Redrumloa and AmiBay - Update

[TjLaZer]

I thought I would throw a few pennies on here...

I have dealt with Red several times and he is a stand up and honest seller.  Yes he does need to make a small profit, otherwise why bother?  He offers a service and everyone needs to accept that the prices he might sell things will be higher that what you might expect from a garage sale, thrift store or someone on Amibay, etc.  As far as his comment on it was way too cheap.  So what?  He was right, it was.  Nothing wrong with that comment.  Now if it was shown that he indeed has tried to no avail to scarf up cheap Amiga gear to price gouge and resell, then that would not be good.  But I don't believe he has been doing that as his prices are very reasonable.  I am sure most people would like to make a small profit in reselling anything.  I hope he stays on here.

[TjLaZer]

I think the real issues here is there are a lot of people out there that are overly sensitive to the reselling of Amiga gear at high prices on eBay.  Some view any reseller as trying to price gouging and profit at all means.  Everyone wants that rare Picasso IV or that DKB 3128 for $40, and when they can't get it they get upset.  Yes Amiga prices can be very high and some items are out of reach for some.  But if you are a reseller and want to make it worth your time you will have to try to make some kind of profit.  Some whine and complain if people sell things for what they are worth.  I'm sorry but if anyone has problems with these resellers, just keep it to yourself.  If anyone had issues with Red you should see some of the resellers actions out there!  The Atari Jaguar community has this one guy who all he does is bid and buy rare gear and immediately throws it on his eBay store for 3 times the price!  This has driven up prices really bad and has caused a lot of problems.  That is not right and I can see where that would piss off everyone...  I am glad that we do not have anyone like this in our community.

I hope Red takes this all with a grain of salt and decides to stay with Amigas, if he doesn't it is his choice and will do what he will do...