Was this a good buy?

[ArchM]

I have been wanting to get an Amiga 1200 for awhile now, and I just got a little money back from school that I was going to use for it, and right then this auction came up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-CD32-SX-1-fully-loaded-and-28-Games-A-Conditio_W0QQitemZ200026635443QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

In case the link doesn't work, it was for a CD32 + SX-1 (which is the setup I REALLY wanted but figured would never come my way).  It also comes with an external 3.5, 4Mb of added memory, and an IDE Hard drive.
The buy it now was set at $450, and since I NEVER see SX-1's for sale, I couldn't resist and I went for it.  

What do you guys think?  I don't really care if I overpaid, I just don't want to get it home and find out I misunderstood and can't actually play old Amiga games on this setup.

[Matt_H]

That's fairly steep for such a setup, but you will be able to play games on it. Consider upgrading to 8MB to give WHDLoad a little more room to play with.

[adolescent]

If you really wanted it, then that's all that matters.

[amigagr]

vesalia sales cd32 for $190.57 and amigakit an ntsc a1200 plus a small hd for $156.86 :roll:

[Markus_Bieler]

Yes. And for all the games included I would say a fair price.

I have about the same config. CD32 + SX-1 + 8MB fastmem + 3.5 from CDTV (black) + A1000keyboard

The only dislike is the really lousy connection between the CD32 and the SX-1. No srew to fix the sx-1 to the cd32. So be careful while olaying games. don't shake the table or hit it, as the sx-1 could lose connection.

And I suggest that you look for a better PSU as the original CD32-PSU is a liite bit weak. If you have strange failures while coping from/to HD from/to Floppy then it is time for a better PSU.

Search for the net to get the DEMO-CD C= made for dealers. It has some nice bonus material, as a complete WB3.1 on it. V1.1 even has a complete fully working Pinball game instead of the demo version. V2.0 has more (and updated) OS-Software.

Some games won't run if the SX-1 is connected as they can't  believe that a CD32 has fastmem.

(Sorry for some crude costructed phrases. My nativ language is swiss-german)

Markus

[pierre]

dude you paid way to much.  Its a nice rig and all, I'm sure you will enjoy and you got it all as one purcase, but in the future I would let some of those auction go as that just not worth is IMO.
(sx-1 pop up all the time.... it's the sx-32 (i think) that is actualy rare)
patience is a virtue on ebay... as all we know
"haste makes waste"
I have overpaid before, I like the stuff I got so.. lesson learned.

[recidivist]

 Much like being the first one to buy the new car or other toy,an early  buyer pays more but gets to use it longer.

  If our intrepid buyer had waited he might get a better deal but would definety  lose the enjoyment during that time.

 Sometimes one gets lucky as the fellow in our C= club who found a 1200 in the Cicinnati Goodwill thrift store for $12! Does that mean A1200 are all worth only $12? I think not,and if I insisted that was the limit I would pay it would be a long time before a 1200 made its way to my desk.



 The same item can have different value to different people  depending on how much they each  use it.It is probably best not to second-guess oneself but just get on with life.  

   Believe  it when I tell you that I have more regrets over the things I didn't do than those things I did  and didn't turn out so well.

[ArchM]

Yeah, I figured that I hadn't seen but one SX-1 in about 2ish months, and I just couldn't pass up the chance to be playing Under a Steel Sky from my couch.  (That WILL be the first game I get).  I really just wanted to make sure that everything in the auction will suffice to get me playing original Amiga games.
Oh yeah, and I'm sorry I forgot, but there is also 24 games with the auction, lol!  Can you tell where my emphasis was for making the purchase?  I didn't even read the list of the games that came with it, I wonder if there are any good ones.....

[pierre]

next time have some patience if he can t sell at $450 he will relist for less.... You have gone this long with out the thing.  what's another week.  Help us keep the prices under controll, please donlt over pay if you can help it.
I bet you could have had this setup for $300.  Did you try to make an offer?

enjoy!
 

[Damion]

adolescent wrote:
If you really wanted it, then that's all that matters.

Agreed... and look at it this way, what will it be worth in ten years? Likely much more.

[Amiduffer]

Not too bad a setup. Although, I'm wondering why you bid the price up $300??

[pierre]

or much less, hard to say what this stuff is "worth"
I hope it will be worth more as I have tons of it, but I kinda doubt it... as much as I love these old things I just don't see it turning mainstream anytime... but we can alwasy hope!

[recidivist]

 I have noticed the 8 bit C= prices have fallen  on eBay as the  diehards have pretty much acquired their needs and family pressures mount to get rid of that old junk!

 I might get back half what I spent for a 1581 drive,and shipping costs are up significantly.

 Will continue to watch for bargains at hamfests,it has been years since any C= or Amiga stuff appeared in the area's edition of Trading Post,also rare at yard sales.

 Did acquire a TI-994A for a dollar in its box.But nothing else in the box,no docs,no power supply,no cartridges,just space.

 Not basing my retirement on recouping "investment" in collectables?

[ArchM]

The big reason I didn't just try to bid higher, was because I didn't want anybody ELSE to use the Buy It Now option.  I was considering bidding 400, and then with the way Ebay worked, I would only have to pay as much of that 400 as the next highest bidder pushed me to.  But again, there would have been a chance that somebody else could have come along and bought it out, then I would be stuck playing other consoles.  I figured, what the hell, I can pay a little extra for the peace of mind that comes with knowing I will be playing Amiga games for the first time in my life in less than two weeks.  
As long as it works, and I don't end up needing anything else to get started, I am a happy camper.

[ArchM]

Sorry, one more question.

Can I play PAL CD32 games on this machine?  What about PAL disc games?