A1000 sells for more than A4000 on eBay!

[stevieu]

@HenryCase

That's the whole point of bidding at the very last moment. If someone's maximum bid beats yours, then I just say it wasn't meant to be :-D

Annoyingly, I never bid until the very end of an auction.

[cv643d]

Yes, I agree. The A4000 is a hit or miss buy everytime you buy one from someone who have left the community.

I think I have owned closed to 10 second hand A4000 now and it seems everytime I open up an incoming A4000 I see rotten batterys, broken SIMM-socket, hell, even broken SIMM-sockets on a CyberStormPPC (!), brute-force modified brackets, missing small parts. Holes drilled, home made internal adapters, missing small bits that is a must for cosmetic 100%, and the list can go on (forever I suspect).

It is annoying as hell but it is part of the gamble when you roll your dice and purchases a second hand A4000. You never know what to find in someones Amiga system!

[HenryCase]

@stevieu
I misread your post then. I thought you said you bid and snipe later. I know people who do this and I don't know why they bother. If you're going to snipe (the best way to keep prices low), why bother bidding hours in advance as well? It's silly.

[AmiDude]

@cv643d wrote:

I think I have owned closed to 10 second hand A4000 now and it seems everytime I open up an incoming A4000 I see rotten batterys, broken SIMM-socket, hell, even broken SIMM-sockets on a CyberStormPPC (!), brute-force modified brackets, missing small parts. Holes drilled, home made internal adapters, missing small bits that is a must for cosmetic 100%, and the list can go on (forever I suspect).

It is annoying as hell but it is part of the gamble when you roll your dice and purchases a second hand A4000.
You never know what to find in someones Amiga system!

To avoid a disappointment ALWAYS ask for clear pictures
of the insides before you close the deal! Especially from the clock battery area.
 :rtfm:

[chiark]

But pictures mean nothing, especially if you buy something from someone less scrupulous than they could be...  It's easy to remove a battery and say "battery removed before any damage occurred", only to find that the clock doesn't work, FAST RAM isn't recognised...

Caveat emptor is truly the case with 4000s it seems!

[AmiDude]

@chiark wrote:

But pictures mean nothing, especially if you buy something from someone less scrupulous than they could be... It's easy to remove a battery and say "battery removed before any damage occurred", only to find that the clock doesn't work, FAST RAM isn't recognised...

Caveat emptor is truly the case with 4000s it seems!

Asking for pictures can mean the difference between a good or a bad deal.
If there's no battery damage, chances are good that there is no hardware failure. I always ask for pictures before buying and look very good if there are no damaged traces around the battery area. No problems in that case.
It's better to ask for pictures then blindly buy an Amiga  
without even knowing what's inside.

[benb123]

I just wish more people listed their "junk" on Ebay. There must be many who throw stuff in the trash such as old yellowed A1000s with who knows what precious expansions. :roll: A touch of retr0bright (I hope and will find out in 6 months when I try it) and things could have been better.

I like A1000s because they really were the pioneering model and have a colourful (4096 even) history of Jay Miner, Mitchy (dog print in the case), RJ Michael (he has a web site - do a google). From what I have read, these guys worked WITHOUT PAY for a period just to get the A1000 out there. You know they *loved* their work.

I aren't much interested in the A4000 but I do like the A3000 (more similar in appearance to the A1000 perhaps) and of course the A500 which I actually owned back then. I bought an A3000 in Australia with a 68040 on ebay but then the seller said the 68040 died and for some reason I thought he might be scamming me so I got a refund. In hindsight, the 68030 would have been just fine. :cry:

[JackL]

A month ago an eBay seller had to relist several times a much better condition A1000 with printer, monitor, loads of extras before he eventually got a buy it now of £50!!!  Just shows there can still be some huge disparities in what Amiga stuff sells for - which is good to know :-)

£50 - maybe that was the one in the US i was watching.

If not it must have been badly listed - what category was it in? i have been watching ebay with daily searches for Amiga 1000 and A1000 etc Only 2 have appeared in many months. one listed above (in this thread) and one in US which did have to be re-listed (with cut down accessories) that finally went for peanuts.

trouble is i am in the UK. shipping an amiga 1000 from the US with extra goodies costs a great deal. I dont know this for sure but i dont remember the 1000 being a big hit in the UK, and maybe there arent that many here. Its was the A500 that really brought Amiga to the attension of the British public. Anyone have any numbers for the A1000 in the UK?

Oh and yes, i confess, i bought the other Amiga 1000 for £122 in the UK. My limit was £100, but i just couldn't let it go. :-)

[K7HTH]

Ebay are the masters of emotional manipulation.

[klx300r]

hey its all about who 'wants' that certain piece of nostalgia RIGHT NOW! that drives them crazy bidding wars on ebay