I picked a complete working Celeron 266 machine up for AU$9.50 the other week so it's not all bad.

It's not even THAT old. Heck, it's not even AGP 😜

Tetrium wrote:

It's not even THAT old. Heck, it's not even AGP 😜

if it was agp there would be atleast 25% premium on top of the price!
after all agp is highly sought after pcie cards are a dime a dozen!!!

Stuff like this belongs to the Hall Of Shame...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_from=R40&_trksid=m5 … kw=RADEON+X1950

Not even rare.

I wouldnt never buy at that prices.. Thats crazy.. As you guys mentioned its not RARE at all.. And besides those cards are very easy to find on second hand sites!!.

But some stuff i have to buy for higher prices, because its so rare that its so hard to find one ever again..

Like this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/150655978968#ht_3953wt_1396

Bought that kouwell (high-end) bios controller.. I paid 70 euros (included shipping, shipping is also expensive) for that bitch..
Because i needed an 1.44 mb / 1.2mb floppy controller.. With? Because cards without that bios can only use 360kb /720kb floppy drives. But i wont that..

I like i can use 1.44mb because i need universal standards.. Its 8-bit.. Then you know it could be expensive..

But I will never pay 300 dollars or more for crap..

There are plenty of sellers on ebay who use buy it now listings at incredibly inflated prices. They keep the same items listed month after month without dropping the price despite it obviously not selling. They're just hoping for that one big score from someone who doesn't know better.

Hater Depot wrote:

They're just hoping for that one big score from someone who doesn't know better.

I imagine someone who doesn't know better wouldn't have that kind of money in the first place.

Hater Depot wrote:

There are plenty of sellers on ebay who use buy it now listings at incredibly inflated prices. They keep the same items listed month after month without dropping the price despite it obviously not selling. They're just hoping for that one big score from someone who doesn't know better.

Yeah i know, but sometimes you have no choices when you are building old machines. Then you know its hard to come by good stuff in the year 2011. Then you have to pay.. Then you could be glad if you can buy an very RARE part for that price.. that i mind you never will find soon an other one of that kind.

The pros are that those money sellers, that let the old stuff live on ebay and the other sites.. otherwise you will never find it again very soon..

The bad, its costs you a lot of money if you are living in europe, and want to buy in america..

I say: Get over it, or don`t build older systems!! (like XT / 286)

Besides that 386, 486 stuff is a way easier to get!! Most of that `junk` laying on the junkyard, or getting recycled for iron!

Like this card.. what's so special about it?
http://cgi.ebay.nl/200269083424
It might be new, but it's still a crappy trident card.

Robin4 wrote:

I like i can use 1.44mb because i need universal standards.. Its 8-bit.. Then you know it could be expensive..

We already know why you want to use 1.44MB floppy's, it's in your avatar 🤣

> Like this card.. what's so special about it?

"These cards are used in Hurco brand and others cnc equipment."
Similar case as the ET4000. This price is not much of a problem if a far more expensive production machine needs repair.

Must be "collectors value". I had one Trident 8900CL VGA card a long time ago. a very sub par card.

Also looks like this card is without video BIOS, so its specifically meant for use in this equipment.

h-a-l-9000 wrote:

> Like this card.. what's so special about it?

"These cards are used in Hurco brand and others cnc equipment."
Similar case as the ET4000. This price is not much of a problem if a far more expensive production machine needs repair.

Ah, I didn't see that, that would explain it 😀

Some people post things for sale at insane prices in the hopes that someone won't know any better and buy it at that price, like the ones who keep posting the same Voodoo3 3000 PCI cards for $75.00 over and over while I buy the ones that sell for $10. 😁.

It always gets me how these jokers want to charge shipping on top of their ridiculous prices, it's just salt in the wound at that point.

There also seems to be a lot of people pulling the old low BIN price / ridiculously high shipping price trick to avoid ebay fees.

You think that's bad check this out...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PPS-2000-040-Processo … =item25677618ba

He's basically trying to extort people paying his inflated price.

'Give me your money or the board gets it!'

Even if it was a fair price I wouldn't buy from a guy with such a hostile attitude.

DonutKing wrote:

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You think that's bad check this out...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PPS-2000-040-Processo … =item25677618ba

He's basically trying to extort people paying his inflated price.

'Give me your money or the board gets it!'

Even if it was a fair price I wouldn't buy from a guy with such a hostile attitude.

is that price really inflated? Probably. I'd imagine the board is worth $150. also, his claim that 8 4mb simms are worth $100 is also preposterous. I just did a search and found that I can go get the same simms for $4 each with shipping.

The thing is, if you look at the items that he has sold, he has been getting some good cash for some of those items. are his prices high? yes. are they completely out of line? no. I know for a fact if someone posted up an asus p65up8 motherboard in working condition i'd sell a kidney to get it.