Price Advice pls

[mechy]

Wow...maybe that's the asking price, but does anyone actually pay that much for A2091 cards?

Things really have gotten crazy - these are useful but not great cards.

I guess I still have my head stuck in the 1990s when I could pick up an A500 for $10 at the thrift store, an A2000 for $25 to $50 and an A4000 for $60 to $80.

Oh - and a VIC-20 for $2.99 - I remember the first time I ever visited my local thrift store there were six VIC-20s all priced at that amount.

Deals can be had but citing you can pick up a 4000 for $60 in a local thrift store isn't realistic since no one else can probably duplicate this.Typical 4000's have gone from $200-500 in the last years and this depends on what they have in them.There are no hard and fast rules and market demand plays a role.
i think a 4091 is worth somewhere around $50-$75.  Although scsi on the accelerator is alwaqys better, the 4091 is heads and tails about the stock 4000 IDE. that being said no one should compare a 2091 to the 4091. the 2091 is a horribly old slow zorro2 card that just barely supports luns and manages 2-2.5MB/s while the 4091 is a z3 bus master card that can see 10MB/s with the right drive.

Mech

[mechy]

Well, I think $500 for an A4000 is a little crazy, even if that is the going price.  I don't equate ebay prices with rational, real world flea market, garage sale or classified advert prices either.  Ebay is always inflated. If price is no object to a person, then go shopping for Amiga stuff on eBay.

Even so, I wonder how many people REALLY pay the full asking price on ebay (i.e. how many of those auctions actually close at $500).
I sold an A3000 on ebay last year with all the latest chips and full ZIP RAM, and 040 and it didn't go for that much (I think it sold for between $200 and $300).

I have seen quite a few 4000's go for $500 in the years passed on ebay and other places.It depends what is in the machine. Market demand is what drives prices and i dont think 500 is crazy for a decent 4000.
Ebay is not always inflated, i have seen the same prices on amibay and elsewhere. I picked up a cyberstorm MK3 working for $300 just a year ago,which was a very good price off ebay.
Ebay is just like any form of trading, if you cant afford it don't buy it,if you can more power to you. there are deals to be had everywhere if you are patient and do your homework.

mech

[mechy]

I think $100 for an A4091 is crazy.  You could buy a whole A4000 for that on a good day.  If price is no object, maybe.

The A2091 is an equivalent card for the A2000 and you can barely give these away (they are not useless, just not special - and they too have their quirks).

The 2091 is not even in the same universe as a 4091 and shouldn't be compared for pricing(or performance) sake.

Oh and i will take all the A4000's you can find without battery damage for $100 ea... just let me know:D.

mech