Sev80 wrote:I know Vogons doesn't allow a buy/sell/trade... There's always crappy ebay with inflated prices and money hungry sellers trying to sell old trident video cards for 150 bucks.
Truth be told, I dont know of any good US based hardware buying/selling/trading sites. There's Amibay, but that's mostly for Europe.. Is there any places I should be looking that I am not?
Where do you look to buy hardware?
I'm AU based, but have been collecting stuff from around the world via a few of the resources below.
eBay - it's not all bad for a buyer, there are discount promos, untested lots, occasional sellers wanting to move things quickly - have your watch lists set up with alerts, get the app if you have a smartphone (latest version app is OK to use) and be vigilant and the bargains are there! where I find interesting stuff, in order of decreasing volume:
ebay.com
ebay.ca
ebay.de
ebay.com.au
ebay.co.uk
Use freight forwarders in US and UK to combine post.
CONUS
Vintage Computer Federation - vcfed.org
craigslist - this seems to be an OK source for US guys, but seemingly everything is 600 miles from the person who wants it? 😜
thrift stores
EU/UK
gumtree - UK
Amibay - amibay.com
http://www.marktplaats.nl/ - gets a mention here
JP
yahoo auctions - buy via Jauce or buyee.jp (translate to English options available) - shipping and fees aren't cheap, but items are
AU
overclockers.com.au - nearly 140k members and active retro & non-retro trading forums
gumtree
http://www.trademe.co.nz/ - for our NZ cousins
thrift/Salvos stores? - don't know if there's any retro tech to find in our stores
Mac-specific
applefritter.org
68klma.org
thinkclassic.org
And of course, friends, family, recycling centres, kerbside cleanup, dumpster diving ...