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

[T2KFreeker]

I'm starting to wonder really how stupid people are. Who are these hoarders that pay stupid amounts of money for common games? I swear it has to be the same five people stockpiling them to build a house or something. Hu Bricks?

[FiftyQuid]

I'm starting to wonder really how stupid people are. Who are these hoarders that pay stupid amounts of money for common games? I swear it has to be the same five people stockpiling them to build a house or something. Hu Bricks?

I'm guessing these Sellers have multiple accounts.  One account to put the item up and another to purchase the product themselves.  This creates an imaginary market where the Seller is the Buyer and they are artificially inflating the cost so that the high costs seem justifiable and then can say shit like "Well the last one I put up for that price sold in less than a day".

[T2KFreeker]

I'm starting to wonder really how stupid people are. Who are these hoarders that pay stupid amounts of money for common games? I swear it has to be the same five people stockpiling them to build a house or something. Hu Bricks?

I'm guessing these Sellers have multiple accounts.  One account to put the item up and another to purchase the product themselves.  This creates an imaginary market where the Seller is the Buyer and they are artificially inflating the cost so that the high costs seem justifiable and then can say shit like "Well the last one I put up for that price sold in less than a day".

I have thought about this. Problem with this is that ebay charges fees. Makes no sense to pay fees over and over again for what might amount to a few extra dollars. I am sure this might account for part of it, Not sure about all of it though.

[GameFreak]

I think some sellers have multiple selling accounts. With one account they put a insanely ridiculous price on a $20 game like $120...than with the other account they sell the same game, at the same time for 50$, so anybody that saw both listings thinks the $50 game is a deal (compared to $120)when in reality its worth about $20.

[CPTRAVE]

You guys are probably right I have seen the exactly same picture but with different account names, the price was higher on one of the auctions and the other one was 50.00 less.

[bartre]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/dalphabet/m.html?hash=item19d2910e39

Nice find! Wow, he's really going against the tide, $3 bucks to start for everything he got a hold of. I'm tempted to grab Blazing Lasers, I kinda would like an original as somewhat of a game collector, but since I plan to buy KRIKzz's upcoming HuFlashCard, I wanna spend the money there. Anyway, cool guy though.

man, that seller deserves every penny, kudos to him for actual auctions.
on a sidebar though, what the hell!?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CADASH-rare-Turbo-Grafx-16-NEC-Hu-card-/110906930190?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d291740e

it's at 4 days left and $50, that's ridiculous to me.
i got a copy of cadash and sega classics collection for ps2 for $30 at MGC this spring.

[Mathius]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/dalphabet/m.html?hash=item19d2910e39

Nice find! Wow, he's really going against the tide, $3 bucks to start for everything he got a hold of. I'm tempted to grab Blazing Lasers, I kinda would like an original as somewhat of a game collector, but since I plan to buy KRIKzz's upcoming HuFlashCard, I wanna spend the money there. Anyway, cool guy though.

man, that seller deserves every penny, kudos to him for actual auctions.
on a sidebar though, what the hell!?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CADASH-rare-Turbo-Grafx-16-NEC-Hu-card-/110906930190?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d291740e

it's at 4 days left and $50, that's ridiculous to me.
i got a copy of cadash and sega classics collection for ps2 for $30 at MGC this spring.

Yeah I bought a complete copy of Cadash just a few months ago for $30. It was mint too!

[NightWolve]

Hah, he also put up a US Fighting Street CD starting at $2.99 which nullifies the SF1&2 combo guy that was asking $160 for both it and SF II:CE. I could only find cheap Japanese Fighting Street listings before which might've allowed the seller to hide behind rarity for US versions, but now you've got one for $2.99, thus his gouger status is secure! Anyway, happy bidding - Looks like at least 4 people are going after that Aero Blasters. I didn't see that earlier, good luck!

[soop]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCE-PC-Engine-Turbo-Grafx-TG-16-Hu-card-Japan-Kyukyoku-Tiger-Heli-Brand-New-/150848526624?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231f45d920

*spits out cereal*

Holy whatthefuckishethinking

And http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PCE-PC-Engine-Turbo-Grafx-TG-16-Hu-card-Japan-Import-RAIDEN-Brand-New-/150848523927?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231f45ce97

But then he has a bunch of other games that are only slightly overpriced...  Oh!  He thinks they're worth 10 times their normal value because they're shrinkwrapped!

[CPTRAVE]

What do you think is this the same seller but selling in two different states?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/160833879649?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290735983537?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

I think it is the same person, I mean what are the chances having the same type of wood floor and the same item for sale.

[Keith Courage]

Why does this game cost so much? http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Engine-SCD-KUNIO-KUN-DOWN-TOWN-NEKKETSU-STORY-JP-pe-/360471150057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53edc13de9

[Frank_fjs]

Why does this game cost so much? http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Engine-SCD-KUNIO-KUN-DOWN-TOWN-NEKKETSU-STORY-JP-pe-/360471150057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53edc13de9

It used to be up for grabs for around $50 not too long ago, but as with most retro gear prices have soared due to the relatively recent spike in its popularity.

It's a good game, not a great game, and is always expensive regardless of platform (it's on the Famicom too). Not sure why, perhaps there weren't many copies produced?

[FiftyQuid]

I think it is the same person, I mean what are the chances having the same type of wood floor and the same item for sale.

The wood grain is different and so is the lighting.  The colour of the wood is different in both photos as well.  I don't think this is the same guy.

[nectarsis]

Why does this game cost so much? http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Engine-SCD-KUNIO-KUN-DOWN-TOWN-NEKKETSU-STORY-JP-pe-/360471150057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53edc13de9

It used to be up for grabs for around $50 not too long ago, but as with most retro gear prices have soared due to the relatively recent spike in its popularity.

It's a good game, not a great game, and is always expensive regardless of platform (it's on the Famicom too). Not sure why, perhaps there weren't many copies produced?

I can't remember seeing any copy for to much under $100 for YEARS now.

[Frank_fjs]

Why does this game cost so much? http://www.ebay.com/itm/PC-Engine-SCD-KUNIO-KUN-DOWN-TOWN-NEKKETSU-STORY-JP-pe-/360471150057?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53edc13de9

It used to be up for grabs for around $50 not too long ago, but as with most retro gear prices have soared due to the relatively recent spike in its popularity.

It's a good game, not a great game, and is always expensive regardless of platform (it's on the Famicom too). Not sure why, perhaps there weren't many copies produced?

I can't remember seeing any copy for to much under $100 for YEARS now.

I recall seeing them at Hit-Japan/GameofJapan for $50 give or take a few dollars in late 2010.

[VestCunt]

Two were auctioned within a week of each other a few months ago. IIRC, one went for over a hundred and the other for $70-80.

[bob]

http://www.ebay.com/sch/dalphabet/m.html?hash=item19d2910e39

Nice find! Wow, he's really going against the tide, $3 bucks to start for everything he got a hold of. I'm tempted to grab Blazing Lasers, I kinda would like an original as somewhat of a game collector, but since I plan to buy KRIKzz's upcoming HuFlashCard, I wanna spend the money there. Anyway, cool guy though.

This persons auctions are coming up to the end point.  Some of them are still at reasonable prices, but I'm suspecting a bit of shillery going on here...

[tpivette]

Watch what happens in the last few minutes of those auctions... I believe alot of forum members are gonna be poised to snipe most of those in the final moments

[SMF]

Watch what happens in the last few minutes of those auctions... I believe alot of forum members are gonna be poised to snipe most of those in the final moments

Lol you called it, I myself am watching that Keith Courage loose Huey. Zero bids o yea its mine. I need 13 more to finish the wall paper in my bedroom lol.

[420GOAT]

I knew the prices would end up at the standard "buy it now" PRICES.

[FiftyQuid]

I don't think bidders are reading the fine print in his ads.  I contacted him about the "codes" written inside the manuals.  He told me a majority of them have writing on the back of the manual, but the writing is very neatly done as if almost typed.  I'm sure there are some deals to be had here, but some bidders that skipped over the auction descriptions quickly are going to be disappointed if they have severe OCD.

[tpivette]

Watch what happens in the last few minutes of those auctions... I believe alot of forum members are gonna be poised to snipe most of those in the final moments

got outbid on all the games from this particular seller that ended tonight. Crazy bidding wars that went off in the last 60 seconds!

[GameFreak]

Too bad we cant coordinate our bids so we dont fight over the same stuff. But I guess thats kind of hard in a public forum that potential scammers would take advantage of.

[SMF]

So did anyone score any games from this seller? I did notice that majority was up all at the same time. It was fun watching bids jump at the last second tho lol.

[KnightWarrior]

I hate ebay somtimes with games

[geise]

I hate ebay all the time with games.  It's that evil necessity for impatient gamers wanting score something they usually think is only ever seen on ebay.  With the going trend the past 3 years with turbo it's really just going to get worse.

[FiftyQuid]

So did anyone score any games from this seller? I did notice that majority was up all at the same time. It was fun watching bids jump at the last second tho lol.

I threw a $12 bid at Boxyboy with no expectations of winning it.  Then I received an email from eBay showing the winning bid by me for $11.28.  Ugh!  What was I thinking?  Looks like I might default on payment though.  I had spoken to the seller about his $15 shipping to Canada.  He said "I'll combine shipping to get it as cheap as possible. I just put $15.00 on there because I didn't want to calculate the postage. I figured $15.00 would cover one disk anywhere."  Then the invoice arrived with $15 for shipping.    

I sent him a message.

[BigusSchmuck]

Found this on the bay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-TurboGrafx-16-Complete-Even-Has-Cardboard-Box-/200785662330?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2ebfc2117a
Maybe we should mess with megahit some more on his overpriced manual?

[bob]

This one had a starting bid of .99 with a Buy it Now for $399.99.  I bid a dollar to get the BIN out of there.
dumb ass.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350579457539?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649

And to have some fun, i sent him this question...

Is the CD in the picture a part of the auction?  If so, you should mention it.  That's a really rare game you have there.  Some sellers are asking over $100 for that one.

[FiftyQuid]

This one had a starting bid of .99 with a Buy it Now for $399.99.  I bid a dollar to get the BIN out of there.
dumb ass.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/350579457539?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1431.l2649

Ha!  Awesome!

This one has to win for worst eBay auction photo and description ever.  Putz.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TurboGrafx-16-with-CD-Player-/180922547772?pt=Video_Games&hash=item2a1fd2fe3c

$899 BIN for TG+CD and Vasteel?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-TurboGrafx-CD-TurboDuo-Black-Console-NTSC-/170873416245?pt=Video_Games&hash=item27c8d96a35

Oh wait... Cosmic Fantasy 2 is in there to justify the price...What is the TG16 version of Vasteel worth?  $900 seems like a lot to me.  $40 for the TG-16, $100 for the 3.0 card, maybe a $100 for the CD and docking base???

[Mathius]

You could find Cosmic Fantasy 2 sealed for $7 not too long ago.

[FiftyQuid]

I was being sarcastic.  I hate when that doesn't come across on the web.      $900 is crazy!

[SuperPlay]

Turbografx

Starting bid:   £650.00
Buy Now Price:   £1,300.00

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mint-Complete-Turbo-Grafx-console-with-Blazing-Lazers-/251100770969?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item3a76c5b299

Average price for a brand new one on UK Ebay is £45

[NightWolve]

Starting bid:   £650.00
Buy Now Price:   £1,300.00

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mint-Complete-Turbo-Grafx-console-with-Blazing-Lazers-/251100770969?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item3a76c5b299

Average price for a brand new one on UK Ebay is £45

Bah, I wanted to "inform him" of the fact that there is still an online store that has these in stock for 49.90 GBP (his supplier, perhaps? ), but I'd have to make a UK eBay account to do so. It looks like from his description, it's NOT even the RGB modded one which you can get for 20 GBP more from the same place...

Consolegoods.co.uk
http://www.robwebb1.plus.com/pce/pce.htm

[CPTRAVE]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonk-3-III-Factory-Sealed-NEW-GREAT-COND-for-Turbografx-16-Turbo-Duo-/140794494925?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item20c8017fcd

What the F**K 

Where did this person find a Brand new Bonk 3. Who could resist not to open the BOX.

[FiftyQuid]

That Bonk's 3 listing is eff'd up.  It looks pretty legit though.  The box is in great looking condition.  However, if you look at his listings ALL of his TG-16 games are sealed.  That's a bit messed up.  One game I can understand, maybe he fluked into finding one in someone's attic, but every single game?!  These have to be resealed.

I like this one; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Devils-Crush-TurboGrafx-16-1990-/130727172815?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e6ff25acf#ht_500wt_971

$20 for the manual, and case for Devil's Crush, but the game is not included???  WTF???

[Sparky]

That Bonk's 3 listing is eff'd up.  It looks pretty legit though.  The box is in great looking condition.  However, if you look at his listings ALL of his TG-16 games are sealed.  That's a bit messed up.  One game I can understand, maybe he fluked into finding one in someone's attic, but every single game?!  These have to be resealed.

I like this one; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Devils-Crush-TurboGrafx-16-1990-/130727172815?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e6ff25acf#ht_500wt_971

$20 for the manual, and case for Devil's Crush, but the game is not included???  WTF???

Sounds like a better deal that that Swiss guy was offering on a $20 Cadash manual only ..these types are in it foe the money... I want to give them a dirty nut kick as a wake up call.

[SuperPlay]

Starting bid:   £650.00
Buy Now Price:   £1,300.00

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mint-Complete-Turbo-Grafx-console-with-Blazing-Lazers-/251100770969?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameConsoles_VideoGameConsoles&hash=item3a76c5b299

Average price for a brand new one on UK Ebay is £45

Bah, I wanted to "inform him" of the fact that there is still an online store that has these in stock for 49.90 GBP (his supplier, perhaps? ), but I'd have to make a UK eBay account to do so. It looks like from his description, it's NOT even the RGB modded one which you can get for 20 GBP more from the same place...

Consolegoods.co.uk
http://www.robwebb1.plus.com/pce/pce.htm

I have used Consolegoods.co.uk quite a few times and he/they are excellent :@)

[meka]

I am  sorry this is not pc engine related but some wanker is trying to hock off a Sega Mega Drive 2 ,Mega Cd 2 ,32x Adapter and Arcade Power Stick for a buy it now of $2500 with starting bid at $1200:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sega-Mega-Drive-2-mega-Cd-2-32x-Adapter-arcade-Power-Stick-/251104343439?pt=AU_Consoles&hash=item3a76fc358f

[Mathius]

Has anyone else noticed how eBay has started putting "average" prices for all their auctions in each listing? Just scroll down a little in this listing and look under the main photo:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-TurboGrafx-16-Manual-Only-/250617950446?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a59fe70ee

See how it says; 

Have one to sell?Sell it yourself
$150.00Avg

Average my ass! More like a "gouged average!"

[FiftyQuid]

Has anyone else noticed how eBay has started putting "average" prices for all their auctions in each listing? Just scroll down a little in this listing and look under the main photo:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-TurboGrafx-16-Manual-Only-/250617950446?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a59fe70ee

See how it says;  

Have one to sell?Sell it yourself
$150.00Avg

Average my ass! More like a "gouged average!"

Yeah, I noticed that too.  It's just creating more of a gouge based eBay society.  It helps out oblivious buyers on a really badly gouged item, but if that gouged item sells it just defeats the point of the average.

[CPTRAVE]

I have noticed that also, it is going to make everything worse.

[PikachuWarrior]

Amazon does selling averages, as does Half.com. Both have been doing it for years. It's just unfortunate that it's having the negative effect on certain products.

[Arkhan Asylum]

They need to take out the extreme dollar value sales before doing the average.

I mean, the average of 5 and 250 is 127.50$... looliuytjhrjykuilkkyt7j7i

[FiftyQuid]

Someone had to post this and it might as well be me;

$350 for a sealed Splatterhouse!
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Factory-Sealed-Splatterhouse-TurboGrafx-16-Turbo-Grafx-16-Brand-New-RARE-/280918904662?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item4168124f56#ht_653wt_923

I'd hate to see what he'd sell a sealed Bomberman '93 for.

[NecroPhile]

Someone had to post this and it might as well be me;

$350 for a sealed Splatterhouse!
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Factory-Sealed-Splatterhouse-TurboGrafx-16-Turbo-Grafx-16-Brand-New-RARE-/280918904662?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item4168124f56#ht_653wt_923

I'd hate to see what he'd sell a sealed Bomberman '93 for.

I saw that too.  Even weirder is that he has four copies or one copy listed four times. 

[CPTRAVE]

They were probably shrink wrapped making them look new again.

[FiftyQuid]

They were probably shrink wrapped making them look new again.

Is there anyway to tell if a game has been re-shrink wrapped?

[tggodfrey]

All the re-wrapped items i have seen def do not look factory wrapped.  I am sure there are some that are harder to tell but usually you can tell by how snug the wrapping is and the corners.

[FiftyQuid]

That makes sense.  While I'm asking questions;

I've been watching this auction.  When I checked it this morning it was at $230 with 2 bids.  In the afternoon it was $230 with 3 bids.  Now it is at $230 and 5 bids.  I don't understand how this item is remaining at the same price but the bids are increasing.  How does that work?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140795411714?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_4646wt_256