The only major item I missed out on ebay was a DayStar Image 040 accelerator (040 PDS accelerator with a 40Mhz 68040, 128k L2 cache and two 66Mhz AT&T 3210 DSPs). This was many years ago, ended up selling for $20 something and never seen one again.
I have missed out of items on craigslist and freecycle (Tandy Model 4 portable a few years ago, and an old tower mac). You pretty much have to constantly check freecycle for anything computer related or it gets snagged by collectors, resellers or scrappers instantly and I only check it once a day or so.
There were also some crazy deals on LEMSwap once in a while for G4 accelerators that I missed because I don't compulsively check for new messages there. These days people want ebay prices or more for stuff there.
I have missed out of items on craigslist and freecycle (Tandy Model 4 portable a few years ago, and an old tower mac). You pretty much have to constantly check freecycle for anything computer related or it gets snagged by collectors, resellers or scrappers instantly and I only check it once a day or so.
There were also some crazy deals on LEMSwap once in a while for G4 accelerators that I missed because I don't compulsively check for new messages there. These days people want ebay prices or more for stuff there.