a4000 sold on Ebay for $1,225????

[DutchinUSA]

Seriously? 4 people were still bidding above $800?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-4000-040-Computer-system-4GB-CF-Card-18MB-Ram-CD-Rom-/261501447823

[Duce]

About $900 more than I'd pay for it.

[KimmoK]

Perhaps I should sell mine as well...

[Ancalimon]

Wait and see the prices in ten years

[gertsy]

Wow, and it's vanilla as well.  Someone(s) wanted that badly.

[Fingers]

Wow!!!!

PZ.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

While some of you guys seem to be tripping over A4000's, the rest of us have never seen a working one even once in real life... and I've been using Amiga's since 1991, lol.  Like hen's teeth!  *cough cough* *hoarders* *cough cough*  

[carvedeye]

While some of you guys seem to be tripping over A4000's, the rest of us have never seen a working one even once in real life... and I've been using Amiga's since 1991, lol.  Like hen's teeth!  *cough cough* *hoarders* *cough cough*  

I have never seen any big box amiga's in the flesh the only amiga's i have seen are the 500, 600 and 1200

[TeamBlackFox]

I had a 3000, years ago. Was stolen by a crooked repairman. Good little machine too. This auction... I can get an SGI Origin 2000 with over a 1000 times the power for that price.

[psxphill]

I can get an SGI Origin 2000 with over a 1000 times the power for that price.

You could buy a modern PC for less than that, you can't really compare power and price. I imagine that demand for an SGI Origin 2000 is pretty low these days, very few people would be bidding on one to try to recapture their youth.
 
It sounds to me like a reasonable price, in the UK a broken one will go for that. We also have http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Commodore-Amiga-4000-Case-PX-With-Your-Old-Amiga-4000-Case-/171353070877?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item27e5705d1d

[magnetic]

WHy do you guys start these silly threads? Its an auction site, sometimes in auctions people go crazy wtf is the surprise??

[Plaz]

Dang, few more years and I might be able to cover my kids college fun with some of my old machines.

Plaz

[Plaz]

WHy do you guys start these silly threads? Its an auction site, sometimes in auctions people go crazy wtf is the surprise??

Just to annoy you, didn't you know?

Plaz

[gertsy]

While some of you guys seem to be tripping over A4000's, the rest of us have never seen a working one even once in real life... and I've been using Amiga's since 1991, lol.  Like hen's teeth!  *cough cough* *hoarders* *cough cough*  

I always wanted an A4000, back when they were new and $5000. One came up through eBay "with issues" I jumped at it. In the end the "issues" were the fact that 2 of the memory modules had worked loose. It is a badged 030 but had a 040 in it. The base chassis was bent so badly under the power supply edge the floor almost touched the power supply.  I spent time and effort bringing it back to a good usable state. I paid $350 for it, back in 2009 (I think).
That was around the going rate then.
I have one Amiga 4000. And it's mine, my birthday present, my precious!
I consider myself a protector/custodian. Not a hoarder.

[slayer]

No one means to become a hoarder (I don't think anyway) but in the course of acquiring a few specific things you ended up having to take the entire auction. Now days (since I target software only) I'll ask if I win the auction would they just send certain titles and then relist the hardware. 50% of the time the person can't be bothered separating it. God forbid running two auctions even though you're getting more money... *boggle* then of course there are those who say, oh no thanks, I want it all to go in one lot to a good home...

some times you can't even give your money away LOL

p.s. just to comment on the price of this A4000, if I wanted something badly enough I'd pay for it no worries, people who wait for better deals generally are waiting most of there lives since there is always a better deal after the first good deal etc... don't want to live my life like that, I like the commanding aspect of throwing down the money and getting the F'ing thing! Power and Glory! Oh Yeah! ;-)