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What the fuck is wrong with scalpers?

>> No.7270173

>>7270156
>SteelSticks64
I see that shitty third party name and I laugh as I turn 360 degrees and walk away

>> No.7270207
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7270207

There is nothing wrong with scalping.
You're playing for the convenience of getting the item early as opposed to waiting ages for new stock to arrive.

Plus, people have families to feed. So maybe stop being a selfish manbaby and be greatful there're people out there willing to buy up stock to sell to others when your jobless ass was too slow.
Grow the fuck up.

>> No.7270257

to be fair steelsticks have always been crazy expensive. This is just overkill though. Hurts competetive communities if anything

>> No.7270284
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>>7270173
"180", you stupid, spaghetti-slurping cretin - "180"! If you did a 360, you'd go completely around and end up back where you started

>> No.7270716

>>7270156
Thank God I went cheap with my replacement for the analog stick.

>> No.7270721

>>7270207
>You're playing for the convenience of getting the item early as opposed to waiting ages for new stock to arrive.
lol

>> No.7270724
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>>7270284

>> No.7270739
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>>7270156
capitalism
if you don't want people to scalp, social conditions should be addressed so these people aren't at risk of dying homeless and hungry if they don't scalp
scalpers simply would not exist without the all-corrupting profit motive

>> No.7270780

>>7270739
Based and literally red pilled.

Luxury communism with government issued n64s NOW!

>> No.7270783

>>7270257
Then make some new ones
Same with ultra hdmi im tired of people bitching. Someone has to know how to make them again.

>> No.7270787

>>7270739
This
scalpers wouldn't exist if people wouldn't pay obnoxious prices. It's just the wheels of capitalism.

>> No.7270824

N64 Controller collecting isn’t for the average video gamer who complains about $80 gamecube games. I look out for N64 controllers and have 114 of them to my name hanging up in my den, never payed more for $500 for one(Star Fox Competition 97), and lowest I paid was $7 for 4. Different price points for different collectors, don’t get angry because you find it too expensive. It’s not a stupid decision for me to buy stuff like this, but that’s because I can afford it. I also buy video games collections from eBay, collectors getting out of the game, ect, if you wanna start talking *money*, I’ve dropped well over $10,000 on a single collection before. Seriously please stop complaining about things you can’t afford. Most retro game collectors are like this, poor and picky, and complain about spending 60 bucks for tmnt on snes. And you are the kind of collectors I hate talking too. It’s like talking to a middle schooler when you are in college, you can’t take them seriously.

>> No.7270829

The sellers are just doing what they do because people buy it.

>> No.7270834

>>7270824
You will never experience true happiness

>> No.7270837

>>7270207
Sup Scalper.

https://youtu.be/w3nFWbRSYn8

>> No.7270850

>>7270156
they are grifting compulsive ocd autists who, now one normal cares about this. They do it because they can

>> No.7270861

>>7270739
videogames wouldn't even exist without capitalism you massive tard. If you are starving and in terrible social conditions then you probably shouldn't be buying luxury collectables

>> No.7270897

>>7270739
incorrect. scalping is a byproduct of markets and markets have existed long before capitalism and will exist long after capitalism 's inevitable collapse

>> No.7271484

>>7270156
>What the fuck is wrong with poorfags

>> No.7271731

>>7270739
>all-corrupting profit motive
What a moronic thing to say. Profit and capitalism are the reason we are not living in caves or mud huts anymore.

>> No.7271756

>>7270897
You don't even know what you're talking about.

Market IS capitalism, private property IS capitalism. Capitalism exists since humans learned to trade and it can not "collapse" since: One, it is not a political "system", two, resources are finite.

>> No.7271859

>>7270739
>>7270787
Scalping is actually torturous interference, which breaks both ethical and legal laws as well as the rules of capitalism. The only reason no one does anything about it is that it is difficult and expensive to litigate. Once Sony and Microsoft get tired of scalpers keeping hardware out of the hands of people who actually buy games you'll start seeing some anti-scalping laws.

>> No.7272107

>>7270173
based
>>7270284
based

>> No.7272121

>>7270824
This guy again...

>> No.7272124

>>7270207
>You're playing for the convenience of getting the item early as opposed to waiting ages for new stock to arrive.

This is what scalpers actually believe when they wake up at 4am to pester flea market sellers before they're even set up

>> No.7272662

>>7270156
I'd actually steal from one if I knew for certain I could get away with it.

>> No.7272674

>>7270716
What is the best N64 replacement stick for sale at a reasonable price?

>> No.7272731
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>>7270284
New here i see. Enjoy your stay. Also don't forget you are here forever :^)

>> No.7272752

>>7270173
Steelsticks would be nice if the fucker would actually make more and if you weren't just constantly dealing with scalpers to try and get one. You could buy like 10 N64 controllers and probably get like 3-4 ones out of that batch with good condition analog sticks for the price of just one of those steelstick modded ones. Just lube the mechanism up so it doesn't grind itself to death and it'll last pretty much as long.

>> No.7272815

>>7272674
Best off replacing the parts of a worn, original stick. Kitsch-Bent sell replacement gears, bowls, and thumbsticks (thought right at this moment, their store is undergoing maintenance.)
Put those pieces together with some white lithium grease and you've got a brand new analog stick.

>> No.7272851

>>7272674
I bought a gamecube style N64 joystick for $8 on Amazon.

>> No.7272856

>>7270284
im not sure if you understood the joke but your reference to one of my fav arnold movies forgives you. based.

>> No.7272902

>>7270156
It's crazy to me that people are willing to pay upwards of $200+ for just the steel bowls alone.

Would haggling with the sellers even work?
Concidering all the parts together price-wise it'd be around $100 - $120 depending on which ones you get, excluding rare controllers that is.
$150 - $175 seems like a more fair price if we're being generous.

>> No.7273105

>>7270724
this explains... everything

>> No.7273783

>>7272662
>Buy it
>Say it got damaged and use fake pic
>Money back, keep controller
>?????
>Profit!

>> No.7273865

>>7272815
Bought some of these and they stick.

>> No.7273871

>>7273783
I did something similar to a SNES mini scalper and slept like a baby.

>> No.7273884

>>7270156
They are usually dumb gen x types who do things like blow their retirement funds on mining bitcoin or other 'investments'.

>> No.7273889

What are some good indicators that an online seller is shit or is a scammer?

>> No.7273891

>>7272815
tried that stuff, the tolerances were clearly off
then I bought a virgin OEM controller while you still could pre covid

>> No.7273895

>>7271859
no dude, wtf. how can u even vomit somethign like that and think people either wont check u on it, or already know your bs

>> No.7273915

>>7273889
If you're buying a disc and they refuse to show you pictures of the underside.

>> No.7273925

>>7270284
I JUST SHOT SOMEBODY AND I DID IT ON PURPOSE.

>> No.7274719

>>7270207
>Plus, people have families to feed.
spending thousands of dollars on several new consoles for minimal profit. yeah scalpers sure are scraping the bottom of the barrel to get some food for their family.
fuck off and get a job, bottom feeder.

>> No.7274818

I really want a steelstick but not willing to pay a scalper. Guess I'll keep waiting, as those gamecube replacement sticks are genuine garbage and OEM sticks won't last me long enough.

>> No.7274957

>>7270156

Nothing. A true gamer buys two games and scalps the second to pay for his own.

>> No.7275110

>>7273783
Not retro but I did this with a Wii U gamepad
>cable going to the mobo or something got fucked
>order new gamepad
>say it doesn't work
>swap the backs and serial numbers
>send the broken one back
Absolutely devilish

>> No.7275516

>>7270787
>how does supply and demand work
Economiclet detected

>> No.7275518

>>7270284
This response to the 360 meme is always hilarious. I'm convinced it's part of the meme.

>> No.7275523

>>7275110
Damn, you're a fucking sociopath. lol
I've sometimes thought of buying from scalpers, then requesting a return and refund and sending them the wrong item, but my conscience just won't let me.

>> No.7275537

>>7270156
If you hate them that much send a pic of you pulling back your foreskin asking "CAN YOU DO -THIS- YOU FUCKING JEW!?"