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From: cs173scq@sdcc5.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.marketplace
Subject: Re: Amiga 1000 going price?
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Date: 7 May 91 23:40:09 GMT
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In article <1991May7.145152.5804@sagpd1>, monty@sagpd1 writes:
|> In article <5704@mindlink.bc.ca> Robert_Salesas@mindlink.bc.ca (Robert Salesas) writes:
|> >Ask yourself the same question about the A2000.  Why are they selling for so
|> >low?  2200$ for a 2500/30 with 50 meg drive and a bunch of other
|> >extras is quite low.  Why do Amiga's lose so much value when you go to sell
|> >them?  As the old saying goes, "supply and demand".
|> 
|> 	In all fairness it is not only Commodore that has a resale problem with
|> 	it's "older" models. Have you priced a IBM xt lately. Not a clone, but
|> 	a true blue XT runs less then $300 now,  and sold for near $4000 new
|> 	if memory serves ( maybe as low as $3000 or as high as $5000 ). It
|> 	is true that the XT is still worth more thaen an A1000, but it's
|> 	market is much larger, more supply and demand.

An interesting comparison...

The PC came out in 1981, the XT not much long after that
The A1000 came out late 1985/early 1986, nearly 5 years later which
is about the same time the IBM AT came out and 2 years after the Mac 128

Used AT's run about twice as much as an A1000, and a Mac 128 seems
to run a bit less.

|> 	ALL computer products suffer from this, especially discontinued and
|> 	unsupported models ala A1000.

Support seems to be the key factor.  The XT is still "supported" but seems
to be waning.  Not many buy new 286's (they're all going towards 386SX
as the low end) but mfg'ers make products for that stupid bus like there's
no tomorrow.

If only mfg'ers made products that are both compatible with the A500 as well
as the A1000 without having to reverse and elevate, or if CBM put the 
connector on the A500 on the right side of the case, the A1000 would
probably have a higher resale value.

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