The best & worst Amiga deal you ever did? - Page 8

Graham Humphrey · 16 October 2007, 21:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by just4funuk

Sold the A4000 030 in 1989 for £230

stupid mistake should of never sold it.

Especially as you would have had to travel back in time to be able to sell it then

just4funuk · 16 October 2007, 23:11

So you spotted the deiberate mistake LOL

21 October 2007, 11:07

Worst:

About 10 years ago I sold all my Amiga stuff. Including A1200, A500, A2000 + approximately 1200 floppies, 500 5-1/4 discs, 2 monitors, 12 books, etc.

Best:

Selling my "collection" has bugged me for years. I don't know why I was stupid enough to sell them, but can't be helped anymore. So about a year ago I bought A500 + monitor, and it all begun again

My ultimate goal is to get back everything I once had + more, one way or the other.

just4funuk · 26 October 2007, 21:03

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=009

what do you think

not much hardware for the money but have to admit it does look in very good condition.

Paul_s · 26 October 2007, 21:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by just4funuk

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=009

what do you think

not much hardware for the money but have to admit it does look in very good condition.

That's a nice example but I wouldn't have paid over £150 personally.

6.2 is the last version with the OCS chipset before they moved onto ECS (6.3)

Make sure you remove the onboard battery too! Mine had leaked on my rev4.3 board

But they usually survive as the board is so farking huge

alexh · 26 October 2007, 21:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by just4funuk

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=009

what do you think

not much hardware for the money but have to admit it does look in very good condition.

Very good contender for the worst deal ever. £237 for hardware worth just over £50.

alexh · 26 October 2007, 22:28

Perhaps that was a little harsh, but it wasnt a good deal.

just4funuk · 28 October 2007, 03:12

Thought it was on the expensive side. Now if it had a 68060 in it or PPC it would of been a good deal.But I have A2000 with fusion 68040 in it and suspect I would not get that for mine.Even though I have probably spent more than that on it over the years.

khph_re · 08 February 2008, 14:54

Mine is a bit like Alexh's experience. I was working at Interactive studios (now blitz games), and they retired all their A4000's which the bitmap artists used. Got one with an 040 for £50. Doesn't end there though, a coleague said 'you still like those old things? my dad gave me one, i've never used it' said he'd drop it round. I assumed it was an A1200/A500. He asks me to help him up the stairs with it. It was an A4000T with a warp engine a picasso IV!

I gave the A4000D away to the first person who could collect it on amiga.org. I felt guilty after getting the T for nothing!

klx300r · 08 February 2008, 17:20

a beautifully boxed all original A500 with all manuals/disks/etc. with 512Kb expansion card for a cup of coffee from a guy I used to work with....oh ya and a doughnut too

NLS · 08 February 2008, 20:13

I felt stupid when I asked for an external floppy drive from a stewardess friend from somewhere Far East, only to find out (after she bought it and brought it to me) that it was an almost no-name one with price MORE than I would pay locally.

And I think my whole A4000/040 deal was bad. I didn't really "NEED" that computer. Of course back then things were still looking bright for Amiga and we thought we would have a real Amiga future (erm... not the way it is I mean).

16 October 2007, 23:11	#142
just4funuk Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 17	deliberate mistake So you spotted the deiberate mistake LOL

26 October 2007, 21:03	#144
just4funuk Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 17	Maybe someones worst amiga purchase http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=009 what do you think not much hardware for the money but have to admit it does look in very good condition.

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21 October 2007, 11:07	#143
JTH Posts: n/a	Worst: About 10 years ago I sold all my Amiga stuff. Including A1200, A500, A2000 + approximately 1200 floppies, 500 5-1/4 discs, 2 monitors, 12 books, etc. Best: Selling my "collection" has bugged me for years. I don't know why I was stupid enough to sell them, but can't be helped anymore. So about a year ago I bought A500 + monitor, and it all begun again My ultimate goal is to get back everything I once had + more, one way or the other.

26 October 2007, 22:28	#147
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,448	Perhaps that was a little harsh, but it wasnt a good deal.

28 October 2007, 03:12	#148
just4funuk Registered User Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 17	Thought it was on the expensive side. Now if it had a 68060 in it or PPC it would of been a good deal.But I have A2000 with fusion 68040 in it and suspect I would not get that for mine.Even though I have probably spent more than that on it over the years.

08 February 2008, 14:54	#149
khph_re Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Northampton/UK Posts: 529	Mine is a bit like Alexh's experience. I was working at Interactive studios (now blitz games), and they retired all their A4000's which the bitmap artists used. Got one with an 040 for £50. Doesn't end there though, a coleague said 'you still like those old things? my dad gave me one, i've never used it' said he'd drop it round. I assumed it was an A1200/A500. He asks me to help him up the stairs with it. It was an A4000T with a warp engine a picasso IV! I gave the A4000D away to the first person who could collect it on amiga.org. I felt guilty after getting the T for nothing!

08 February 2008, 17:20	#150
klx300r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ManCave, Canada Posts: 1,627	a beautifully boxed all original A500 with all manuals/disks/etc. with 512Kb expansion card for a cup of coffee from a guy I used to work with....oh ya and a doughnut too

08 February 2008, 20:13	#151
NLS Ancient User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: GREECE Age: 50 Posts: 759	I felt stupid when I asked for an external floppy drive from a stewardess friend from somewhere Far East, only to find out (after she bought it and brought it to me) that it was an almost no-name one with price MORE than I would pay locally. And I think my whole A4000/040 deal was bad. I didn't really "NEED" that computer. Of course back then things were still looking bright for Amiga and we thought we would have a real Amiga future (erm... not the way it is I mean).

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