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[madgrizzle]

I counted approximately 21 A2000's, 3 A1000, maybe 1 A500, 7 monitors and tons of software and accessories..  What was this guy doing with them??

https://southbend.craigslist.org/sys/d/commodore-amiga-holy-grail/6339385713.html

[madgrizzle]

It was a storage locker find.  I suggested to him he post on ebay and amibay to see if someone with the cash would pay for it (warned him of the battery corrosion issue).  Also suggested to him that he probably would have to break it up.  I wish I lived nearby, I'd love to go see it.

[madgrizzle]

That Fate of Atlantis box looks mint so that must be worth £30+ on its own! Shame it is not going to be seperated up as I have friends in Indiana.:-(

Don't count out that not happening.  I suspect he will either part it out because no one takes the lot or, if someone does, they will part it out.  Really.. who needs 21 Amiga 2000s???

[madgrizzle]

And just how did it wind up in a storage locker to be found?  hrmmmmmmm  THAT'S the 64-million dollar question the answer for which we are trawling.  And producing worthwhile fiction while we're at it!

Apparently the guy just bought stuff of eBay and stored it away.  There was plenty more items in unopened shipping packages that were not related to Amiga.  The (now) owner said it appeared to be almost an addiction.  Maybe he had a fondness for them and was compelled to spend money on them (he says as he looks in a mirror).

[madgrizzle]

I don't see the South Bend listing, says it closed.
Did he sell his whole lot?

He said he had no takers and he'll be breaking it up and posting it to eBay.  He seems a reasonable enough fellow so I don't expect price gouging.  If something is too high, its probably because he didn't have a good reference point for pricing it.

[madgrizzle]

Have you talked with this fellow? You guys friends?

Just email.  When I saw it up on craigslist I sent him an email suggesting he  'expand' his efforts to amibay and consider ebay.  Also suggested that if he needed help in figuring out what he has, he could post here to try to find someone relatively nearby.  I sense he knows something about Amigas but I'm not presumptuous enough to ask him directly how much he knows.  I've emailed him several times to ask questions based upon the posts I read here  and he's always responded.

[madgrizzle]

He's parting out the A2000 and A2500s.. see:

https://southbend.craigslist.org/sys/d/commodore-amigahd-2500-huge/6372433068.html