Anyone here have a story about being satisfied with a purchase from Doomie?
I have. Wanting to get back into the Amiga and I saw a craigslist for an Amiga 500 with 512k expansion and an external floppy for a good price.
I called and we set it up.
I picked it up, and he handed me the battery for the 512K, which he had removed. We talked quite a bit about the "Golden Age" of computers, and had both owned a lot of the same hardware. I enjoyed the retro-conversation and got to see his Amiga 2000/Video Toaster setup and his software collection. He included a WB floppy (original) and a boxed copy of Blockout.
I got it home and it worked. The floppies were giving me a bit of trouble. I let him know and he offered to clean them. But I did that myself. Looks like it was mostly the buttons that recognize a floppy is inserted. After playing with those, the internal works great now. The external still gives me probs, but I haven't taken it apart to clean it better. I've recently acquired an Amiga 1200, so I haven't poked at the 500 in a bit.
It wasn't until after that I got back onto the forums and realized that there were problems and I made the connection.
I'm not going to try to sway people's opinions. I've stayed out of the posts for the most part. Since you asked, I'm responding. I saw one person who was defending him a bit in some other thread (possibly on another board) and people started attacking that person.
So, yes, I had a good experience.
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