BlizzardPPC for over $1200 on ebay.. that's insane!

[Dragster]

Man, I can't believe this...  it was the best BlizzardPPC released but.. it went for over US$1200! :-o  :crazy:

It's unbelievable what peoeple are willng to pay to run OS 4... sorry, can't post the link, auction is ended but I'm sure many of you were following that auction. We'll see if the winning bidder really pays hehe.

Cheers!

D  

[McVenco]

Dragster wrote:

sorry, can't post the link, auction is ended

Ended auctions are still available up to a few months, so a link is possible.

[AmiSake]

Is it really worth that much  :-o  :-?
I guess if you're really really desperate to run OS4....

[A1260]

@Dragster

i guess you must have been living under a rock the last year, this is not shocking at all. its the best, its a collectible, it run aos4.0 and its not many of it on the open marked. so the price is right, if your one of them whiners that compare amiga hw with pc hw i think you should not have posted about this at all, because you cant compare does two. amiga is on a league of its own, its nothing out there like it.

but one question you can ask your self... why havent elbox or other companies made a clones of the bppc cards, there is a high demand out there for things like this now, when aos4.0 have been released for the classic...

and do people remember ack the one man company that did have a great idea to combine ppc,gfx,ram slot,network and soundcard into one card, for the userport of the a1200. to bad he was just a dreamer, that cant deliver anything....

so if there is anyone out there that want to make alot of money. this is your chance, this is what you should make, a new ppc card for the a1200/a4000.

[persia]

How much would a run of say a dozen boards be?  Surely not US$1200.  At these prices small quantities make sense.

[hardlink]

Dragster wrote:
Man, I can't believe this...  it was the best BlizzardPPC released but.. it went for over US$1200!  

How much did it cost new?

UPDATE-
From what I was able to find out, the new cost was 1,359.04 USD. So someone has already paid more than the ebay price for that very board, at a time when the PPC was esentially useless, and no OS4 on the horizion. Isn't that even more unbelievable?

[countzero]

this is the card dragster is referring to. this one sold for $500 a few days ago from the same seller. It doesn't have SCSI, but it'll run you OS4. this one went for $600 with SCSI. You can have the 040 upgraded to 060 easily and voila ! you have the 'best' blizzard.

[pyrre]

I payed USD 1,548.18 for my BPPC/BVision setup in 1998.
If new boards would make it to the shelfs, i am sure it would sell to something close to that price...

[sir_inferno]

A1260 wrote:
@Dragster

if your one of them whiners that compare amiga hw with pc hw i think you should not have posted about this at all, because you cant compare does two. amiga is on a league of its own, its nothing out there like it.

oh come off it. not today it isn't. it can still be used, and in some rare cases it can sitll be more efficient than a PC, but it's nowhere near something you can call value for money/cost effective. £1200 for outdated hardware? ridiculous.

[Xanxi]

Well, as i own 3 of them, i shall deposit at least 2 to my bank  :-D

[-BobW-]

I've seen a lot of people call this desperate and even stupid.  It's neither!  It's called a hobby!

I've seen people spend far more money enjoying other hobbies.

[leirbag28]

@anyone


 I will tell you why this purchase was NOT stupid:

Because this guy will now enjoy his Powerpul Classic/PPC Amiga starting today till the next few years.

as for you guys...........you will keep waiting for OS4 and years will pass while this dude enjoys OS4 everyday of the year.

TIME IS MONEY!   and I am the same way.........I wish I would have invested in things long ago, instead of waiting till now...alot of Amiga years because I thought things were to expensive..........I wish I could go back to the early 1990's and buy everything Amiga that I wanted.

I would be wayyy more succesful today in my craft.

How much would you pay to get all those years of Amiga enjoyment back?

[hardlink]

-BobW- wrote:
I've seen a lot of people call this desperate and even stupid.  It's neither!  It's called a hobby!

I've seen people spend far more money enjoying other hobbies.

Good point. Just for fun, from a previous post, let's replace Amiga references with references to Harley Davidson motorcycles, which are old and slow compared with modern Asian machines:

oh come off it. not today it isn't. it (Harley's) can still be used, and in some rare cases it can sitll be more efficient than a bullet bike, but it's nowhere near something you can call value for money/cost effective. USD 20 000 for outdated hardware? ridiculous.

With logic like that,  Harley Davidson is surely doomed.

[DoogUK]

I guess its relative, if you realy want one then a high price seems reasonable to you.

I personaly wouldnt pay as much but i would realy like one.

[pyrre]

I've seen people spend far more money enjoying other hobbies.

 :-D I've spent more than 3500 grands on my RC hobby...
So why not spend some on amiga as well.....  :-)