A4000 on eBay

[AmiDude]

eBay A4000D 030/040 Average = €235. So at €449 the item is €214 over priced!

But this one comes with a Blizzard 4030, kickrom 3.1 and a HD diskdrive. Also for me is the clock-battery very important. I have bought several A4000's in the past, to find out that they had all leaky batteries. The other auctions are very vague about the state of the battery or they have kickrom 3.0 or DD diskdrive's.
And only last week there was a similar A4000/030 sold for 450 euro's. So I'm very tempted to buy this one. It's in really good shape.   :-)

[taunusand]

The nice mb with no battery leak = BIG +++!
Hope you wins the auction

[alexh]

AmiDude wrote:

eBay A4000D 030/040 Average = €235. So at €449 the item is €214 over priced!

But this one comes with a Blizzard 4030, kickrom 3.1 and a HD diskdrive.

And some of the ones listed have A3640's, Buddha IDE controllers, Catweasel's and monitors.

AmiDude wrote:
or DD diskdrive's.

A stock A4000D with a DD disk drive?? Not come across one yet.

Some have photos showing the battery removed and all is nice and clean. I'm sure you could have asked for photos of the others.

€449 is extortionate price for A4000D with only an 030.

[Lorraine]

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[AmiDude]

And some of the ones listed have A3640's, Buddha IDE controllers, Catweasel's and monitors.

I don't need buddha's or catweazels...like I said: It's only for basic use. And I have allready 3 monitors standing in the way.

Some have photos showing the battery removed and all is nice and clean.

Yes indeed...some of them. But the majority of A4000's have leaky batteries and yes, I've asked the sellers for some clear pics. Most of them didn't reply or didn't show a picture, so you know there's something wrong with the battery. At least, that's my experience in the past.
This guy shows clear pics, so you know what you buy.  

[AmiDude]

A stock A4000D with a DD disk drive?? Not come across one yet.

Some sellers swap the HD diskdrive with a DD they pulled out of an old A2000/A3000 and put on another faceplate and eject button for use in the A4000.
I know, because I've bought one in the past and it also had a leaky batterie wich had caused major damage to the mainboard, resulting in a system that didn't recognized the clock anymore and freaky mouse movements.
I've learned to be very cautios if it comes to buying things on ebay.   :rtfm:

[alexh]

But 2x average price? I don't think so.

[taunusand]

None of my Amiga's has a HD diskdrive :-?
I have 2 A4000's, both of them has a normal DD 880kb drive.
1.76MB would maybe be nice in some cases, but it's okay with me with 880kb, then all of my miggy's can read the same disks :-)

[Painkiller]

THIS IS what I bought recently tough I haven't recieved it yet But I'm hoping the buyer will eventually come trough as others in this forum have recieved items from him. If I don't hear from him in next week I will file a complaint trough PayPal.

But seriously that A4000 is way over priced you should get atleast a 040 for that price + OS3.9.

[AmiDude]

But 2x average price? I don't think so.

I wouldn't call this A4000 "average", especially with the Blizzard 4030/50mhz, clean undamaged mobo with new battery, 3.1 roms, HD diskdrive and not yellowed.  
"Average" A4000's on ebay are frequently with battery damage and/or are incomplete/modified and/or 3.0 roms and/or DD diskdrives and/or yellowed etc...

[taunusand]

You are right about that :-)

[Lorraine]

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[alexh]

AmiDude wrote:
I wouldn't call this A4000 "average" and not yellowed.

Which Amiga are you looking at. The keyboard in the auction is as yellow as they come as is the floppy disk drive face plate and the mouse.

Lorraine wrote:
I'd prefer Blizzard 4030 to A3640, personally; that's even taking into consideration the speed difference.

I wonder why?

[dannyp1]

All things considered, I think you should just buy the one Alex has for 150 and forget about the more expensive one.  The one Alex has is a much better deal (steal?).    ;-)

[Lorraine]

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[da9000]

@AmiDude:

LOL! I agree: buy Alexh's A4000! He's making a good point for it ;-)

Now be aware, Alexh is one of the most price sensitive blokes around here, so he'll definitely find this as a bit over the usual deal. And I will have to agree with his assessment on that. He also seems to have the patience of a boa and can hold off for that one "killer" deal, so that also helps in realizing the better prices! ;-)

@Alexh:

Let the guy buy what he wants! He doesn't want (or get) maths, he wants Amiga! I think he's pretty set on that :-)


@Painkiller:

Your "on the way" A4000's mobo has had a (battery or capacitor) leakage (visible in one of the photos) :-(  It doesn't seem severe though and would be an easy cleanup.