I believe when people talk about certain Amiga peripherals as being "overpriced", they are attaching something of a value to cost ratio here. I know I certainly do - which is why I will not pay $500+ for an '060 card for my desktop A1200. Would I pay $300? Probably. And then do *what* with it? Play some ancient 1st person/3D games a little smoother? Watch your icons load up quicker? Or $100 for a MicroGrafx AGA card that did not work w/ PAL signals and progressive scan modes. Glad I was able to get *most* of money back out of that deal. Most though. NOT all.
In the end, as other members have mentioned, this *is* a hobby. Hard to rationalise what we end up paying for some of this stuff out of context. People/dealers/Jim(RedRum) have to remember also that there are many more ePay users with more dollars than sense. Especially these days. Get the "good" while it's still going because it ain't gonna last. The marketplace HERE is going to be different than the market place is on ePay as it is on Usenet's c.s.a.m. group. And then there are those blasted exchange rates that fluctuate more than any politicians integrity - which will forever muck up the $ to £ (or whatever) values.
In the end, my Amiga stuff is "priceless" to me. Priceless in cases like this happen to have expensive monetary values associated with them. It's not logical to feel this way, nor is it supposed to be :-)
