Amiga 4000 asking $7000 on eBay

From: ghldbrd_at_ccp.com <(ghldbrd_at_ccp.com)>
Date: Sat Sep 13 13:42:00 2003

Verrrrrrry interesting, but who in h*!! came up with that as a price?
I've been looking at toasters/fliers off and on, and seen similar setups
asking a grand, and getting NO bids.

Caveat emptor. Then again, this is e-pay/e-greed so anything might happen.

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO

>>Check out this system. I have nothing to do with the sale.
>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3430659156&category=4598
>
> You have *GOT* to be kidding! Is there anything there:
> "Commodore Amiga 4000 CPU in a HighFlyer expansion with Newtek-Video
> Toaster 4000, (3) hard drives=15 gigs., Piccasso graphic board, (2) TBCIII
> (time base corrector), Emplant (Mac Emulator) board, Studio 16 sound
> board, Commodore 1084s color Monitor, Panasonic 7750 SVHS with frame
> advance chip "
> that warrents this kind of a price? Yes, it's a nice system, however, it
> doesn 't say anything about an accelerator, or a way of allowing extra
> RAM, and it just says Piccasso, not Piccasso IV. I can't imagine the
> video specific HW being worth anywhere near $7000.
>
> For that price I can get a brand new, decked out G5 that can do the same
> kind of work, only better.
>
> Zane
>
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