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[Sandman]

What I don't care for is people that won't go through the leg work and search high and low looking for gear but complain if someone else does and gets the benefits of either using or selling (perhaps at a higher price) the stuff.

I dug through garage sales, classifieds, swap meets, etc. for years until I found an Amiga with a PPC card for sale and got it fairly cheap. Does this mean I should give it away or sell it at par because someone else may think that they deserve it more? If they guy I bought it from refused to sell it to me for the price I thought was fair would it be his fault? It was his and he had a right to do whatever he wanted, I just happened to catch him on the right day.

Reminds me of people who complain about their neighbor having a nicer lawn but they won't get their own tv watching ass off of the couch long enough to do anything about theirs. Sad......... Quit complaining and get busy.....

[Vlabguy1]

Originally Posted by Sandman

What I don't care for is people that won't go through the leg work and search high and low looking for gear but complain if someone else does and gets the benefits of either using or selling (perhaps at a higher price) the stuff.

I dug through garage sales, classifieds, swap meets, etc. for years until I found an Amiga with a PPC card for sale and got it fairly cheap. Does this mean I should give it away or sell it at par because someone else may think that they deserve it more? If they guy I bought it from refused to sell it to me for the price I thought was fair would it be his fault? It was his and he had a right to do whatever he wanted, I just happened to catch him on the right day.

Reminds me of people who complain about their neighbor having a nicer lawn but they won't get their own tv watching ass off of the couch long enough to do anything about theirs. Sad......... Quit complaining and get busy.....

True there is a fair amount of leg work done by those who acquire Amiga items. I have saved a boat load of Amiga stuff from heading to the trash bin. Lugging the heavy stuff is not fun nor is storing it . Just for the love of the machines. I would rather do that than see it go to waste.

I just did a quick scan on Ebay for A3000, A2000, A4000 and actual machines seem to be hard to come by these days. At least on Ebay that is.

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[jorkany]

Resellers, hoarders, who cares. Until somebody starts buying the stuff up and giving it away to "those more needy" it's hypocrisy to complain.

What cheeses me off though is the Chinese. They'll knock off anything and everything, I even saw some knockoffs today for videocams that only cost about $40 to begin with. But will they knock off any classic hardware like the Amiga? Oh noooo!

[Duce]

Nah, nature of the beast really. Happens in all hobbies that have anything to do with older gear, car/motorcycle hobby is the exact same way.

[magnetic]

Its supply and demand what is the mystery? I'm so tired of guys complaining about ebay and prices. If you want to complain about something complain about the Nazi Fascists on Amibay. The idiots who run that ruined the awesome community site called "Amibench" Besided privacy violations and internet stalking, they have this weird self righteous attitude. Insane.

[jaym0nd]

But at the end of the day, people have the right to purchase hardware at sensible prices.

Why should there be a middle man?

[desiv]

Originally Posted by jaym0nd

But at the end of the day, people have the right to purchase hardware at sensible prices.

Do they?
Not sure I ever thought of that as a "right."

It's great when it happens..
And, overall, the free market tends to keep it basically in line....

But, unless there is price fixing or public interest issues, I don't think that's a right.

desiv

[Kremlar]

Do they?
Not sure I ever thought of that as a "right."

It's great when it happens..
And, overall, the free market tends to keep it basically in line....

But, unless there is price fixing or public interest issues, I don't think that's a right.

Thumbs up!