Price check on Super Famicom

[Nando]

A retro gaming store just opened near my house, as always they carry lots of SNES stuff and they had their Super Famis for $150, complete. No box.  I have to swing by and see the system in person, but in the pics, the console looked in good shape with no yellowing that I could see.

Is $150 a decent price?

[Opethian]

Ive seen boxed systems sell for 5000-8000 yenny so after shipping (which with the AC brick makes it too heavy for anything other than EMS) its about $100-130

Id say $150 has a $20-30 profit margin

[Nando]

That's good to know. They seem pretty cool, so I'm gonna see if I can haggle on the price and get some games with it too.

At least it seems we have a decent retro store, even if they have avg internet prices.

Thanks Ope

[Tatsujin]

$150 for a non CIB SFC?

[Nando]

$150 for a non CIB SFC?

don't know about the box, I asked them, haven't replied yet.  Gonna have to make a trip down there and check it out.

[Opethian]

I priced out a complete box I misread that for $150 it had no box? that's a bit high I think

[GohanX]

That's really high, man. For that price it would have to be NIB I would think. Getting a minty non-yellowed SFC is getting a little harder these days, but that is just ridiculous.

[jeffhlewis]

I got one from Yamatoku off eBay, complete in box (though a tad yellowed) for about $110 IIRC. Non-EMS shipping put it maybe at $130.

You can probably find a loose SFami on eBay for less than $80 if you tracked enough auctions.

[CrackTiger]

Loose SFC systems are like $20 - $30 here.

[Nando]

I got one from Yamatoku off eBay, complete in box (though a tad yellowed) for about $110 IIRC. Non-EMS shipping put it maybe at $130.

You can probably find a loose SFami on eBay for less than $80 if you tracked enough auctions.

Awesome! Thanks for the input guys!!!

[Tatsujin]

anything over 50 bucks for a lose one should be considered very high. now a 100% CIB in super condition on the other hand is a different rabbit hole.

[SuperDeadite]

I paid 200yen for mine...

[Tatsujin]

i got one for free and an other one for 105yen. tho, very good conditioned pads  can be a bit more expensive than that.

[Nando]

Found another one, no box, no power cord, one controller and a/v cables for $65 and free shipping. Can't I use a US power cord?

[xcrement5x]

Found another one, no box, no power cord, one controller and a/v cables for $65 and free shipping. Can't I use a US power cord?

I think the SNES power jack is unique to it and the Virtual Boy, but the SFC uses a generic barrel jack.  I'd be you can find something with similar specs pretty easily.

[GohanX]

You can use a Genesis 1 power cord.

[Nando]

Wicked! Thanks!

[ToyMachine78]

Hit Japan has a nice one on eBay that comes with two controllers, original cables and power, and 5 games for $122 shipped. And that's coming from Japan. So I'd Say your local store is taking u for a ride at $150.

[Nando]

Hit Japan has a nice one on eBay that comes with two controllers, original cables and power, and 5 games for $122 shipped. And that's coming from Japan. So I'd Say your local store is taking u for a ride at $150.

Hot damn! Link?

[o.pwuaioc]

$122 shipped from Japan is about right, mostly because of the shipping, though. They're making a decent amount of change, but you should be able to find cheaper, especially if the SFC games are cruddy RPGs.

[ApolloBoy]

$122 is kinda pricey, I would keep an eye on Yamatoku-Classic's auctions as he sells Super Famis all the time. I got mine loose for less than $30 shipped from him and I'm sure you can get a Super Fami with controllers and hookups for dirt cheap that way.

[Nando]

Awesome! Thanks for the tips all!

[geise]

Just get a bare bones system from a US seller.  There's actually a few decent ones priced on ebay.  Then just get a controller.  Most "console only' at least come with the AC power adapter.

[RyuHayabusa]

Way too high for a non-boxed SFC. I paid around $110shipped for my boxed SFC and it's in damn nice shape with instructions, no yellowing, AC adapter, baggies, etc.

[Tatsujin]

everything above 105 yens is to expensive for a lose SFC.

[Nando]

Way too high for a non-boxed SFC. I paid around $110shipped for my boxed SFC and it's in damn nice shape with instructions, no yellowing, AC adapter, baggies, etc.

Yahoo auctions?