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[lazarusr]

A Master Compact Service manual and he stoll couldn't get it working, tut tut...

All it needs is a BASIC ROM?

It’s not the Master Compact Service Manual. It’s actually the RetroClinic version which is only £4.95 new.

[topcat96]

Maybe if it was a dual ...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cumana-5-25-Floppy-Disk-Drive-for-BBC-Computers-/302477043219

[MatthewThompson]

Is this person for real ?

It's a copied disc, not original, and they think it's worth £30.00 and it's a rare item !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BBC-Micro-Gam ... SwkzhZ1od8

why would anyone want this ?

just noticed £30.00 is actually the reserve price !!!

[geraldholdsworth]

It's a copied disc, not original, and they think it's worth £30.00 and it's a rare item !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BBC-Micro-Gam ... SwkzhZ1od8

It is actually illegal and should not even be listed. Besides, if you want a copy of Zalaga, you can get it for free at Stairway To Hell.

[jonb]

It's a copied disc, not original, and they think it's worth £30.00 and it's a rare item !!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BBC-Micro-Gam ... SwkzhZ1od8

It is actually illegal and should not even be listed. Besides, if you want a copy of Zalaga, you can get it for free at Stairway To Hell.

It's illegal because it's copyrighted? So how is it legal for it to be free on STH?

[geraldholdsworth]

It's illegal because it's copyrighted? So how is it legal for it to be free on STH?

Actually, as far as I can tell, all the archive on STH should not be there as it is all copyrighted. However, most owners of the IPs aren't bothered. The same goes for the archives on this forum. They are there; the IP owner may, or may not, know they are there; but they just choose to ignore it, for whatever reason they have.

Selling a copy of a game is something else - this goes against the Ebay rules for a start.

On the Repton Resource Page, I do not make available disc images of the various Repton games because, a - Superior have asked me not to, and b - they are available on STH anyway. I can't even make available the Repton 3 add ons (ATWIFS, LOR, RTT) converted for the Commodore 64 version, but I can make available a tool which will do the job (the scenarios that are on my page have been put on with the full knowledge, and OK, of Richard Hanson).

[MatthewThompson]

Did somebody contact this seller by any chance? as the auction has now ended, unsold.

The seller also added an extra bit on the item description saying that "I have been informed by another ebay user that people can get copies of the game
and put them on floppy disc. I can assure anybody that this is a copy I made in 1984" !

So what makes him think his copy is worth £30.00 ?

[Boydie]

So what makes him think his copy is worth £30.00 ?

Simple! It's in its original cardboard case (complete with authentic clippings from magazines). Just be thankful it's not in cellophane or he'd be asking £45.

Can anyone tell what's written on the disc label? I'm pretty sure it doesn't say "Zalaga".

[steve3000]

The seller also added an extra bit on the item description saying that "I have been informed by another ebay user that people can get copies of the game
and put them on floppy disc. I can assure anybody that this is a copy I made in 1984" !

So what makes him think his copy is worth £30.00 ?

Well, clearly because it's an authentic original copy, and not one of those worthless modern copies that everyone has...???!

[flaxcottage]

I've hundreds of 'original' copies from BITD.

[lazarusr]

What would happen to its value if the disk was reformatted today and then the same data saved back to it?

[Lardo Boffin]

What would happen to its value if the disk was reformatted today and then the same data saved back to it?

Oohhh. That’s up there with the question about a tree falling over in the woods!

Maybe it has value because the data on that disc is 30 years old? New data won’t have matured as nicely and will have that new car smell.

[lazarusr]

[paulv]

I know it's not a bad looking A300 series keyboard that probably just needs a good clean but....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-Archimedes-keyboard-/172971638895

I'm pretty sure I've seen entire systems sell for less than this keyboard alone

Paul

[JonC]

I know it's not a bad looking A300 series keyboard that probably just needs a good clean but....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-Archimedes-keyboard-/172971638895

I'm pretty sure I've seen entire systems sell for less than this keyboard alone

Paul

Wow, I have 3 in a drawer.

Time to give 'em a clean!

[flaxcottage]

£150! WT(ASCII code 70)

[BrianR.]

Just seen this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-5-25 ... SwalpZyAy7

50 quid for a single 5.25" floppy disk? He's having a laugh, surely. I paid less than that for a floppy DRIVE last month.

I also recently bought 20 Memorex disks, DS/DD, sealed in original packaging for £33, and that price included postage from the USA.

The seller could argue that HIS disk is 'genuine vintage', but then they ALL are, as none have been made for nearly 30 years.

[Boydie]

If the disc label is correct, the software on it was originally distributed by its author for the cost of the media.
Even when considering the past 30+ years, that’s still about a fifty-fold mark-up!

I’ve got a couple of hundred of these knocking around at home. Do I need to increase my home insurance? Some are genuine 1970s.

[crj]

Do I need to increase my home insurance?

You jest, but...

Domestic insurance policies tend to offer new-for-old replacement on electronics. I'm far from clear how that interacts with retrocomputing.

[jonb]

That seller has some odd cr@p in his other items list. For example:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Shap ... SwTA9X56yf



Still, gotta try it on I suppose!

[Lardo Boffin]

Just seen this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-5-25 ... SwalpZyAy7

50 quid for a single 5.25" floppy disk? He's having a laugh, surely. I paid less than that for a floppy DRIVE last month.

I also recently bought 20 Memorex disks, DS/DD, sealed in original packaging for £33, and that price included postage from the USA.

The seller could argue that HIS disk is 'genuine vintage', but then they ALL are, as none have been made for nearly 30 years.

Maybe it has a copy of Zalaga on it?

I sometimes wonder about people that do this and have the following conclusions:-

1) They are genuinely deluded about its value
2) They are too lazy / stupid to research it’s probable value
3) They hope other people are too lazy / stupid to research its value

I can’t really think of any other reasons.

[BrianR.]

I think it's probably about 10% of reason 1, and 90% reason 3.

[sirbod]

I see yet another copy of Arc Elite just sold for ~£150 on eBay. Legal copies of the game are free to download from various sources, so why do people keep paying so much, essentially for a manual (or two in the case of the Gold version)?

I'd understand if it was a rare title, but Arc Elite sold more copies than any other game besides Zarch. It certainly reappears on eBay more than any other Arc title. My only guess is that it's collectors that aren't necessarily Archimedes owners artificially inflating the price.

BBC Elite however...you can't give them away. I have various versions, including 2nd copro and couldn't even sell them for £10! Speaking of which, I must get around to listing all the BBC stuff I have on here, so you folk can taken them off my hands...for a donation back to JASPP of course

In general, most Archimedes titles are worth face value only at around £5-£10, with rarer ones up to the £30 mark. Why "retro" sellers keep relisting the same titles for £39.99 year on year is beyond me.

[Lardo Boffin]

I see yet another copy of Arc Elite just sold for ~£150 on eBay. Legal copies of the game are free to download from various sources, so why do people keep paying so much, essentially for a manual (or two in the case of the Gold version)?

I'd understand if it was a rare title, but Arc Elite sold more copies than any other game besides Zarch. It certainly reappears on eBay more than any other Arc title. My only guess is that it's collectors that aren't necessarily Archimedes owners artificially inflating the price.

BBC Elite however...you can't give them away. I have various versions, including 2nd copro and couldn't even sell them for £10! Speaking of which, I must get around to listing all the BBC stuff I have on here, so you folk can taken them off my hands...for a donation back to JASPP of course

In general, most Archimedes titles are worth face value only at around £5-£10, with rarer ones up to the £30 mark. Why "retro" sellers keep relisting the same titles for £39.99 year on year is beyond me.

Put me down for the co proc version of Elite for £10 please!!!

[sirbod]

Put me down for the co proc version of Elite for £10 please!!!

I wondered how long it would be before someone made that offer

Everything I have may already be gone, but I will list anything remaining in the For Sale section. Just remember that any money I receive will be going back into JASPP, to purchase games from eBay that the project requires, so it's all going to a good cause so to speak...not my pocket.

[Lardo Boffin]

Put me down for the co proc version of Elite for £10 please!!!

I wondered how long it would be before someone made that offer

You mean you dont have one? Shucks.

[crj]

Still, gotta try it on I suppose!

You think that's bad? A previous employer discovered one of its brochures being sold on eBay. It was only two years old, and naturally we'd given them away at the time. We rummaged in a cupboard and found several dozen more, in pristine condition.

We briefly contemplated selling some old pairs of the CEO's socks, with certificates of authenticity...

[paulv]

In the wake of the A300 series £150 keyboard....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-Archimedes-keyboard-from-a-Archimedes-410-but-may-work-with-others/282736438703

Yup, a slightly damaged A400 series keyboard for similar money

Mind you, this Amiga CDTV keyboard is way out there too

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-new-Commodore-Amiga-CDTV-Keyboard-UK/172934247556

Paul

[sirbod]

You mean you dont have one? Shucks.

I believe I have several copies of Elite and varying versions. Unfortunately for yourself, I was PM'd seconds after my post with a potential offer to take everything off my hands. I've yet to follow that up beyond acknowledging them, as I've not been home enough to find/photograph everything.

[Lardo Boffin]

You mean you dont have one? Shucks.

I believe I have several copies of Elite and varying versions. Unfortunately for yourself, I was PM'd seconds after my post with a potential offer to take everything off my hands. I've yet to follow that up beyond acknowledging them, as I've not been home enough to find/photograph everything.

Not to worry!