Atari_Bill

Doesn't matter to me. I'll take any model that works with the 800. Doesn't have to be an "official" Atari model.

Unfortunately all the ones on ebay are listed as untested. I'd rather pay more and get one that I know will work.

My wife has mentioned for years the fun she had playing Jawbreaker on her Atari 800 growing up. As a surpise to her I found a copy of Jawbreaker on ebay and picked it up. I could have sworn I had an 800 drive in my extra computer items stored in the basement but for the life of me now I can't find it. Does anyone have any idea on where I could buy a working drive for my Atari 800? I really want to surprise her for Christmas! Bill

Bravo!!!! That is sooooo my thinking as well. I am sick to death of this hobby becoming nothing more than an "investment" for people. I collect because I love the memories it brings back. Unfortunately every collection I get into gets pulled down into nothing more than "what's it worth". I love the homebrews, but I try to keep my spending under control so I can't always buy when they first come out. By the time I can, the prices balloon past my confort zone. That's why I have precious few of them.

It is saying the youtube account has been terminated???

Wow! I'll never understand the ebay buyer.

Can't say I agree. I've had mine since I bought it new in the 80's. Works like a champ. Can't even begin to tell you the hours I've logged on that machine.

I've wanted this forever. Defintely overpriced here. Can't be worth any more than $1000 in my book.

Unfortunately the days of finding anything like this cheaply are gone. Too much readily available information allows virtually everyone to know exactly what they have and how much they can overcharge on it.

I was going to say the same thing! That was the piece in this lot I was really wanting until bidding got out of hand. Anyone else have that Math Fun variant for trade / sale?

Of course that depends on how you look at homebrews. To me they aren't a part of the "officially released" games for the system so I have no strong desire to include them in my collection. On my collecting lists, homebrews are a very low priority and rarity. That being said, I have picked up a few that appeal to me personally (Yogi & Flintstones) when I can get them at release price. I would NEVER pay more than around $75 for any homebrew.

Wow, that puts me in a better mood. I was barely outbid on this and regretting that I didn't go just a little higher. Now I'm glad I didn't win. Good eye on that.

Seriously? So much for my goal of a complete TG collection. I'm right around the 90 game point as well, but I guess I'll never finish with prices that high. The price point for retro game collecting is getting out of hand.

That was my thinking. $180 is a LOT for me to bid on any auction. Probably the most I've ever bid on a single auction, but I knew I could turn the Spiker around in trade so I gave it a shot. Not a big deal. I already scored something really nice in another auction this week. I'm not going to get that lucky twice.

Stupid me thinking I had a shot at $180 for most of the auction..... I was hoping others didn't see the Spiker, but with 13 watchers on the auction I knew that it was a fantasy. oh well....

Not that long ago I won an auction for the 2600 Death Trap using a stock photo. It only mentioned complete with no condition so I took a gamble at a good price. When I got it, it was gem mint like it just came from the store. Like mentioned above, it's a gamble. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose.

Wow, me too! I could have earned 5's of dollars!!

Voltron could always send his to C-Mart. Just a thought....

...and in the wrong forum. This is not the place for advertising ANYTHING ebay. I'm not sure why a mod hasn't stepped in yet.

Nice Goodwill find....even for 2009. In my 23 years of collecting I've never come across even the first model sticks let alone the hex disks. I just finished inventory on everything in my basement. I have 67 Atari sticks down there and not a single first model.

?Aren't these "ads" supposed to be in the marketplace?

Wow, KB component huh? In 6 months you've purcahsed more of a collection than what I've built in 23 years. Can't say I'm not jealous. I guess if I had that kind of funds available I'd do it to. Congrats and enjoy!

You could be right, but (sad as it is to say) my days of giving anyone the benefit of doubt are long gone.

IMO all grading services are nothing but scam artists artificially inflating collectible prices to the point that the hobby loses its core participants and impodes in upon itself. They then move on to grading the next big thing and begin sucking the life and collecting enjoyment from that. As you can tell, I am not a fan and would never buy anything graded.

Wow, certainly looks like the same pic. Not sure why someone would post a lie about a find like that but then again I seem to have a harder and harder time understanding what a lot of people do these days.