Wanta a laugh? As-Is 64C system for $2,000.

[Olecranon]

I guess he doesn't understand that some people are actually trying to be helpful.  Its pretty obvious that he is out of touch with what Amiga systems are selling for these days.

He has now appended this to all of his auctions.

Because of the mis-treatment that I have received from some people concerning this equipment, I will not be relisting it. I will be destroying the equipment when the listing expires.

Dont send me emails or I'll throw this 060 board out this 3rd story window!  I'll do it!

[Olecranon]

by TjLaZer on 2006/8/24 10:44:16

WTF is wrong with people, is $500 too much for a loaded Amiga 2000 with Phase 5 68060 card and 64MB of RAM? I think that is a reasonable price especially if you want a maxed out Amiga 2000! People should go to StarBucks and smell the coffee. People always want things for free. Well guess what, most of my collection is from ebay and I paid a lot for it and I never whined. Get over it, nothing is for free. This is a very sore subject for me so watch out! lol (Nickel and diming bids, shows people are cheap and want things for nothing)

No..  WTF is wrong with YOU people who would pay $500 for any A2000..  Or close to $800 for an A1200 accelerator for that matter (but thats a different thread).  :lol:

1994 called, it wants it's computer prices back.  Yeah, $500 is too much for a loaded A2000 computer (In my opinion).  It's like charging $25000 for a 15 year old, decked out Geo Metro.  A4000 systems rarely go that high.  $500 for the worlds fastest ZII ECS chipset machine, brilliant!  Just need to spend another $400-$500 to get a RTG graphics card, new roms, os3.9, and ethernet.  Then you can have a mediocre experience surfing the net.

No wondering there are people who make a living selling old Amiga computers on Ebay, they know some crazy person will overpay for anything.

Thats just my opinion though
 :-)  

[Olecranon]

by mpiva on 2006/8/24 13:46:44

I also think $500 is a reasonable price for that A2000 system. I'd never spend that kind of money on an A2000 regardless of what's in it but I do think it's on par for what similar items are selling for on eBay. Why should people be expected to GIVE stuff away on eBay? He's obviously trying to reap some benefit from all the money and time he's invested into this system. What's wrong with that? If people are willing to pay what he's asking, then good for him. The problem is, it's unlikely to sell with that starting bid and it's sad to think that such a nice system MAY go in the garbage. The ironic thing is that he probably would have got the $500 (and possibly more) if he had a lower starting bid (and the $1000 BIN price just scares people away).

Dont get me wrong.  I could care less how much people ask for stuff on ebay.  Your absolutely correct in saying that a person should be able to ask whatever he wants for anything.  What befuddles me is the people here (who should know better) saying that its a good price at $500.  Its a good price.... But i wouldn't buy it..  hehe  

[Olecranon]

Looks like someone took the bite on that A2000 for $500.  I guess some of you guys were right.  It was worth $500 to someone, and I find that troubling.  :crazy:

[Olecranon]

by LoadWB on 2006/8/24 18:49:53

I bide my time when it comes to buying Amiga parts, and really any computer parts for that matter. I have gotten some sweet deals on game carts and computers, but it took time and patience.

I've only bought one Amiga item off ebay so far.  That was a non yellowed A500 w/power supply that I got $12.00.  I look on ebay all the time, but there are too many crazy people who are willing to pay too much.  You can get great deals on non Amiga specific items though.  I just bought a brand new 4GB Fujitsu HD for 11.00 (including shipping), and SCSI CDROMS are dirt cheap too.

I have two nice A2000 systems that I've gotten from private partys.  One with a 50Mhz 030, the other has a 28Mhz 030 card.  Both have 8mb 32bit ram, and both have flicker fixers.  I might have $400 between the two of them once I add up the cost of installing CDROM, and a 4GB 7200 RPM SCSI drives.  

I said I was done, but I know someone selling an A3000 + monitor for $200.  If I buy it, you may be seeing one of my A2000's on ebay very soon!