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Various Speccy Bits - microdrives +D and Sam Coupe Stuff

flashbackgamesflashbackgames
edited April 2011 in Sales
I have been a long time speccy fan and have amassed a massive collection of the many years. About a year ago I decided to build an online shop to buy and sell retro gaming stuff (not just speccy). It has taken a while to put the the items in there (about a 1000) and I am now about half way there. I think there is several hundred Spectrum items, including games on cassette and +3 disk, boxed and loose computers, and various interfaces and drives.

Please have a look around and leave me any feedback on the site. Please be kind though, this is my first post anywhere for feedback.

www.flashbackgames.co.uk
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  • kgmcneilkgmcneil
    edited March 2011
    Nice website you got there!... Its the only place I have ever seen a Sam Coupe for sale too... As stated, "Ultra Rare", and Im inclined to believe it!...
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    kgmcneil wrote: »
    Nice website you got there!... Its the only place I have ever seen a Sam Coupe for sale too... As stated, "Ultra Rare", and Im inclined to believe it!...

    Thanks, yeah the Sam Coupe is a great machine, there is two on there, one with a box, it's such a high price cause I guess I don't want it to sell.

    My favourite item was The Ultimate Collected Works on +3 Disk. I never knew it existed. Again I put it on at a really high price (to help with google ranking), but it sold.

    Here is the sold link:

    http://www.flashbackgames.co.uk/shop/Item.asp?ProductTitle=The_Sentinel_Firebird&ProductID=243
  • reanimatorreanimator
    edited March 2011
    what version is the Multiface 128???
    will say along the bar after you press the red button.
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    reanimator wrote: »
    what version is the Multiface 128???
    will say along the bar after you press the red button.

    Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. The version No. is 87.2.
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    Come on guys, let me know what you think about my site. I was hoping that I could get some constructive comments...
  • jpjp
    edited March 2011
    Good looking site - but the 25 quid 'rest of world overseas' shipping cost is s h i t e
    jp nz | TZXs updated with new loading screens | youtube bits and bobs
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    flashbackgames wrote: »
    Come on guys, let me know what you think about my site. I was hoping that I could get some constructive comments...
    The site is fine, seems well put together and I had no problems browsing.

    I was put off by the prices though... I think ?64.99 (plus ?9.99 postage) is too high for a "loose" Spectrum 128k heatsink, and ?19.99 (plus ?1.99 postage) is far too high for a damaged Professional Adventure Writer!

    But that's just me. There are obviously other people willing to pay that much, so that's fair enough.
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    Mousey wrote: »
    The site is fine, seems well put together and I had no problems browsing.

    I was put off by the prices though... I think ?64.99 (plus ?9.99 postage) is too high for a "loose" Spectrum 128k heatsink, and ?19.99 (plus ?1.99 postage) is far too high for a damaged Professional Adventure Writer!

    But that's just me. There are obviously other people willing to pay that much, so that's fair enough.

    Hi, you are quite correct about the PAW I'll be changing the price on that a little later today. Though the 128k toastie I sold one on ebay for ?69.99 just a couple of weeks back: Link here. So I thought ?64.99 might be ok.

    I was thinking about putting in a best offer button...?

    Anyhow thanks for the feedback...
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    jp wrote: »
    Good looking site - but the 25 quid 'rest of world overseas' shipping cost is s h i t e


    Which item is it for?
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    flashbackgames wrote: »
    Hi, you are quite correct about the PAW I'll be changing the price on that a little later today. Though the 128k toastie I sold one on ebay for ?69.99 just a couple of weeks back: Link here. So I thought ?64.99 might be ok.

    I was thinking about putting in a best offer button...?
    A best offer button would be a good idea. Anything that can attract an offer is surely a plus.

    I think you should have knocked more than ?5 off for a loose 128k heatsink. It'll cost you more than ?5 to get the missing power supply (postage on these is quite high), cables and games (depending on what they were). ?54.99 is more of a tempting price point.

    Nice site though, and really I'm just jealous that you have so much retro goodness! ;)
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    Mousey wrote: »

    I think you should have knocked more than ?5 off for a loose 128k heatsink. It'll cost you more than ?5 to get the missing power supply (postage on these is quite high), cables and games (depending on what they were). ?54.99 is more of a tempting price point. ;)

    Well spotted I didn't upload any images of the PSU, RF or Ear/Mic leads which they both come with. Also one comes with both manuals, the standard + manual and the 128k supplement.

    Actually they were both on sale last week for ?59.99 with a bunch of other items. I had a bit of a celebration for the zx81's 30th birthday. I have now changed the price of the one without the manuals down to ?59.99.

    I mostly put items on late at night, guess I must be having too many glasses of red.

    I think I'll try and implement the "Make Offer" button in the next week or so.

    Again thanks for the help.
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    flashbackgames wrote: »
    Well spotted I didn't upload any images of the PSU, RF or Ear/Mic leads which they both come with. Also one comes with both manuals, the standard + manual and the 128k supplement.
    I totally misunderstood - I took "loose" to mean just the machine, and the pictures seemed to back this up. I would change "loose" to "unboxed".

    ?64.99 including all necessary leads and manuals, and ?59.99 without manuals, is probably about right.

    I see you dropped PAW to ?9.99, which is much better.

    Thanks for having the courtesy to take on board my comments. :)
  • jpjp
    edited March 2011
    flashbackgames wrote: »
    Which item is it for?

    Boxed ZX81
    jp nz | TZXs updated with new loading screens | youtube bits and bobs
  • RST#08RST#08
    edited March 2011
    Click-through pictures don't seem to be displaying properly in Chrome browser. OK in Firefox, so not sure if it's your sites' issue, or Chrome's? Just thought I'd mention it.

    Some nice items, BTW.

    Nx
  • zxbrunozxbruno
    edited March 2011
    kgmcneil wrote: »
    Nice website you got there!... Its the only place I have ever seen a Sam Coupe for sale too... As stated, "Ultra Rare", and Im inclined to believe it!...

    Quazar (the source for all things Sam Coupe) always has them for sale, and will even customize them for you. SellMyRetro (Rich Mellor's retro auction site) may also have them for sale sometimes.

    Nice site. I like the way the items are displayed, visualized and the way the entire thing works.
  • QuazarQuazar
    edited March 2011
    zxbruno wrote: »
    Quazar (the source for all things Sam Coupe) always has them for sale, and will even customize them for you. SellMyRetro (Rich Mellor's retro auction site) may also have them for sale sometimes.

    Nice site. I like the way the items are displayed, visualized and the way the entire thing works.

    Not always ;) Not had any for a while - with the current prices they go for on eBay it's not been worth my while to buy up SAMs and recondition them.

    I've been surprised just how many old (1989/90) SAMs have been on eBay recently that have been 256K with no disk drives... I've got plenty of my memory upgrades and disk drive systems available to get them up to a standard spec, and of course I always have the whole range of hardware that I've designed, software and SAM Revival magazines available!

    Colin
    Quazar - Celebrating 27 years of Developing for the SAM Coupé
    Hardware, Software, Magazines and more for the SAM Coupé
    Website: www.samcoupe.com
    Twitter: QuazarSamCoupe
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    jp wrote: »
    Boxed ZX81

    Sorry the cheapest I can send it to anywhere other than Europe is ?27.22
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited March 2011
    RST#08 wrote: »
    Click-through pictures don't seem to be displaying properly in Chrome browser. OK in Firefox, so not sure if it's your sites' issue, or Chrome's? Just thought I'd mention it.

    Some nice items, BTW.

    Nx

    Thanks for that. There is always one that's a pain. I'll take a look into it this week.
  • MouseyMousey
    edited March 2011
    flashbackgames wrote: »
    I think I'll try and implement the "Make Offer" button in the next week or so.
    Any progress on this? There is at least one item I'm waiting to make you an offer on. :)
  • flashbackgamesflashbackgames
    edited April 2011
    Mousey wrote: »
    Any progress on this? There is at least one item I'm waiting to make you an offer on. :)

    Ooops, sorry. I have been on holiday for the past week. So I have not had time to implement it yet. It should be up and running this week. In the mean time just email which items and what your offer is or post it here.

    Cheers
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