marcfrick2112 wrote:
Hi, has anyone else noticed the crazy antics regarding 'Amiga' items on EBay lately? Sure, this has been discussed to death,
but is really *&%#@*'ing me off lately.... First item, selling DOpus V. 4, sure it includes thae manual and box, but manual and binary V. 4.16 are on Aminet....
DIRECTORY-OPUS-4-FOR-AMIGA-500-600-1200-3000-4000
Second, maybe 5 1/4" disks are super-duper rare in some areas, but locally I bought 3 10-packs of Maxell disks for about $ 1.99 US each, less than a year ago, at a local hardware store, of all places..
Vintage 5 1/4" floppies fits Apple Amiga more
Aside from the fact that Amiga's came with 3 1/2" drives as standard, anyone else agree, or have seen similar 'almost-a-scam' auctions??
...on EBay, everything is 'RARE' or 'VINTAGE'..... :lol:
Ack,I can't get the links to work , sorry....
Yep, you are correct... this has been widely discussed before but it doesn't hurt to bring it up again.
The simple fact is the AMIGA, like any other product is a commodity that can be bought or sold, new or used. While I agree that some AMIGA related items are too overpriced, there are other items that will only go up in value because they cannot (easily) be replaced (motherboards, chips, etc..).
Sellers are merely putting a monitary value out there. If someone bites, they will sell again at a similar price. If no one bites, prices will eventually change.
You (as the potential buyer) have all the power here... if you don't like the price, don't bid on it. It's only a buyer's market as long as someone is willing to pay the posted price.
Regards,
Ltstanfo
