Do resellers bother you?

[runequester]

This is one of those things thats hard to prove, but it seems there's at least a minority out there who will buy up amiga hardware for cheap, then sell it on directly, at a higher price. (sometimes unrealistically so, I've seen single issues of amiga magazines on ebay for "buy it now" at 20 dollars. Seriously guys?)
It always amazes me that amiga gear will fetch extremely high prices, compared to a lot of retro computer stuff, and I wonder if price speculation is part of that.


Is this something that bothers you?

Does it make a difference to you if you are selling or giving stuff to someone, whether they are a user, a collector or a reseller?

How do you go about buying amiga stuff?

[runequester]

What bothers me is the people who have like 20 Amiga's, thus leaving none left for the rest of us, LOL.  ;-p

LOL

Thats why I split it into users, collectors and resellers

[runequester]

yeah, I had some sticker shock trying to get a copy of a few PS games (Disgaea 1 and 2) as well. Though it seems for less popular titles, its not so bad.

[runequester]

I guess one thing that irratates me a little is when the seller states that he doesn't know if the item works, knows nothing about it, states there will be no returns or refunds, and then has a sky high starting bid amount.  If the seller truly doesn't know if the item is functional then he should start the bidding at 99 cents and let the bidders take the actual risk.  

Amibay's policys are a joke.  Everything in life is a version of buying low and selling high.  How many people have bought houses or cars or boats to flip them for a profit?  If you go to an antique show/sale everything there is being bought and sold for a large profit.  Your grocery stores buy produce low and sell high.  It's a good thing they didn't get their lettuce form Amibay.

"buy it now, 500 dollars, totally worked when I tried it in 1998, no returns at all. Item has been very safe in my leaking basement. SUPER RARE!!!"

[runequester]

yeah, definately. Always breaks my heart when amigas are binned.