A1000 sells for more than A4000 on eBay!

[impactor]

Amiga 1000

Amiga 4000

 :-?  :crazy:

[save2600]

Wow, the buyer of that A4000 (030, but still) got himself a helluva deal, w/ a FF and all!

The A1000 guy must have wanted one REAL bad. Such an ugly system!  LOL

[impactor]

save2600 wrote:
Wow, the buyer of that A4000 (030, but still) got himself a helluva deal, w/ a FF and all!

The A1000 guy must have wanted one REAL bad. Such an ugly system!  LOL

Yes indeed he did, I was so tempted to bid on that A4000 myself, but unfortunately it wouldn't have gone down too well with my better half.
 :-(  :lol:

A month ago an eBay seller had to relist several times a much better condition A1000 with printer, monitor, loads of extras before he eventually got a buy it now of £50!!!  Just shows there can still be some huge disparities in what Amiga stuff sells for - which is good to know :-)

[save2600]

Timing is everything on ePay. I suspect many of us have 'over paid' because we previously missed out on a different auction. Then you see the same item again a short while later, and a bidding war pursues. Amazing how much stuff actually gets by us on the cheap though. Seems (and I can't be the only one) I always miss out on the 'great' deals. Do a search on ePay for items that have already ended, you'd be surprised what you didn't win. lol   But somehow, I'm usually aware of the stuff that fetches more dollars than I care to spend that given day, week or whatever.

[stevieu]

@save2600

I know what you mean.

eBay often gets my anxiety levels up and I usually start twitching when bidding on certain items. Maybe that's just me ;-)

I realise I've often paid more for certain items when I've reviewed other similar auctions. Ah well, I've paid less than some other people, also. I try to make myself feel better.

I still wonder if I was nuts to pay over £300 for a PPC card (from Canada) - I just had to have one there and then. I have conflicting thoughts on that one :-D

Steve

[impactor]

To prevent the adrenaline getting the better of me when bidding I set myself a limit before hand and then submit my bid in the last 10 seconds, that way if I get aced by another bidder I know I didn't go above my limit.  Saying that though, when it comes to retro computer stuff I have to do some serious soul-searching and ask myself "do I really need that?"  :lol:

[save2600]

@stevieu:

 I'd say you did pretty darn well for yourself on the PPC card!!  :-D

[chiark]

The 1000 is a collector's item already IMHO: it's where the amiga started, and throughout the whole of the history of the Amiga hardware it was the biggest hardware innovation in terms of redefining personal computing.  I have one, I am using it often, and I have big plans for it ;-) .  

The 4000 could and should have been much more.  It needed to be much more for CBM to survive.  It should have been AAA, it should have had a DSP, it should have moved the game on in the same way OCS did.  it didn't.  I'd bet that way more 4000s than 1000s were made, too.

That particular 4000 had broken keys and broken cosmetic bits on the main machine: it's not going to appeal to a collector.  There's also the risk that the battery is knackered, and that the sound circuits have failed due to leaky caps.  the sound on my 1000 is better than the sound on my 4000 :-)

Saying that, I think the 4000 was about right money wise, but the 1000 was too expensive.  I about that for one that was boxed, mint, with manuals, with a Xebec hard drive and a Spirit inboard expansion!

[chiark]

impactor wrote: ask myself "do I really need that?"  :lol:

Need?  I don't think anyone needs this stuff.  Want?  That's a different question.  And the question I always now ask myself is "will I use it at least once a week". :-)

I do similar to you though: pick my max, and submit it in the last 10 seconds, forcing myself not to outbid myself :-D

[stevieu]

@impactor

I try to do the same. I often bid from my mobile phone when I'm away from home and try to get a bid in at the very last moment. Of course, it also doesn't help the adrenaline factor when my mobile phone decides to lose connection in the final moments. Argh!

It's always annoying when you lose out by a couple of pounds, or whatever. "Maybe if I'd have just gone that bit higher..."

Ah well, life's full of regrets :-D

[stevieu]

@save2600

save2600 wrote:
@stevieu:

I'd say you did pretty darn well for yourself on the PPC card!!  :-D

I guess so! I've seen them go for a lot more and for less. I was damn lucky to buy it from someone with integrity and honesty, given that FedEx took forever to get it delivered. I have my apprehensions when bidding on items from abroad, to say the least!  :crazy:

[Fester]

save2600 wrote:
Timing is everything on ePay. I suspect many of us have 'over paid' because we previously missed out on a different auction.

Oh yes.

[recidivist]

 Look at the US ebay prices,A4000 usually sell for twice that UK price.
I recently got A1000  with 1084, A520,1200RS,some music software,all for less than $100 shipped total.
 Timing is everything!

[HenryCase]

stevieu wrote:
I try to do the same. I often bid from my mobile phone when I'm away from home and and try to get a bid in at the very last moment. Of course, it also doesn't help the adrenaline factor when my mobile phone decides to lose connection in the final moments. Argh!

I've never understood that. If you're going to snipe what's the point in bidding in advance? You're only driving up the price!

[stevieu]

@HenryCase

That's the whole point of bidding at the very last moment. If someone's maximum bid beats yours, then I just say it wasn't meant to be :-D

Annoyingly, I never bid until the very end of an auction.