Selling Hundreds of 3.5" Floppy Disks

SeeD32 · 22 May 2006, 20:45

Approximately 200 have been Amiga Formatted (using X-Copy Po) with no bad sectors, and approximately 300 disks I will sell at a cheaper price due to not being formatted (having programs on - mainly magazine coverdisks etc but many I have made adf back to original disk and added a smart new label - so 70% are far from tatty and actually look like brand new disks).

I will post this officially the weekend, but just wanted to see if anyone out there would be interested in buying them either in bulk or in small packs of 20 etc.

I am UK so was thinking about listing the formatted disks at 4p (0.07usd) per disk, and the unformatted at 2p (0.03usd) per disk... does this sound about right?

Postage would range from cheap for say 20, to quite high if buying 100 or more (uk postage around £6 to ship 100+ disks).

Anyway, just wanted to see if there was any demand for disks, as I know most people emulate the amiga. Just hoping a few of you out there do still enjoy converting adf's to real floppy and experiencing the amiga 1st hand!

Should I sell them or just bin them? Comments please!

DDNI · 22 May 2006, 20:49

dunno bout everyone else, but me and most amiga users I know have hundreds of floppies clogging up our rooms...WHDLOAD Ethernet and CDROMS are to blame

SeeD32 · 22 May 2006, 21:12

Yep thats kinda what I was thinking.... I'll see if I get many interested posts before the weekend, but if not then I'll either bin them or post them for free just posting fees.

Amiga love dies hard! lol

adgloride · 22 May 2006, 21:12

You could see if you can sell them, someone may buy them. Like DDNI I have loads of floppys hanging around and use WHDLOAD. I transfer them using a network from my PC to Amiga.

SeeD32 · 23 May 2006, 01:34

Yep adgloride, that's what I used to do, have to say that as time goes by the emulators get more and more exact, but when I first started porting games and utils back from adf to real disk it was the only way to get everything 100%... certainly kept me busy porting all my favourite amiga games and programs to disk, became a bit of an anorak

lol but more of a hobby... times change with technology!

(still amazed to see quite a few old amiga gems are still around and re-living in GBA incarnation, ie Alfred Chicken, IK+, Mr.Nutz etc).

As I said, my amiga love is hard to kill!... so if by the weekend no-one wants to buy them, how about just for the postage? Failing that I'll either wallpaper a wall in my games room with them (...now there's an idea!), or bin them.

Unknown_K · 23 May 2006, 06:56

I have 100's of new blank DD disks (plus 100's of HD 3.5" and dd 5.25") just so I can make usable disks when needed. The majority get used for hardware drivers on my machines.

22 May 2006, 20:45	#1
SeeD32 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Age: 48 Posts: 44	Selling Hundreds of 3.5" Floppy Disks Approximately 200 have been Amiga Formatted (using X-Copy Po) with no bad sectors, and approximately 300 disks I will sell at a cheaper price due to not being formatted (having programs on - mainly magazine coverdisks etc but many I have made adf back to original disk and added a smart new label - so 70% are far from tatty and actually look like brand new disks). I will post this officially the weekend, but just wanted to see if anyone out there would be interested in buying them either in bulk or in small packs of 20 etc. I am UK so was thinking about listing the formatted disks at 4p (0.07usd) per disk, and the unformatted at 2p (0.03usd) per disk... does this sound about right? Postage would range from cheap for say 20, to quite high if buying 100 or more (uk postage around £6 to ship 100+ disks). Anyway, just wanted to see if there was any demand for disks, as I know most people emulate the amiga. Just hoping a few of you out there do still enjoy converting adf's to real floppy and experiencing the amiga 1st hand! Should I sell them or just bin them? Comments please!

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22 May 2006, 20:49	#2
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,439	dunno bout everyone else, but me and most amiga users I know have hundreds of floppies clogging up our rooms...WHDLOAD Ethernet and CDROMS are to blame

22 May 2006, 21:12	#3
SeeD32 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Age: 48 Posts: 44	Yep thats kinda what I was thinking.... I'll see if I get many interested posts before the weekend, but if not then I'll either bin them or post them for free just posting fees. Amiga love dies hard! lol

22 May 2006, 21:12	#4
adgloride Amiga Mod Chipper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 229	You could see if you can sell them, someone may buy them. Like DDNI I have loads of floppys hanging around and use WHDLOAD. I transfer them using a network from my PC to Amiga.

23 May 2006, 01:34	#5
SeeD32 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: london Age: 48 Posts: 44	Yep adgloride, that's what I used to do, have to say that as time goes by the emulators get more and more exact, but when I first started porting games and utils back from adf to real disk it was the only way to get everything 100%... certainly kept me busy porting all my favourite amiga games and programs to disk, became a bit of an anorak lol but more of a hobby... times change with technology! (still amazed to see quite a few old amiga gems are still around and re-living in GBA incarnation, ie Alfred Chicken, IK+, Mr.Nutz etc). As I said, my amiga love is hard to kill!... so if by the weekend no-one wants to buy them, how about just for the postage? Failing that I'll either wallpaper a wall in my games room with them (...now there's an idea!), or bin them.

23 May 2006, 06:56	#6
Unknown_K Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio/USA Age: 56 Posts: 1,381	I have 100's of new blank DD disks (plus 100's of HD 3.5" and dd 5.25") just so I can make usable disks when needed. The majority get used for hardware drivers on my machines.

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