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

[wolfman]

Sega mainly, and a nice collection. But WTF?

http://m.ebay.com/itm/201087773653?nav=SEARCH

Missing in this Holy Grail Lot is the ultra-uber-rare Virtual Boy CIB all complete section 

[geise]

Only about 10% of those Genesis games are not shitty mediocre titles.

[o.pwuaioc]

"Holy grail"

So many common and shit games, you gotta wonder how people can collect like that.

[NecroPhile]

Only about 10% of those Genesis games are not shitty mediocre titles.

That's the Genesis alright. 

[BigusSchmuck]

I had a interesting experience (this involves ebay too) at a semi local game store I frequent whenever I go to the dentist in the tricities. I saw that this guy had Legend of Hero Tomna for $150 complete with box so I thought I would try to talk him down on his price a little bit. So what does he do? He goes on Ebay and looks for what it was sold for and saw that it went for $600 and proceeded to mark up the price of the game! I was like wtf really? You have had this game on your shelf for 2 years and it hasn't sold so you decide to mark it up 4x? Lame.

[seieienbu]

Something similar happened to me one time.  I was at a used game store and the guy there had a bunch of games, one of which was strider.  Dude wanted $15 for it, I thought that was pretty cool.  It was under the counter and I said "I'd like Strider." 

"We don't have it."

"Yes you do, its that one right there" 

Well, there's no English on the cover so the store owner didn't even know what the game was.  The guy said "Oh, that's strider?"  Goes to his computer, checks ebay, then says "Sorry, it was mislabeled.   That'll be $99.99"


Seriously though, Tonma for $150?  Should've just taken that.  Still not super cheap but waaaaay cheaper than you'll ever find on ebay.

[BigusSchmuck]

Something similar happened to me one time.  I was at a used game store and the guy there had a bunch of games, one of which was strider.  Dude wanted $15 for it, I thought that was pretty cool.  It was under the counter and I said "I'd like Strider." 

"We don't have it."

"Yes you do, its that one right there" 

Well, there's no English on the cover so the store owner didn't even know what the game was.  The guy said "Oh, that's strider?"  Goes to his computer, checks ebay, then says "Sorry, it was mislabeled.   That'll be $99.99"


Seriously though, Tonma for $150?  Should've just taken that.  Still not super cheap but waaaaay cheaper than you'll ever find on ebay.

The box was all beatup and I'm wasn't about ready to blow $150 on a game I won't play nor really cared for. I thought it was ludicrous he had it for $100 a year ago but now its 6 times that! Sorry, I'll stick to getting a everdrive at that price.

[NecroPhile]

That's when you drop trou. and shit on the floor (scooting your ass across the carpet to wipe is optional).

[seieienbu]

Nebulously I'd really like to own Tonma.  I don't think I will as the price is ridiculous at this point.

[Bardoly]

I personally enjoy the game (Tonma), but I agree that the price seems to keep going up... 

[Lochlan]

I'm wasn't about ready to blow $150 on a game I won't play

Why are you mad that your lowball backfired if you weren't even going to play the game in the first place?  I don't get it.

[BigusSchmuck]

I'm wasn't about ready to blow $150 on a game I won't play

Why are you mad that your lowball backfired if you weren't even going to play the game in the first place?  I don't get it.

It was more or less for my wife after watching the gamesack episode last Sunday and what I offered him wasn't exactly lowball to begin with...

[wolfman]

Sorry, I'll stick to getting a everdrive at that price.

If only every gamer would think like you...then we had realistic prices again 

[wolfman]

Sorry, I'll stick to getting a everdrive at that price.

If only every gamer thinks like you...then we would have realistic prices again soon...

[bob]

Something similar happened to me one time.  I was at a used game store and the guy there had a bunch of games, one of which was strider.  Dude wanted $15 for it, I thought that was pretty cool.  It was under the counter and I said "I'd like Strider." 

"We don't have it."

"Yes you do, its that one right there" 

Well, there's no English on the cover so the store owner didn't even know what the game was.  The guy said "Oh, that's strider?"  Goes to his computer, checks ebay, then says "Sorry, it was mislabeled.   That'll be $99.99"


Seriously though, Tonma for $150?  Should've just taken that.  Still not super cheap but waaaaay cheaper than you'll ever find on ebay.

similar situation here.  there is a flea market that i frequent and one of the vid game goons wont price ANYTHING until you ask for it..then its off to ebay for sold listings.  then he asks the highest price but minus the shipping.  what a deal!

[HailingTheThings]

Bought a copy of Popful Mail on Sega CD from a local shop complete in really good shape for $90. After the purchase, I was talking with the owner, who started asking questions about it since it had been sitting in his shop for quite some time, didn't really know what it goes for now. He looked on ebay and gave me a dirty look. He said that since I've been shopping there for years that he didn't hate me, that much. lol

[seieienbu]

Just checked the price on Popful Mail.  I'm honestly shocked it's that expensive.  Iirc, I paid $25 for it used back in 1999 or so.

[seieienbu]

...double post

[bob]

Bought a copy of Popful Mail on Sega CD from a local shop complete in really good shape for $90. After the purchase, I was talking with the owner, who started asking questions about it since it had been sitting in his shop for quite some time, didn't really know what it goes for now. He looked on ebay and gave me a dirty look. He said that since I've been shopping there for years that he didn't hate me, that much. lol

Fuck him. You paid what he asked. He shouldnt act like you screwed him or anything. Then he spins it like he did you a favor for being loyal?  Fuck him.

[HailingTheThings]

Bought a copy of Popful Mail on Sega CD from a local shop complete in really good shape for $90. After the purchase, I was talking with the owner, who started asking questions about it since it had been sitting in his shop for quite some time, didn't really know what it goes for now. He looked on ebay and gave me a dirty look. He said that since I've been shopping there for years that he didn't hate me, that much. lol

Fuck him. You paid what he asked. He shouldnt act like you screwed him or anything. Then he spins it like he did you a favor for being loyal?  Fuck him.

Honestly, yeah the guy is kind of a fuckhead, but there are other shops around me that would just look up the game before I buy it and adjust "accordingly," so it's whatev. This is the same guy who let take all of the Keith and shitty sports title Turbo cases for $2 a piece, so I'll continue to stop by his business. :3

[Ninja16608]

Funny thing Hailing, I took a 45 min one way trip to a store in Mass a few months back to pick up a few games he had. Got some master system games pretty decent price. Started looking at his turbo stuff and he only had a few with prices, saw lords of the rising sun, an ok game, no price, I ask the guy what are you getting for it. Whats he do? pulls out the friggin laptop and looks it up, then says i'll give ya the mid range price........DOUCHE BAG. but I wanted to play it and have it for my system so I paid. Don't recall how much but it didn't break the bank.

[ToyMachine78]

Bought a copy of Popful Mail on Sega CD from a local shop complete in really good shape for $90. After the purchase, I was talking with the owner, who started asking questions about it since it had been sitting in his shop for quite some time, didn't really know what it goes for now. He looked on ebay and gave me a dirty look. He said that since I've been shopping there for years that he didn't hate me, that much. lol

Fuck him. You paid what he asked. He shouldnt act like you screwed him or anything. Then he spins it like he did you a favor for being loyal?  Fuck him.

Honestly, yeah the guy is kind of a fuckhead, but there are other shops around me that would just look up the game before I buy it and adjust "accordingly," so it's whatev. This is the same guy who let take all of the Keith and shitty sports title Turbo cases for $2 a piece, so I'll continue to stop by his business. :3

That's what my local store, Pixels and Pawns, does... for common games on the floor they sell it to you for label. Anything in the glass case... turbo, Sega CD, and nes/Genesis semi rare/rare... they look it up on price charting and Quote a price. Can you say BULLSHIT!

[ToyMachine78]

Bought a copy of Popful Mail on Sega CD from a local shop complete in really good shape for $90. After the purchase, I was talking with the owner, who started asking questions about it since it had been sitting in his shop for quite some time, didn't really know what it goes for now. He looked on ebay and gave me a dirty look. He said that since I've been shopping there for years that he didn't hate me, that much. lol

Fuck him. You paid what he asked. He shouldnt act like you screwed him or anything. Then he spins it like he did you a favor for being loyal?  Fuck him.

Honestly, yeah the guy is kind of a fuckhead, but there are other shops around me that would just look up the game before I buy it and adjust "accordingly," so it's whatev. This is the same guy who let take all of the Keith and shitty sports title Turbo cases for $2 a piece, so I'll continue to stop by his business. :3

That's what my local store, Pixels and Pawns, does... for common games on the floor they sell it to you for label. Anything in the glass case... turbo, Sega CD, and nes/Genesis semi rare/rare... they look it up on price charting and Quote a price. Can you say BULLSHIT!

[ToyMachine78]

Bought a copy of Popful Mail on Sega CD from a local shop complete in really good shape for $90. After the purchase, I was talking with the owner, who started asking questions about it since it had been sitting in his shop for quite some time, didn't really know what it goes for now. He looked on ebay and gave me a dirty look. He said that since I've been shopping there for years that he didn't hate me, that much. lol

Fuck him. You paid what he asked. He shouldnt act like you screwed him or anything. Then he spins it like he did you a favor for being loyal?  Fuck him.

Honestly, yeah the guy is kind of a fuckhead, but there are other shops around me that would just look up the game before I buy it and adjust "accordingly," so it's whatev. This is the same guy who let take all of the Keith and shitty sports title Turbo cases for $2 a piece, so I'll continue to stop by his business. :3

That's what my local store, Pixels and Pawns, does... for common games on the floor they sell it to you for label. Anything in the glass case... turbo, Sega CD, and nes/Genesis semi rare/rare... they look it up on price charting and Quote a price. Can you say BULLSHIT!

[ToyMachine78]

Sorry tapatalk hung up!

[Ninja16608]

Lol i think the whole site is hanging. long load times double and triple post :-(

[Keith Courage]

This is awesome http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beyond-Shadowgate-for-Turbo-Duo-Turbo-CD-complete-/131190822616?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e8b9516d8

[geise]

This is awesome http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beyond-Shadowgate-for-Turbo-Duo-Turbo-CD-complete-/131190822616?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e8b9516d8

Wow!  That sure beats the copy I sold for $64.  If I only waited 6 years to sell.

[madboom0522]

I can do better than that keith.... You might find this to be even more awesome....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/131190807348?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[madboom0522]

For some reason this site takes forever to load a post then double posts it... Very odd...

[madboom0522]

No sir. As a matter of fact my phone is like 7 years old. I am lucky I have bluetooth in it.... This is from my computer...

[madboom0522]

Wait,....Where is ninja? He likes to use that crap...

[wolfman]

For some reason this site takes forever to load a post then double posts it... Very odd...

+1

[tggodfrey]

This is awesome http://www.ebay.com/itm/Beyond-Shadowgate-for-Turbo-Duo-Turbo-CD-complete-/131190822616?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e8b9516d8

Thats right where i live!!!!

[NecroPhile]

Go punch Barb in the ovaries!

[majors]

... they look it up on price charting and Quote a price. Can you say BULLSHIT!

If ppl stop buying the games from store that use that tactic, then that practice will stop one way or store closure. I think most stores buy a used game for $X and their biz plan is to mark up Y% and sell, they should keep to it instead of feeling they are leaving something on the table. Can't wait for the price charting sites to get massive abused, and we can rape the brink'n mortar stores that rely so heavily upon it.

Back in my day, we KNEW what things were worth! Because we played them and sold them for their WORTH, not some vaporous notion that comes from the clouds. [/oldman]

[ToyMachine78]

I buy nothing from that place now. Any game I want I can get from eBay at the same price or less than what pixels and pawns sells them for.

[Ninja16608]

Wait,....Where is ninja? He likes to use that crap...

Eat me. i dont use tapatalk either PC or web browser on phone and then i have a keyboard there too lol

[Mathius]

Wait,....Where is ninja? He likes to use that crap...

Eat me. i dont use tapatalk either PC or web browser on phone and then i have a keyboard there too lol

I ate a ninja once. Tasted like pointy chicken.

[madboom0522]

No shell though...

[Ninja16608]

No shell though...

[tggodfrey]

Wait,....Where is ninja? He likes to use that crap...

Eat me. i dont use tapatalk either PC or web browser on phone and then i have a keyboard there too lol

I ate a ninja once. Tasted like pointy chicken.

Really?  What was his name?

[NecroPhile]

Really?  What was his name?

Gekkou

[HailingTheThings]

Funny thing Hailing, I took a 45 min one way trip to a store in Mass a few months back to pick up a few games he had. Got some master system games pretty decent price. Started looking at his turbo stuff and he only had a few with prices, saw lords of the rising sun, an ok game, no price, I ask the guy what are you getting for it. Whats he do? pulls out the friggin laptop and looks it up, then says i'll give ya the mid range price........DOUCHE BAG. but I wanted to play it and have it for my system so I paid. Don't recall how much but it didn't break the bank.

At least he didn't super-gouge, yeah?

[CrackTiger]

Funny thing Hailing, I took a 45 min one way trip to a store in Mass a few months back to pick up a few games he had. Got some master system games pretty decent price. Started looking at his turbo stuff and he only had a few with prices, saw lords of the rising sun, an ok game, no price, I ask the guy what are you getting for it. Whats he do? pulls out the friggin laptop and looks it up, then says i'll give ya the mid range price........DOUCHE BAG. but I wanted to play it and have it for my system so I paid. Don't recall how much but it didn't break the bank.

At least he didn't super-gouge, yeah?

He was likely looking at asking prices, not a combo of Sold and un-sold Completed listings to gauge the going rate.

If you look at all three on eBay right now, no one is bothering to list it since it's hard to get anything for it, there are different sold and failed-to-sell CIC copies at $10 and sealed MIB copies go for as much as $40. So if the store had a played condition CIB copy with a worn cardboard box, he should have been asking $15.

That CIC copy which failed to sell at $10 was originally listed at $50... then $25... then $10... then "why bother" and was returned to the store shelf. Perhaps the very store which Ninja visited. I'm guessing that he offered him the mid-range of what that copy failed to sell at all for.

[HailingTheThings]

Funny thing Hailing, I took a 45 min one way trip to a store in Mass a few months back to pick up a few games he had. Got some master system games pretty decent price. Started looking at his turbo stuff and he only had a few with prices, saw lords of the rising sun, an ok game, no price, I ask the guy what are you getting for it. Whats he do? pulls out the friggin laptop and looks it up, then says i'll give ya the mid range price........DOUCHE BAG. but I wanted to play it and have it for my system so I paid. Don't recall how much but it didn't break the bank.

At least he didn't super-gouge, yeah?

He was likely looking at asking prices, not a combo of Sold and un-sold Completed listings to gauge the going rate.

If you look at all three on eBay right now, no one is bothering to list it since it's hard to get anything for it, there are different sold and failed-to-sell CIC copies at $10 and sealed MIB copies go for as much as $40. So if the store had a played condition CIB copy with a worn cardboard box, he should have been asking $15.

That CIC copy which failed to sell at $10 was originally listed at $50... then $25... then $10... then "why bother" and was returned to the store shelf. Perhaps the very store which Ninja visited. I'm guessing that he offered him the mid-range of what that copy failed to sell at all for.

*kneels*

You put forth quite some effort in all things, it appears. I thank you for that.

[Ninja16608]

Funny thing Hailing, I took a 45 min one way trip to a store in Mass a few months back to pick up a few games he had. Got some master system games pretty decent price. Started looking at his turbo stuff and he only had a few with prices, saw lords of the rising sun, an ok game, no price, I ask the guy what are you getting for it. Whats he do? pulls out the friggin laptop and looks it up, then says i'll give ya the mid range price........DOUCHE BAG. but I wanted to play it and have it for my system so I paid. Don't recall how much but it didn't break the bank.

At least he didn't super-gouge, yeah?

He was likely looking at asking prices, not a combo of Sold and un-sold Completed listings to gauge the going rate.

If you look at all three on eBay right now, no one is bothering to list it since it's hard to get anything for it, there are different sold and failed-to-sell CIC copies at $10 and sealed MIB copies go for as much as $40. So if the store had a played condition CIB copy with a worn cardboard box, he should have been asking $15.

That CIC copy which failed to sell at $10 was originally listed at $50... then $25... then $10... then "why bother" and was returned to the store shelf. Perhaps the very store which Ninja visited. I'm guessing that he offered him the mid-range of what that copy failed to sell at all for.

Yeah that seems about right. Damn I wish I could remember what I paid,,,,I want to say 25 - 30 so it wasn't too bad. At that point I really didn't care much because I got a boat load of SMS games the round out my collection a bit more for a really good price. I think $15 bux was the highest SMS game price and that was a complete Phantasy Star in very nice condition and a few others at around 3-5 dollars each. All in all it was worth the trip as there are no good stores near me and I have to go to Mass. anyhow :-)

[geise]

Now a days if a game for the Turbo that is in decent condition and sells for half of what it would be new, I would call that a deal.  I mean most games are about 22-25 years old.  Shit, I bet some games are older than the majority of some of our members.  Now with all the collectors fascinated with the turbo and turning it into a market of their own we're lucky to even get a price under what a new copy of a common game goes for.  I still always want to rage when I think about the fuckers that never cared about or heard of the Turbo, and are now "collectors" of the system.  Fuck all of you lurking collectard fuckers reading this!

[Ninja16608]

Now a days if a game for the Turbo that is in decent condition and sells for half of what it would be new, I would call that a deal.  I mean most games are about 22-25 years old.  Shit, I bet some games are older than the majority of some of our members.  Now with all the collectors fascinated with the turbo and turning it into a market of their own we're lucky to even get a price under what a new copy of a common game goes for.  I still always want to rage when I think about the fuckers that never cared about or heard of the Turbo, and are now "collectors" of the system.  Fuck all of you lurking collectard fuckers reading this!

Well said sir. Some people never even heard of it until recently. I'm 40 this year so I have been around and grew up with the system. I also believe that no game should ever go for more than it retailed new for the period. I know that will never happen and it's wishful thinking but thats my thought.

[Mathius]

Now a days if a game for the Turbo that is in decent condition and sells for half of what it would be new, I would call that a deal.  I mean most games are about 22-25 years old.  Shit, I bet some games are older than the majority of some of our members.  Now with all the collectors fascinated with the turbo and turning it into a market of their own we're lucky to even get a price under what a new copy of a common game goes for.  I still always want to rage when I think about the fuckers that never cared about or heard of the Turbo, and are now "collectors" of the system.  Fuck all of you lurking collectard fuckers reading this!

Well said sir. Some people never even heard of it until recently. I'm 40 this year so I have been around and grew up with the system. I also believe that no game should ever go for more than it retailed new for the period. I know that will never happen and it's wishful thinking but thats my thought.

I am torn on this. On one hand these new collectors have ruined the hobby for a lot of people. On the other some of these younger guys have been great members of the community. Now if we are just talking about young farts and old smelly fatheads that didn't care or hear one iota about the Turbo back in '89? Yeah they can fuck off.