Looking for a non-yellow working NTSC A1200, paying $150

[jbuonacc]

well, mainly based on the response from you guys on this, i just bought a NTSC Amiga 1200 for $200+. doesn't come with much at all (no manuals or OS disks even), and has an 80mb HD installed. sound ok? i figure for what i want (don't like the looks of tower or PC-style 1/2/4000) it's probably the best Amiga i can get. honestly, i wouldn't like to pay more than $150 myself but after looking around i see that's not much of an option. seems ~$200 is more realistic.

not sure why i'm surprised by this, i'm a converted Atari user that knows very well what Falcon030's or even nice STE's can sell for. (then again, i don't think any Commodore or Amiga could match the build quality of an Atari.) there's just that part of me that knows there's probably hundreds of Commodore, Amiga, or Atari sytems out there at garage sales or flea markets or :gasp: computer recycling places that could be had for a few dollars. it's this endless search for the $20 system that has warped my perspective over the years. and at the same time i have a $2000 synthesizer, a $1000 laptop, a $500 set of monitors, a $500 audio interface, etc, etc... all this and i still don't want to pay more than $20 for a C64! :-P good way to get started, i guess...

so, i guess i've now bought three Amigas in the past week. :-o good way to get started, i guess...

[jbuonacc]

da9000 wrote:
... because afterall, you want it for free, because you THINK it's worth as much as an Atari, etc...

?? not sure i understand this one... a stock Falcon030 is worth a good bit more than a comparable(?) A1200, and a nice ST setup will get more than an A500. they're not exactly spec'd alike, but as for comparing competing models...

and of course everyone knows that Atari's product design and quality control were always leagues beyond that of Commodore/Amiga. ;-)

[jbuonacc]

terminator4 wrote:
... an amiga 1200 can be worth as much $400, with network card, rom 3.1/os 3.1 and 16mb and 68030 board.  but definitely more than $150.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150098912316

is that thing just missing a screw in the right front, or is it more serious? looks pretty scary, love the way he describes it as 'mint'. :lol:

[jbuonacc]

if 'Doomy' comes through clean on the A500 i just grabbed for $30, i'll consider him a-ok. he'd better include the PSU like he stated as well. hopefully it's not 'stolen'. :-( looks like his feedback rating is hurting his sales, nobody else even bid on the thing. poor guy...

also, 'geekygeorge' is *not* 'retrogeek'.

[jbuonacc]

@ da9000 - right, i guess it depends what products you're looking at.

as for general quality, it's like comparing a Toyota to a Chevy (or something like that). certainly nothing 'wrong' with Commodore/Amiga really, but an Atari is built like a tank comparatively. even the 65/130xe series and accessories. anything before that, not so well designed. an A500/A1200 could probably be broken over your knee, an ST/Falcon030 could kill somebody. i'm a fan of both, though Atari isn't so appealing any more after 'discovering' Amiga.

as for 'RetroGeek' - we'll see. he says it's in fine condition and works perfectly, i guess i'll find out. with my luck though, it'll be a PAL unit. yeah, he's a weird dude. spent some time reading through his website one night, what a laugh! he's quite into himself - and where *does* he get these prices? for as much as he slags the A1200, i wonder if he'll give me his. :-D

[jbuonacc]

da9000 wrote:
@jbuonacc:

As for 'RetroGeek', I wish you good luck (also keep in mind he might be 'monitoring' these forums and acting accordingly; just had to throw the conspiracy theory in there :-D )

well, i wouldn't be surprised. not sure all that's happened in the past, but i'll at least give him the benefit of the doubt. dealt with him a few weeks ago and everything went great. i guess we're all probably a bit eccentric really, but i got a kick out of a lot of the stuff on his site. some nice 'Amiga Tips' as well.

[jbuonacc]

true, it's not perfect but the benefits sometimes far outweigh the bad. even for stupid things - i just sold an old Beastie Boys/RUN-DMC tour shirt for $87 that i pulled out of a stack for $4 or so (then again, there's some wacko selling two of them for $279 each). for things like this, you can't go wrong. vintage computer stuff is a bit different, everyone wants a mint condition system working perfectly. in a perfect situation this can happen - i recently bought a C64 and 1541 (both boxed) for $65 that had literally never been used before.

if modification is possible, i just noticed a boxed A1200 in nice shape from the UK (PAL) for BIN ~$110 shipped to the US.

[jbuonacc]

no, i don't believe they did. still holding out, i think.

why, do you have one for sale?

[jbuonacc]

 :-o who's the fool who actually put a bid in on it? why bid when you know it'll end up higher than the BIN? should've set a reserve just to keep it available, by the time i went to buy i wasn't able to.