Guy selling A500 as a A1200

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I hope this isn`t seen as spam.

I have just been looking on ebay for a vanilla A1200 as the two i have already have seen better days.

Anyway, I happened across this auction of what seems like a guy trying to sell an original ks1.3 512kb amiga 500 as an A1200.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3544&item=8173306448&rd=1

I have email the guy? the following message to ask him to correct the the error as it is misleading and await his reply.

Hi,
This is not a question as such, But just an observation.
The auction for item number 8173306448 states in the title that it is an Amiga 1200. But it can be clearly seen in the accompanying pictures that it is in fact an original Amiga 500 (not Plus). As the machine does not have the 1200 or 500 plus case badge on the right of the unit, Only the commodore "C" logo which only came with 512kb of memory (not 2mb as the A1200 did), Which i think is a bit misleading. Is there any chance you could correct this error or atleast post a comment in the discription pointing out this error.

Regards

This could be a genuine mistake, But could be an unfortunate purchase for someone expecting an A1200.

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keropi wrote:
The guy just mailed me saying he corrected his mistake, I think that he is alright after all... :-D

Yep, The panic is over. The guy called rachel mail the following message. Well, You can`t be too careful, Can you. :-D

Hi,

Many thanks for taking the trouble to contact me, you are totally correct, it's not a 1200 at all, it's a 500.
 
I have no idea why I mis-typed it, other than the fact that I haven't even looked at it for several years...entirely my mistake.
 
I have corrected the listing, so let's hope I get some bids on it now!
 
Thanks again for taking the time,
 
Rachel (and Spot, who is in disgrace for not "spotting" the error!)


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