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Trade offer for those living in northern California
« on: August 09, 2004, 09:19:47 AM »
I've been looking for an Amiga 1200 or 4000 for a while now. Since the prices they go for on eBay are outrageous and they always get snapped up instantaneously whenever they show up on Craig'sList for decent prices I figure I might as well offer to trade something of near-equal worth for one.

    What I'm offering is a near-mint (it was purchased as NOS and has been kept in very good shape) Atari Lynx and six games- STUN Runner, Rampart, Chip's Challenge, Xybots, Klax and Steel Talons. I've also got a screen shield, carrying case (hence the good condition) and a D-cell battery pack I've only occasionally used.

    Any takers?
 

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Re: Trade offer for those living in northern California
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2004, 05:03:16 PM »
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Well I don't know about the US, but here in the UK Atari Lynx consoles generally go for about 2 quid and A4ks go for about 120 quid. So thats a bit of a {bleep} deal.


    That's roughly how much I paid for the Lynx. Dunno about the UK, but Lynxes are somewhat rare in the US.
 

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Re: Trade offer for those living in northern California
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2004, 05:49:44 PM »
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The lynx is far from rare here in the US. I just did a search on ebay and it seems they close at the $20 price range. Here is a huge list of them currently on auction.
http://search.ebay.com/atari-lynx_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8


    OK, I'm right {bleep}ed.
 

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Re: Trade offer for those living in northern California
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2004, 10:04:06 AM »
    I know now that that the Lynx itself isn't worth all that much. I paid for it new long after it was discontinued, and I've taken excellent care of it, so I thought it might still retain some of it's initial value.

    I do have some other things I can try to throw in, like an A500 expansion chassis with hard drive controller and RAM board, and/or an A1000 with an internal 2MB RAM expansion.

    Another reason for the price confusion is that where I live in the US, Amiga stuff pops up only once in a blue moon, and when it does, whoever's selling it is often selling it at get-it-out-of-my-house prices. Except on eBay, of course, but after seeing people over there pay $200 for a very obviously broken Cyberstorm board (true story), I've tended to dismiss eBay prices as insanity.