All I can remember was going into a store with my parents and really wanting an A500. I also remember a man that went around all the stores demoing it with boxes of boxes of pirated games and thought thats a mean job 
Sales guy must have talked them around as I got an A500, was a sad and a happy day. Sold my C64C :/
I can relate to the SAD part ! I was really sad to lose my C64 breadbox, how I loved that machine and miss it to this day .. Just like guitarists never should sell their guitars, kids of that time should never have sold their first computers .. :-)
Wonder where my C64 went, I guess its a goner , too high odds its still in someones attic ... :-) But I can hope ..
I had it for three years and were just getting started programming when I traded it in for an A500 .. The A500 was great and all, but AmigaBASIC was not my favourite language and programming manuals cost an arm and a leg for me, so I couldnt afford any. Imagine having the resources on the net that are available today, THEN !!
