How to live with Amiga addiction?

[brownb2]

Somewhat like alcoholics anonymous I'm coming out here that I can't stop browsing ebay for retro machines I used to own or have used in my teenage years.

In my collection I have two Amigas currently but am looking for more "bargains" on ebay where the original owners don't know the gems they are selling.

How the heck do I stop this addiction? I don't have the room in the house (actually correction - I don't have room to display machines) and barely have time to use the Amigas I have at the moment at all (maybe once a fortnight for a game or two). In all seriousness I feel it's the starting of hoarding and I actually detest keeping stuff I class as junk because I am a reasonably tidy person - and I don't see old low end Amigas as junk, just as machines with potential.

Of course putting this message on here might just be like asking a load of rabid drunks how to quit drinking...

[brownb2]

Well I bought a "Cartoon Classics" boxed A500. Sadly it was not the A500 Plus I wanted (and used to own plus 2MB chip), didn't have any of the original software and has a duff modulator (rectified - I just bought one from ebid). The machine is completely non-yellowed however.

The 501 looks like it might be on it's way out but I'll add solder and lacquer it to get a few more months/years.

Really don't know why I bought it apart from price (£10, or about $17). I use my good condition 600 for games, 1200 is the gem in the collection and stored away, and the 500 will be "throw around" - probably... hopefully not throw out.

At this point I'm thinking I should have used the space for a C64...