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Title: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: guest7146 on April 05, 2011, 10:07:23 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110666777965&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:1123

The only thing I have to say to this is... WOW.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: guest7146 on April 05, 2011, 10:09:58 PM
I've been watching the bidding on this over the last few days, and for a long time it was hovering at the £1000 mark.  I thought;

'If I had a spare grand sitting around that I didn't mind spending, I'd definitely pay that for it.  A bit more, even.'

...but £4300??? WAY out of my league that's for sure!

Congratulations to the lucky seller! And the lucky buyer! :)
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: Karlos on April 05, 2011, 10:13:12 PM
Wow, someone really wanted that system at any cost :D
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: swoslover on April 05, 2011, 10:15:21 PM
Quote from: AppleHammer;628625
I've been watching the bidding on this over the last few days, and for a long time it was hovering at the £1000 mark.  I thought;

'If I had a spare grand sitting around that I didn't mind spending, I'd definitely pay that for it.  A bit more, even.'

...but £4300??? WAY out of my league that's for sure!

Congratulations to the lucky seller! :)


Fuck me is all I can say.

It looks like the sweetest classic you could get but £4k wow.

Tempting me to buy any Amiga hardware its a better investment than any shares!
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: guest7146 on April 05, 2011, 10:15:54 PM
Quote from: Karlos;628629
Wow, someone really wanted that system at any cost :D

And good luck to him (or her) I say!

AH
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: nicholas on April 05, 2011, 10:16:00 PM
Quote from: Karlos;628629
Wow, someone really wanted that system at any cost :D

More like the seller didn't get what he wanted for it or changed his mind about selling and used a shill account to bid it up to a stupid amount.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: TheBilgeRat on April 05, 2011, 10:17:53 PM
I love my A4000 - but 5 grand??!!!  Thats dual-head top of the line nvidia or ATI graphics, 12G ram, dual processor fully loaded crysis2 mutilator money with a couple of big monitors, several TB of storage, a solid state drive or three, and a nice nkro cherry switched mech keyboard.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: guest7146 on April 05, 2011, 10:19:01 PM
That doesn't compute.  The only way the bidding could have got to that amount is if someone else wanted it enough to pay >£4000 for it.  Even if he did do what you said (i doubt it personally) then he'd still need a competing buyer willing to pay the big bucks.

AH
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: guest7146 on April 05, 2011, 10:19:57 PM
Quote from: TheBilgeRat;628636
I love my A4000 - but 5 grand??!!!  Thats dual-head top of the line nvidia or ATI graphics, 12G ram, dual processor fully loaded crysis2 mutilator money with a couple of big monitors, several TB of storage, a solid state drive or three, and a nice nkro cherry switched mech keyboard.


...with change ;)
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: nicholas on April 05, 2011, 10:23:12 PM
Quote from: AppleHammer;628639
That doesn't compute.  The only way the bidding could have got to that amount is if someone else wanted it enough to pay >£4000 for it.  Even if he did do what you said (i doubt it personally) then he'd still need a competing buyer willing to pay the big bucks.

AH

Two shills are better than one. ;)

I see the bidders names have been made private too, it always raises my suspicions does that.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: Digiman on April 05, 2011, 10:23:46 PM
Overpriced.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: guest7146 on April 05, 2011, 10:25:22 PM
Quote from: nicholas;628643
Two shills are better than one. ;)

I see the bidders names have been made private too, it always raises my suspicions does that.

Yeah the bidders are always private these days I think.  I think it's Ebay's attempt at maintaining privacy.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: Digiman on April 05, 2011, 10:36:03 PM
Quote from: AppleHammer;628646
Yeah the bidders are always private these days I think.  I think it's Ebay's attempt at maintaining privacy.


Seller decides NOT ebay.

For that price I would want Toaster4000, VLAB PAR and Chromakey.....oh and boxed copies of every genuinely rare game in sealed packaging.

But as it hasn't I will spend my money on a $1 PS1+Wipeouttrilogy+Quake and a sports car and not shed any tears over this "bargain" :roflmao:
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: actung_bab on April 05, 2011, 10:36:15 PM
Quote from: AppleHammer;628625
I've been watching the bidding on this over the last few days, and for a long time it was hovering at the £1000 mark.  I thought;

'If I had a spare grand sitting around that I didn't mind spending, I'd definitely pay that for it.  A bit more, even.'

...but £4300??? WAY out of my league that's for sure!

Congratulations to the lucky seller! And the lucky buyer! :)
wow seroisly glad guy got good price must spent fortune on that system
ohh no way chould afford that pitty didnt come to live in New Zealand insteed
i whould meet at airport
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: xeron on April 05, 2011, 11:08:44 PM
Quote from: nicholas;628643

I see the bidders names have been made private too, it always raises my suspicions does that.


I always set my auctions to private these days because in the past people bidding on my stuff have been contacted by scam artists pretending to be me trying to get them to pay via money transfer.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: WolfToTheMoon on April 05, 2011, 11:16:59 PM
Whar are the usual prices that A4000 go these days...? Anybody selling a "stock"(no expansions) A4000?
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: nicholas on April 05, 2011, 11:24:02 PM
Quote from: xeron;628684
I always set my auctions to private these days because in the past people bidding on my stuff have been contacted by scam artists pretending to be me trying to get them to pay via money transfer.

You must be talking about way into the past then as the full names of the bidders haven't been displayed for years, just the first and last letter.

e.g. x***n, n******s etc....
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: Digiman on April 06, 2011, 12:06:37 AM
Quote from: nicholas;628698
You must be talking about way into the past then as the full names of the bidders haven't been displayed for years, just the first and last letter.

e.g. x***n, n******s etc....


Feedback however becomes meaningless if private auctions are used.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: haywirepc on April 06, 2011, 12:24:04 AM
"I love my A4000 - but 5 grand??!!! Thats dual-head top of the line nvidia or ATI graphics, 12G ram, dual processor fully loaded crysis2 mutilator money with a couple of big monitors, several TB of storage, a solid state drive or three, and a nice nkro cherry switched mech keyboard. "
 
I love this guy, he thinks like me, only I also figured I could also get some SSD drives, and a 60 inch main display, and more.

:)
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: AmigaFreak on April 06, 2011, 12:38:52 AM
Man that's a nice system... Though I don't think I could justify myself ever paying that much.
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: smerf on April 06, 2011, 02:26:56 AM
Hi,

Anybody seen Franko lately?

Hey Franko how do you like your new toy?

smerf
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: LordSpunky on April 07, 2011, 08:41:25 AM
Quote from: smerf;628772
Hi,

Anybody seen Franko lately?

Hey Franko how do you like your new toy?

smerf

:laughing:
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: gertsy on April 07, 2011, 11:56:33 AM
Quote from: WolfToTheMoon;628690
Whar are the usual prices that A4000 go these days...? Anybody selling a "stock"(no expansions) A4000?


About $400-$500 US/Aus for one in good nick and nothing special internal.

Nice price....!
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: Colani1200 on April 07, 2011, 01:05:25 PM
Quote from: Digiman;628644
Overpriced.


WHAT?

No... come on. I mean, just look at it, it even has a face:

(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqYOKi!E1cSSKJrkBNjiV(NWqw~~_12.JPG)
Title: Re: A4K sells for an absolute FORTUNE
Post by: VingtTrois on April 07, 2011, 01:54:08 PM
http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57257

Quote from: save2600;629261
There's another thread talking about this. Kickass system for sure, but... the bidders and auction itself is highly suspicious.