Vyvyan B. Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I know what you are saying, $200 for a floppy disk is just way too much! But hey, you're getting 50 of them and buying in bulk is always much, much, much, more expensive. I mean, think about it! Plus, you are getting a $15 rebate! Edited December 4, 2022 by Vyvyan B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I remember the last pack of 50 3.5" disks I bought, cost me $19.99 (~1996). I still have them all too -- except they've got data on them (Macintosh applications and backup files). Prices had dropped because of Zip / Syquest drives. I still have my Syquest drive and disks too. Edited December 4, 2022 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyvyan B. Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 17 minutes ago, MrFish said: I remember the last pack of 50 3.5" disks I bought, cost me $19.99 Why pay $19.99 when you can get these for 24 easy payments of $480.03 and shipping is very reasonable too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I think I'd get more pleasure throwing money out the window of my car while driving down Main St. (maybe make little paper airplanes out of each bill first...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) So I've seen this individual selling many items on Ebay before. A lot - to my mind - is very over priced and the comms I've had with them I've found quite abrupt at times. (They are the seller selling the 600/800XL keyboard I posted here in this topic the other day for £100+) I saw this just now for a digital copy of De Re Atari which is pretty outrageous considering it is available for free to download in the public domain anyway, (here for example: https://archive.org/details/ataribooks-de-re-atari/mode/2up) They are selling a PDF of it for £1.95 which they send to you via Google drive!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144420158833?hash=item21a01cbd71:g:52EAAOSwtiliD4wG Hmmmm...... Edited December 4, 2022 by Beeblebrox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+MrFish Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, MrFish said: I remember the last pack of 50 3.5" disks I bought, cost me $19.99 (~1996). I still have them all too -- except they've got data on them (Macintosh applications and backup files). Prices had dropped because of Zip / Syquest drives. I still have my Syquest drive and disks too. Come to think of it... I believe mine had that same $15 rebate (I think the store I went to gave those "instant rebates" too). So, my final cost was $5. Yeah, that's it... I remember bragging about it at the time. Edited December 4, 2022 by MrFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 14 minutes ago, Beeblebrox said: I saw this just now for a digital copy of De Re Atari He doesn't even advertise it by it's name he calls it "A Guide To Effective Programming", what a dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, TGB1718 said: He doesn't even advertise it by it's name he calls it "A Guide To Effective Programming", what a dick Good point. He/She clearly know's they are pushing it!! Blantant. It's a pity as they have a good collection of Atari items but aside the obvious high prices this makes me wanna stay well clear! Edited December 4, 2022 by Beeblebrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Yes. The answer to this thread’s question is yes. Now, about those Mercari and OfferUp folks….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 5 hours ago, kheller2 said: Now, about those Mercari and OfferUp folks….. ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, TGB1718 said: ??? Selling apps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 eBay is crazy: https://www.ebay.com/itm/353747536733 Two 10 minute cassettes, $48 plus $9 shipping. Or for $10 and $7.50 shipping you can have 3 broken DS Lites: https://www.ebay.com/itm/354429172100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyvyan B. Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 27 minutes ago, kheller2 said: eBay is crazy: Two 10 minute cassettes, $48 plus $9 shipping. Yes, but they have the word "LASER" written on them in capitol letters, which increases their value exponentially. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 And so nice to know they were $1.99 back then..Lest we forget that they are SPECIAL COMPUTER TAPES...Made special since they are only 10mins long Not even much use on an Atari as many tape programs were well over a 10 min load.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 Near £90 odd modern Atari 800, etc psu from the seller that brought us the £100 used XL keyboard : https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144432358995? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faicuai Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Most of the above is peanuts compared to this... https://www.ebay.com/itm/125600416108?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-lQf8-U4RRa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY HURRY, it is on Christmas sale, as a $750 discount has been generously extended !! The above (original) title will ONLY run on the 800, as it detects and validates the presence of its dual floating-bus, during runtime. It will NOT run on a 800/Incognito, for instance. You ain't seen nothing, yet... Edited December 9, 2022 by Faicuai 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Faicuai said: Most of the above is peanuts compared to this... https://www.ebay.com/itm/125600416108?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-lQf8-U4RRa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY HURRY, it is on Christmas sale, as a $750 discount has been generously extended !! The above (original) title will ONLY run on the 800, as it detects and validates the presence of its dual floating-bus, during runtime. It will NOT run on a 800/Incognito, for instance. You ain't seen nothing, yet... “ ~ This ebay store is run by a mother and daughter team who love the items we sell! Thank you so much for visiting us! Please check our other items. ~ 🙂 🙂 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 not to mention anything they sell that so much as mentions Atari is given the same holey sh*t price treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam242 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 hours ago, Faicuai said: Most of the above is peanuts compared to this... https://www.ebay.com/itm/125600416108?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=-lQf8-U4RRa&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY From the item description: "I do not know anything about this game." Well, clearly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 They're not really expecting to get anywhere near that price. They don't know what to price it at. And if they do sell it they won the flunky lottery. It's fun to sit and watch the offers come in and then sell for whatever.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Keatah said: They're not really expecting to get anywhere near that price. They don't know what to price it at. And if they do sell it they won the flunky lottery. It's fun to sit and watch the offers come in and then sell for whatever.. While I agree that doing that is an angle on getting a price offered, I can't imagine how many people were put off simply BY using that as a starter price. Had the price been a little nuts then I think people might have offered where 14.5K just screams greed and stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vyvyan B. Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Wow! Save up to 5%! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mclaneinc Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Go on, put it on the credit card!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeblebrox Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mclaneinc said: Go on, put it on the credit card!! PM me your Credit card details heh heh!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDMike Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 US $14000, THEM $0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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