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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: whiteb on July 10, 2008, 10:20:02 AM
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http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AMIGA-1200-3-1-ROMS-32MB-BLIZZARD-1230-IV-EXPANSION_W0QQitemZ170238195427QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
He states in the description, "I have seen these go for Over $800.00 on ebay with the lot onboard, so grab a bargain while you can because once the auction is over if not sold a Rare piece of history + expansion board will be destroyed."
And in the Q/A section.
"I have seen these go for Over $800.00 on ebay with the lot onboard, so grab a bargain while you can because once the auction is over if not sold a Rare piece of history + expansion board will be destroyed."
Apparently he also has an A1200 with 8MB expansion for BIN price of AU$350 which according to him will also be "Destroyed" if it doesnt sell.
Now I have seen a fruit loopy sellers but this one takes the cake. "If it doesnt sell, I'll destroy it"... erm, okay. :-o
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I've seen this kind of attitude from sellers many times before. Whilst I am a firm believer that people are free to ask whatever they want for something, I don't believe it is right for them to coerce potential buyers with what is effectively blackmail. I for one am not going to be bought by this kind of tripe and as far as I'm concerned he can do what he likes with the item as destroying it only serves to bolster the value of my little collection. As for the seller, the best thing I can think of doing is giving him the good old single finger salute.
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People with attitudes like that are a waste of good breathable O2.
Why not simply give it to a local miggy group if it doesn't sell? I'm sure they'd be grateful of such a donation!
Wih people like him on eBay, is it any wonder it has the reputation it's got???
*addendum*
Just sent the seller a message - quote "So if they don't sell, you are going to have a temper tantrum and break up your toys? awwwwwww diddums!" unquote.
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Yes this guy is a nutter. I have had some dealings with him on eBay before when he has purchased Amiga stuff.
The other Amiga 1200 he has listed a dozen times with a BIN and not got a bite. He is that stupid he thinks that if he threatens to smash them up someone will buy them at his over inflated price!
I say have fun smashing them up!
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I met this guy, bought a multisync monitor off him for $20 or so, seemed like a decent bloke at the time, he seemed pretty pissed off with ebay as are we all at some point or another. I asked about his 1200s and he mentioned he was selling some. I honestly don't have a clue why he thinks his 1200s are worth so much, I have never seen them go for that much without some kind of PPC card. He also sells on OZTION.
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Yeah he's been trying to log those ropey old A1200s for months now.
true that he can try ad sell them for whatever he want's, but all he's doing is wasting his and eBay's time! :-)
Cheers,
Mike.
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Yeah he's been trying to flog those ropey old A1200s for months now.
true that he can try ad sell them for whatever he want's, but all he's doing is wasting his and eBay's time! :-)
Cheers,
Mike.
(Oops, double-post!)
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CaptChaos wrote:
I met this guy, bought a multisync monitor off him for $20 or so, seemed like a decent bloke at the time, he seemed pretty pissed off with ebay as are we all at some point or another. I asked about his 1200s and he mentioned he was selling some. I honestly don't have a clue why he thinks his 1200s are worth so much, I have never seen them go for that much without some kind of PPC card. He also sells on OZTION.
I got a DiamondView for $15 (For my Scan doubled A4000D), the seller admitted he hoped for $50 considering it cost him $150 to buy, but all he said was 'Oh well, you get that'.
From the replies, seems he is well known. I just didnt like his 'Threat to Destroy' the A1200's if they dont sell :cry:
I did send him a message asking why he didnt just list them for $50 starting price in a standard auction format, it *WILL* sell for more but have not yet received an answer, but judging by the replies here, i guess I wont be getting one. Sounds like this guy is one of those who sells the CF <> IDE adapters for like $100 with a card preloaded with 3.5/3.9
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mingle wrote:
Yeah he's been trying to flog those ropey old A1200s for months now.
true that he can try ad sell them for whatever he want's, but all he's doing is wasting his and eBay's time! :-)
Ebay do not care, they still get paid for listing them. So in respect, he is wasting his time, and his own money.
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I got a reply to my message to him lol
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"Auction will still be running when the result comes in from the ACCC about being forced to sell & buy with Paypal only & if it is in ebay's favour they can get stuffed & i will destroy my toy's has you call them!! Well they don't have simpathy from me has i only got them to sell & if i can't then i will destroy them Has they mean nothing to me but in saying that they mean a lot to heaps of amiga fans out there & with them not selling for what i want, not what you's want to pay for them i will destroy them & that means 2 perfect amiga 1200's will not be around & then you will start to pay way over the top for them later on. Don't worry when i destroy them i still have my own left to play with when i need to. + it's not 2 i will destroy i have not listed the 3rd one yet yeah that's right i have 4 of them the best of the best is the one i'm keeping the other 3 are going to sell or be destroyed!!!"
... unquote
Man! that guy is definitely not right in the head.
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I got a reply too.
[color=00ff00]Your kidding, there is no body left on ebay the buyers Have jumped ship!!! Look at your very,very,very slow sales on ebay these day's, if you don't list the item for what you want you get ripped off because they don't reach the price they should! mini bidding war i don't want & won't get here any more + i'm not being greedy, in a so called mini bidding war you are saying i will get more, well i don't want more BUT i don't want less either!!! Hence reasonable starting bid & better still a BUY IT NOW option! which covers all postage costs. Yeah that's a 4000 big deal i bet you had to add heaps more to it once you got it has well? Don't tell me what to list my items for you don't have to bid & better still don't next time you email me about prices i have listed i will contact ebay & have you suspended has it's got nothing to do with you what i list for!!! [/color]
I mentioned to him that I got my A4000 with Cyberstorm 060 and scan doubler on ebay for $600 plus P&P.
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what a nut, if he was asking a reasonable price I would understand but he is just asking for way too much.
blizzard mkIV is worth 200 max on evilbay and an unexpanded 1200 usually goes for around 170. An 8meg card is worth around 50. You would always get less if you dont separate.
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I see the BIN price has dropped!
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jimbo100 wrote:
I see the BIN price has dropped!
He must have visited here and read the thread :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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There is only one threat he could make in his advertisment that could make him sell his A1200s faster.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2AU3HiM5A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g2AU3HiM5A)
:-o :-o :-o
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Doomy has an Australian doppleganger?
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LoadWB wrote:
Doomy has an Australian doppleganger?
Sort of. Except this person acts in the opposite in some ways. He actually thinks the A1200 is valuable and not "crap".
Oh and he accepts PayPal!! :lol:
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Another price drop, down to $500 BIN from the original $700
Also added some text, who is the Amiga expert?
Since i don't know what the price should be for this & everyone keeps sending abusive emails about it being over priced BUT not telling me what a BUY IT NOW price should be because they want it for near to nothing i am dropping to a price suggested by an AMIGA EXPERT?
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jimbo100 wrote:
Another price drop, down to $500 BIN from the original $700
Also added some text, who is the Amiga expert?
Since i don't know what the price should be for this & everyone keeps sending abusive emails about it being over priced BUT not telling me what a BUY IT NOW price should be because they want it for near to nothing i am dropping to a price suggested by an AMIGA EXPERT?
WTF, I didnt abuse him.
I merely stated an opinion, and he threatened to go to Ebay and get me de-registered :lol: at which point I replied with just laughs.
I didnt suggest $500 either, I actually suggested to him to put a $50 open auction and let people decide the price (as it should be), Notice that he mentions that nobody gave a good BIN price, thats because i already suggested an opening auction price and let people fight over it.
What a tool. I'm not going to say any more to him, he seems to like the BIN option. (And then throw it *IN* the BIN if it doesn't sell).
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He's definitely been reading this thread :insane:
:lol:
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Someone please buy these two poor, abused Amigas before it's too late!
Then beat the {bleep} out of the guy who's selling them. What an evil prick!
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whiteb wrote:
WTF, I didnt abuse him.
I merely stated an opinion, and he threatened to go to Ebay and get me de-registered :lol: at which point I replied with just laughs.
Maybe you're not the Amiga expert? :lol:
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whiteb wrote:
WTF, I didnt abuse him.
What makes you think they were referring to you? It's quite possible they were referring to some other person who emailed them - is it not?
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Cammy wrote:
Someone please buy these two poor, abused Amigas before it's too late!
Then beat the {bleep} out of the guy who's selling them. What an evil prick!
I am shocked at your suggestion of Violence :)
Thats the stuff of Atart ST owners :)
Now if he had suggested doing such acts to a minimig, Then I could warrant the total nuclear annihilation of his suburb. Not that I condone ANY such acts on *ANY* Amiga, I just hate to think what condition those machines are in if he is so complacent (or wants to make us believe he is) about destroying them if he does not get what he wants.
But seriously, thats the attitude of someone living in Narre Warren (Bogun suburb, and ex home of our favorite party thrower), definitely a suburb worthy of extinction.
Makes me glad i live in the Western Subs of melbourne.
@AmigaHeretic: Thanks for the link, thats *ONE FUNNY* segment. "Tella ya what friends, If nobody comes down in the next hour, I"M GONNA CLUB THIS BABY SEAL !!!!!!, Club a baby seal to make a CRAZY DEAL !!!!" ROFL.
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whiteb wrote:
I am shocked at your suggestion of Violence :)
Thats the stuff of Atart ST owners :)
:laughing:
But seriously, thats the attitude of someone living in Narre Warren (Bogun suburb, and ex home of our favorite party thrower), definitely a suburb worthy of extinction.
Or a Vogon suburb :-P
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LoadWB wrote:
Or a Vogon suburb :-P
I just have to remember where I parked my Constructor fleet, The last person I lent them to, apparently were working on an Interstellar bypass and left the keys in the Ignition and some Yuppie teens making beep beep noises took them for a spin and demolished a rather insignificant blue/Green planet. I just have to fill out 10,000 pages of insurance forms because the mice that owned the planet want compensation.
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jimbo100 wrote:
Another price drop, down to $500 BIN from the original $700
A further price drop to $450....how long will he go???
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But seriously, thats the attitude of someone living in Narre Warren (Bogun suburb, and ex home of our favorite party thrower), definitely a suburb worthy of extinction.
erm whiteb, remember when I told you I bought a monitor off him... well I'll give you one guess as to which suburb I went to get it mate... and it wasnt Narre Warren. :lol: :lol:
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I remember you telling you went to get a monitor from him, but not the suburb.
Oh well, maybe not Narre Warren then, but it certainly would not have been anywhere near me, out west.
Dandenong maybe, or Frankston (I hear they are lovely Suburbs ). :lol:
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It was Melton mate. :D
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Looks like he has ended the listing now and relisted without the 030 card.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AMIGA-1200-3-1-ROMS_W0QQitemZ170238195427QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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I actually emailed him and cursed him out, mostly because I just detest poor language usage (English in his case), but also because he's obviously a total tool who's probably inbred with Doomy at some point in the past and I wanted to have some laughs (not many chances to do that with Doomy lately). But more importantly, I hate black mailing and strong arming: no remorse!
It was a lot of fun. I even suggested that I'd rather have been turned into an Atari user than to have chanced upon an Amigan like him! :-)
The guy's a total tool and couldn't even understand what I was saying. It took a second email to explain that previous sentence and that I'm definitely not an Atari user. Sheesh!
I guess every country will have its dedicated Amiga tool. At least ours (Doomy) can sing! :-D
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@whiteb,
Narre is a bogun suburb and the Western Suburbs aren't?!?!
Ha Ha! You're kidding. That's the home of the original boguns - long before Narre was anything other than an empty paddock!
:-)))
Cheers,
Mike.
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I guess every country will have its dedicated Amiga tool. At least ours (Doomy) can sing! :-D
Allegedly ... :lol:
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Someone needs to till this guy that auctions work best when they start low and go up, rather then the other way around????
I have been watching to see what happens, but there is no way you could trust this guy!!
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/gazes into the future for the guy's next ebay auction
FOR SALE
Three Commodore Amiga A1200's. Recently in full working order but now broken. Due to non-bidding people, I was forced to take a hammer and beat the Amiga's into small pieces of broken plastic, twisted metal and circuit boards.
Postage will be calculated by weight and the winning bidder to be notified or can be collected if you are local.
One careful owner, deranged with a severely large chip on his shoulder.
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Bluff!
He isn't going to smash something he can get money for, even if it's less than he wants.
My guess is he's having a very public (and embarrassing) dummy spit to try and get more $$$ from a sympathetic buyer.
A1200s with accessories sell for ~$200 here in Aus, $500+ is laughable.
They're not even that rare.
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He is probably hoping someone will see the word 'RARE !!!!' and think OMFGWTFBBQ !!!!! RARE !!!!!! and hit the Buy it now.
Obviously people do that, for him to list it as such, yes ?
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Trouble is, people interested in buying old Amiga hardware are very well educated to the value of the items.
Meaning, his potential audience is limited to people buying old Amigas who know little about them.
Speaking of rare.
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He wont smash them, obviously just to make someone pay over the odds.
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ZeBeeDee wrote:
/gazes into the future for the guy's next ebay auction
FOR SALE
Three Commodore Amiga A1200's. Recently in full working order but now broken. Due to non-bidding people, I was forced to take a hammer and beat the Amiga's into small pieces of broken plastic, twisted metal and circuit boards.
Postage will be calculated by weight and the winning bidder to be notified or can be collected if you are local.
One careful owner, deranged with a severely large chip on his shoulder.
you forgot to add BIN 1000$ RARE SMASHED AMIGA JUNK STUFF
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Only 1000$ ??? I'll take 2 lol
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tokyoracer wrote:
He wont smash them, obviously just to make someone pay over the odds.
Exactly ... the trouble is, as explained in a previous post - the community knows what the item's are really worth so steer clear.
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If he sells them for less than he wanted, what are the odds that he will deliberately smash them and send the bits to the buyer?.
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What planet are you on Fishy :crazy: I have never been able to get an Amiga 1200 on ebay for that price $170.00 not even with 3.0roms let alone 3.1roms. if you did i bet it was all rusted up, Brown & never had a hard drive :lol: The bin price is smart if you want a quick sale + it included Registered post at the time :-D The only thing that's laughable is the $170.00 :lol: They are worth heaps more selling one with just 3.1 installed no extra ram with 3.0 roms will go for $250.00+ on ebay just watch the auctions. The bin makes sure you are not paying more than you have to it's those sellers that list for stuff all that rip you off has they alway's go for well over the expected price that they should do :-? I see you are the only one that has {bleep}ed about $500.00 was way too much with the Blizzard Expansion with 32meg well for your info a lesser card alone just sold on a ebay site for over $250.00+ Postage :hammer: Now this fellow is selling it without card but has added a second hard drive with 3.1 installed so it can be used until you could afford extra ram :-P By reading between the lines you fools should of helped not upset the seller + some people are right he won't destroy them i emailed & he stated it was the wrong thing to put at the time has he did want a quick sale & only had it listed at the $700.00 bin which included reg post which you's all forgot to mention :rtfm: because he never had a clue on what the real price should be and was hopeing that some one would be nice enough to let him know instead he got nothing but abusive emails from all of you DORKS :pissed: Yes i am dancing with the :devildance:
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Your an idiot :devildance:
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I can see who the clown is here hey :-o Your mouth must be has big as Lunar Park :devildance:
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Another fool who follows the sheep :devildance:
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Gentlemen ... start your flamethrowers! :flame:
Are you from Australia and recently selling A1200's on Ebay by any chance snoopus? :lol:
Well, I have better things to be doing on a Sunday morning so enjoy yourself snoopus ... it was nice knowing you :-)
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Only when you have 100s of ids to bump them up the best buy's have alway's been bin one's. who could trust a fool like you wearing nappies :devildance:
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Boguns are everywhere but the biggest ones are on here :devildance:
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Shocked is not what i am, this person should be kicked off for even suggesting violence :devildance:
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GO FOR IT DANCING DEVIL BANANA GOOOOO!
:laughing:
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Danger, Danger! Loose-screw alert!
"This thread will be modded in 10-9-8-7-6...." :-)
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IS anyone game enough to pay for what he is asking now, and see if is is THICK enough to leave the expansion in the machine ? :lol: :lol:
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I thought this site was for helping people with problems :-? looks like you all have a few screws loose and should be put in the looney bin has you cerntainly are not helping with anything Amiga :madashell: Your just attacking some poor bugger that didn't know better on the price of a 1200 with ram expansion. You can call me names has well but it just shows how immature you idiots really are :-o I think who ever is running this site should kick all you idiots off for not sticking to reason it was opened and that was to help not abuse. Well smarty pants why don't you be the idiot and buy it then we will see what he sends you :devildance:
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:crazy: bin is where you belong :devildance:
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What can i say capt dropkick do you really look like that :devildance:
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It looks like snoopdos is our Aussie ebayer!
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Heh, check out the latest question and response. :roll:
@ snoopus, Well it is, I have had endless help from people on here and they only help if people deserve to be helped. With fools like that on eBay they deserve to get pointed at, plus most of us like to hear some negative buzz from time to time.
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and the latest award goes to ...
SNOOPUS *round of applause from the audience*
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y116/zebeedee/certified.jpg)
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LoonEy has an 'E' in it by the way.
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merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loony
Dictionary says you can spell either way so ner ner :-P lol
Main Entry: loo·ny
Variant(s): also loo·ney
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): loo·ni·er; loo·ni·est
Etymology: by shortening & alteration from lunatic
Date: 1872
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Wrong again unintelligent one when are you going to get anything right :lol: I don't belong to that rip off place :devildance:
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What a idiot can't spell either all i can say is fools from overseas should be locked up and the key thrown away. :devildance:
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You are up yourself and don't have a clue on what i was talking about :rtfm: An absolute tosser that deserves to be put away :crazy: He might be a fool but smarter than you because not one of you idots can buy what he is selling and that is what erks you's because he won't post overseas :lol: By the way why i'm back on the subject have you managed to check out what the price should be in Australia? for amiga 1200 with Blizzard installed. You all should remember that they might be cheaper over there but they are not that cheap over here has we had to import the {bleep} hence was always paying way over the top for them. Has for the Aussie {bleep} that agrees with you about priceing over here he does not have a clue on what they are worth and does all his {bleep}ing here because he can't win one on ebay for what he want's to pay for it, a laughable $170.00 if that was the case no one would be selling their amiga's at all because they cost way more than that when they would of brought them :devildance:
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@snoopus:
Take a deep breath, no need to flood the thread with posts and no need for all the name-calling... then again your name-calling just relfects who you are... just my 2 cents.
This one goes to the mods ;)
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@snoopus
your auction is a farce!!
so how about $310 with the accelerator?
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Maybe Doomy has emigrated to Australia?
The language and price is a dead give away ;-P But D would never hurt an Amiga I think...
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@Snoopus,
Clearly you are one and the same person with the erstwhile auctioneer.
No-one else I have come across in the last 32 years of existence has (yes, HAS) mistaken the words "as" and "has" with such frequency.
From auctions:
BUT ...it will also save you money on your power bill has it uses hardly any power... (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/COMMODORE-AMIGA-1200-WITH-EXPANSION-CARD-8MB_W0QQitemZ170236693091QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Has stated this OS 3.9 is the only thing installed on this partition for backup reasons only has there is no cd-rom... (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170238195427)
From this thread:
You can call me names has well...
...but they are not that cheap over here has we had to import the {bleep}...
But please, carry on your insane verbal dribblings as it is very amusing. :lol:
PS - Do you actually believe that calling your potential buyers "Dorks" increases the chances that you will make a sale? :lol:
From auction:
This will not be destroyed like some would like, But will be sold for what i want, Not what you dorks reckon i should be selling it for!!!! (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170238195427)
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What can i say capt dropkick do you really look like that
You tell me, we met when I came to your house to buy that monitor which I am happy with and you sold to me for a good price, thanks for that. The only issue I have with your auction is the smashing up the amigas if they don't sell bit. That part made you look a bit nuts. You can sell anything you want for any price you want but if you want my advice:
I have bought A1200s for $170AU from ebay.com.au in the past and would be willing to go as high as $220AU without accelerator. The only time things go much higher is when the bidding is started low. Nobody likes it but that's just the way ebay works. Your original buy it now prices were just ridiculous and you should have done a bit of research first. Or at least started them off at a low price and let people bid for them. Or you could of joined here and asked and people would have helped you come up with fair buy it now prices.
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I don't have any auctions idiot i'm not a registered ebayer :devildance:
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:crazy:
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You really are a tosser check this out :rtfm:
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Capt farce you're a liar you have never brought anything off me has i don't sell nor am i registered with ebay so spread your liars elsewhere :madashell: i am not him idiot i am just sticking up for him because you's are all low lifes and would not know what amigas are worth here in Aus even you Capt Dropkick know very well these things will sell for more than your poor excuse of what they are worth with expansion card $220.00 yeah that's all you fools can afford Between you's the card is worth more than that, like i stated in earlier email he told me he does not sell overseas and apparently this has got up all your noses because you can't get what you want so did nothing but send him abusive emails well the last laugh will be on him sooner or later they will sell but you's won't have them. While i'm at it capt dropkick this bloke did sell you your beautiful monitor at the price he wanted not the lies you told earlier that he said he wanted $150.00 for it but never got it? Well has you can see he does not list stuff for less than what he want's so if he wanted $150.00 you would never had got that for $20.00? Does that sound more like the TRUTH? I think he is telling the truth so am pleased to be sticking up for the underdog against all the odds & untruths that are comming from here :devildance:
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Oi! Moderators, time to give this one the snip, I reckon... :roll:
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While i'm at it capt dropkick this bloke did sell you your beautiful monitor at the price he wanted not the lies you told earlier that he said he wanted $150.00 for it but never got it?
Where did I say that? I said the monitor sale was a good deal from the start. I have no problem with this guy at all. When he he threatened to destroy the 1200s if they didn't sell for his original high prices all I said was that he was a bit nutty. He has since dropped the prices and removed the note about destroying them. So I have no issues at all. You on the other hand obviously have gone to a lot of trouble to defend him and pay out insults, joining a web forum just to insult people.
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Well i'm sorry got you mixed up with the first nutter who stated that :angry: i did not just join i have been on here watching for months and looking at all your squabbles and got sick of all the crap and decided to stick up for someone who needed some backup from you nerds who really no nothing about the price of expansion cards here or overseas so i will now leave you idiots in peace until your next victum pops up so watch out i'll be back so mediator close this i'm finished :devildance:
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@ ZeBeeDee, Whatever... :lol:
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tokyoracer wrote:
@ ZeBeeDee, Whatever... :lol:
hehehehe
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coldfish wrote:
Bluff!
He isn't going to smash something he can get money for, even if it's less than he wants.
My guess is he's having a very public (and embarrassing) dummy spit to try and get more $$$ from a sympathetic buyer.
A1200s with accessories sell for ~$200 here in Aus, $500+ is laughable.
They're not even that rare.
Ok, of all the posts here that i have read in regards to this dude's A1200 in Australia, the post from coldfish is the one that shows how little all of you really know about the value of an A1200 in Australia. I have been buying on ebay since 1998 and for the last year or so, selling on ebay Australia, and i can tell you one thing. I have never seen an A1200 with accessories sell for a mere $200 unless there was something wrong with it. A half R@@ted A1200 could go for as much as $130AU or more. You want to know how i know? Well thats what i got for the last A1200 i sold on ebay that was faulty with only 3.0 roms and no accessories.
coldfish, i give you a challenge, only because i like to put my money were my mouth is. From today on, please post links to all A1200 auctions on ebay Australia so the rest of the world (and those not knowing in Australia) could see just how much an A1200 sells for, and just how uncommon A1200's with accessories really are in the land of OZ. Your full of it and this task will prove it.
Recently on ebay Australia, an 030/40Mhz Cobra card alone sold for $255. A Blizzard 030/50Mhz was always considered a better card and thus sells for a lot more. There is one now in Germany i think with a buy it now price Of $200AU. Now if this card was advertised in Australia, it would fetch upward of close to or more than $300 as these are rarer than A1200's here. Not many people let them go unless they are upgrading to an 060 (which sell for $500+ for a 50Mhz version)or PPC, and i can tell you that not too many people in Australia are doing that. I remember wanting a Blizzard in my A1200 (which i still have and surf the net with) but could only afford the inferior Cobra card. This dude at one stage had his A1200 advertised with the Blizzard for $450, which in Australia is a pretty good price unless your a tight @ss.
Please do not compare Australian prices for vintage Amiga gear with what the rest of the world are selling/paying for. It will never be the same as the numbers of these machines and peripherals here are way less, and companies making peripherals here were even more scarce, which was one major factor why Aussies paid a lot more for machines and even more for Amiga peripherals. I remember buying heaps of stuff from the UK as prices in Australia were just crazy.
I have been an Amiga user for over 15 years and have a vast collection of Amiga computers which out of the many non stored, i enjoy using to this day. The biggest joy i get now is watching my 5 year old play games on my A1200.
Well thats all i have to say for now.
Cheers.
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I have seen 1200s go for under 200 dollars multiple times on ebay.com.au and they weren't rooted. $200 for an a1200 in good nick is a fair price, a blizzard mkIV for 200-250 is also a fair price. 700-800 dollars is a fricken joke. A 1200 with an 8meg card is not worth 400. All this seller is doing is driving the prices up even further because people will use his non selling auctions as justification for selling their 1200s for even more. I hope that does happen actually, maybe sellers will flood the market and drive the prices down. That's why people do buy it now auctions, because they know the cookie could crumble either way.
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@AmigaNut08
I hope your five year old is learning to write better English than you have. And yes, I am going to be pedantic about this because the situation is appalling; I believe recent generations are slaughtering the English language.
First off, what is "r@@ted" and "@ss"? Do you mean "rooted" using the at-sign as an "o", thus giving "oss" as well? Or perhaps you meant "raated" and "ass," using the at-sign as an "a".
Secondly, the contraction for "you are" is "you're", not "your" which shows ownership. As in "you're crazy" or "you're making facts out of your opinions," etc.
Other than that, you make a compelling argument. As much as those minor issues have grated my nerves, you have piqued my interest. I for one am curious to observe for myself the differences in Amiga hardware markets.
And for those who throw up their (not "there" nor "they're") arms in disgust when reading a post like mine, where do we draw the line? At what point do we say enough is enough? Communication is of paramount importance to our species, and yet few seem to care if communication is done properly.
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@Ebay seller
Am after an A1200 trapdoor and a set of replacement LED's ... What are my chances of getting ones that are still intact? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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LoadWB wrote:
First off, what is "r@@ted" and "@ss"? Do you mean "rooted" using the at-sign as an "o", thus giving "oss" as well? Or perhaps you meant "raated" and "ass," using the at-sign as an "a".
@ LoadWB I think he/she is just trying to look l33t with a quick smattering of the @ sign here and there :-)
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CaptChaos wrote:
I have seen 1200s go for under 200 dollars multiple times on ebay.com.au and they weren't rooted. $200 for an a1200 in good nick is a fair price, a blizzard mkIV for 200-250 is also a fair price. 700-800 dollars is a fricken joke. A 1200 with an 8meg card is not worth 400. All this seller is doing is driving the prices up even further because people will use his non selling auctions as justification for selling their 1200s for even more. I hope that does happen actually, maybe sellers will flood the market and drive the prices down. That's why people do buy it now auctions, because they know the cookie could crumble either way.
I am sure there have been a few A1200 sell for under $200 in the past but not that many recently as buyers really swomp on them when they are at auction with a low starting price. Perhaps the current ebay situation is one excuse for him putting a high starting price on his A1200's as ebay has done a good job at scaring many sellers and buyers with this whole Paypal only crap.
Anyway lets stick to the original topic. You say that $200 for an Amiga 1200 is a fair price. I agree. You also say that $200-$250 for a blizzard mkIV is a fair price. I could live with that. You then say that $700-$800 dollars is a fricken joke. I totally agree here as well. If you read my first post i say, "This dude at one stage had his A1200 advertised with the Blizzard for $450, which in Australia is a pretty good price unless your a tight @ss." So dont you think the asking price of $450 for both items you mention (plus he is giving more in the way of large HD, software ect) is fair???
Bottom line, i am not here to argue with anyone especially anyone from Melbourne Australia as i know a few of you. I am just commenting on his auction while at the price of $450 with the Blizzard which i think is a fair price, and to argue the fact that us Aussies have always paid more for anything Amiga.
Cheers
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Bottom line ...
It doesn't matter where in the world you are, everybody pays different prices for things
Can we now put this thread to bed or are people just going to use it as a sounding off board for their country and their prices?
SHEESH!
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LoadWB wrote:
@AmigaNut08
First off, what is "r@@ted" and "@ss"? Do you mean "rooted" using the at-sign as an "o", thus giving "oss" as well? Or perhaps you meant "raated" and "ass," using the at-sign as an "a".
In answer to your question, Yes i mean rooted and the other word ass. I have always used different characters to bleep out (if i may use that term) the obvious in case of language filters placed on message boards that remove vulgar words from posts automatically.
I would just like to say one more thing. Dont bring my son into this argument about writing better English. Bringing innocent children into an argument is just not right and will only piss lots of people off. I only mentioned him in my post because of how delighted i am to watch him use my Amiga which was one of my very first computers (well first 32bit computer anyway as my first was a Commodore Vic20 back in 1985 which i still have). I did not buy a PC till early 2001.
Don't be too pedantic about peoples grammar on these message boards as there are greater issues that people have to face in everyday life such as interest rate rises and the ever growing cost of food and petrol. As long as we all know what we are talking about here, nothing else should matter.
Cheers
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Here's an 030/50Mhz card with scsi 2 that sold for for just over $350AU. Pretty cheap for Aussies now compared to the price we paid when these were the ducks guts in computing.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300238524261&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=020
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Guess what, Who are all the Doomy's now!!! He has sold one for $280.00 and for your info DOOMY!!! he does not accept paypal, that is why he listed originaly with the bin so he could fluff ebay off,because Aussie sellers & buyers were being forced to use paypal only which they won't accept now thieve bay has decided not to continue to fight it in court. :lol: :devildance:
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$280 - not quite what you were after though, eh?
Not sure why this bloke has to make up stories and even create a new user account to big himself up.
This snoopus IS the geeza who has been listing these vastly overpriced A1200s and then coming on here and prattling on like a pox-ridden parrot... Here's the proof...
Here's an A1200 on Oztion (note the seller's name):
http://www.oztion.com.au/buy/auction.aspx?itemid=4686719&d=&sort=0&pg=1&cat=0&view=List&f1=&f2=&type2=&type3=&type4=&type5=&s=&pcode=&dis=0&freepost=
And lo and behold, what do we see on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/AMIGA-1200-500MB-Hard-drive_W0QQitemZ170241148197QQihZ007QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Unless this is a wild co-incidence, "snoopus", I think your cover (if you ever had any!) is blown :-)
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AmigaNut08 wrote:
I would just like to say one more thing. Dont bring my son into this argument about writing better English. Bringing innocent children into an argument is just not right and will only piss lots of people off. I only mentioned him in my post because of how delighted i am to watch him use my Amiga which was one of my very first computers (well first 32bit computer anyway as my first was a Commodore Vic20 back in 1985 which i still have). I did not buy a PC till early 2001.
Regardless of your intentions, you did throw him into the mix. Your delight is irrelevant. My statement was directed squarely at you, and I will not have my words twisted to look like I attacked your son.
Don't be too pedantic about peoples grammar on these message boards as there are greater issues that people have to face in everyday life such as interest rate rises and the ever growing cost of food and petrol. As long as we all know what we are talking about here, nothing else should matter.
This logic does not even dignify a response. None the less, I have to point out that having "other things" to worry about does not make an issue any less relevant or important. There are few valid excuses for poor writing skills, generally reserved for the super-intelligent or the mentally retarded whose brains are simply not "wired" for written communication skills.
I would like to think that you do not fall under the mentally retarded category and, given your arguments, you do not fall under the super-intelligent category, either. You are just a regular Joe like anyone else.
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snoopus wrote:
Guess what, Who are all the Doomy's now!!! He has sold one for $280.00 and for your info DOOMY!!! he does not accept paypal, that is why he listed originaly with the bin so he could fluff ebay off,because Aussie sellers & buyers were being forced to use paypal only which they won't accept now thieve bay has decided not to continue to fight it in court. :lol: :devildance:
Hey, Poodle !
Lets all go and create a new account, and bid on our own item why dont we !
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You retard 2 different auctions!!! One is loaded with heaps of games the other has nothing on it. It's not me dickhead i don't sell on any auction sites :lol: This is not a new id here i have had it for months just show's how much you doomy's really know :lol: Anybody can have the same id on different sites just depend who get's in first & i did here that's all :crazy: Take a look at that auction again dropkick he got what he wanted $280.00 that one was with the 8mb expansion doomy :idea: Proof of what being framed, you idiot you must be a piggy :rtfm: sign this & wave your rights :-D :devildance:
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Yeah & buy both you idiot what your talking about i take is that the OS 3.9 with 39gig hard drive has sold to a new ebayer well he brought both items not one has he had listed another 1200 with 9 day's + to go & this newby has got both of them :-o I don't think the seller is going to buy both under a false id, But if they are relisted i would say it was a low life from here that signed up & brought them & wouuld not pay up :idea: Looks like you are the Poodle :rtfm: Sign this & lock yourself up :lol: :devildance:
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Pity we all can't be so stuckup ourselfs hey :-D the majority don't give a stuff about our spelling mistakes only inferior idiots like you do :idea: so what does that tell us :idea: your a wick short of a fuse :quickdraw: :devildance:
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Here we go again ...
/me looks around for a Mod
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Why is this pointless thread still running?
A moderator should close this thread so we can move on.
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Heh, this thread is a gem, watching this tool hang himself with his own rope.
It's been fun.
:lol: :-D :-P
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:afro: I hereby rescind my previous assertion:
I would like to think that you do not fall under the mentally retarded category...
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ROFL. U know when it`s getting bad....
....All the Smileys get used OTT! :-D
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@LoadWB:
:bow:
(where's the clapping icon?)
I couldn't have said it better (especially the end part about where we draw the line and communication being paramount for our species). LoadWB for president!
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And now on a different sub-subject:
I've been always afraid to admit these to myself, but I've always felt that there was an abnormally high number of looneys using/relatd to Amiga computers.
I could be very wrong here because I don't hang out on "PC users boards" or "IBM XT computer users boards" or Atari forums or other vintage computer forums (bar one - more on that later), but it just seems like it's all too common to have such Amiga "users".
And I'm not just talking about snoopus and Doomy here. There are other very quarky and weird members, although they don't suffer from the sociopathic effects of the two afforementioned souls.
Another one with Amigans: cat owners. Just about every Amiga I've bought has had cat hair in it! What's the deal?
I bet if we take a poll, the cat owners would dwarf the rest (ok, I'm probably wrong, but more than dog owners would be my guess)
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The weirdos are all that is left of the Amiga community... Mostly harmless, but some a seriously deluded and one or two are just plain dangerous!
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From one "strange" Amiga user to another........ the only good cat is the flattened one in the road!
Dogs Rule!
(wierd enough for you?)
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da9000 wrote:
And now on a different sub-subject:
Another one with Amigans: cat owners. Just about every Amiga I've bought has had cat hair in it! What's the deal?
The fact that you can identify cat hair is just plain scary... I used to have a cat when I lived at home, but honestly I couldn't tell one animal hair from another...