1.5GHz G4 MacMini's on eBay $175.99

[amigadave]

As the title says, there is an auction on eBay for 8 more of these.  Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300590868848&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:1123

I just bought two of them to give away to developers that want to write software for MorphOS.  If anyone wants to help with that effort by chipping in some money to me to help pay for the systems I am buying to give away, contact me via email.  I am saving for my X1000 system, but thought the price and availability of these better G4 MacMini's with the 64mb VRAM was too good to pass up.  Specially when I have two developers waiting for systems and these are easy to ship cheaply.

Good luck and look quick, as the remaining 8 MacMini's will probably be bought quickly at that price.  They usually sell for almost double that price.

[drHirudo]

Shipping only to USA

[takemehomegrandma]

As the title says, there is an auction on eBay for 8 more of these.  Here is the link:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300590868848&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:1123

I just bought two of them to give away to developers that want to write software for MorphOS.  If anyone wants to help with that effort by chipping in some money to me to help pay for the systems I am buying to give away, contact me via email.  I am saving for my X1000 system, but thought the price and availability of these better G4 MacMini's with the 64mb VRAM was too good to pass up.  Specially when I have two developers waiting for systems and these are easy to ship cheaply.

Good luck and look quick, as the remaining 8 MacMini's will probably be bought quickly at that price.  They usually sell for almost double that price.

The machine is close to twice as fast as a Pegasos 2, it decodes and plays x264 720p streams (on MorphOS) with no problem, it's very silent, very small and good looking. At this price it's a great opportunity! It's a *great* MorphOS computer, with MacOS as a bonus!
 
And this is not "the current bid" or anything like that, it's the *buy now* price!

[takemehomegrandma]

As the title says, there is an auction on eBay for 8 more of these.

7 left now...

[adolescent]

6 left.  Very tempting.  Has MorphOS developer stopped illegally charging taxes to non-EU buyers?  I'd hate to buy one and be stuck with OS 10.

[Kronos]

6 left.  Very tempting.  Has MorphOS developer stopped illegally charging taxes to non-EU buyers?  I'd hate to buy one and be stuck with OS 10.

There is nothing illegal about it .....
The price is set by the MorphOS-team and wether the take the effort to reclaim unneeded VAT from the tax-collector or not is none of your buisness.

I would think the whole Ralph Schmidt Softwareentwicklung is setup as a small buisness where you only fill out a simplified tax sheet (and pay lower overall tax) but therefore can't reclaim some expenses or allready paid VAT.

[hishamk]

There is nothing illegal about it .....
The price is set by the MorphOS-team and wether the take the effort to reclaim unneeded VAT from the tax-collector or not is none of your buisness.

I guess this is quite different from the UK, where the seller needs to only show proof that he has shipped it outside of the UK and therefore doesn't add the 20% VAT when buyers outside the UK purchase.

AmigaKit does this and it works quite nicely. It's just good business practice and global customer friendly.

[adolescent]

There is nothing illegal about it .....
The price is set by the MorphOS-team and wether the take the effort to reclaim unneeded VAT from the tax-collector or not is none of your buisness.

As a potential customer I believe it is my business.  If they continue to penalize foriegn buyers then they won't get my sale.  Odd that every other small Amiga business I have dealt with in the UK or EU doesn't have the same problem filling out their tax forms.

[takemehomegrandma]

@ adolescent

It costs EUR €111, everyone pays the same price. You want it? Pay up. Otherwise don't. Simple.

Good news for those with little money to spare on hobbies, is that with the MorphOS 3.0 release, the license cost may drop for some machines.

[adolescent]

@ adolescent

It costs EUR €111, everyone pays the same price. You want it? Pay up. Otherwise don't. Simple.

Until they stop illegally charging 19% VAT to non-EU buyers then I won't.  Simple.

[TheMagicM]

or buy my 1.4ghz with MorphOS 2.7 registered, 160gb HD for $250 shipped in the USA.

[Piru]

illegally charging

Can you please cite the law that makes this illegal? I really hate it when someone cries foul without backing it up. It may not be good business, but that is slightly different from being "illegal".

[TheMagicM]

I paid $150 for MorphOS because its worth it...some people are just cheapskates.

[amigadave]

I paid $150 for MorphOS because its worth it...some people are just cheapskates.

I paid 150 euros for my first MorphOS license keyfile and 111.11 euros each for the second and third (IIRC).  No complaints about the price, or for paying for VAT, even though I live in the USA.

As far as I can tell, you get good value for your money spent, but everyone values their purchases differently.  There are few registered MorphOS2.x users that I have ever seen complain about the money they have spent in obtaining their registration keys.  MorphOS2.7 is an excellent OS.

[Matt_H]

I paid 150 euros for my first MorphOS license keyfile and 111.11 euros each for the second and third (IIRC).  No complaints about the price, or for paying for VAT, even though I live in the USA.

As far as I can tell, you get good value for your money spent, but everyone values their purchases differently.  There are few registered MorphOS2.x users that I have ever seen complain about the money they have spent in obtaining their registration keys.  MorphOS2.7 is an excellent OS.

Worth every penny!