How much for this stuff??

[Damion]

Hi,

I'm probably ebaying my 1200 and accessories, and was wondering what y'all might think is a good asking/reserve price for the following (sold separate):

Blizzard 1260-66 MHz, 64 MB ram

DCE internal scandoubler

IDE - Fix w/Express adapter (best A1200 IDE splitter IMO)

A-Tech A1200, would probably throw in a 2 gig drive and GVP 8 MB/FPU expansion card

These things (aside from the 1200 itself) seem to be somewhat rare and nearly unavailable these days?  I can't find anything similar to compare prices with...a few years ago this stuff was all over ebay. Everything is mint with original docs/disks/etc/yada yada...

Might also consider selling the complete system with 15 GB Travelstar, OS CDs, books, ethernet adapter and other accessories?...just figured piecing it out on ebay might fetch a little more lucre...:-P

Also if interested you can read the details about my Pegasos for sale, in this Morphzone thread...

Thanks for any input,

Damion

[TjLaZer]

Should fetch around $200-$300 depending on condition and if you offer a Non DOA.  I stay away from 'as is' auctions, especially after buying two non working Amigas recently.

[Macca]

I'd definately be interested in aquiring this for my A1200:

Blizzard 1260-66 MHz, 64 MB ram

If you decide you want to sell it out right then let me know.


Macca.

[BoingBoss]

Hi -D-,

You should get around $500 for everything.  The following is what I could get if I was selling these items on eBay:

Amiga 1200    $200 to $225
Blizzard 1260-66    $175 to $240
DCE Internal Scandoubler    $45 to $65

In order to get this kind of money, the picture of each item, up for auction, MUST be clear, bright, and sharply focused.  The description for each item MUST also be well written.  You have to create an "air of excitement".  Ask yourself- Why would I want to bid on these items.  Pay the extra 25 cents to have each item in the eBay Gallary.  Make sure that you put the words Amiga 1200 somewhere in each of the titles, so that the search engine will pick them up.  Use 7-day listings and start the bidding at only $9.95.  You may also want to use the counter feature.  
 :banana:

[jeffimix]

@BoingBoss I find you answer stunningly insightful... although I'd say I've seen the 1200s more often go for somewhere between 100 to 200 dollars usd... that might be from looking at 1200s without mice or psu's... the value varies a lot between America and UK (maybe most of europe too) because america had a lot more people buying the big 2000/4000 boxes for toasters, and relatively people few buying the smaller wedge machines or even 3000.

Yes, it is most likely worth taking atleast a couple good pictures of your item for ebay, and gallery's not a bad idea either because it shows up in refined searches, same as having a buy it now option, and Amiga in the title, since I personally look for amiga stuff by simply typing 'Amiga' and I'd bet a lot of others do too... don't get discouraged if there is initally only a couple bids, e-bay auto sorts by ending first and people like to wait to bid, so you get more bids towards the tail-end of an auction (oh and some people 'snipe')

ed: and if the item's truly valuable, it could be better listing it twice and waiting for bidders than to start far too low and risk only one bidder paying next to nothing... though that probly doesn't happen too much...

[BoingBoss]

Hi jeffimix,

@BoingBoss I find you answer stunningly insightful...

Wow, thanks.   ;-)

[Damion]

I appreciate the comments guys, thanks :pint:

My last hurdle now is getting some good pics...everything is basically like new, but the shots I took from a disposible just look terrible...so I suppose I'll have to borrow a real camera from someone...

[Brian]

Lets see...

Blizzard1260 is likely to get you 150+$
DCE Scandoubler is hard to say but I would guess 40-80$
IDEFix/Express same as the previouse but I guess 70+$
Lowspec A1200 will probably probably only get you around 80-120$

Total 340-420+$ if you sell it as parts... if you sell it as one unit you'll probably only get about 2/3's of that.

[Lemmink]

Maybe I should start buying stuff here in germany and sell it to the US. I could make a fortune if the pricesuggestions you make here are right. If I were to sell those thing here in germany this would be the prices I would expect:

Blizzard1260: 150-170 EUR
Scandoubler:       40 EUR
IDE-Fix:        15-20 EUR
A1200:         max 45 EUR (you can get a brand new one from Vesalia starting from 90 EUR )

[Brian]

@Lemmink

Max 45 EUR for an A1200 Kick3.1, 8Mb fast, 50Mhz FPU and 2GB Harddrive? I'd say it's possible to find it at 45 EUR but you'd be very lucky if you manage to get in the first bid on such an item... 80-120$ is more likely though if you let it hang on Ebay for long enough you'd probably manage to get more for it. Also not to forget it's an NTSC model not a PAL so it's less common.

[Damion]

>Maybe I should start buying stuff here in Germnay and sell it to the
US.

Wouldn't be a bad idea, things like Blizzard 1260s are not as common
here, and people (used to) pay a premium. When I was last paying
attention, about a year ago, they never sold for under 300 USD (about
245 EUR)...and that was for 50 MHz versions with no RAM. The cost of a
brand new one including shipping from Germany was often less than what
people were paying over here on ebay.

[Lemmink]

Max 45 EUR for an A1200 Kick3.1, 8Mb fast, 50Mhz FPU and 2GB Harddrive?

Who said it had an 50 MHz FPU ? Plain RAM-Expansions with RTC and FPU-option are usualle clocked at 28 MHz or the like. Usually you have a hard time finding someone even willing to take one of those buggers these days. When sold together with with an A1200 it will hardly add 5 EUR to the value of it. Ok the HD is a point though you could get the a lot cheaper from old laptops today. Maybe 60 EUR would be fair.

Vesalia is currently selling A1200 (US/UK Keyboard) with Viper 1230/40MHz for 160 EUR, or A1200 with Magic Bundle OS3.5 and 40GB HD for 156 EUR

[Brian]

He ask how much he can get for the stuff... 45-60Euro is low, probably too low, but probably what you would concider a fair offer (as do I). But there are probably other ppl out there that pay more for this, especialy for a NTSC models as they are more rare.