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>win an auction for a dreamcast game
>see an identical auction end for 45% cheaper the next day
>it's the second time it's happened

What in the fuck am I doing wrong?

>> No.6920857

>>6920853
>What in the fuck am I doing wrong?
buying games

>> No.6920858

>>6920853
what game and how much was it

>> No.6920862

Similar story
>hunting for a copy of ghost in the shell ps1
>can't find anything under $70
>finally see one for $65, go for it
>next day 2 copies pop up, one for $60, and another (disc only) for fucking $50
Welp.

>> No.6920865

>>6920857
Right? boomers should be stopped.
Digital only is the way! Stop owning things!

>> No.6920868

>>6920853
>you and someone else are the two people shopping at the time who are most willing to spend money on that game
>second biggest spender bids, say, $50, you bid $60 and win it for $51 or whatever the minimum increment is
>third guy most willing to spend bid $23
>you are out of the buying pool
>another listing is available
>bidder 2 and 3 from the one you won still want the game and their spending habits haven't changed much
>bidder 2 bids $50 on the new listing, bidder 3 again bids $23
>auction 2 now ends at $24
There could be other factors and situations, but with two auctions for the same game in similar condition ending close together, that's a possible scenario.

>> No.6920871

Happens to me too but it's all part of the thrill

>> No.6920874

>>6920853
What game it was?

>> No.6920893
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6920893

>>6920874
>>6920858

Code Veronica. I think he was inflating the bid via another account

>> No.6920983

>>6920893
How much was it?

>> No.6921004

>>6920983

$32 + $7 for sales tax + shipping

>> No.6921039

>>6920865
>He doesn't make his own physical media

>> No.6921041

>>6921004
I would have gave you the game for free anon

>> No.6921047

>>6920868
pretty much this, the guy you was bidding against probably got the next cheaper one cos he wast bidding against you.

>> No.6921106

>>6920857
Fpbp

>> No.6921159

>>6921004
>its selling for around 38 dollars cib
why are you crying you literally lost nothing lmao

>> No.6921296

>>6920853
Just be patient and don't look at the prices of games after you already on them

>> No.6921371
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6921371

>>6920853
>i'm impulse buying and over paying on ebay
>What in the fuck am I doing wrong?

>> No.6921534

>>6920865
if i download a DRM copy of a game and put it on my hard drive, i own it just as much as i own the hard drive

>> No.6921556

>>6920853
Collecting is literally just throwing your money away for no reason. It doesn't even go to the devs. There's no reason to complain about being "ripped off."

Give me $50 and you can have my japanese copy of D for the Saturn. What? You make money and like games what's the problem?

>> No.6921830

>Want game
>Check going rates for it
>See auction
>Put in max bid
>It goes for more
>Dont care

Getting into a bidding war is lame, have patience and you will get things cheaper

>> No.6921836

Auctions are gay as fuck now. Either the guy starts the auction at the price he wants it to sell or there's some chode with an 'I don't care how much' max bid. You can get a better price with Buy it Now.

>> No.6922264

>>6920853
I bet you are the kind of person the bids it to be almost normal price arent you

>> No.6922335

>>6920853
You're buying games in 2020, dude. I only buy actual hardware, because at least it isn't totally worthless.

>> No.6922349

if you felt like you got a good price and you bought a game you want then don't put a bunch of extra energy in to find a way to feel screwed

>> No.6922421

Ebay started sucking years ago. Theres always some retarded coomlector ready to impulse buy something for way too much. It runs the prices up and makes every other retard think their item should sell for the same amount.

>> No.6922831

>>6922421
>coomlector
We get it, anon. You don't have to do this.

>> No.6923395

Where the fuck does all these "people" get so much money for video games? It always ends out more than the pricecharting average.

>> No.6923403

>>6920865
You can store a Dreamcast romset on your SSD

>> No.6923479

>>6920853
not having a gdemu

>> No.6923483

>>6922421
I'm making a decent bonus on top of my day job by selling trash on ebay.

>> No.6923604

>>6922421
I should sell my copy of stunt racer 64 some day before it rockets down in price when everyone realizes it's not a great game.

>> No.6923912

>>6923483
I approve of your side hustle.

>> No.6923969

What's the quality like on the one that's 45% cheaper?

I've learned that it's worth paying more for a copy that's in better shape after falling into the trap of rebuying titles just for a better case, manual or cart.

Don't feel too bad.

>> No.6923976

>>6923395

I'm a white collar worker who does not travel, pay rent or have kids. You'd be surprise the impact that has on your disposable income even after you account for other expenses like taxes, insurance and utilities.

>> No.6924012

>>6921836
I've pretty much resigned to just finding reasonable BINs, maybe tossing in an offer if available, and not messing with auctions unless it is the only way. Yes, you can save money through auctions, but you're probably just as likely to run into somebody who gets dead set on winning and will just bid the current BIN price or higher. Option two is to bid on the auction, place a last second snipe bid for the going BIN rate, and if you lose just immediately buying the BIN listing.

>> No.6924046

>>6920853
>buying
>Sega disc games
>on ebay
The trifecta of bad decisions.

>> No.6924050

>>6920857
FPBP
/thread

>> No.6924056

>>6920865
>pay multiple times the original price for a decades old game on a rapidly deteriorating physical media!

>> No.6924185

>>6923483
what do you sell anon?

>> No.6924201

one day, i hope to be able to actually collect PC Engine games.

>> No.6924230

>>6924185
Everything. Don't want to throw something away? I'll take it and sell it to some gullible idiot.

>> No.6924248

>>6920853
>What in the fuck am I doing wrong?

Not looking at the prices the previous auctions of the same thing went for.