Is Software Hut Back In Business?

[eliyahu]

The "going rates" comment worries me.
It doesn't look like we are likely to be getting any bargains.

i'll try to keep prices as low as possible, but joe has to sign off on the price list before i post it. after all -- this is still his stuff, so i only have so much leverage. i'm just volunteering to sell it for him because i hated the idea that it would just get thrown out or otherwise destroyed in his warehouse over time.

p.s.: i didn't anticipate google finding the site just yet. the little blog was just for a few friends to follow. but now that everyone knows, yeah, i'm trying my best to get through all of the stuff. quite a lot isn't really worth much -- like tons and tons of old CDs of textures or PD software or ancient DRAM chips that probably don't even work anymore -- but some of it is. anyway, we'll see how it goes.

-- eliyahu

[eliyahu]

This sort of situation was how AmigaKit in the UK was started! The demise of Eyetech, the British equivalent of Software Hut was turned into a business opportunity as Leaman Computing bought up the stock and started AmigaKit. The rest if history!

Has Eldee Stephens thought about buying up the stock himself and becoming the new AmigaOS reseller/systems builder/peripheral shop for North America? I know there is an AmigaKit branch in San Francisco but this might be good competition for them!

thanks for the enthusiasm, but there's a huge difference between me and amigakit. matthew and the guys at amigakit are the real deal: professional staff, great service, guaranteed kit, the lot. there's no question that, at least for me, they're the first stop for anything anyone needs amiga-related.

i'm just a guy volunteering to help joe get rid of the remainder of his old stock. heck, it's taken me months to inventory the items because i've got a rather demanding full-time job (thank heavens), so just remember i'm just some hobbyist working in his basement in his spare time. there is no way i'd want to do this for a living.

that said i hope folks find the items of interest. i didn't anticipate anyone even finding out about it until i had finished my inventory and pricing work. this stuff literally gathered dust for years, and will be untested, so i don't want to get everyone's hopes up, but i think they'll be a few gems in there. but by all means if anyone needs anything for their classic or next-generation amigas, the first stop should always be the professionals at amigakit, relec, vesalia, amedia, GGS, and alinea.

'softhut redux' is just gonna be the equivalent of an electronic swap meet.

-- eliyahu