Looking for a non-yellow working NTSC A1200, paying $150

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Good luck. I paid 275 for mine.

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I came here to escape greedy Ebayers after all.

I am with you on the eBay'ers. That place makes me want to vomit. But at the same time I want to notify you that your "bid" is unrealistic.

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yetihw wrote:
Welcome back, I like you a lot already.  You are definitely honest and will speak your mind.....Bravo.

Anyway I've spent a small fortune on my Amiga 2000 and have not succeeded in getting it to run consistently or right for that matter.  I spent the money to learn the OS and the hardware, whatever.......

My advice for you to consider is to stay with emulation for now then look at one of two options

1. The Efika running morphos with as I understand a relatively seemless Amiga emulator for nearly all old programs.

2. One of the trillions of promised Amiga OS4 boards that also has a somewhat seemless Amiga "classic" emulator.  It looks like the Sam board or samatha may actually materialize.

I too love the old machines and the "feel" of running Native  but having gone down that road myself through Ebay I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.  I mean as far a nostalgia goes you can get many 8 bit computers for 20 bucks and other 16 bit machines  for 100 or so.  The Amiga market is nuts plain and simple in fact I've seen several Amiga 2000 video toasters go on ebay for next to nothing but the same boards in those machines go for 130 dollars and up.  Its become a fool or be fooled market with bits of information and compatibility fragments scattered throughout the web, which leaves us the newbies or the outta touch till now at the guru's mercy.

Don't do it.  Start over with a new product and go from there.

My 2 cents

Neil

Amen, brother. I wouldn't pay an arm and a leg for 20 year old hardware that could die at any momemt. The most expensive Amiga I have I paid 475 for and it was a brand new 4000T demo unit from a local dealer who still happened to be in business.

I also paid 275 for a NIB A1200 "Magic Pack" setup but that is only because I sold a 1200 for that very same price a week before. The one I sold came in a garage sale lot: two 1200s and four 500s for $50. So yeah if you're diligent you will find them!

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Shush! I would have grabbed the ST! Man I like STs! I have a 520, a 1040, a TT and Falcon!

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PaperMario wrote:
pretty good price for A1200, but only if it's a ntsc model.
asked for mine simliar amount.
I saw one recently that sold for $250+ on ebay(computer only).

This is because eFraud is a pit of vipers! The price something fetches on eBay is by no means an accurate measure of its value. I don't know why some people use eBay prices as a measuring stick for an item's worth. That mindset is completely ludicrous.

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How is that done?

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Mine is an NTSC so I am ok

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God forbid I want to make a little money to actually live.

Then get a job

Charity is sweet, but it doesn't help you eat.

That's not always the case. What about soup kitchens?

eBay gouges you the seller ever more. You pay them to list the ad, you pay them based on how much it sells for, and you pay them if you use their PayPal service. Now they tell you what you can and can't sell. I know a guy who tried to sell a legit copy of Solaris and eBay removed his ad stating it was illegal, even though it was stated as being a legit copy.

eBay is no measuring stick by which to gauge an item's worth.

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huronking wrote:
Ok, so anyone have a piss-yellow A1200 for sale?

 :-D  :-D  :-D

Ask Doomy. He'll only charge you $1200 because the yellow edition 1200 is rare.

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Personally I've never really had major problems with the Amiga build quality, but it certainly wasn't top notch.

Case in point is the A600 they use those cheap plastic tabs on the case instead of more screws. While the case can be taken apart without breakage you need to have the hands of a surgeon!

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terminator4 wrote:
Really I agree with everyone here (RARE RARE LOL)
Ebay is not 100% by itself the answer.  But you can develop "pricing trends" - say every week amiga 2000 sells for 50-75$ (barebone almost) you're not going to price it at $125 then.
Amiga 4000 sells for $300-350 - then you cannot price it for $500 and expect to sell it (ebay or outside ebay).

But some local guy sees an extraordinarily clean A4000 go for $800 on eBay. In the meantime he has some yellowed hunk of junk but doesn't perceive there is a difference because it still boots up and works. He wants to gouge you for 700-800 for a local transaction because of unrealistic eFraud pricing.

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As for Doomy and the A500... I don't know if you've read through forums, it seems you're new here, but I don't think he's what you call "a poor guy". And it seems like you're playing with fire... so don't come crying back if you get stung (as many, MANY, people have in the past; here, check this out: http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs?User=retrogeek001&Dirn=Received+by)

One thing I find particularly amusing and interesting about Doomy is his "he only did it in retaliation" excuse. He seems to have used this one for just about all of his negatives.

Plus, he swears everyone else is vulgar. I cannot imagine all of the vulgar and lazy non-paying eBay users are coincidentally enthusiasts who respond to his auctions.

Does he really believe anyone is going to buy his defense that he was always the victim who was attacked first? Especially with the reputation he has created for himself it will be extremely difficult to garner any credibility.