Amiga 4000 in good condition

[Lando]

That price is insane.

It's a bog-standard 25Mhz A4k'30, with 3.0 ROMS and (most likely soldered) crippled Rev 9 Buster.  Worth £70 at the most.

Almost £300 with 5 days left in the auction?  In the past I've paid £30 for an A4000 in the same condition as this but with a socketed rev 11 Buster and '040.  The MOST I ever paid for an A4000 was £140 but that came with a Vlab card, Scan doubler, GVP SCSI + RAM board and a 2GB H/drive.

Paying £300 for a 4000/030 when you could get a brand new Pegasos II for the same money is crazy.

[Lando]

X-ray wrote:
@ Lando

I think you must have got a few lucky deals there, mate..when did you get those A4000s ?

I agree with Patrik, you don't get that A4000 unless you got an old itch to scratch and only a classic Miggy can scratch it.

I got one A4k on Amibench ages ago, which was £30, and I've bought another 3 or 4 on Ebay.de (Ebay.co.uk is too expensive).

I take the point about classic Amigas being "collectible" but just comparing that A4k'030 on Ebay to others I've bought on Ebay, it's at least 3 times too expensive, and the fact that it's most likely got a buggy rev.9 buster means the buyer will have problems if he upgrades it with a graphics card, SCSI controller or Mediator.  The auction says it's never been opened except to install the Fast RAM, so the battery is also likely to be corroded to hell.

Maybe since it's in such good condition externally he just wants to buy it and leave it in the box but if he actually wants an Amiga to use then there are far better deals out there.