Guidance on selling a A4000 and A3000

[Acill]

People say they are worth thousands of dollars,  but if you look on ebay those same ones listed have been posted multiple times for months and never sell.

[Acill]

I still stand by them not fetching thousands of dollars. I also have no interest in them and still say that. I will agree on selling the Cyber vision and the 060 cards separate.

[Acill]

From my experience of owning Amigas...

If an Amga 3000 or 4000 has sat unused and not maintained they will have issues.

If the 3000 has had the battery removed before any leakage the will run just fine.  The only other item that really should be taken care of are the PALS.  I have seen them fail, but they are readily available and socketed.  I have 2 3000 that have never failed with no battery damage.  I have seen 50 or so 3000's fail because of battery damage, they will fail and will have to be repaired I will guarantee it.

The 4000 will fail because of the caps and the damage they cause to surrounding areas.

A well maintained and updated Amiga has a lot more value to me since I don't have to monkey with it or send it out to be fixed.  Finding repair talent for the 3000 is a harder job than the 4000 for sure also and should be factored in the purchase.
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I couldn't agree more! I am working on a 3000 currently that sat a long time.  It's been hours and hours of tedious work finding g bad spots and fixing them. I charge way less than I should,  but I do it for the community and make no promises that I can get them 100% when in this state. The 4000 I am working g on also has some damage from leaking caps and battery. Currently it's working but I need to replace some chips to restore AGA modes in workbench. Also a tedious job. Had I charged the rates a full time repair shop would on these it would be several hundred easily. I'm at under $145 on them.

[Acill]

I can hear you on wanting it to go to a good home and not resold. Sadly a lof of great Amiga stuff gets that way. Ebay will net the most money usually though if you test and photograph it all well.

As far as someone getting it that deserves and will enjoy it, I think they best way is to talk to them on the phone before hand if you plan to let it go for a lower price than you see on ebay, just look at items sold and not listed.

I sold a few things and gave a lot away recently. Thats the way I did it. None of it made me much of a profit unless you count that going into other projects or money going to get things to fix other amiga systems for others.

[Acill]

Many people from outside of Canada will not be familiar with the Avro Arrow, but (depending on what it was) could be FAR more valuable than an Amiga 4000, even tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars, so I understand why your "gun shy".

The Avro Arrow was such a fantastic fighter! I hear they are pitching it again as an alternative to the F-35? It would be amazing to see it get put into production at last.