Your analysis on prices is pretty much spot-on. Here on the other side of the pond it's about the same, when you can even find the hardware. About the only things that are occasionally still "reasonable" priced are A500's ($50-$100) and A2000's ($200-$300). The more high end stuff, A3000's, 4000's, or any of that PPC hardware you listed... fuggedaboutit! :cry:
About the only thing that doesn't seem to be worth any money is 1084 monitors. I've had about five of them go through my hands recently, they don't survive being shipped very well so I usually try to just give them away to good homes locally. Still have a couple sitting on the floor in my office, tired of tripping over them! Make me an offer, LOL.
Am sure there's a lot of factors involved, a few off the top of my head would be:
- Hoarders :pissed:
- Systems breaking down
- High end systems that people built in late '90s-early 2000's sitting in people's closets, no longer used
- People thinking they can get a king's ransom for "rare" or "vintage" hardware
- People who wanted high end systems when they were kids and couldn't afford them back in the day, now that we're all (somewhat) more financially sound, buying up things
I still see a lot of Amiga stuff turn up online as part of estate sales. Wonder what the average age of an Amiga user is, now? At 37 I think I'm one of the younger ones. Eventually (sad to say it, but it's the truth) some of these people will pass on, or are already. Wonder if their kids will know what to do with this stuff? Or just toss it?
Anyhow, enough ruminating on this subject, I still say damn the hoarders! :destroy:
