee overboard with the description IMHO.
The keyboard is clearly filthy (not "mint mint mint")
The mouse is obviously stained from use..
Some light discoloration on the front bezel (and what looks like a possible nick in one area)
"Little old ladies" probably didn't have their A4ks fitted with toasters, either. :lol:
Anyway, it's still a very nice unit, probably could be perfect with a little care/cleanup. Original boxes may be a plus, but also no disks or manuals..
I agree that the seller has embellished the description a bit and further doubt that it was owned by a "Little Old Lady", but the keyboard looks perfectly clean to me. Perhaps it is time to clean your monitor or LCD, the dust must be sticking to the screen. :lol:
:lol: OK, maybe not filthy... looks like a little grime on the keys, though. (I'm sure whatever it is would be easily remedied with a little Plexus..;-))
It's the sunglasses :-P
LOL! I've decided that from now on, only completely ridiculous pics of myself will do for avatars.. :p
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ZeBeeDee wrote:
Perhaps it is time to clean your monitor or LCD, the dust must be sticking to the screen. :lol:
It's the sunglasses :-P
:roflmao:
This is what I look like with sunglasses in the morning :afro:
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What amazes me is how lazy some people can be. The seller could of sacrificed 5 minutes of his precious time to use some simple green on it and it would then match his description. But no that is too hard...
I just laugh as people could get more money if he did that... Now don't get me wrong, this one is not bad at all, but I have sure seen some pretty bad examples of dirty computers on ebay before...
A complete setup like that is a collectors dream though. It is in pretty good shape though... So the seller will do fine. I would of cleaned it up some, but that's just me.
I bet the battery has done it's dirty deed too. RTC probably is toast. Shame all the big box Amiga's share this fate...
Now what I want to know is, what's this guy (http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-4000-040-Front-Panel_W0QQitemZ130200863143QQihZ003QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247) smoking? ;)
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An A4k without a graphics card is practically useless these days....and if that's the stock CBM 040 with the horrible memory speed...bleh
That thing is worth no more than $300..maybe $50 more because of the condition...but no manuals/disks....let some fool part with their money :D
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I've been in communication with the seller regarding the machine. Looks like he actualy UNDERSTATED the specs. Internal we've identified a TBC and a Toaster 4000 card.
I think you folks are being a tad petty about the description...looks as mint as any A4000 I've seen on EBay. I've recommended he pull the listing and rethink how he wants to sell this.
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by beller on 2008/5/4 14:38:43
I've been in communication with the seller regarding the machine. Looks like he actualy UNDERSTATED the specs. Internal we've identified a TBC and a Toaster 4000 card.
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A lot of folks don't know what they have. To them it's just an old computer and they may make a few bucks on eBay with it.
A few months ago when I decided to get an A2000, I got one off eBay which, with shipping, was about $100. I thought it was going to be a bone stock machine. That's how it was advertised. When it arrived and I pulled the cover, I found it had all the "big" upgrades including a accelerator card and a scan double/flicker fixer, network card, etc.
To me it was a smoking deal. To the seller, it was just an old computer his uncle had given him.
-JM
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Dude probably knows what he's selling. I just bought a RKM set off the dude. Guys don't end up with texts like that for no reason.
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That's the most beautiful looked after A4k I have ever seen. :-o
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A few months ago when I decided to get an A2000, I got one off eBay which, with shipping, was about $100. I thought it was going to be a bone stock machine.
-JM
$100 is way too much for a bare-bone stock A2000, you are lucky it had those parts inside.
I have seen piles of A2000s for sale at AmiWest for $40 each and most had a SCSI controller w/HD inside.
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I've recommended he pull the listing and rethink how he wants to sell this.
With over 9 days left in the auction and the bidding already over $300, I don't see why he'd pull it now. I'll be up there soon enough.
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I talked with the seller by phone this afternoon...over 55 watchers already. And, no, he really didn't know what he had. He attends estate auctions and buys lots. The Amiga was part of a lot and was under the things he was really after.
Anyway, the auction is a go, and it's been updated to show the Toaster equipment.
Good luck on the bidding. I made the seller a prediction, but I'm probably low.
Bob
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by amigadave on 2008/5/4 17:10:46
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$100 is way too much for a bare-bone stock A2000, you are lucky it had those parts inside.
I have seen piles of A2000s for sale at AmiWest for $40 each and most had a SCSI controller w/HD inside.
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I think it depends on where you are located. If you're near a city that had a store or stores that sold Amiga stuff, then there's a large supply of used stuff around. So they don't cost a lot. Supply and demand.
Unfortunately, I'm not near anything and any good deals I find online are usually killed by shipping (almost 1/2 the cost of mine was shipping).
-JM
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JKD wrote:
That thing is worth no more than $300..maybe $50 more because of the condition...but no manuals/disks....let some fool part with their money :D
You can't find any A4000's for $300 or less these days..
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You can, (http://cgi.ebay.com/Commodore-Amiga-A4000-with-Video-Toaster-DPS-board_W0QQitemZ290225049708QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) but I agree they're becoming less common at that price.
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As the seller of this Amiga 4000 I just want to say that I have never sold a thing to koaftder as he states above. In 10 years of selling on eBay, I never sold in the computer section till several weeks ago when I sold some big 8" floppy disc's that were in a desk I bought. See my feedback for the listing.
Man up, koaftder, .. and admit your error or be known as a BS poster.
As far as the 4000 is concerned, it did come from the estate of a lady who passed back in February. Her husband passed back in the 90's and it may have been his toy, I don't know. Everything I sell comes from esate auctions. I purchased it as a box lot with other items and didn't know what it was till I looked it up on eBay. The questions came in and I ID'd the internal cards after the auction started. As I said in the auction, I'm not a computer person (look at what I sell) and my knowledge really is limited. Thanks ... Frank
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smartmove wrote:
As the seller of this Amiga 4000 I just want to say that I have never sold a thing to koaftder as he states above. In 10 years of selling on eBay, I never sold in the computer section till several weeks ago when I sold some big 8" floppy disc's that were in a desk I bought. See my feedback for the listing.
Man up, koaftder, .. and admit your error or be known as a BS poster.
As far as the 4000 is concerned, it did come from the estate of a lady who passed back in February. Her husband passed back in the 90's and it may have been his toy, I don't know. Everything I sell comes from esate auctions. I purchased it as a box lot with other items and didn't know what it was till I looked it up on eBay. The questions came in and I ID'd the internal cards after the auction started. As I said in the auction, I'm not a computer person (look at what I sell) and my knowledge really is limited. Thanks ... Frank
I read wrong. I thought amigadave was the seller. Dummy on me for not reading the original post correctly and saying something intelligent but you got some nerve telling me to "man up" and "be known as a bs poster".