idiots on amibench

[amigamad]

I put a wanted ad for a working amiga 4000 desktop motherboard willing to pay 35 to 40 pound for what is a 10 to 11 year old motherboard ,and i got someone send an email saying i am having a laugh. This was their response (That`s what I like to see a Joker!
£35-40 Fat chance.). i have seen these things for this price many times try getting 40 pound for a pc motherboard thats a quarter the age. :-(  :-(

[that_punk_guy]

It's a shame, but when there's an open forum like that there's always going to be idiots with nothing better to do. Did you reply? Were they trying to sell you a board for more money or just emailing you to have a go?

[Cyberus]

They're obviously a c0ck, amigamad, ignore them!

[lorddef]

Yeh, amibench does have its share of tossers, oh well.

[Gav]

Yeah there is some pricks on there,i remembe when i wanted to trade something adnd he said i sould pay for post lol yeah right cya later....
But yeah thats about the right price for a board,yeah ignore him...

[amigamad]

It's a shame, but when there's an open forum like that there's always going to be idiots with nothing better to do. Did you reply? Were they trying to sell you a board for more money or just emailing you to have a go?

Just emailed to say i was joking nothing else .I did email back to tell them to stop waisting my time i just want the desktop to work properly ive given up hope on my a4000 tower for the moment and this a3000 is going to go for to much  a3000 on ebay its the one that was on amibench .

[Castellen]

I agree about some of the morons on Amibench, though at least most of those annoying prank posts have stopped appearing since Mark has been trying to police it a bit better.
Roll on Amibench 2!


If anyone's interested, I have a number of A3000Ds I would be happy to send to a good home.
I'd like around £35/US$55 or offers, freight extra.

The machines are in good working order, I have reconditioned and tested them.  So have brand new clock batteries, floppy drive overhauled, etc.

They are all fairly standard PAL ECS models.
Have either OS 2.x ROMs or have "softkick" ROMs fitted.
All are 68030 @25MHz with FPU.
2Mb chip mem, 4Mb fast mem.
Most have a small SCSI hard drive, approx 100-200Mb.
Power supply is 230V 50Hz.
Keyboard optional.
No mouse, monitor or power cable.


Yeah, sorry for posting that there, should be in the classifieds or Amibench.
But at least now you know :-)

[CU_AMiGA]

@amigamad,

WOW!  :-o  That is a very nice Amiga 3000 on ebay you got there. I certainly caught my eye. Very nice.
Cheeky question: If you have given up on your A4000T then can i buy it off you? :-)

@Castellen

Are you trying to tell me that you are selling A3000s for only £35  :-o  How much would posting to England cost!!! :-)

[Castellen]

@CU_AMiGA

Yep, the price is low for several reasons.
1. It's more realistic than US$70,000 (you guys see that A1000 on Ebay recently?)
2. They need a lot more money spent on expansions than what the standard A300o is worth.
3. I have a few of them which I would prefer going to good homes rather than hibernating in my workshop for all eternity.
4. International shipping is not cheap.

A few people asked me about the shipping cost, but I'm not sure of the exact weight of an A3k.  Anyone know for sure?
Assuming it's 12kg, the cost of economy freight to the UK is £60!!!!


And before you ask, no, I'm not giving up my A4000T either :-P

[CU_AMiGA]

@Castellen

Ah! Tha's a shame, delivery cost wise. If i was in New Zealand, i would by it at a drop of a hat. But sadly, that is not the case. :-(