Why is NTSC Amiga 500+ so hard to find?

[tone007]

I do not see what all the fuss is about. Just do the one mb chip ram upgrade, plug in a Super Denise, and a Kickstart 2.04 rom, and you have yourself an Amiga 500 Plus.

Not quite, the A500+ has 2MB Chip RAM when a 1MB upgrade card is installed.  Pretty sure the only way to get that in an A500 is a Megachip or something similar. Considering I got an 8a board and 1MB upgrade shipped from the UK for probably under $50 total, it beats paying for the hard to find and pricier Megachip and the additional few bucks for a Super Denise.

[tone007]

If you think $80 for a MegaChip is "pricier" then you should not be in this hobby.  Anyway, who really needs more then 1 mb of chip ram on an Amiga 500.  

$80 for a MegaChip is "pricier" than a whole rev 8a board.  I've personally spent thousands on Amiga stuff (having had one of each released system plus PPC boards,) so I'm not complaining about the cost of a MegaChip, just trying to eliminate its need in my application.  I wanted 2MB Chip ram on my A500 to go with the '030 accelerator and ethernet board while running AmigaOS 3.9, it was an exercise in maxing out a non-towered A500.  Sure, I could've just used the 3000T or 4000T with '060s, but it was a fun project.