eBay alternatives?

[giZmo350]

I was talking to an older guy, maybe in his 70's, couple months ago in a retail store and we got to talking about old computers somehow. He told me that he will drive hundreds of miles to collect any old Amiga and Mac Classic stuff to resell! I asked him if he resells it on eBay. He said "NO!" He told me that he resells ALL OF IT in lots/bulk to "buyers of old computer equipment" as they pay good $$$ for ANYTHING Mac and Amiga. I asked him if he would be willing to sell any Amiga stuff to me and he just started laughing! :furious:

Who can compete with that? I'm sure that are hundreds of retirees that do this - says he has a network!

I'm was thinking "there's an Amiga BLACK MARKET - JEEEEBUZ!?"

The other day I saw a bog standard A500 going for over $1K BIN on eBay and someone friggin bought it! Amiga prices are thru the roof! There's no way I could get into real Amiga these days. Glad I bought what machines I have over 10 years ago. I think I'll be able to retire from what I have - which ain't a whole lot! :lol: Scuzzzzz will make out quite handsomely someday.

I'm weary looking at airey36's crappy stuff on eBay! :hammer:

At least you can still pick up motherboards fairly reasonable to build a machine along with today's new internals. But try finding a reasonably priced original keyboard - ACK!!!!!! BTW, I need/want to buy a functional - good condition A500 keyboard... anyone... anyone?

[giZmo350]

Funny, I want A1200 keyboard .

All I have for a spare is an A1200 Italian keyboard - great condish though - but kinda yellowed! :lol:

I KNOW I have a spare A500 keyboard somewhere - but, do you think I can find it! Looked everywhere! I hate when I lose/misplace computer stuff! :lol:

[giZmo350]

It's kind of fun looking, but so far it's been nothing much more than hideous floral-pattern couches and knicknacks, though. :lol:

I hear ya! I NEVER get lucky at those yard thales! :furious:
Totally missed out on this awesome Star Trek Enterprise replica! DANG!



Like Oldsmobile Mike always says... Gotta love those peeps that post "found what must be 30+ computer keyboard lookin thingies at a yard sale - they have Amiga logos on 'em - never heard of 'em - are they worth anything?"

[giZmo350]

Yes, I have seen the same items Airey sells, at a discount, relisted after having been purchased by someone else, then tested, and marked up.  A while back, he had A500 motherboards and separate sets of chips that he was selling for $15 each.  I saw the same exact ones listed by two US sellers about a month later,  with the chips and motherboards assembled and "tested" for almost $200 each.

Same thing happened to me! I have an old Rev 3 A500 machine that I robbed a CIA & CPU out of long time ago. I thought I would replace the chips and started looking around on eBay. Yup, there's Airey's stuff... $$$. I'm thinking "I'm just not going to pay that much!" because I bought an A1200 mobo from him about a year ago (I'm not simply trying to bash Airey) and the factory buster mod was broken off, along with the IC leg (which results in No Fast RAM) and a bent over pin on the PCMCIA connector (tested my a$$). So I start looking for a motherboard instead of separate chips - might as well right? Well some chap in merry old England was selling five Rev6a mobos at a reasonable price of about $50 each. I watched 4 of 'em go pretty fast and the last one sat there for a couple of days so I thought I better snag it! Now I'm scared to swap the IC's to test the Rev 3 mobo for fear I'll fry 'em and have to look for more! Hence I need a A500 keyboard (don't even get me started as to why I don't have a keyboard for the Rev 3 machine). And this all came about because I'm in line to get one of "Rob the Nerd's" awesome Zorro adapters! Hey NEWBIES, see how this works! :roflmao:

[giZmo350]

Ahhh, I gotta jump back in here one more time. Just as sometimes we Amigan's
are challenged by the same life terms that our parents and grandparents, or whomever had, I will say that I've had great fun with Amiga's over the years and it's all because of you Amiga.org folks. I could complain about no parts or high prices these days, but I've also had my share of good Miggy fortune!

[giZmo350]

:hammer:  :hammer:  :hammer:

Looks like you're bustin my balls there Mikey! You callin me a liar? :lol::lol::lol: