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

[LostFlunky]

heheh... i'll post a pic when i get it on my wall. ( :

csgx1-  that's the thing... she claimed to have only two left... so i should have had the 2nd to last one on the planet.  Now that she should have only 1 left, there are "only 7 remaining".  wtf...

ah well... $65 is steep for a poster, and i'm sure i could find it cheaper elsewhere if i kept my eyes open for a few years.  Just hate the gouge.  It was a $30 poster when 3 were claimed to exist... then $100 when two existed... and now we're at $80 with 7 in existence.

They were waiting for your funds to cover the cost of shipping an order from Kinko's...

[jelloslug]

Right after I bought several copies of TV Sports Basketball for myself and for giveaways that seller jacked the price up.  He has not sold another since though.

[Gentlegamer]

So now you have to get the poster scanned in high res and make new copies for $10 each. Make your money back.

[NecroPhile]

Could you actually turn a profit at $10 each?  Methinks you'd have to do $20 just to cover costs.

[MrFulci]

Could you actually turn a profit at $10 each?  Methinks you'd have to do $20 just to cover costs.

Buying decent quality reproduction posters doesn't cost too much. You can buy, for about $20, a reproduction movie poster, with shipping free. Those are usually size at 27x40 or 41, so larger than this LoT poster.

[NecroPhile]

Exactly.  They're selling 'em at $20 (not $10), and I bet they're printing costs are much lower than anything null would find due to them printing in higher quantities.

[Gentlegamer]

I threw out $10 as a low ball number, something like this would be nice at $20-25 probably for all involved.

I'd say sell them on ebay L00K R@R3 CH3AP to devalue the other resellers' stock, but they would technically be counterfeits.

[MrFulci]

Exactly.  They're selling 'em at $20 (not $10), and I bet they're printing costs are much lower than anything null would find due to them printing in higher quantities.

Some of this stuff, I don't think they're printing 100s of. I think it's just a situation where this is their business, and they own the equipment, so they can print what they want when they need it.

[xcrement5x]

If you could get a HQ scan you could probably just put them up on Cafepress if you didn't want to bankroll printing a whole bunch of them. 

I'd love to have some of the Working Designs posters reprinted since apparently Vic just took hundreds of them to the recycle center when they closed up shop about 2005. 

[Alt-Nintega]

Not eBay, but amazon isn't much different.

http://www.amazon.com/Lords-Thunder-POSTER-TG16-TurboDuo/dp/B003956JT4/

For the longest time, this poster was listed at $29.95 with "remaining quantity" listed as 3.

I finally broke down and decided that I wanted one for my bedroom (to impress the ladies).  When I went to order, i noticed two things:

1. Remaining quantity had been reduced to 2.
2. Price had been raised to $99.99

Shit.

"This Poster is in NEAR PERFECT - AS NEW condition THE ONLY ONE on Amazon OR ANYWHERE! Own a piece of TG16 History! YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYONE who has this poster!"

Oh man... I MUST HAZ!!!

I contacted the seller and gave him the old "grandma stubbed her toe and is in the hosipital, is there any way you can cut me some slack? would ya take $50 of my dollars instead of $100?"

The response:
"The price increased because of its rarity. I've reduced the price to $59.95 plus shipping for the next 24 hours."

I begrudgingly ordered one because... dammit... my obey station NEEEEEDS a big old Landis standing sentry over it.

The lady seems nice enough.  Nothing personal against her, but today I checked amazon for shit and giggles.

1. Quantity remaining: 7
2. Price: $79.95

Dafuq?  If it is so rare, where did she dig up 6 more copies? -_-

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DISCLAIMER:  I know I'm retarded for paying $60 for a poster, but please chime in anyway to tell me how retarded I am.

$60???? wow u are fuking nuts!!! there goes the money for this weeks supply of condoms

[roflmao]

For future reference windygaming has a LoT poster for $22.  I need to pick it up before he runs out of stock...
http://www.windygaming.com/collections/posters/products/winds-of-thunder-poster

He also has an Ys one:
http://www.windygaming.com/collections/posters/products/ys-book-1-2-poster

[roflmao]

That is all sorts of sexy.

[NightWolve]

DISCLAIMER:  I know I'm retarded for paying $60 for a poster, but please chime in anyway to tell me how retarded I am.

Well, if it was to impress the ladies, as you say... ;) And sure enough, the seller dug up 6 more after the fact. Looks like you may have found a technical gouge here (since we mostly catch greed/profiteering thread-wise although that still applies here) with this seller lying about limited supply publicly, lying to you privately in PM (while likely having the additional 6 copies at hand, although this is speculation to be fair) to ensnare you/someone into accepting rarity and forking over more dough than what a potential buyer would've.

Reporting a higher stock (adding 6) after you based your pricing on only 2 left in your "marketing," and knowing that possibly a previous buyer might see that, I dunno, either seller is a lying gouger, or there is a fair explanation for it (not to rule that out totally).

[bob]

This guy is such a douche bag.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221493361784

[Alt-Nintega]

^ looks like he is trying to justify the price tag by adding a free burned CD copy of DE2. In reality he is actually hurting his auction by doing that.

[HyperionAlpha]

Report him. You know you want to.

[CrackTiger]

This guy is such a douche bag.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221493361784

In the description he says that the cdr copy has no value, which isn't true. Archival service is worth at least $5 per disc:

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16600.msg340602#msg340602

[bob]

This guy is such a douche bag.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/221493361784

In the description he says that the cdr copy has no value, which isn't true. Archival service is worth at least $5 per disc:

https://www.pcengine-fx.com/forums/index.php?topic=16600.msg340602#msg340602

Haha.  Well played.

[ToyMachine78]

DOUCHE BAG SELLER ALERT!!!!

Non turbo, but bought this game.... Notice the picture and description:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301236137993?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

Here is the game I received:

/ha2y9a6a.jpg

It looks like it was dragged through a fucking ditch!

Any Nintendo age members feel free to share this post at that forum. Total assbag!!!

[Medic_wheat]

The discripton looked rather caned not really reffering to the game. I do abhor stock pucs instead of the item you get.

Was it me or did it feel like aalt rubed in a wound leaving a lrice sticker like that?

[bob]

happened to me twice lately.
a PS game listed "like new" was totally scratched to shit. i didnt even want to stress the PS laser trying to play it.
one of the GC rogue squadrons that i bought was in similar condition and labeled "very good"

[NightWolve]

DOUCHE BAG SELLER ALERT!!!!
Non turbo, but bought this game.... Notice the picture and description:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/301236137993?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Here is the game I received:
/ha2y9a6a.jpg
It looks like it was dragged through a fucking ditch!
Any Nintendo age members feel free to share this post at that forum. Total assbag!!!

That's too bad, Shadowgate is a good game. I have an old VHS tape left somewhere that I recorded beating the game on. Once you learn all the tricks after the first playthrough, I think it takes like 30 minutes to run right through it again.

[ToyMachine78]

happened to me twice lately.
a PS game listed "like new" was totally scratched to shit. i didnt even want to stress the PS laser trying to play it.
one of the GC rogue squadrons that i bought was in similar condition and labeled "very good"

Wouldn't even work after a normal cleaning with 90% isopropyl. I had to lightly sand the contacts then reclean to get the game to work! But it was in "GOOD" condition let me tell ya!

Here it is now: /e3y9urad.jpg

[NightWolve]

I was gonna ask about if it even worked, but guess you implied that it didn't. NES games were always a bitch anyway to get working if you had the traditional top loader model which was a debacle as far as how it would give out, flaky as it was, and have you doing all sorts of things (blowing, cleaning the cart endlessly, moving the cart side to side, etc.) to get a damn game to work.

[ToyMachine78]

POST UPDATE:

I heard from the seller and I believe this was a sincere mistake. He was very apologetic and issued a full refund without my asking. Here is our email exchange:

"Dear toymachine78,

I do not think you got the right game.... you should have gotten the one pictured. I am very sorry this. There is no need to try to hurt my reputation. Its just a mistake. How would you like me to fix this.

- toyarcade"


Dear toyarcade,

Well I've already spent the time to painstakingly remove the sticker without damaging the game label. I wouldn't put the game in my NES as is, and it didn't even work after cleaning the contacts. I had to lightly sand the contacts and reclean to get the game to play.

That being said... Ive invested time and energy to clean the cart up and I don't want to pay return shipping. So the only fair way to make it "right" is to give me a partial refund. That's my feeling.

- toymachine78

Dear toymachine78,

Ok, well i don't feel that is enough. I will issue you a full refund for even having to do any work at all. It is my fault and i take full responsibility. I truly apolgoize for this i have no clue how this happened. Please don't be hesitant to come back, you'll have a much better experience.

- toyarcade

Stand up seller. I retract my douche bag alert! 

[Medic_wheat]

Well there was a good dialog there.....



That's good

[Alt-Nintega]

+1 for the ebay seller 

[ToyMachine78]

+1 for the ebay seller 

I concur!

[NightWolve]

Hmmm, well, I guess that's cool. You should test the shit that you sell if you explicitly claim (or by implication) that it's in working condition. It's by implication of course, unless you see a claim that the seller doesn't know if it works or not, buyer beware, etc. Anyway, who says bitching never solved a problem. ;)

[Medic_wheat]

Hmmm, well, I guess that's cool. You should test the shit that you sell if you explicitly claim (or by implication) that it's in working condition. It's by implication of course, unless you see a claim that the seller doesn't know if it works or not, buyer beware, etc. Anyway, who says bitching never solved a problem. ;)

Clearly you have never meet a few of my ex girlfriends.

[NightWolve]

Hahahaha!

[NecroPhile]

I'm glad it all worked out for ya, but I doubt the pictured game would've been all that much better.  There's no stickers on the label, but it's otherwise pretty filthy.

[Bardoly]

Good end to a poor situation.  Kudos to the seller!

[NecroPhile]

$260 for Deep Blue Fleet (PC-FX).  I hope it's just a mistake with an extra zero at the end.

[HailingTheThings]

This fucker seems to be buying up Diskcounters games and flipping them to the extreme.  $30 sealed sidearms on amazon = $150 sealed sidearms on:

https://www.facebook.com/megahitvideogames
http://stores.ebay.com/Mega-Hit-Video-Games

Well, guess that's the end of it being a secret. Probably some fucking lurker on here. God damn it.

[jelloslug]

This fucker seems to be buying up Diskcounters games and flipping them to the extreme.  $30 sealed sidearms on amazon = $150 sealed sidearms on:

https://www.facebook.com/megahitvideogames
http://stores.ebay.com/Mega-Hit-Video-Games

let see if anyone actually buys it at that price....

[HailingTheThings]

This fucker seems to be buying up Diskcounters games and flipping them to the extreme.  $30 sealed sidearms on amazon = $150 sealed sidearms on:
https://www.facebook.com/megahitvideogames
http://stores.ebay.com/Mega-Hit-Video-Games

let see if anyone actually buys it at that price....

Some idiot(s) will eventually, given that VGA grading is a thing. God Damn it (Pt. II)

[Alt-Nintega]

This fucker seems to be buying up Diskcounters games and flipping them to the extreme.  $30 sealed sidearms on amazon = $150 sealed sidearms on:
https://www.facebook.com/megahitvideogames
http://stores.ebay.com/Mega-Hit-Video-Games

let see if anyone actually buys it at that price....

Some idiot(s) will eventually, given that VGA grading is a thing. God Damn it (Pt. II)

yet it's allowed in the turbob community to have fetishes for boxed items, fetishes for sealed stuff, fetishes for pretty much anything turbo.

yeah u make a ton of sense. Except you failed to realize that VGA is designed to make all your fetishes come true. I bet there are many members on this forum that have some VGA graded stuff.

oh, and sorry to burst your bubbles.     

[CrackTiger]

While looking for something else, I recently came across what looks like the sealed Ys III I sold, now graded by VGQ for thousands of dollars. This after my description made fun of the fact that mine was something like $1800 less than the only other sealed copy on eBay (which of course was also VGQ). This is another extreme case of resellers buying up everything less than their outrageous prices in an attempt to manipulate the market. The kind of stuff too many nu-members keep saying never really happens.

[Gentlegamer]

The next step is counterfeit VGA graded items.

[Psycho Punch]

I nailed it didn't I?

[CrackTiger]

The next step is counterfeit VGA graded items.

Just do what VGQ does. Grade them and sell them yourself. Toss the game into a sandwhich bag and print off a "Gentle Grader" COA on your inkjet printer.

[jelloslug]

yet it's allowed in the turbob community to have fetishes for boxed items, fetishes for sealed stuff, fetishes for pretty much anything turbo.

yeah u make a ton of sense. Except you failed to realize that VGA is designed to make all your fetishes come true. I bet there are many members on this forum that have some VGA graded stuff.

oh, and sorry to burst your bubbles.     

So why are you trying to gouge people like that then?

[HailingTheThings]

yet it's allowed in the turbob community to have fetishes for boxed items, fetishes for sealed stuff, fetishes for pretty much anything turbo.

yeah u make a ton of sense. Except you failed to realize that VGA is designed to make all your fetishes come true. I bet there are many members on this forum that have some VGA graded stuff.

oh, and sorry to burst your bubbles.     

Please leave. Now. Return to mother fucker land.

There's no IQ requirement to join up here, Tommy.  Glad you're taking advantage of that.

lol
 

I nailed it didn't I?

Like Christ. (Too soon?)

[esteban]

The next step is counterfeit VGA graded items.

Just do what VGQ does. Grade them and sell them yourself. Toss the game into a sandwhich bag and print off a "Gentle Grader" COA on your inkjet printer.

Worked for me...

85% new

[Alt-Nintega]

yet it's allowed in the turbob community to have fetishes for boxed items, fetishes for sealed stuff, fetishes for pretty much anything turbo.

yeah u make a ton of sense. Except you failed to realize that VGA is designed to make all your fetishes come true. I bet there are many members on this forum that have some VGA graded stuff.

oh, and sorry to burst your bubbles.     

So why are you trying to gouge people like that then?

I don't sell anything on ebay or anywhere else. No idea what you talking about.

On the other hand, yes Punch, after u think you nailed it I gave you the benefit of the doubt. You failed on so many levels.

[Psycho Punch]

Yes, I failed. Haha. Good joke.

 

[HailingTheThings]

Yes, I nailed (it). Haha. Good joke.

 

Fixed.

[Psycho Punch]

On the other hand I think this is a good moment to put my weapons down. Join Xak at my blocked user list.

[Alt-Nintega]

On the other hand I think this is a good moment to put my weapons down. Join Xak at my blocked user list.

wise decision