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Offline jiminyTopic starter

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Hold me back
« on: March 04, 2008, 04:40:09 AM »
A3000 on Ebay

I really can't buy another A3000.

Can I?

Want to guess how much this one will go for?  I'm going to say  $715.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2008, 05:06:04 AM »
Hmmm... I'm guessing around $200.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2008, 05:12:30 AM »
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Hmmm... I'm guessing around $200.

If that comes true, I don't think I'm gonna be able to resist.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2008, 05:18:02 AM »
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If that comes true, I don't think I'm gonna be able to resist.


Set your maximum bid now.   ;-)

I don't see the bidding going very high on this machine as it's really still quite "basic".  I bought one similar a couple of years back with a monitor for way less than $200 including the shipping (ECS, 2 floppies, hard drive, fully populated ZIP sockets, 68030 CPU).  I had to spend a little extra to add 3.1 ROMS and I removed the leaking battery (and still haven't replaced it), but other than that it's the same machine.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2008, 06:06:59 AM »
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jiminy wrote:
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Darrin wrote:
Hmmm... I'm guessing around $200.

If that comes true, I don't think I'm gonna be able to resist.



Doesn't look like a bad unit (though I can't tell whether it's yellowed a bit, or just beige). The A3000 is indeed super cool... personally, it's the only big-box I'd like to add to my collection of "wedgies".

$200 sounds about right, if not a little on the high side.

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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2008, 07:01:27 AM »
damn thats a nice machine. nicely setup too, even if it is standard spec with a ram boost. shame its NTSC, and in the US :-(

i'll just have to keep an eye out for a UK or European auction, and figure out how to explain another amiga to the other half... ;-)

The A3000 has to be the prettiest of the big box machines...
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #6 on: March 04, 2008, 08:34:24 AM »
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damn thats a nice machine. nicely setup too, even if it is standard spec with a ram boost. shame its NTSC, and in the US :-(



A3000s have a jumper to switch between PAL/NTSC. I got a A3000 from US a couple of years ago still using it PAL without any problems. You still have the PSU problem though (I don't :lol: ).
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2008, 03:26:30 PM »
$200 a fair amount? Nah... way to low. A buyer might find that a dream come true, but the value is more than that. I figure the RAM alone is worth about $100, and the OS3.1 disks and ROM is worth at least $60. I would want a minimum of $400 - $500 for a unit like this.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2008, 06:12:05 PM »
A good test of how far the collectors maket has come.  It's worth about US$200, if there's a collectors feeding frenzy it could go to US$800.  The collectors out there have very deep prockets and they dive out the users soon..
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2008, 06:18:30 PM »
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$200 a fair amount? Nah... way to low.
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« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2008, 06:47:28 PM »
$400 - $500 minimum? :lol: Sure, if it was absolutely MINT, boxed and hadn't been previously molested by 10 different owners, maybe.

The $200 figure is pretty accurate for ebay (I've seen several in similar condition sell for less within the past year). There are far too many "unknowns" in this case for anyone to drop $500, IMHO, and there appears to be a fair amount of yellowing on the keyboard and front bezel.





 

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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2008, 07:44:44 PM »
$400, $500, $800!!! for a stock 030 A3000???  :lol:

eBay is crazy sometimes, but A3000s are common there and even though the seller did a good job of describing it, which usually helps increase interest and might raise the bid amount a bit, I agree with the others that say a stock A3000 is really only worth $200 USD or less.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #12 on: March 04, 2008, 07:54:07 PM »
Like I said, at $200 it would be mine.  But though I have only been doing this a little while, I haven't seen a fully working A3000D with no apparent or suspected motherboard damage go for less than $300.  Maybe my 1st guess is a little high, but I'll be shocked if this doesn't break $400.
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #13 on: March 04, 2008, 08:08:37 PM »
I'd say <$200.  If it was a 25MHz model then $800+ for sure!   :lol:
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Re: Hold me back
« Reply #14 on: March 04, 2008, 09:25:45 PM »
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I'd say <$200.  If it was a 25MHz model then $800+ for sure!   :lol:


Whoops!  I didn't realize it was a 16mhz model.  Good eye... gonna have to revise my guess
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