are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Sorry for this guy having to sell his system due to a medical bill, but dang!  Look at this tower!  It must be about 9' tall, was my first thought.  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1200-Tower-128MB-usb-indivision-aga-FastATA-68030-50Mhz-fpu-50Mhz-dvd-/161910747189

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I feel sorry for you guy's living in the US not having universal health care, you get totally rogered by big biz interests!!

LOL, you got that right.  Healthcare in this country sucks!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Zod Almighty!!  How many A1200's does he have in that thing?

I think it said somewhere you can fit an A1200 + a full PC motherboard in there simultaneously.  Zod is right!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

There's still a few minutes to go and it's now gone insane with bids!

Winning bid: US $177.50

That actually sounds pretty reasonable to me.  Doggone hoarders need to give up some of their collections, flood the market with cheap systems.  LOL, like that'll ever happen.  

Edit:  Makes me think of this SNL skit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYyuo7gm-aQ

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hmmmm, I've noticed that things get snapped up fairly quickly on AmiBay too.... although I'm not a member. That A1200 sounds awesome and pricey! Hope whomever gets it uses it and doesn't just toss it into the hoarder pile! :lol:

Bah.  That picture makes me really angry.  I keep ONE C= era monitor, for testing.  ONE good Amiga at home.  ONE good Amiga at the office.  And ONE danged project, for if I ever get time for it.  I get that some people say how they're "doing the community a favor", and all that, blah blah, by saving these Amiga's from the junk pile.  And while part of that might be true, the number of people who are just absolutely turned off from entering the retro community, or unable to keep systems running due to scarcity of spare parts...  Bah.  I'll get off my /rant now.

On the bright side, @Gizmo, I might have a little something-something coming for my main A2000 soon, that'll put me back on top of the mountain again.  Just you wait, my friend!    

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

The trilogy!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/COMMODORE-AMIGA-OS-ORIGINAL-CDROM-TRILOGY-V-3-5-V-3-9-V4-0-FOR-CLASSIC-NEW-/181766757526

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

What about this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-1200-Blizzard-1230-IV-50mhz-expansion-card-16MB-Ram-MINT-/321980289067?hash=item4af785502b:g:RWAAAOSwoydWnRAL

or

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BLIZZARD-phase5-TURBO-CARD-68040-25-PPC-603e-160-SCSI-RAM-Commodore-AMIGA-1200-/262217785727?hash=item3d0d65e17f:g:pi0AAOSw14xWO684

Ah, they're probably just looking at prices current accelerators go for... doesn't seem too far off the mark, sadly!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Dang it, people.  Bunch'a price gougers.  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Viper-530-E-Matrix-530-mit-SCSI-for-AMIGA-500-plus-Turbokarte-A500-RARE-/191783561681?hash=item2ca730e9d1:g:vawAAOSw5dNWmQmz

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

yeah it's only got a 68k on it and is indeed missing the 030 from the section on the board designed for it.

The '030 is under the heatsink.  They're all like that, look at the pic on Amiga Hardware Database.

http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/ematrix530

Edit - looks like some were available with a PGA instead of an SMD '030.  Probably went through a few design iterations.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

This is starting out at a pretty reasonable price.  Too bad it's most likely "death by Varta".  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-4000D-/141947032639?hash=item210cb3d43f:g:rwYAAOSwAvJW~yKL

It makes me mad just to see this and I didn't have anywhere else to share the pic, lol.  :p

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Nice customised Amiga:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Commodore-Amiga-A500-with-1-Meg-Ram-Expansion-Pimped-/182120155029?hash=item2a67350795:g:XikAAOSwLs5XKzvm

Dayyyyuumm!  That's nice!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

The most beautiful A500 I've ever seen!!!! ERMAHGURD!!! :laugh1:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-COMMODORE-AMIGA-500-BUNDLE-UNTESTED-/262430870747?hash=item3d1a194cdb:g:3rAAAOSwubRXMjmq

Where's that Facebook barf emoji when I really need it?  :p

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

That's the Buy it Now price.

Must be different in your country.  Here the BIN price disappears once a bid has been placed on an item.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Apologies about the $400 motherboard. It was a typo and has been corrected.

Nice! Oh, and welcome to the site! Always interesting to see your auctions, keep up the good work.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

OK... put it down to cultural difference.

(Shakes head).

A lot of this stuff is pretty rare in the US, but given the sorry state of this collection (and poor photos), it's hard to tell what exactly a buyer would be getting.  I'd imagine this is some old geezer who's been hoarding this stuff for years, with now failing health, realizes you "can't take it with you", and wants get some money for his grandkids, or something.

Eh, no interest, really, I just sometimes like to imagine the lives of people who sell stuff like this.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I swear this one's been around for a LOOOONG time.

Ebay should really bring back listing fees for idiots like this. :mad: