are we still sharing crazy ebay postings?

[Pgovotsos]

How about this one? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=112142339965&alt=web

$7,000 for what's supposed to be a prototype of a CD32 game but he's unable to provide pictures of it running. He also doesn't have the controller for it - something like the Joyboard but shaped like a surfboard. Anyway it's just a homemade CD that could simply be burned from the image available in several places for download.

[Pgovotsos]

I've noticed that computer_preservation tends to post high BIN prices, but they tend to be quite negotiable.

If you develop a relationship with them, they are very reasonable. Open to negotiations as you said, especially if you get several things at once. I've gotten quite a lot from them.

They have an advantage over many of us because through their contacts they find large lots. They've bought out the entire stock of several companies. If there are certain things that you are looking for, they keep a list and are good about keeping an eye out for you. They're not averse to taking parts from several partially working machines to combine into one working one for you and only charging for the one machine, not all of the donors like you would from most places even though it leaves them with several non working machines that it will be harder for them to sell.

It really does seem like their focus is to preserve as many fully functional machines as possible AND see them in active use, not tucked away in a collection.

[Pgovotsos]

$200 - 800(mint) rough estimate.

Nah, that's too close to a normal value. He should be asking more like $39,000 to keep it in line with this thread

[Pgovotsos]

I was looking for another Powerbook for MorphOS and stumbled across this "gem".

http://www.ebay.com/itm/142307161210

Over $1,000 for a $30 logic board?

[Pgovotsos]

Ah yes, the highly coveted and rare SX32. But that is a ridiculous price.
I wish the Apollo Team would do an FPGA expansion for the CD32.

Kipper2k has said in a few  threads that he wants one for the CD32. I don't know if the team is thinking of doing one - the CD32 would probably be the smallest audience - but if anyone can convince the team to make one, I wouldn't think anyone could be a more effective advocate than him. A couple of times he's sounded pretty adamant.

He said it wouldn't be that difficult since the expansion connector on the CD32 and the trapdoor expansion on the 1200 are essentially the same other than the physical connector.

Personally I think a CD32 with a Vampire accelerator would be just about ideal. Sure it doesn't have a keyboard built in but connecting one is easy. It's fairly small so easily portable, already has a CD drive built in, AGA with S-video if you didn't want to use RTG for some reason and I think it has the greatest free volume where the Vampire would be so cooling should be less of an issue.

What would be really cool would be if they could do something like the Paravision SX-1 that plugged into the expansion connector and let you plug the FMV cartridge into the SX-1. I know it's only Mpeg1 / VCD so it wouldn't have the video quality of Riva say but it would offload the processing from the Vampire. Maybe? I don't know enough to know if it could work that way but I can't help but think that that would be super exciting

[Pgovotsos]

Don't forget $2,000 for shipping.  :laughing:

And local pickup in the police station parking lot :roflmao:

[Pgovotsos]

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Look at this nutta!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alien-Breed-Tower-Assault-Commodore-Amiga-CD32-Boxed-New-Sealed-/112439410925?hash=item1a2de940ed:g:3o4AAOSw4shX~GfT

This 'game' is never going to get played is it? Sad, unless Team17 buy it for their reception to remember the 'fun & edgy' period in their history ;-)

The crazy thing is that if you look at his sold items, someone IS willing to pay his nutcase prices.

If you want to ask a ridiculous price for your item, that's your prerogative. If someone actually pays those prices, does that effectively justify his pricing? We joke and jeer about crazy pricing. Certainly we think they are crazy and would never consider paying them, but obviously some people are willing to pay. Maybe we are the crazy ones

I still don't think it's right and I wouldn't participate as either a seller or buyer. Unfortunately it seems as if, at least in some situations, we might be wrong. Do we need any more proof that the world is going to heck in a handbasket? :angry: