Selling my A500+

mikey2002kent · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:52 pm Post subject: Selling my A500+

The Time has come to get rid of my beloved Amiga 500+ Crying or Very sad

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330760273446
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joeyramonne · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:50 pm Post subject:

forty fives postage you try rippering off ppl aint ya i catch ya heh Laughing

noone so retarded buying worst amiga with crappy kick for forty fives pound you think we retarded????? i difinitely not buy it!!!!!!!!! auf wiedersehen

mikey2002kent · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:54 pm Post subject:

Any chance of that in english?

Thats the price I was quoted by the UK Post office for x2 boxes each weighing 15kg, as I clearly have said, I would advise to arrange your own courier which is cheaper. Perhaps if you read the listing properly you would understand this Smile

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mikey2002kent · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 1:58 pm Post subject:

Ive just reliased i've posted this in the wrong section and not sure how i go about moving it, if any admin are about, would you be so kind to do the honors and move it for me Embarassed

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Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii

Sensi · Groupie Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 145

Postage to my country would be a killer Very Happy

Nice one, really.
Think twice before selling beloved hardware, you might regret it in the future Wink

Sensi · Groupie Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 145

Just a question mikey (and others).

Lets say I want to buy A500+ on ebay or similar site or the seller doesnt allow me to open Amiga, how to recognize the s****y battery killed the board already? Will there be any problems occuring immediately after turning it on? Red screen, green screen, you know what I mean, similar to wrong RAM or PSU indicators. Any clues?

mikey2002kent · Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 8:45 pm Post subject:

Im not sure to be honest as never experienced a dead battery but sure others on here can advise Smile

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Sensi · Groupie Joined: 02 Apr 2007 Posts: 145

I did some search and the "insert a disk" screen doesnt even appear when battery has leaked and caused a damage on mobo. If its able to boot a disk, its not a ceratin death yet Cool

Try before you buy if you can (what an advice! Very Happy

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tjlazer · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 11:51 pm Post subject:

Not true, the battery can very well leak bad and it can still boot up to the Insert WB disk screen! It simply means that the acid hasn't killed the Amiga yet! I would advise anyone looking to buy an Amiga 500+, A2000, A3000 or A4000 to ASSUME the battery has leaked, unless you check it otherwise. NiCad batteries WILL leak. Especially after 20+ years. (yes even if never powered up)

djos · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:22 am Post subject:

MIK UK · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:50 am Post subject:

I took mine out just over a year ago, my A500+, it had slowly started to leak. Caught it in time!

Who ever is the new owner, open it up and cut the battery out.

Even if you have an A500 with 1/2meg and battery on board then cut it off. In the long term it's worth more to you working than dead. No need to replace the battery at all if your mig is being used as a games machine.
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