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It's time

>> No.1896124

>>1896119
List them all on ebay for 200 bucks each

do it

>> No.1896127

>>1896124
>not waiting 2 or so more years and trying to hoard more to sell for $400 each
What are you? Dumb?

>> No.1896136

>>1896119
Gotta wait for the latest Smash Bros. to drop so you can make those beaucoup hipster bucks.

>> No.1896143

>>1896127
retard reseller logic right here folks. Okay retard now let me explain, by the time you get the price you demand it's going to be so inflated it would have been like 200 dollars in 2014 anyway. I know you just want to say you sold it for 400 to stroke your precious retard ego but it don't make any difference.

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1896160

Pile up some copies of Battletoads too.

>> No.1896161
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1896161

>>1896143
>not already owning earthbound

Poorfag detected

>> No.1896171

>>1896143
>it don't make any difference
No, it does. If I paid $150 - $200 and sell everything for $400 2 years later I'm making a nice profit.

>> No.1896174

>>1896143
Not that guy, but Earthbound's price has been rising faster than the rate of inflation. Also you got really defensive there, just get a flashcart or a repro of earthbound uncut for $30 if you really want to play it.

http://videogames.pricecharting.com/game/6910

Also, OP is scum

>> No.1896175

>>1896161
>Loose cart
Poorfag alarm up the heights

>> No.1896180

Gonna start making some Earthbound repros and see if I can get any retards

>> No.1896186

>>1896180
This is also really low, even worse than hoarding.

>> No.1896190

>>1896186
Who even cares? The dumb ass would probably shove it on a shelf and never even realize they have a repro copy of the most overrated RPG on the planet.

>> No.1896193

>>1896186
Yeah no it isn't, fuck retro hipsters, they are retarded and they deserve it.

>> No.1896216

>>1896190
>>1896193
Worse than Hitler, have you no shame?

>> No.1896223

>>1896161
I own way better expensive games like rondo of blood and dungeons and dragons collection. I have 0 interest in earthbound.

>> No.1896226

>>1896216
Gonna make dem repros and nothing's gonna stop me. Better make some Chrono Triggers too. If I get any retards I'll report.

>> No.1896230

>>1896216
Free market is the devil.

>> No.1896245

>>1896175
Shit

>> No.1896272

>>1896127
Given the history of videogame pricing and the recent, relatively unprovoked price explosion, I would wager that we are coming up to a crash and that in 2 years they would probably be closer to $100 than $400.

>> No.1896280

>>1896143
>>1896127
poorfags who can't really into economics.

>> No.1896284

>>1896186
It's still the same game.

- Plastic Cart with Earthbound sticker
- Plugs into SNES
- Plays Earthbound

Where's the fucking damage? Videogames are not WORTH anything. Sure, people will pay a lot of money for "official" plastic, but where's the benefit? A properly made repro cart isn't going to be any less reliable than an officially made cart.

What, because it has no resale value? This supposes that videogames are worth something because other people like you believe it.

Jesus fuck, I've wasted so much of my life debating plastic with people stuck in this circular logic.

>> No.1896292

>>1896284
imagine if we started doing this with everything else.

Reproduction refrigerator:
Keeps food cold
Looks like a fridge
well made, is just as reliable as one from Hotpoint
Made from 95% hotpoint parts, taken from a sister model

WORTHLESS WORTHLESS

This is a community who thinks a gameboy with a ralph lauren logo on it is some sort of holy grail. It's a picture in the plastic.

>Kid spraypaints gameboy
>Worthless
>Nintendo makes a small run of unusual color
>Will kill for it

>> No.1896303

>>1896284
I don't agree with games not being worth anything, but you have a point with the "official" plastic scam, which is a byproduct of collecting, the bane of video games and other electronics. No, this is not even close to collecting comics, stickers or other inanimate objects.

The resale value is artificially inflated by resellers and wrong culture spread across gullible people who want to look special.

>> No.1896329

>>1896284
>A properly made repro cart isn't going to be any less reliable than an officially made cart.

There's the problem. How many people are going to take the time and effort to properly make one?

Remember, there are people that think the tape method for batteries is just as good as proper solder.

>> No.1896347

>>1896127
>assuming that Earthbound will go up in price

>> No.1896350

>>1896272
This. It's going to go the same way as Final Fantasy VII.

>> No.1896358

>>1896284
>>1896292

Wow. You got really defensive there.

You also seem to have a really limited grasp of economics, so I'll just leave you to your scam.
Hopefully nobody opens the cart and calls you on it, best of luck to you.

>> No.1896362

>>1896272
The hope that one day resellers will be sitting on mounds and mounds of games that they will be forced to either keep forever or sell at a loss is the only thing that keeps me going nowadays.

>> No.1896372

>>1896350
>mfw I had no idea ff7 spiked so high in price

That game sold boatloads, how the fuck did that even happen? It's like SSBM for gamecube, there's way to many copies in existence to justify paying that much.

Earthbound isn't exactly rare either (rarer than ff7 but that's not saying much), so there's some logic there.

>> No.1896376

>>1896372
Popularity and cult status or "revolutionary"=SELL IT AT A HIGH PRICE

>> No.1896378

>>1896372
The logic is the higher you pay it the more street cred you get.

>> No.1896379

>>1896193
How can someone post a comment like this and NOT realize that they're an arrogant asshole?

>> No.1896381

>>1896347
Earthbound's market is full of carts, fakes and insane prices.

If the market doesn't go to 100 or below in the next three years I'll be surprised.

>> No.1896384

>>1896362
Smart resellers don't do this, though. Smart resellers buy for next to nothing at thrifts, garage sales, bulk buys, etc. Then they sell the games for at or just under market so it gets bought up quickly.

If anyone honestly invests in games to try and make money they're true pleb-tier and only asking to get burned by the shifting market.

>> No.1896385

>>1896379
Fuck off.

>> No.1896415

>>1896180
I would make my own repros for games that I want if it were cheap and easy. I'd never buy a repro off someone though

>> No.1896426

>>1896161
>>1896119
>totally not repro counterfeits

>> No.1896427

>>1896280
you're the one who can't into economics, the day you actually get 400 for it that 400 is going to have the same buying power as 200 freedom bucks does right now.

>> No.1896429

>>1896180
>>1896119
>assuming you totally not took crappy sprots games and make new labels

>> No.1896449

>>1896384
i resell anything I find at 50% of ebay value at least. i want people to play games because they are fun. if I suspect anyone to be a reseller, I won't deal with them.

>> No.1896453

>>1896449
You're doing God's work.

>> No.1896459

>>1896161
My what delicate fragile lady like fingers you have anon.

>> No.1896479

>>1896119
What are you summoning tonight /vr/?

>> No.1896480

>>1896358
I'm not the guy making the repros, I just wanted to argue for him to get slapped down, because I find it hard to defend "official" games over emulation or reproductions, and I'd like some ammo.

>> No.1896481

>>1896329
And how do you properly solder a battery anon?

Tell me, I want to stop using the tape method.

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1896527

>>1896479
SAVE YOURSELF

>> No.1896542

>>1896292
>Gameboy with polo ralph Lauren logo

You spelled Tommy Hilfiger wrong.

>> No.1896598

>>1896481
Buy pre-tabbed batteries.

Remove the dead battery and its tabs, then solder the tabs of the new battery into the cart.

Soldering the old tabs onto a new battery might explode it. Not worth the risk.

Either that or install some kind of battery dock, but that's hardly worth it as a battery lasts a good 10 years.

>> No.1896602

>>1896542

>writing out a quote from memory

>> No.1896624

>>1896119
inb4 Earthbound urinal.