Who said there's no money in collecting old gear?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/highgate-hill/desktops/john-sands-sega-sc3000/1067619064

"Highest standing offer from Blue Chip corporate engineering companies is at $455000.00 AUD + shares worth $655000"

Errrrm... yeah... OK.

"Please share with any potential international buyers, handsome fee paid to anyone that can arrange a no nonsense sale at above asking price."

Not sure what this guy is on but I'd like to try some

 

bahahaha

 

I don't want whatever drugs this guy is on for rejecting his current offer....

edit: also 'sif you'd bring cash to view only after paying rofl

 

Don't forget the deal can only occur in a private locked room at a trust building - based on his listed location that's where he lives - conveniently.

Oh and of course under electronic surveillance with witnesses!

No no, he hasn't REJECTED it he's just waiting on a better offer. Or someone to find him an overseas buyer prepared to pay MORE than the asking price. It's pure gold the whole ad really.

 

I wonder if this is the same guy

 

That’s got to be a laugh surely.

Anyway the hard keyboard version SC3000H was my first computer and it’s worth
heaps more than that! It loaded Munchman from cassette, and that kind of fun can never be simulated.

He’s probably bending over a bit because it’s 3A (not A3 what a boofhead),
and that’s the crap 8k RAM cart, you really want BASIC Level IIIB.

 

Actually you need the RAM in the BASIC IIIB cart to load Munchman,
so the 1.4M is just for the glory of owning one
but yeah.. that don’t look like a real phone number 14000000 (the same as the price).

I got on looking to spend $20 on an old tractor feed dot matrix printer.
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/redbank-plains/printers/epson-lx-300-ii-dot-matrix-printer/1042594537

 

An old mate used to have one of these...
Most of the games were running from tape and it took soooo long to load.
I remember the graphics looked better than my apple II.

The rubber keys were pretty cool

 

This BS listing reminds me of the frustrations I'm sure a lot of us retro collectors/enthusiasts go through when looking for stuff. Just because something is "retro" or "rare" it seems sellers think it's all of a sudden worth top dollar.

It's like this Atari PC3 on eBay which I kid you not, has been continually relisted for 2 years. He's asking over 1,500 Euro ($2,300+) for a complete 8088 PC which isn't even worth half that.

When I was first wanting to get one and this was the only one I could find anywhere, I tried to reason with the guy showing examples of past PC3's that sold for way less but he wouldn't budge. Got to hand it to him though, he definitely sticks to his guns!

Needless to say I've since picked up a few PC3's including a complete one all the way from Germany for about $500 including postage (which was the killer). And just the other week another complete system sold in Greece for about the same price. Amazing what happens when you actually set decent prices. Meanwhile old mate in Italy with his 43 watchers (probably guys like me watching it for the lols) continues to polish his Atari PC3 every weekend patiently waiting for the right buyer...

 

so what your saying is I should unlist my stuff after two years.

phew glad the message wasn't lost on me

 

Need an agent Quert
Your motherload, then I can enjoy retirement

 

haha, my gaming stuffs actually packed away in storage.

i sure do miss it.

 

Bust one out of the box. You....... know........ you........ want......... to

 

lol, it is going to have its own room in my next place

 

Thought we could turn this into a mega "look at that overpriced retro part lol" thread.

Here's a couple:

Shuttle HOT-533 Ver 1.1 AT Motherboard - $900.00 But it's got a 30 day warranty!!!!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ISA-Motherb...530?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6f9787b2

What's worse is something is actually watching it...........Shane?


AMERICAN MEGATREND UM486V SOCKET3 ISA MOTHERBOARD w/CPU 486DX + MEMORY + 5 CARDS - $550.00. Seems reasonable.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AMERICAN-ME...342?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43d8e9cafe


Clearly I'm in the wrong business....

 

They don't even have an option for me to make a stupidly low offer.... how disappointing.

 

Some of that ISA stuff would get snapped up to by someone with an old industrial machine most likely, and the bastards probably got them for free...

 

Atari Joe.......... Sad part though is I can fill endless pages with
overpriced retro parts

Spend up now boys..............only gonna get worse.

Socket8, still around but expensive. Dual sockets, oh boy

Your SS7 going mental right now!! Guess point is early enough for a retro gamer & still have ps2 & usb ports. Win

Ebay seller all watch others auctions. Item sells higher price & they synchronize as to match them earning they missed out on.

It's nothing new though.

Metal recyclers in the US had Pentium Pro's in stacks like rubbish..........
to sell as gold content.

Make purchase pair matching cpu's
Had good discussion with that seller / sure his attitude changed when reveal can make better $ as collected from enthusiast
Later they're tune changed........months later the sale of these precious cpu's changed for the better.

 

I prefer to give my retro computing stuffs to collectors rather then to try to sell it to a random for a profit.

there's some that I just would never even part with if I had it though of course, like a zx spectrum, etc.

 

Yes m8, I do like what you do

Restore the old consoles to they're former glory.
It's your dedication that saves these great parts from being tossed out.

Kudo's to you