Craigslist Fails (Hometown Gougers Thread)

[ProfessorProfessorson]

Hey, I have a plastic container full of Playstation 1's! I think one of them even works!

Do you have to flip it upside down to get those Tekken matches going?

[_joshuaTurbo]

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/vgm/4051920525.html

seems legit-  (If you don't want to get mugged/stabbed)

[Mathius]

Woah. You better jump on that. Actually it has probably already been bought. Last sealed copy went for $40,000 I believe. Wish listings like that popped up around Indiana.

[jperryss]

Woah. You better jump on that. Actually it has probably already been bought. Last sealed copy went for $40,000 I believe. Wish listings like that popped up around Indiana.

I guarantee that listing was put up as a joke. Like the folks that list a dozen pricey games (EB, CT, etc) and pretend they are practically giving them away just to watch the greedy resellers try to swoop in.

[RoyVegas]

Woah. You better jump on that. Actually it has probably already been bought. Last sealed copy went for $40,000 I believe. Wish listings like that popped up around Indiana.

I guarantee that listing was put up as a joke. Like the folks that list a dozen pricey games (EB, CT, etc) and pretend they are practically giving them away just to watch the greedy resellers try to swoop in.

While it more than likely is a joke, these things can and do actually occasionally happen. I wouldn't just giggle and walk away if you see these in the future.  You may just be walking away from the real deal.

[bob]

whoever shows up to buy that is getting robbed.

[DragonmasterDan]

It's totally someone trolling.

[RoyVegas]

whoever shows up to buy that is getting robbed.

You'd think if this was a possibility, the robber would be asking more than $20 for it.

It's totally someone trolling.

While I agree with you that it's probably the case.  I'm not so quick to dismiss cases like these. Think of some of the finds people have had here on the forums.  How about Syphic and his epic sealed Turbo game find?  How about my Craigslist Turbo find where the lady just has "some" Turbo stuff (photo below). Or how about my 4882 sealed game find off Craigslist (photo below with cases stacked 4-5 cases deep) where the seller just had a "couple cases" of sealed games for sale.  These things really can and do happen.  I'm just not so quick to dismiss them.

[bob]

whoever shows up to buy that is getting robbed.

You'd think if this was a possibility, the robber would be asking more than $20 for it.

Crackheads don't discriminate. $5 is $5.

[DragonmasterDan]

While I agree with you that it's probably the case.  I'm not so quick to dismiss cases like these. Think of some of the finds people have had here on the forums.  How about Syphic and his epic sealed Turbo game find?  How about my Craigslist Turbo find where the lady just has "some" Turbo stuff (photo below). Or how about my 4882 sealed game find off Craigslist (photo below with cases stacked 4-5 cases deep) where the seller just had a "couple cases" of sealed games for sale.  These things really can and do happen.  I'm just not so quick to dismiss them.

That picture is from an auction from a few years back that went for 21,000 or so. That's how I know it's fake.

[Necromancer]

Plus, the pics all have different backgrounds and nobody truly ignorant of their value would luckily pick out only the three rare/pricey titles for more attention.