Hello,
The board is worth $600 at least. Softhut sells theirs for $489 plus $120 for compatible RAM = $609. And they don't even have it all tested the way they should. This is my 2nd tekmagic board, so I have pretty good experience with this.
All RAM has been fully tested on PC before being deployed to A2000's Tekmagic board.
There's a custom rom and hard disk included and for those interested, you can buy the Amiga 2000 motherboard with it as well. So you get it as complete unit. I tested this board with Picasso graphics card and Ariadne 2.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190370212523And since you were the highest bidder you should be aware that this board won't be sold for just a mere $375. The $375 is not enough for TekMagic 68060 in any timeline. (The 68040 by GVP is worth at least $200, the 68030 is worth $125-150 in my opinion. The tekmagic 060 is in a different ball park than those boards and its a different thing alltogether in terms of performance). Complaining about the price won't make me lower the price, because I know what this is worth. I will wait for the right buyer who appreciates what is available in this deal. But heck, I did complain about price of Amiga One and other amiga machines in the past when they were released into the market (A2000 cost $1500-2000 when released) so I completely understand your concerns. Amiga is not for everyone, only the "dedicated amiga freaks".
He could never get a bidding war going because the reserve was too high. I've always thought that you are better off selling this type of item as a Buy-It-Now if you're going to have a sky-high reserve.
That was one thing with ReDrum's auctions of desirable items. He almost always started them at .99 with no reserve and he almost always did real well with the amount they sold for. (As a added bonus the listing fee was cheaper because of the low starting price)
