Redrumloa rocks all kinds of socks

[Ilwrath]

My point was that I personally think it`s wrong to inflate hardware prices by reselling / re-auctioning hardware whilst using A.org as a shop front.

Meh - One person's inflation is another's payment for taking on the risk and hassle of dealing with the Amiga community.  

Red always strived to describe products accurately and ship them quickly and safely.  How many other individuals and vendors can you say that about?  Now, Red didn't make that gear he sold appear out of thin air...  So where did he get it from?  Oh yeah, he took on the risk of dealing with those other vendors.  

Surely its better if things sell for cheaper?!?!?

Not for the sellers...  And, really, not for the market, in general.  If prices drop cheap enough, any hardware that breaks or is not wanted anymore, people will just trash.  If there is a healthy resale market, there's a better chance of preservation.  

You see this in the collector car market.  When a particular type of vehicle has no resale value, no one will bother to rescue or restore one.  As soon as there's some $$ attached, people start pulling them out of fields, barns, and junkyards.

[Ilwrath]

Sorry, but that's just absurd. Anybody who is a collector or enthusiast is going to know people want this stuff even if it's cheap... and they're probably not going to throw things away.

Not necessarily.  I have a broken CS-MK2 in storage.  It's probably repairable, but I don't really want to spend the money.  If the market for a functional one was only $100, I would have chucked mine in the bin, already.  No one would spend the time and money required to repair a cheap item.

But, since the market is above the potential cost to repair mine, I held onto it.  I could still get it repaired in the future, or sell/give it to someone who does.  So, that is one item preserved by market price.  See how that works?

Saying these inflated prices are good for the buyer is laughable.

Not if buyers want to continue to have a market be available.