Why is NTSC Amiga 500+ so hard to find?

[nscaleworld]

I do not see what all the fuss is about. Just do the one mb chip ram upgrade, plug in a Super Denise, and a Kickstart 2.04 rom, and you have yourself an Amiga 500 Plus. BTW, it is far better to add the extra 512K chip ram on the motherboard, then thru the trap door. Uses less power and does not task the power supply as much.
 
I remove Amiga 500 motherboards from their plastic cases and install them into nice mid sized pc tower cases.  Then you can use an Amiga 3000 keyboard and mouse. I also install a Super Gen Genlock inside the tower case, because it gives you two broadcast quality color composite outputs.  Since most games are low res, they look great on a TV.

[nscaleworld]

Not quite, the A500+ has 2MB Chip RAM when a 1MB upgrade card is installed. Pretty sure the only way to get that in an A500 is a Megachip or something similar. Considering I got an 8a board and 1MB upgrade shipped from the UK for probably under $50 total, it beats paying for the hard to find and pricier Megachip and the additional few bucks for a Super Denise.

If you think $80 for a MegaChip is "pricier" then you should not be in this hobby.  Anyway, who really needs more then 1 mb of chip ram on an Amiga 500.  I still say that the best Amiga 500s are plain old Kickstart 1.3, 512k chip, 512k fast, and a plain Denise chip, anotherwards, nothing fancy.  I have NEVER had problems with this kind of an Amiga 500, and all classic Amiga games run great, look great, and sound great.  If it ain't broke, don't fix it  

[nscaleworld]

Ok, have fun.