Goochman Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Heed needs 50k Euro to pay for his new digital photography studio - the next eBay auctions will sizzle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokerCPoC Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Hm, the new photos do not look very convincing to me: totally different in style and the shooting locations do not match. The blurred pic could have been taken at an Atari fair/exhibition using a mobile phone cam. Even if the photos should show the actual unit, why does the seller offer the item at ebay France? Who the f*** checks ebay France (no insult to the french Atari fans!)? Also, why does the seller ships to Netherlands only? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Either the person who wants to sell the item is a total ebay noob or this is just a major hoax. He's an ebay noob as He has a feedback of 0 and 0.00% out of 100%, So He has almost no idea what He's doing and the price is at least 1000 times too high in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted June 30, 2009 Author Share Posted June 30, 2009 why does the seller offer the item at ebay France? Who the f*** checks ebay France (no insult to the french Atari fans!)? Also, why does the seller ships to Netherlands only? This makes absolutely no sense to me. Either the person who wants to sell the item is a total ebay noob or this is just a major hoax. no, it's just my search it's from ebay.fr (i'm french ) the real link is on ebay.nl http://cgi.ebay.nl/Atari-1090-XL-Expansion...emZ260436179112 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nosty Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 (edited) Last time I saw 1090XL without cover on eBay about 6-7 years ago. Starting price was $1000 and nobody bought it. Edited June 30, 2009 by nosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Guitarman Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I would figure that the collectible value for something that doesn't work is going to be a lot less than something that will ( working 1400XL,1450XLD). Even being a collector, I'd be hard pressed to pay that much for something that is just a showpiece. Now, if it had any working cards in it, that may be a different story, but not at that cost!! Last time I saw 1090XL without cover on eBay about 6-7 years ago.Starting price was $1000 and nobody bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 Hello Marius Hmm I've asked one of the fellows of Pokey, and he told me it is not his auction. Who did you ask? Fred or John? greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Who did you ask? Fred or John? Howdy Mathy Fred. He answered me that he is not the one who is trying to sell this thing via ebay. But he confirmed that it is a REAL auction, with an existing 1090. I guess Fred knows who the seller is. Greetz M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Hello Marius I guess John is the "seller". It's gotten his name written all over it. And since Fred isn't the seller but knows the seller ... greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Is fred possibly Freddy Offenga (of mega mag, ang fame)...or Fred meijer (i think that is how he spelt is family name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Is fred possibly Freddy Offenga (of mega mag, ang fame)...or Fred meijer (i think that is how he spelt is family name) This Fred = Fred Meijer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 My guess is, it's unpopulated shame the seller doesn't have snaps of the innards or doesn't he have any of the cards How many of the cards were actually made (prototyped etc) Marius....Is Ernst and Bo still doing 'pooldisk' and how are they (are they still into atari things) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marius Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Marius....Is Ernst and Bo still doing 'pooldisk' and how are they (are they still into atari things) Haven't heard a lot lately of them. Last news was that they were working on a Pooldisk III (a DVD). I don't know much about it. I really should email one of these very kind atari lovers again. I'll do that this week! Greetz Marius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Curt told me one day, that only two set of 1090 cards known Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivop Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I guess John is the "seller". It's gotten his name written all over it. And since Fred isn't the seller but knows the seller ... Interesting. I spoke to him a few months ago and he told me he has one of the five complete 1090's (with a cover that is) that exist in the world. I did not get the impression though that he wanted to part from his Atari collection, much less his 1090XL. Well, perhaps it is just showing off, but in that case I would have expected a couple of decent, self-made images. There's something fishy about this ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeventura Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I guess John is the "seller". It's gotten his name written all over it. And since Fred isn't the seller but knows the seller ... Interesting. I spoke to him a few months ago and he told me he has one of the five complete 1090's (with a cover that is) that exist in the world. I did not get the impression though that he wanted to part from his Atari collection, much less his 1090XL. Well, perhaps it is just showing off, but in that case I would have expected a couple of decent, self-made images. There's something fishy about this ad. Well at that price I would part with any atari possession I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokerCPoC Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I guess John is the "seller". It's gotten his name written all over it. And since Fred isn't the seller but knows the seller ... Interesting. I spoke to him a few months ago and he told me he has one of the five complete 1090's (with a cover that is) that exist in the world. I did not get the impression though that he wanted to part from his Atari collection, much less his 1090XL. Well, perhaps it is just showing off, but in that case I would have expected a couple of decent, self-made images. There's something fishy about this ad. Well at that price I would part with any Atari possession I had. If I had a 1400XL still, I might too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bf2k+ Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Well at that price I would part with any atari possession I had. I'd sell ALL my Atari hardware for that price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox-1 / mnx Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 There's something fishy about this ad.I read "John" and "fishy" in the same posting. Talking about "brings back memories"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Hallo guys John's a guy that would put an add for a 1090XL on Ebay for an impossible price, just to see how people react. That plus the fact that I know he once lived in Schiedam and might still live there and the fact that he own's a 1090XL makes that I very very strongly believe that the "seller" is John. John BTW is the guy who invented a great mouse routine (see my site), created the version op Operation Blood that works with ... (oops, was that the mouse or the lightgun?), he translated Polish games when he was still very active in the Atari 8 bit scene, he's one of the founders of ANG software, etc. greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathy Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Hello guys I've seen Bo and Ernest on (IIRC) every JHV (yearly meeting of the members) of the ABBUC I've been to. And I haven't missed a single one in I guess 15 years. greetings Mathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JokerCPoC Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Hallo guys John's a guy that would put an add for a 1090XL on Ebay for an impossible price, just to see how people react. That plus the fact that I know he once lived in Schiedam and might still live there and the fact that he own's a 1090XL makes that I very very strongly believe that the "seller" is John. John BTW is the guy who invented a great mouse routine (see my site), created the version op Operation Blood that works with ... (oops, was that the mouse or the lightgun?), he translated Polish games when he was still very active in the Atari 8 bit scene, he's one of the founders of ANG software, etc. greetings Mathy He ought to not do that, He's lucky none of US are Multi-Millionaires, If I were $70K would be easy then. Besides the Fee to put that ad up has to be huge, Or at least bigger than I've ever seen. But then It's not My Money, So who am I to object? Edited July 2, 2009 by JokerCPoC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R4ngerM4n Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Operation Blood that works with ... (oops, was that the mouse or the lightgun?), Lightgun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeventura Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Only 17 hours left on this one, better get ready for the big price run up at the end of the auction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 (edited) I am guessing this guy actually has a 1090 unit....he will be lynched within an inch of his life if he's only selling a photo of it (albeit half inched from a certain well known atari site) Edited July 5, 2009 by carmel_andrews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumzyman Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 WoW.... No bidders, and for such a low price too. I could put mine up for half his asking price in USD and maybe buy a new truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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