Weirdami's Amiga Hardware Boing-colored Book

[weirdami]

So, what do things cost? Everyone asks, but nobody knows. What's for sure, though, is you're going to get people telling you that your price is too high. Therefore, we need a price guide to make sellers more confident and to quiet the complainer types. It shall be "BOING!" colored. The first 2 entries are:

Microbotics Starboard 2 .... $200 US
A3000 Daughterboard .... $50


...discuss.

[Ilwrath]

Is this joking, I hope??? :-?

[Chain]

A3k daughterboard for 50? its just too much here, how about 25?

[weirdami]

@llwrath

"discuss"

[weirdami]

@Chain

Are they going for $25 in the Czech Republic?

[Chain]

yup, everytime 20-25, depends on condition.

how about A3640? the are cheap here too, around 20$. How much thea are worth in US?

[weirdami]

how about A3640?

I dunno, that's why I started this thread, so we can  :hammer: the details.

[Ilwrath]

discuss...  

Well ok.  

My opinion, of the items listed so far, based on my Midwest US market...

Microbotics Starboard 2 - the only thing able to put on this is "varies."  It's rare enough that it's worth whatever someone is willing to pay.  My own gut instinct would be more around $100, but that's tinted by the fact that the A1000 isn't one of my favorite models.  It IS many other people's favorite model, though.....

Amiga 3000D Daughterboard (assuming you mean the Zorro 3 riser?) - $5 USD.  A very common, and practically indestructible part.  The whole A3000D stock barely brings $75 around here.  The most common part of it is much less.

A3640 card - fully functional rev 3.1 or 3.2 model with full 68040 processor is more like $50 around here.  Many have faulty caps or are out-of-date revisions.  I have a dead one in storage in an anti-static bag that needs the capacitors changed.

[weirdami]

@llwrath

based on my Midwest US market.

Do you mean you can find people online in your area or are there shops with used Amiga stuff around the midwest? Local abundance does drive a price down, but I wonder if we can come up with a price anyone would expect to pay in any area. If someone is in an area where a thing is abundant, they can brag to the AO folks about the deal they got. :-)

[weirdami]

 :bump:

[weirdami]

Well, I tried. :-P

[smiley1635]

$20 for an A3640!?

Fancy buying me one and sending it to the UK Chain?  :-D

[Brian]

Hmm... smells like a cartell to mee... it creates artificual prices (like our 20yo hardware need it's prices spiced even more) and always put the buyer at a dissadvantage. Also in the real world it's illegal.

Research the prices self, put on a price tag that you're satisfied with it being sold for and if get sold for that amount... then you're happy, if not either:
1) Work more on getting potential customers
2) Lower the price
3) keep the hardware

In a free market, if the price is right it'll get sold... it's just a matter of time and effort.

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Seeing a 020 turbo for an A500 go for 499$ on Ebay and anther a few days later for 210$ doesn't meen that you can expect 499$ or at least 210$ for your hardware... the market might be satisfied already... instead sit down and say... I'd like this amount (keep it sane) but I'm sattisfied with this... and if I dont get that amount I'll have to concider holding on for it just a bit longer til the market is ready to pay what you desire, work on getting more ppl to view your item in case there are still potential buyers willing to pay what you want or lower the price if you realy don't need the item or realy need the $ instead.

Simple no?

[motorollin]

I don't see how a price guide like this would be feasible, and here's why.

If this stuff was being manufactured and sold as new, then the manufacturer's costs and profit margin would determine the cost price per unit. The retailer's profit margin would then determine the retail price to the end user.

However, all of this stuff is second hand, which means there is no suggested retail price from the manufacture. The main factors influencing the cost are how little the seller is prepared to accept for their property, and how much the buyer is prepared to pay for it.

Since these values will vary greatly depending on the age and condition of the item, availability of the type of product, rarity, location etc etc, it would be impossible to "suggest" a cost for such an item.

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moto

[motorollin]

Brian wrote:
Also in the real world it's illegal.

No it's not. Manufacturers are allowed to suggest retail prices for their goods. It's only illegal if they try to force or pressure retailers to sell at that price. In the second hand market, no such restriction applies. You can sell at whatever price you want.

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moto