Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )

[NightWolve]

Ah, so there's context, that's where he got the $30,000 figure from! Interesting. That bio is hilarious BTW, good find! Haha! Well, we know how he is able to afford traveling the world as he's bragging about, by shameless profiteering!

[PikachuWarrior]

Some are just oblivious to certain sectors of gaming culture

[NightWolve]

https://www.ebay.com/str/Mega-Hit-Video-Games
https://www.facebook.com/megahitvideogames (Interesting "Gamer Girl of the Day" feature they got on there!)

Well now, here he is, Jason (or Jay), enjoying himself at the E3 Expo 2011:

facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10150199524323388

OK, so I'm starting to like the guy even less!!!! ;)

[Tatsujin]

What an uberdouche. At least we know now how he looks like. Lets start photo shop meme attack phase 1

[JapanTokei]

congrats Bernie... lol

Self-inflicted price gouging: $242.50 shipped for a boxed PC-FX.  That's nearly double what I paid for mine and a couple games last year, so let's lynch the seller! 

Tee-hee.  Bernie can't stop the retards.

I couldnt believe it went for that much either. i started the auction at .99 and had a buy it now of 125.00. so imagine my surprise.

[FiftyQuid]

This one isn't terrible, but it's still pretty bad;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TurboGrafx-16-Games-/120916028564?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1c27282c94#ht_500wt_1204

[NightWolve]

I wouldn't mind getting Blazing Lasers, R-Type and Bloody Wolf, that latter I had but my Express broke. In the end, if I get that Everquest FlashCard and it works with everything, I won't really care about the originals. It just would be nice, once in a blue moon, to pick up my Express and have everything available at my fingertips. I dunno, at $90 bucks for 5 games, it's $18 a piece, so it's not too bad a deal, plus 3 of the games are well-rated for their genres (2 top shooters and 1 top action game). I have Victory Run and for a racing game, I thought it was so-so, and the other game I don't have an opinion about, but yeah, considering what I've been seeing, it's decent. Would you say it's a pretty bad deal because you've seen these games sell for much cheaper individually, less than $18 ? (Hm, it might actually even out given current prices that I quickly glanced at given one shipping rate for all 5 - It's a close call, though.)

[FiftyQuid]

I've seen Victory Run sell for $10 and less.  It's only $15 at the reseller down the road from me.  Blazing Lasers I traded for Vigilante.  Maybe not exactly an even trade, but it was my first trade over on GameTZ. 

Now that I look at it again, it doesn't seem so crazy.  Not a deal, but not stupid either.  My mistake.

[SMF]

Blazing Lazers for Vigilante? Please say you had a extra Blazing Lazers when you made this trade?

[SuperDeadite]

Trev the noob shows his true colors, blatant liar about his shit Genny soldering jobs:

(13:54:32) Trevpwnsnoobs: i got a kid to buy a sega genesis off me for $70 that i had a/v modded. i told him that this sega genesis was modded for the clearest picture and sound you can get from the machine, and that obtaining sega genesis's are really hard to aquire
(13:55:02) Trevpwnsnoobs: he bought it without doubt.

[Firebomber7]

Does it count if it's not eBay?

ROTFLMFAO

[blueraven]

Here we go again.

[Mathius]

Trev, I can see that you think such a tactic is harmless, but it isn't. These same kids are going to now think this stuff is all expensive and when they decide to sell their goods they'll ask even more for what they were initially charged. You got to be very careful. We are approaching a dangerous time where it may be nearly impossible to buy even the most common of games without getting charged absurd prices because the market now thinks that is the norm.


I posted a YT video a page or two back where Alpha Omega Sin ranted on price gouging/fixing/profiteering. There isn't enough public backlash being generated on YT where it's one of the best sources for spreading information. It needs to get out beyond the public forum. Beyond the inner circle. It won't stop unless the majority get on board.

[NightWolve]

Swell kid! Heh. Side note, who do I have to ask (besides sunteam_paul) to get an account on where that chatroom is available (pcengine.freeforums.org)?

[Mathius]

Swell kid! Heh. Side note, who do I have to ask (besides sunteam_paul) to get an account on where that chatroom is available (pcengine.freeforums.org)?

Sunteam is your only hope. He is the sole admin for the site as far as I know.

[roflmao]

Does it count if it's not eBay?

YES.

[Firebomber7]

Does it count if it's not eBay?

YES.

I was just going by the thread title.

I harass EVERYONE I see on CL, Kijiji (used in Canada), forums, etc. if they overprice things. I also harass store clerks/owners about it.

If you buy something very cheap and sell at just below market value, that's fine. Selling well above value? I'll koncho you to the clouds.

[SuperDeadite]

The main reason I posted this was the blatant lie.  Soldering a few RCA jacks to a genny then telling someone "this is the best there is" is flat out scamming.

[roflmao]

I was just going by the thread title.

I harass EVERYONE I see on CL, Kijiji (used in Canada), forums, etc. if they overprice things. I also harass store clerks/owners about it.

If you buy something very cheap and sell at just below market value, that's fine. Selling well above value? I'll koncho you to the clouds.

I thought you were being sarcastic.  Whew.

[Bernie]

Trev the noob shows his true colors, blatant liar about his shit Genny soldering jobs:

(13:54:32) Trevpwnsnoobs: i got a kid to buy a sega genesis off me for $70 that i had a/v modded. i told him that this sega genesis was modded for the clearest picture and sound you can get from the machine, and that obtaining sega genesis's are really hard to aquire
(13:55:02) Trevpwnsnoobs: he bought it without doubt.

Aww man..  That is terrible.    Way to go Trev...

[Tatsujin]

trev teh 14 yo noosb.

[blueraven]

Well that was certainly uneventful.

I did enjoy reading the last 4 pages of the $1500 box thread before it got locked.

FLAMEWAR

[Trevpwnsnoobs]

its only to 3 different people i know, and they usually get bored with what i sell them and they sell it back to me within 2 weeks for like $10. and its not as bad as it sounds, they usually offer me the money they pay. i dont give them a price, they give it a price.

[FiftyQuid]

Blazing Lazers for Vigilante? Please say you had a extra Blazing Lazers when you made this trade?

Yeah, I had an extra copy.  Vigilante is worth $5 to me, and Blazing is about $15.  I knew it wasn't a balanced trade, but like I said it was my first trade with an established member so I just wanted to get it under my belt.

[Firebomber7]

I was just going by the thread title.

I harass EVERYONE I see on CL, Kijiji (used in Canada), forums, etc. if they overprice things. I also harass store clerks/owners about it.

If you buy something very cheap and sell at just below market value, that's fine. Selling well above value? I'll koncho you to the clouds.

I thought you were being sarcastic.  Whew.

Not at all. I kancho (who did I spell it wrong before) at every opportunity. I always bring a set of disposable plastic gloves and hand sanitizer with me every where I go, just in case.

[PikachuWarrior]

just in case of what? ;)

[roflmao]

just in case of what? ;)

Google kancho.

[PikachuWarrior]

Kancho (カンチョー kanchō?)[1] is a prank often played in Japan; it is performed by clasping the hands together so the index fingers are pointing out and attempting to insert them sharply into someone's anal region when the victim is not looking.[2][3] It is similar to the wedgie or a goosing, although, as compared to kancho, the former mentioned acts do not involve physical contact which is quite as intimate or direct. A Kancho is often executed simultaneously as the offending party loudly emphasizes the second syllable of "Kan-CHO!".

...ha >_>

[SamIAm]

I just remembered why I don't teach Japanese children anymore, ever.

[Firebomber7]

Kancho (カンチョー kanchō?)[1] is a prank often played in Japan; it is performed by clasping the hands together so the index fingers are pointing out and attempting to insert them sharply into someone's anal region when the victim is not looking.[2][3] It is similar to the wedgie or a goosing, although, as compared to kancho, the former mentioned acts do not involve physical contact which is quite as intimate or direct. A Kancho is often executed simultaneously as the offending party loudly emphasizes the second syllable of "Kan-CHO!".

...ha >_>

Your next task is to look up "ddong chim."

[Tatsujin]

found this in the internet

/megahitthegouger.jpg

[Firebomber7]

found this in the internet

/megahitthegouger.jpg

He kind of looks like Tucker Max. I don't know if you guys know who that is or not, but this is what they have in common:

They are both assholes*.


*Gougers are assholes. Jay is therefore an asshole.

[Tatsujin]

same person

[CrackTiger]

https://www.ebay.com/str/Mega-Hit-Video-Games
https://www.facebook.com/megahitvideogames (Interesting "Gamer Girl of the Day" feature they got on there!)

Well now, here he is, Jason (or Jay), enjoying himself at the E3 Expo 2011:

facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10150199524323388

OK, so I'm starting to like the guy even less!!!! ;)

Looks like he suffers from hover-hand syndrome.

[Tatsujin]

I think his fingers are sore from counting his daily gouged US$1000 bills.

[JapanTokei]

the sad thing is, these 2 looser pimp-wanna-be can't even get real hotties to take pics with.  The E3 chicks are okay, fake-cute asian chicks that are a mil a plenty in Tokyo.  The other dude's?  forget a bout it. 

The should bow down and obey Tokei-sama.  Look at the hotties I got.. sheit, can you say hotties Mami Inoue & No-ri-ko!  These 2 vintage beauties smoke those chicks... lol

/showoff.jpg

[BaldGuyVideoGames]

I just wanted to chime in here to say that I wish I knew about this place before I did my auction.  I was glad that it was brought to my attention that my auction was ridiculous.  I obviously was trying to make some good money on my stuff, but I just didn't figure that I was that crazy off on things since all I ever saw or read said that tg16 stuff sold for a ton.  My local stores and competition sell tg16 stuff for very high prices and say they sell that stuff all the time for those prices.  Coming here people have put me in my place so to speak and got to me to see things differently.  I'm still a business and will always have a profit motive over preserving game heritage, but I can try to be more reasonable with pricing and for me my reputation is more important than anything and last thing I want to be known as is a gouging a-hole who is hated.  I am very sensitive to this as my prices for other items I buy and sell all the time like nes and snes are competitive and not gouging and i'm very comfortable in that arena.  I fully admit I was being a noob and had an auction that was priced way too high for stuff that while it's rare and good, is not worth as much as I was told and thought and at least dealing here for reasonable prices I don't feel dirty.

I am pretty much a victim of noobness and misinformation and maybe a little bit of greed at the idea that my stuff was a pile of gold from the info I had available.  Most auctions and market data for these games didn't include the boxes and were just jewel case sales mostly and in some cases that can add a lot of value to the games.  Double in some cases for nes/snes games and I didn't know if that applied here.  I will never make that mistake again and make an ass out of myself with a ridiculous auction that might have hurt my reputation.  I just NEVER run into tg16 stuff and I have been doing the buy/sell/trade thing for years.  I just randomly had someone call in my office then drive over here with a large box of tg16 stuff so it all just fell in my lap and I had to run with it since I need to move products fast.  Normally this isn't a problem, but with these I couldn't just use my "merchant head" and price and move on since I was stuck wondering if this was a holy grail that come into my possession and would net me a lot of money.  Naive, that's me.

Anyways, I hope after my deals here are finalized I will have some rep here and maybe you all will forgive me for trashing your heritage.  I hope my even coming here is a sign of good nature.  I will be watching this thread because it's fascinating to see all the craziness that goes on.  I'm always seeing things from the merchant side but it's nice to see things from the customer side too.

Take care all.  I may post some more, but I mainly wanted to get this off my chest.

[Bernie]

bald man.  You good with us. 

[Sadler]

bald man.  You good with us. 

Yep.

[NecroPhile]

Nicely put, bald.  It's refreshing to see someone admit to their faults and motivations, rather than the usual clowns storming in, ranting and raving about how we're all naive idiots that don't know a good deal when we see it.

[FiftyQuid]

Would now be a good time to ask for another 10% off my purchases Baldguy?   

[Tatsujin]

bald man.  You good with us. 

Yep.

there's a good chap

[Tatsujin]

rather than the usual clowns storming in, ranting and raving about how we're all naive idiots that don't know a good deal when we see it.

but in fact, we don't know a good deal when we see it, that's why we're all le poor (and le dumb)

[JapanTokei]

you did right Deadite... ripping off young kids who are exploring this wonderful world of retro gaming is not right.  $70 is nothing to us adults but a big sum to kiddies.   

The main reason I posted this was the blatant lie.  Soldering a few RCA jacks to a genny then telling someone "this is the best there is" is flat out scamming.

[Mathius]

Nicely put, Baldy. Wish all sellers were as humble as yourself. I fear you are in the minority though.

[Lilgrafx]

bald man.  You good with us. 

Yep.

For sure, I got 2 good deals from you bro

[Tatsujin]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUPER-MARUO-FAMICOM-cartridge-FC-NES-JAPAN-JP-game-ULTRA-RARE-supermaruo-mario-/180896032139?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a1e3e658b#ht_3069wt_205

houly cowshit!

the funny stuff, this booty really was already sold before for a mere of 6500 US of A Dollars.

[NightWolve]

Anyways, I hope after my deals here are finalized I will have some rep here and maybe you all will forgive me for trashing your heritage.  I hope my even coming here is a sign of good nature.  I will be watching this thread because it's fascinating to see all the craziness that goes on.  I'm always seeing things from the merchant side but it's nice to see things from the customer side too.

Take care all.  I may post some more, but I mainly wanted to get this off my chest.

Well, good thing that nobody found your picture before coming here and doing your auction, otherwise Tatsujin might've had a little fun with it making your first post here that much more uncomfortable. ;) Sorry we couldn't do business, BTW... I went back and checked, I did actually send you my patented $5 offer, sadly, you refused, but hey, at least I tried! Heh-heh.

I have to admit, it's rare to see someone respond to harsh criticism and actually vindicate the fact that it can actually change someone's mind to such a degree. Most would never admit it. The type of "activism" that I see here is mainly to vent (as well as provide entertainment at times if possible) and I suspect that most people here don't think it can actually help "make things better." You really didn't have to take us seriously (Jay/megahit79 sure doesn't), and you're losing some time breaking that set up and making individual sales to people here, so that's very cool of you. Everyone that has bought something from you states that they are happy with the deals that they got, so I'll take their word for it.

I'm still a business and will always have a profit motive over preserving game heritage,

I actually understand this and guys like megahit79, you're essentially in the resale business and the objective profit motive will always take precedence (plus you have far more expenses than an individual, especially if you have a brick/mortar physical location in addition to an online operation). That's how you stay IN business, after all! It's as simple as: the market value is what people are willing to pay for it (e.g. on places like eBay) and if one guy is willing to give you $50 bucks for it and another guy is willing to give you $100 bucks, well, gosh golly, who would you rather do business with? Hm, real tough choice here, but I'm guessing the $100 offer sounds more appealing! ;)

The natural inclination of a seller is to wanna sell for as high as possible and the natural inclination of a buyer is to wanna buy for as low as possible. Neither side wants to get ripped off; you want a respectable profit and the buyer wants a respectable deal - both sides need to be informed for that to happen. Selling for outrageous amounts from the get-go (as in, for a great deal more than what is usually seen) is an indicator that the seller is relying on uninformed/ignorant buyers to click BIN which is when morality enters into it and a judgment can be made about that seller's character (they're fishing for suckers to take the bait). Just like the movie, there's the good, the bad, and the ugly (a movie which coincidentally was all about bags of gold and human character!)! And megahit79 definitely falls on the ugly side with his lucky "$30,000 dollar" lottery of a SNK cart and his 20,000% markup on .50 cent glasses!

I will be watching this thread because it's fascinating to see all the craziness that goes on.

I agree BTW, I have found this thread to be the most fascinating on this board because it's only recently that I learned about what was going on with eBay and the skyrocketing of prices for NEC games. When I resumed visiting this board after a long absence, someone wound up selling Beyond Shadowgate on here for what I thought was an outrageous amount, but I was unaware of what the eBay-effect had done. This thread gave me a crash course, and mind you, normally I'm a free market kind of guy, but when I'm seeing creatures like megahit79 do what they do, I can't help but feel some disgust! But, that's freedom, gotta take the bad with the good! Best you can do is warn people so that they don't do business with a guy like that!

[soop]

I found some chump selling some manuals/cases on eBay nothing amazing, but he wanted quite a lot for them.  I sent him a lowball offer near the end via message, expecting him to barter.  He said sorry he's already been offered more, and was just waiting for the auction ends.

As expected, they get listed again as BIN straight after they ended.  I'm tempted to give him the same offer, but I don't really want to deal with someone prepared to lie to me to gain profit.

[CPTRAVE]

Are you talking about this listing here

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/280893458072?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649