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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: tokyoracer on March 01, 2010, 03:55:31 PM

Title: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: tokyoracer on March 01, 2010, 03:55:31 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Falcon-CDTV-F16-Fighter-Simulation_W0QQitemZ140387389180QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?hash=item20afbd8efc

Hmm let me just hover up the cash stuck under the sofa cushions.  :roflmao:
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: save2600 on March 01, 2010, 03:58:24 PM
Oy Vay! Looks like he might have a sticky '9' key   ;)
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Dr_Righteous on March 01, 2010, 04:02:24 PM
And just think, that's in pounds! That's heavy...
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: tokyoracer on March 01, 2010, 04:11:11 PM
Quote from: eBay seller
"I am really looking for good and sensible offers, as gaining an appropriate and fair selling price is tricky."

Yes becuse £1,999.99 is about as sensible as it gets. *roll eyes*

Not to mention I have actually seen this game on eBay in the past, though must admit not that often.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: save2600 on March 01, 2010, 04:12:06 PM
Speaking of pounds (thought I'd ask here since there's lots of UK users), when someone mentions a Stone, is that a certain numbers of pounds like Tons is over here?

And yeah, I wonder what that single offer was for. £1?  :lol:
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: tokyoracer on March 01, 2010, 04:15:44 PM
Quote from: save2600;545731
Speaking of pounds (thought I'd ask here since there's lots of UK users), when someone mentions a Stone, is that a certain numbers of pounds like Tons is over here?

1 stone = 14 lbs here.
We also have a slightly different measurement of gallons in the UK too.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: spihunter on March 01, 2010, 05:12:11 PM
I'm going to offer them $20 and see if they take it.......



Quote from: tokyoracer;545723
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Falcon-CDTV-F16-Fighter-Simulation_W0QQitemZ140387389180QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?hash=item20afbd8efc

Hmm let me just hover up the cash stuck under the sofa cushions.  :roflmao:
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: J-Golden on March 01, 2010, 05:18:47 PM
I don't know why you all are being so mean...

he IS offering free shipping ;)
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: danwood on March 01, 2010, 05:53:51 PM
Quote from: save2600;545731
Speaking of pounds (thought I'd ask here since there's lots of UK users), when someone mentions a Stone, is that a certain numbers of pounds like Tons is over here?

And yeah, I wonder what that single offer was for. £1?  :lol:


We're in that weird stage between metric and imperial.  We weigh ourselves in stones usually, but everything else in grammes/kilogrammes, same with distance, roads in miles, but everything else in metres/cm/mm, we measure beer by the pint in glasses and by the litre in bottles.

Most things are metric here now though, with the above exceptions.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: motrucker on March 01, 2010, 06:17:19 PM
This might set a record for stupid human tricks on eBay.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Hell Labs on March 01, 2010, 06:43:57 PM
Quote from: danwood;545746
We're in that weird stage between metric and imperial.  We weigh ourselves in stones usually, but everything else in grammes/kilogrammes, same with distance, roads in miles, but everything else in metres/cm/mm, we measure beer by the pint in glasses and by the litre in bottles.

Most things are metric here now though, with the above exceptions.

Hight of objects and people is in feet and inches.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: danwood on March 01, 2010, 07:51:05 PM
Quote from: Hell Labs;545758
Hight of objects and people is in feet and inches.


Yeah people tend to be, but objects I measure in meters.  Maybe it depends when you went to school, I was raised in the late 80s/90s, we were never taught any imperial in school at all, just metric from 1984 onwards.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: AndyFC on March 01, 2010, 08:44:34 PM
He does qualify it in the text with
"As this game has not sold on Ebay or been available any where esle for quite sometime I am really looking for good and sensible offers, as gaining an appropriate and fair selling price is tricky."

Does Ebay allow a 'make offer' only option? I suspect he has done this knowing it won't go for that amount.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Amiduffer on March 01, 2010, 09:22:00 PM
Is anyone doing a "retarded Ebay auctions" feature anywhere?
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Boudicca on March 01, 2010, 10:32:46 PM
One way of sorting this RareOmatic ebay fools is for someone to call "Captain Slow" to make a tv program about 80's computers and get the BEEB to buy the CD and use it as table coaster.

Job Done !

;)
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Tension on March 01, 2010, 11:33:54 PM
LOL!!!

I was actually going to do something like this for a laugh!

But it looks like this guy is actually being serious.  

Haha.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Hell Labs on March 02, 2010, 12:10:31 AM
Quote from: Boudicca;545791
One way of sorting this RareOmatic ebay fools is for someone to call "Captain Slow" to make a tv program about 80's computers and get the BEEB to buy the CD and use it as table coaster.

Job Done !

;)

That would just be them saying how acorns were the best computers ever made for an hour.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: Tension on March 02, 2010, 12:24:03 AM
Quote from: Hell Labs;545803
That would just be them saying how acorns were the best computers ever made for an hour.


Kudos to Acorn for what they did, and how.
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: runequester on March 02, 2010, 01:34:39 AM
so this is what ? a bit over 2 british pounds per kilobyte of data ?
 
Or did the CDTV version have extra stuff?
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: rkauer on March 02, 2010, 03:23:13 AM
What about this lovely A500 bargain (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AMIGA-500-vintage-computer-TESTED-AND-WORKS_W0QQitemZ250583951106QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a57f7a702) to run this game? Of course, you need the A570 (http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/a570) to do so...:rolleyes:

Or maybe you want the real thing (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/amiga-cdtv_W0QQitemZ260559335837QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_VintageComputing_RL?hash=item3caa8bf19d)?
Title: Re: Cor! What a bargain!
Post by: ElPolloDiabl on March 02, 2010, 04:02:35 AM
It seems to have some extra screens added (at least one) certainly not 2k worth value. If it had enhanced play it would be rarity, but on on 68k CDTV I doubt it.