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Offline mps42Topic starter

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Thinking of selling
« on: October 27, 2006, 12:14:12 AM »
 I am considering selling my Amiga 1200. It has been sitting in a box unused for nearly 4 years. This is not where an Amiga should be. An Amiga should be being used.
 The problem is that I, like many of the users here, have many fond memories of my Amiga-ing days and am afraid I would later regret the decision.
 My question to the lot of you is this: Should I sell and, IF I decide to sell, what should I ask?
 I have:
 A1200 (stock) + power supply & mouse
 External HD Floppy drive
 2 joysticks
 Box-o-software laden floppies (mostly "Backups")

 Thanks in advance for the input.
 

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2006, 01:51:07 AM »
Don't do it. I've done similar in the past and ended up with seller's remorse.
 

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2006, 03:55:03 AM »
Yep and in ~4 years or so you will be looking on ebay for a rare A1200 and end up paying 3 times what you get for it now!!!!  DO not do it.
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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2006, 04:10:59 AM »
Never ever sell an Amiga, unless you have more than one of a particular model, then it's OK!

Why not fire up the ol' A1200 and play some of those old games again?

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2006, 05:02:28 AM »
I'm with the rest, DON'T DO IT!!!

Unless you really need the money, or you are sure you never want to experience the most fun computer ever made, keep it in storage, or better yet get it out and experience what it is like again.  Remember, there is a chance that some new hardware will eventually make it to market for the A1200 that will allow running AmigaOS4, and then you will be wishing you had your A1200 to try it out.

I have never sold an Amiga (yet), but may thin out my collection in the future.  I would never sell all my Amigas and be without one.  Since you are even asking this question, there must be some doubt in your mind, so I strongly suggest you wait, hold on to your Amiga and then if you get to the point where you are absolutely sure you don't want one anymore, then you can sell it.  The price you get is not likely to change significantly so you won't lose money by waiting.  In fact if a PPC accelerator that can run AmigaOS4 becomes available for the A1200 in the near future, the price will go up considerably.

How are you helping the Amiga community? :)
 

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2006, 07:59:00 AM »
...and since it appears to be unexpanded, it won't worth the money u will get...
 

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2006, 02:27:52 PM »
InTheSand wrote:
Never ever sell an Amiga, unless you have more than one of a particular model, then it's OK!

Why not fire up the ol' A1200 and play some of those old games again?

 - Ali
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 Primarily because I do not have a monitor or a TV to connect it to...
 

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2006, 02:37:49 PM »
what, no telly AT ALL ?!?!
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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2006, 03:01:15 PM »
Not sell it!!!
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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2006, 03:10:35 PM »
@mps42

Get a nice cheap 13 or 19" TV from a cheap department store, hook up the A1200 via Composite video and stereo jacks and viola!  Nice retro gaming memories!!!
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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2006, 03:39:57 PM »
Its up to you of course, but you will regret it.

Then after you have sold it sitting there weeks or months after you will think, ohhhhh why the hell did I sell it?

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2006, 05:07:58 PM »
@ mps42

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2006, 05:12:21 PM »
i say dont do it !!!

i did twice and twice i got remorse and had to pay more then what i sold em for :(
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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2006, 01:24:58 AM »
 Oh for Pete's sakes.let him sell it if he wants.

 Why ,when I sold a particular rare early model digital transceiver it only took me  a few months to start wishing that I had kept it,and a mere 32 years to find another of the same model.

  There's a lesson in there somewhere.
 

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Re: Thinking of selling
« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2006, 01:56:55 AM »
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Primarily because I do not have a monitor or a TV to connect it to...

Get a cheap tv tuner and hook it up to your pc.

I agree with the rest here.. You will most likely regret it in the coming years.. I myself got rid of some my stuff years back and ended up regretting so badly that i ended up buying an a1200 from a auction site.

I also BADLY regret that i got rid of my c128d with monitor and everything... I have yet to find one of those beasts again  :-(