eBay alternatives?

[LoadWB]

Amibay.com.  You'll mostly be buying from Europe, not sure where you're located.  Prices aren't much better than on eBay, however.

I've noticed some eBay mentality has infected AmiBay.  Listings go up with ridiculous prices, or at least prices which do not please the market, the listing stays up for months, an inquiry comes into the thread about the price and the seller stays firm -- nicely or otherwise.

Tells me they're not serious about selling the item and just wasting the time of all involved.

Join the Commodore Amiga Facebook page!

I realize like AOL back-in-the-day, Facebook = Internet for a large number of people, but there are still a good number of people not on Facebook.  If you are then joining will be a useful thing.  The rest of us have other options.

For instance, I trawl Craigslist every so often with the simple search

Amiga site:*.craigslist.org

I have netted a few good deals for Amiga, TI, Commodore, Atari, Sega, and Nintendo gear this way, as well as a fairly difficult-to-find SonyEricsson mobile phone.  (Great, I just gave away my secret.)

[LoadWB]

So people are now "flipping" Amiga and Mac hardware. *sigh*

Mind you, I don't mind making a drive for hardware I want, even if it's just a couple of pieces, then putting the rest up, but I'm not looking to profit any more than my time collecting the stuff in the first place.

I tried getting into the estate sale and auction racket.  Seems like fun, but the time investment is too much for me.  It's a toss-up whether it's worse than garage or yard sale hunting.

[LoadWB]

My favorite example of the stereotypical eBay seller of "retro" items is a guy who had several dozen Atari 2600 "Pac Man" cartridges and listed them as "rare."  I had a PDF of that listing and I've lost it over time.

R@RE VINTAGE H2F NIB NOS L@@K RETRO BBQ XYZ ad naseum

Aggravates the shyt out of me.  Mind, it's definitely not limited to our hobby.  Last year I wanted to find a Jeep.  Something old, not necessarily in good shape.  The least expensive I could find within 200 miles of me was $4,200 and it needed serious work and wasn't even promised to drive away from the seller.  Because, you know, Jeeps of that age are vintage (people can't even use the word correctly,) antiques, and so on.

[LoadWB]

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!

Hear hear.