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923252 No.923252 [Reply] [Original]

Wacky Craigslist/eBay deals general.

>> No.923256

>>923252
Doesn't seem too ridiculous tbh. Everything looks in good condition.

>> No.923280

>>923256
Yeah. 50 bucks was what it was new with all that shit. Might knock down 10 dollars since it's not shrink wrapped. But I have no idea how much a "new" copy of Mario Kart 64 goes and what that entails.

>> No.923285

>>923280
I think I've turned down 40 or something on one before, frankly I just don't care that much for boxed copies unless they're cheap. If you really want it though, then go for it. Looks nice enough.

>> No.924516
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924516

Yeah....

>> No.924530

>>924516
>could be a good investment
Made me lol.

>> No.924532
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924532

I don't fucking even. Loose copies of this game are selling at 70 bucks too.

>> No.924556

>go on craigslist
>enter video game section

>MW3 LIKE NEW $50
>360 elite 300gb with 3 games $700 (will accept trades need parts for honda accord)
>xbox broken? 360 repairs just $100

>only retro related posts are like 5 cartridge lots for absurd prices

>> No.924956

Should I go for it?
Any questions I should ask the guy?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/vgm/3936688812.html

>> No.924980
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924980

This was posted maybe a week or two after FF7 came out on Steam. You'd have to be such a fucking tool to think this is worth it.

>> No.924985

>>924532
Great game, but I wouldn't part with that much for a copy. Same with SNES Wild Guns

also

>VGA grading

Pure bullshit, more reason to not buy it

>> No.924991

>>924980
Why would the Steam release affect black label prices? People buy the black label release for its collectibility, not because it's the only way to play the game. 180 is pricey, but not that off the mark if its in good condition and with the strategy guide.

>> No.924994
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924994

>>924980
>Also included for an extra $20 is the Brady official players guide ($200 for the bundle)

Wow fantastic, a saving of nothing. What a bundle deal.

ay nigga look this damn controller

>> No.924996

>>924991
Correction, 200 with the guide. Not a good deal, but not that crazy.

>> No.924997

>>924991
>placing the disks on the bed

You can tell it's nowhere near great condition.

>> No.924998

>>924994
Not my taste, but the price isn't insane and the modding looks decent.

>> No.925010

>>924991
>180 is pricey, but not that off the mark
It's pretty far off the mark when I see that game at conventions in the area going for maybe half that price at the most. Yes, I'm talking black label CiB with no scratches on the discs.

>> No.925017

>>925010
You know, you're right, it's come down a bit in recent years. They sell for several hundred factory sealed, but CIB should only be about 100 or less. Unfortunately, it probably won't be too hard for him to find a buyer even at that price.

>> No.925024

>>924994
>9mm
>not .45
DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED.

>> No.925025

ITT: People who emulate are surprised by how much retro video games are actually worth

>> No.925028

>>924980
>laying the discs directly on a bed
how are there still people who don't know how to handle CDs?

>> No.925041
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925041

>>925028
You seem surprised that there are stupid people in this world

>> No.925045

>>925028
>>924997
>bed sheets
>something that will easily scratch a disc

I know optical discs are fragile, but you guys sound like you've never dealt with CDs before. Seriously, pick only 1.

>> No.925052

>>925045
It's more about careless handling. When I see pictures of discs laying on the nearest surface just for looking good on a photo I know the owner is careless and the disc will have scratches anyway

>> No.925058
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925058

COLLECTORS ONLY

>> No.925091

>>925058
>>925041
Was this google translated or something? Nothing these people are saying makes any sense whatsoever.

>> No.925103

>>925091
Yeah, still better than leaving untranslated
Are the prices insane or it's just me?

>> No.925098

>>925052
If it was a wood table, I'd agree with you. But the fact that he chose a soft, unabrasive surface shows me he's not a total idiot when it comes to handling CDs. Unless there is something wrong with those bed sheets, there's nothing wrong with using them.

I doubt this person would just leave random game discs just lying around outside of their cases like you seem to think.

>> No.925119

>>925103
You do see the exchange rate listed right underneath the product picture, right?

>100000 Chilean Peso equals
>199.0640 US Dollar

That dollar sign next to the 100,000 price tag is likely just a substitute for a peso sign that can't be found in most standard fonts.

I guess the price on the Pippin might seem pretty high, but I'm pretty sure that it's not too far off from the system's original selling price (before adjusting for inflation).

>> No.925117

>>925058
>>925041

Is that MercadoLibre?

>> No.925128
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925128

It's not that wacky compared to pic related.

>> No.925134

>>925117
Yes

>>925119
The price is right, he's asking $700 USD for a Japanese Pippin

>> No.925151

>>924994
Aren't 360 controllers $60 new?

>> No.925156

>>924994
Regular PS3 controller costs even more than that, very decent price there.

>> No.925197

>>924994
Another Vancouverfag here, Anon, do you go to the fleamarket here? Decent deals or not so much?

>> No.925228
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925228

so I should give him my copy of Earthbound for Crystal, r-right guys?

>> No.925234

>>925228
That's a decent deal, and I bet he knows Earthbound costs more so he'd have to pay the difference. No need to be a dick.

>> No.925285

>>925234


You'd think that but people are dumb, like the fact that he paid 35 bucks for a Crystal.

>> No.925294
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925294

Here, some actual wacky shit.

>> No.925302
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925302

>>925285
You don't know if he bought it near release

I have a question for you /vr/:

How come every Game Boy was bundled with a Link Cable, yet they're so scarce today?

>> No.925306

>>925294
Love it when sellers have a sense of humor

>>925285
That's pretty much what I paid for my copy last year, doing the conversion. No one want's to sell them for less than 40 over here

>> No.925310

>>925306

Guess I don't have much of a say on that matter, got my Crystal as a kid and have had the same one.

>> No.925316
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925316

Fuck you, whoever posted this.

>> No.925338

>>923252
That's not a great price, but it's very fair in the current market.

>> No.925356

>>925294
It's a Neo geo game. Can't figure out what it's worth, but I don't think $35 is a good deal. Seems to be about $10-15 for the US version. (The JP import sells for more like $50-60 complete).

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925372

I'm digging through my locals and might have a couple more to post. Starting with a "rare Chinese N64." Riiight.

>> No.925379

>>925372

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQue_Player

>> No.925380
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925380

Can't wait for a bulk order of those box inserts

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925383

>>925372
Here's a guy trying to sell an Odyssey2 + Voice with unspecified "games" for $365. The Odyssey2 + Voice sells for between $35 and 50 on eBay. Those games better be made of solid gold.

>> No.925384

>>925379
Well I'll be damned. I take it back; that's actually kind of cool.

>> No.925392

>>925380
For fuck's sake

>> No.925404
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925404

>> No.925414

>>925404
>make offer
>$1? u kiddin?
>$15? you think i'm desperate or somtin?
>$50? THIS IS A CLASSIC RETRO COLLECTIBLE FOR HARDCORE GAMERS COLLECTORS RETRO YOU BETTER THROW SOME ZEROS OR NO DEAL

>> No.925431

>>925128

So I'm just now seeing that Mega Man Legends 2 goes for $50-$150 on eBay. Is that normal? Cause I have a copy in good condition, with the manual and all... never knew it was so expensive.

>> No.925436

>>925234
>$20
>Crystal with dead cart battery
It is an easy fix but I'd pay no more than $10.

>> No.925438

>>925431
Don't know if calling it normal is correct. It just happens. I used to play Wild Guns on the SNES all the time as a kid and now find out that thanks to Ebay resellers it's one of the more expensive games for the system and I don't know where that cart is now.
Take good care of your copy

>> No.925443

>>925438

It's too bad, I just looked at it, and the case has a crack, and the disc is a little scuffed up. But I know it plays just fine, and all the inserts and manual look perfect. I just like knowing I have something slightly valuable, other than Tomba.

>> No.925609

>>925316
>radiant silvergun
>saga

;_;

>> No.925612

>>925372
>mfw i tried enlarging the other pic

fuck sake

>> No.925731

>>925028
>Guelph, Ontario
you have your answer

>> No.925735

>>925302
they certainly were not bundled with every original game boy

>> No.925898

>>925414
>Missed out on Gamecube because I was PS2 fanboy in high school.
>Searching Craigslists throughout my state/nearby for lot deal
>$80 deal 2 hrs away for a buncha sports games, Metroid Prime, Melee, DoubleDash, LMansion, Sunshine, and a game that is a Zelda but cant tell if its TP or WindWaker.
>Call and schedule a time to pick up and pay
>Ask if he can tell me which Zelda it is...turns out to be collectors edition.
>Calls me the next day say hes not selling because that game is worth $120.
>I ask if I can have the rest of the games for say...$60 since the game he wants to keep is "so valuable"
>Says that hell sell only for 75
>Pride and logic tries to reason with inbred hick because hes already fucking up this deal.
>End up blowing deal and he says since these games are worth something he wont sell to me.
>Dont know why, but I walk through his list of games and try to tell him the FMV of each, tell him dont go to GameStop or Play & Trade or he'll get scalped.
>Still pissed, and hope that the games burn down and he cant sell any of them.

>> No.925951

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgm/3948995714.html

>> No.926017
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926017

They were serious.

>> No.926647

>>926017
>Paddles

But Gramps, they're called "controllers"

>>925898
Never heard about "FMV", what does that mean?

>> No.926746

>>926647
Full Market Value is my guess

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>> No.926791
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926791

>>925898
>Not offering to pick it up same day
>Not asking for the whole list instead of a particular game
Live and learn. Also I hate resellers. Literally 2/3 of the craigslist ads in my area when searching for "video games" are spam ads asking to buy retro games, probably from the same 2-3 people. Nevermind all of the fleamarket scalpers in the local area as well. It's so bad that someone had called the guy selling this ad twenty minutes after he posted it.

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926802

>>926761

Step it up

>> No.926804

>>926791

Is Shantae the deal in that picture? For about two fiddy that sounds like a pretty good bargain.

>> No.926810

>>926804
Yeah, it's the major deal there, but really, almost all of it is worth the price.

>> No.926809

>>926802
There's something kind of adorable about that. You can tell they really tried.

>> No.926816

>>924991
http://videogames.pricecharting.com/game/playstation/final-fantasy-vii

>> No.926821

>>926804
$2.50 is like 0.01% of it's current price

>>926791
Story behind this? Is it a fake like >>925316

>>926809
Indeed. I'm not good with words so I'll link to this blog post about beaten up carts. The guy has a good point

famicomblog.blogspot.

com/2011/01/famicom-cart-condition-why-bad-is-good.html

>> No.926829

>>924956

Go for it.

Just clean the hell out of the 72-pin connectors and you'll have a functioning NES for life.

>> No.926831
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926831

I'm tempted to buy this and have it turn into a Mr. Gimmick reproduction, but.. fuck.

>> No.926841

>>926831

>Jocker

Oh christ. That's just priceless.

>> No.926839

>>926831
>jocker returns

>> No.926845

>>926831
What's the deal, does it have to be a specific type of cart? Because you can find your average shitty sport game for $1 pretty much anywhere

>> No.926846

>>926845

Certain repros need certain donor carts to work, yes. Mr. Gimmick, being a Sunsoft game, probably needs another Sunsoft game (like Revenge of the Joker).

>> No.926849
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926849

>>926821
It's not a fake. I occasionally browse my local craigslist for retro deals and missed that ad by a day. When I called him to see if he still had it (yeah right), he said that someone had called him within twenty minutes of him posting it.

Likewise, this is what I have to deal with in my area. It's hilarious when you alert staff to it by posting an ad yourself containing this picture and you get their helpers crying about how you should delete YOUR ad while ignoring the whole spamming.

>> No.926862

>>926849
I feel you man, I feel you

>> No.926873
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926873

>>926831
>Jocker

>> No.926875
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926875

Obligatory

>> No.926879
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926879

It's a multicart, but I don't remember what was on it.

>> No.926882
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926882

>>923252
That looks pretty good, I'd actually get that if-
>Players choice box
>Original version cart

>> No.926893

>>926875
Any carts that review Tony's piss by any chance?

>> No.926898

>>926875
Willing to bet it originally said Tony's and someone added the rest after they either bought it or just decided they didn't like Tony and wanted to fuck up his/her cart.

>> No.926956
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926956

>>926879
My guess is either Gradius I or II

>> No.926984
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926984

Old but reposting.

>> No.927016

>>926984
What's the problem? The original label was probably in bad shape due to lots of use, so the kid who owned it added that thing. Again, check the blog post in >>926821

>> No.927029

>>927016
From the blog:

>...First is that I subscribe very much to the time honored "to each his own" rule. If people like mint stuff and it makes them happy to collect it then by all means - enjoy! Collecting something is a very subjective experience and different people go about obtaining enjoyment from it in different ways.

I understand that people don't have to like things in their original condition, and that some people like the fact that a game can have stickers covering it, but still enjoy it. However you should also understand that some of us like games to have their original stickers, and look nice.

>> No.927474

>>926984

I'd buy that.

>> No.927510

>>924516
>Blades of Steel
Aren't blades usually made of steel?

>> No.927538
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927538

I don't even..

>> No.927558

>>926984
I remember those stickers, but not where they were from, I wanted to say lunchables, but they had cut out cards on the back, not stickers. Were they from those wonder egg things with pokemon stuff inside?

>> No.927582

I'm not too experienced with buying old games, but I just bought the 2 NES Zelda games for around 32$ (gold carts).
Is that a fair deal?

>> No.927591

>>927582

So-so.

I just bought both games rather recently from different ebay sellers and it came out a little less than that, with shipping.

>> No.927592

>>927510

Blades could be made of all sorts of metal.

I think modern ones are a titanium alloy.

So no.

>> No.927617

>>927558
the border leads me to believe they were from those little packs of square trading cards. i remember plain cards and holographics, but i don't remember if they ever came with stickers

>> No.927624

>>927617
Oh yeah, that's most likely what it is, I forgot about those packs.