Hey, it's a bargain. I paid $750.00 for my used A1000 in 1988, then spent a fortune to add the IDE controller, huge 105mb HD and 1.5mb Spirit RAM daughter card. I had more fun and lost more sleep with that machine than any since then and I didn't even scratch the surface of what the Amiga is capable of doing. I am still trying to learn enough to take advantage of half of the Amiga's potential. I still like the design of the A1000 and feel very nostalgic about it. I will always keep my original A1000.
I wish everyone here would get over the obsession about the prices on eBay. Sometimes you can find a bargain there, but most of the time there are too many interested bidders to allow low or what people here would consider reasonable prices. You can look at this in two ways, 1. the prices are too high and prevent you from getting what you want at a price you can afford and think is fair, or 2. you can appreciate that there is still an active interest in the Amiga and the high prices of the auctions increase the worth of the Amiga equipment that you already own.
The glass is half empty or half full, you choose which way to see it.
