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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: dougal on February 26, 2010, 01:05:49 PM
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I had a few good bargain buys over the years.. I am sure we all have. Here are a few of my best (in my opinion) bargain buys over the years.
A4000 030/50Mhz with 1Gb HD and CDROM + Software + original OS3.9 CD ---- 80 Euros
Blizzard 1230IV with 32Mb ram ---- 50 Euros
Escom A1200HD boxed with all manuals + software + Blizzard 1230IV & 32Mb --- 80 Euros
A600 with power brick and mouse ----- 0.50Cents (YES FIFTY CENTS)
A600 with 2MB Chipram --- 2 Euro
A1200 with power supply ---- 3 Euro
A500 with A590 and romswitcher (1.3 & 2.04), mouse, psu and software --- 10 Euros
I had bought all these locally (not through ebay etc,,)
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Ive had quite a few over the years... last one i recall that i considered a great deal was 3 free A4000s where one included 060 etc.. :) they were in a shitty state but free is free.
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A1200 in RBM tower case with Blizzard 1260 for something like $200 was a pretty good one, and the A2000/A3000/A3000T combo for $80 wasn't too bad either.
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Amiga 500 - £0.00
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A3000D - FREE, got it from this board, it happens time to time...
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Let's see.... I got a 3000, and a 2000 with a Toaster in lieu of back pay when the Amiga store where I worked went bankrupt. Had to sell the 3000 for rent...
One of our old customers called me up and gave me a 2000 with a supergen genlock for nothing... when I went to pick it up, he tossed in a 1000 he'd found in the garage...
I also found a 1000 at the Goodwill for $7....
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A2000 + GVP Combo 030/33MHz + 12Mb RAM + Supra Modem, complete = R$0,00 (in £ that's 0.00, someone may ask in USD: US$0.00)
An A3000D 16MHz, but with ROM2.0, 2+16Mb RAM, no keyboard, no mouse. I have the original kb at home: R$120,00 (£43 / US$66). Not bad at all!
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Stock A4000D, US$50. I almost feel sorry for the guy I bought it from. Almost.
A500, Free. I warned that guy if he spilled his bong on it again after I cleaned it the first time I was gonna take it away from him...
PS: @JimS - Your Avatar, LOL!
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A2000
(2) G-Force 040 combo's w/64mb ram total
(1) guru rom for the G-Force
Opal Vision video card
PAR (Personal Animation Recorder)
1084 monitor
software
Got the above for $200. A few months later I was very fortunate to the benefactor of a garage cleaning. I was told that whatever I didn't take was going to the secondhand store. I took everything.
(1) A4000T 060 128mb ram
(1) A3000
(3) A2000
(1)A2500
(1) A1200
(4) A500
(2) A1000
040 for A4000T
030 for A2000 (A2630)
030 for A2000 (A2630)
MegAChip
A520 video
GVP DSS8
8 monitors (from 12" up to 17")
(1) nos keyboard (in box for A2000)
toaster card
vidi amiga 24 rt
Supra Ram 500RX
(2) Supra Gen
Jaz drive
several zip drives
many switch boxes
box of patch cables
(8) dongles (who knows for what)
(3) scsi cd drives in external cases
~750 floppies best guess
box of joysticks ~12
several pairs of speakers
case of books and manuals
~30 packaged software programs
a lot more misc stuff
All of the above is for sale either as a lot or individually.
Bill
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A2000HD w/ mouse, keyboard, 28mhz 68000 accelerator that plugged into the fast slot, A2091 w/ 40mb HD, KS/OS1.3 and 4MB RAM - free + the cost of shipping.
A2500 w/ GVP 030 combo card w/ 1mb 32-bit RAM, 6mb on a Zorro II card, 50MB HD, KS/OS2.1 - free + the cost of shipping.
A1084s (samsung) & A1200 w/ external HD, KS/OS3.0, 4MB RAM and 68881 - free had a buddy drop it off
(2) A1200's, one with a 40mhz 030, 32MB RAM and KS/OS3.1 - $80 shipped
A1084s (philips) partially working A500 with KS/OS1.3, 1mb RAM - free local pickup from a member here!
Large box of AmigaWorlds (including the premiere issue), some Amazing Computing and a small lot of boxed software - free local pickup
A2000 w/ GVP 040 Combo, 64mb RAM, large external SCSI box w/ CD-ROM and Bernouli cartridge setup, boxes and boxes of software, AMAX hardware, scanners, digitizers, books, mags - A1000 512kb system complete in the box - all free from a semi local pickup!
(2) A3000's that I was able to make one real nice system from (the one in my sig) for $80 shipped. Case was too far damaged on one of the systems (someone had cut the bezel all up trying to mod a different drive into her) to keep whole, so I'll just keep the mobo, power supply, etc. for spares I guess.
...I think that's it for the real "bargains" throughout the years. Most all of these came from the very late 90's up until about 2006.
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I traded an aging 200 MHz PC for an Amiga 1200 + Blizzard 1230 IV. I wish I never sold that accelerator.
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Dang, after reading the posts in this thread, what I thought was a bargin buy doesn't look as good. Then again, at the time I thought it was a good buy.
~ MegaChip - $40. Others on Ebay at the time were going for at least twice as much.
~ scsi harddrive tower with several drives for VT/Flyer - $200.
~ parallel Zip drive w/ps & scsi cables for $1 at a yard sale then sawpped the drive unit with a friend for a scsi Zip drive and a couple of Zip disks.
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-A4000 in Elbox tower, CSPPC060/233,CVPPC,Ariadne, loaded + A1200 for 450 euro, ok not that cheap perhaps but a nice price.
-A4000 030 desktop, 75 euro
-A1200T in Elbox tower, DCE scandoubler + original case, 50 euro
-A2630, 30 euro
-Pegasos 2 motherboard incl 512 MB and graphics board, 200 euro (well into the launch of 4.1)
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1230 Blizz Mk. IV with SCSI IV - £45 (I think off this forum).
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A1200T, Apollo 040 (faulty), A1200 (faulty floppy controller), 5 A500's, several RAM expansions for A500, custom chips, SCSI DataFlyer 1200, various cables including 2 Squirrel's, 2 Genlocks, lomega ZIP drive, several Amiga VHS's, several joysticks, loads of mice, 1000's disks, boxed software, hand scanners.
Forget what else but was all for £60 (private wanted ad I put in).
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A1200 HD (Escom) very white plus un-broken sticker with, FPU/RAM/RTC card, Goliath PSU, new gamepad, pink button ZiPSTiCK, SCSI Sqirrel with Zappo CD drive, PCMCIA transfer kit, loads of software.
Some other stuff too for £80 including P+P (eBay).
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A1200 boxed with a ton of fully boxed 100% complete games (with receipts!) FREE! (from a friend of my uncle's).
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A1200 with loads of games and 80Mb hard drive for £1 at a car boot sale few years ago in 2004.
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A1200, 1260, 3.1 roms, 4 gig HD, Multisync monitor and empty tower case (with keyboard, 4 way HD splitter) - $100 Canadain dollars.
A2000, 3.1 roms, 68020, SCSI HD, Amber card & A3000, 3.1 roms - $50
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All time best was very recent - An A2000 with PP&S 040, DKB SCSI card, C= SD/FF, 17Mb ram total, with 3.1 on board = $0.00 This one was very well timed! Saved my sanity (I think :) )
Next best was a perfect A1000, With 2 Microbotics Starboard 2 - one with SCSI plus all the early programming software. Came from an early developer = $0.00
I have given away good Amiga systems to deserving homes over the years too. So, I guess it comes back to you at times...
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Wow impressive :)
A2000HD w/ mouse, keyboard, 28mhz 68000 accelerator that plugged into the fast slot, A2091 w/ 40mb HD, KS/OS1.3 and 4MB RAM - free + the cost of shipping.
A2500 w/ GVP 030 combo card w/ 1mb 32-bit RAM, 6mb on a Zorro II card, 50MB HD, KS/OS2.1 - free + the cost of shipping.
A1084s (samsung) & A1200 w/ external HD, KS/OS3.0, 4MB RAM and 68881 - free had a buddy drop it off
(2) A1200's, one with a 40mhz 030, 32MB RAM and KS/OS3.1 - $80 shipped
A1084s (philips) partially working A500 with KS/OS1.3, 1mb RAM - free local pickup from a member here!
Large box of AmigaWorlds (including the premiere issue), some Amazing Computing and a small lot of boxed software - free local pickup
A2000 w/ GVP 040 Combo, 64mb RAM, large external SCSI box w/ CD-ROM and Bernouli cartridge setup, boxes and boxes of software, AMAX hardware, scanners, digitizers, books, mags - A1000 512kb system complete in the box - all free from a semi local pickup!
(2) A3000's that I was able to make one real nice system from (the one in my sig) for $80 shipped. Case was too far damaged on one of the systems (someone had cut the bezel all up trying to mod a different drive into her) to keep whole, so I'll just keep the mobo, power supply, etc. for spares I guess.
...I think that's it for the real "bargains" throughout the years. Most all of these came from the very late 90's up until about 2006.
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A few years ago I bought a complete AmigaONE XE G4 system for £300 from a local guy and put it on Ebay where it fetched over £1000.
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I traded a A2000 stock for a Suzuki 4 runner, I got the amiga in germany and coming back to the states and not a computer store had anything amiga, this guy wanted to trade the bike for a computer, best deal I ever made
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Got one A1200 with B1230IV and FPU for free last summer. Traded an A1200 with MBX1230 (in pretty bad condition but working) for an A4000/030 in a Towerhawk with 7 slot Z3 busboard.
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Best deal I had the last year:
A4000T (original T board + daughterboards) in Eagle tower with Ariadne and Multiface 3
3x A4000 CR versions all with Ariadne cards 2x 030, 1x 040
3x A1200 rackmount all with CPU boards+mem
All in excellent condition for 400 €.
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A double garage full of Amiga kit including Amiga 4000s, Checkmate, Toaster.... All for absolutely nothing. Also an Amiga 1500 mint in original box for nothing. Three Amiga 2000s for nothing... A loft full of Amigas for £41. An Amiga 3000T for £100. SX32 Pro for nothing. Towered Amiga 4000 for nothing... Towered Amiga 1200 with Apollo 60... you guessed it.. for nothing.
Cus of the collection I get offered stuff all the time just so kit finds a good home. I generally post these days declining stuff cus I can`t store anymore and post my circle of Amiga friends with the details to help.
One trick was to always collect stuff off say Ebay cus you can often get more for your money. I have come home with a car full of stuff for the cost of a mosdest computer. The best was an A1500 cus as I was leaving after collecting the guy asked me if I collected towered Amigas.. He then produced an A3000T that he didn`t want anymore. Strange though, cus the one thing he wouldn`t part with was his GVP sidecar for his Amiga 500... I have never rushed to a cash machine so quick in my life.
scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com
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Here is a small list of my "Amiga bargains" (from highest to lowest)
-NIB A500 - $70 eBay
-DKB A3128 ram card for $25 BIN on eBay. (yes I know!)
-Amiga 1200 system with monitor, BliZZard 1230IV, etc $20
-Amiga 500 discovery pack MIB - $15
-Amiga 4000 - free
-Amiga 2000 - free
-Amiga 1000 - free
-Amiga 600 (DOA eBay got refund) - free (Sent to Amiga Center France to get fixed! $50 repair)
-Amiga 500's - free
-Amiga 1084 monitors (several) - free
;)
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Best deal I ever had was 3 4000T's (YES, real 4000T's) for $750.00 all worked and were in good shape other than one missing the door. One system had a CS MKIII 060 in it and the other two were stock.
I did eventually sell all 3 on here to various members with different add-ons purchased seperately.
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One trick was to always collect stuff off say Ebay cus you can often get more for your money. I have come home with a car full of stuff for the cost of a mosdest computer. The best was an A1500 cus as I was leaving after collecting the guy asked me if I collected towered Amigas.. He then produced an A3000T that he didn`t want anymore. Strange though, cus the one thing he wouldn`t part with was his GVP sidecar for his Amiga 500... I have never rushed to a cash machine so quick in my life.
scuzz
It was me you bought the A3000T off. I didn't intend to part with it but I felt under pressure from the girlfriend etc. etc. I had a feeling it would be safe with you so I let it go.
Hope it's still going strong?
btw I did part with the GVP sidecar in the end, just some time later :)
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My A1200 came from eBay for a mere £33, and from someone local -- I walked to collect it.
I've had plenty of 'reasonable' priced purchases from Amibay, including a Zorro network card for £25 and a Zorro graphics card for £35. I also have a Zorro USB card on its way to me for £50-odd.
The best is yet to come though. A friend has offered me his old A500 since he no longer wants it. He says it's also got a "GVP A530" with it :D
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The best is yet to come though. A friend has offered me his old A500 since he no longer wants it. He says it's also got a "GVP A530" with it :D
Oh, you lucky, lucky fellow! I've seen A530s go for $400+ on ebay.
My best deal was an A2000 with Video Toaster, DPS PAR, Trumpcard Pro with a little RAM + a SCSI Drive, and a CSA 4/40 Magnum. $50 on Ebay Buy It Now. It wouldn't boot, so I sold all the innards for over $500 total. Once all the cards were out and gone, I finally got a Boot ROM Anim. :D
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I had once got a DCE flickerfixer/Scandoubler (internal) for 35 euro on ebay