I've gotten good deals on both Aorg and Ebay, it's all about deciding what something is worth to you and being patient.
I was looking for an A1200 and there was an Aorg member who had one. I corresponded back and forth with this person over the course of 2 months. Took forever to get descriptions of what he had and photos. I made an offer to him and was even willing to travel 600 miles round trip to pick the stuff up with cash in hand. He responded back saying that my offer made him laugh. I can tell you that it was fair offer. I told the guy "I'm glad that I can make you laugh, but I still get to keep my money." I also told him that I could wait and that I would find an A1200 for a lot less than this guy was expecting to receive.
A month later along comes KThunder with an A1200. He gives me a damn fair deal on an A1200 with monitor, etc. and he's only 45 min. away. We meet exchange cash for A1200 and even have a pretty darn nice conversation too. As far as I know we are probably the only two active Amigans within a 300 mile radius.
I also had bought an similar system off ebay for about the same money, but the shipping costs are what really killed the value of that deal. I've also had some ebay deals that have been outstanding even when you include the shipping costs. I've had some where I just really wanted the thing so bad I was willing to pay what was necessary to win it. (my bad!) :roll: And then there have been the ebay con artists who have just plain ripped me off. :madashell: Btw... by a sure stoke of luck Doomy wasn't one of them. It was a close call though.
I really would like to see more people offer up their stuff on here too, but I know that even if I wanted to part with some of my stuff (which I don't) that some would have to go to ebay to even have a hope of recovering some of the over inflated price I paid in the first place. The rest could go on here.
As far as Aorgonites ripping off each other, that is just sad! A different forum that I belong to for vintage motorcycles has it's own feedback system and also has a forum user name to ebay user name cross reference. Very Handy! Perhaps something like that could be done here? Wayne?
Regards,
AmigaEd
