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ProfessorProfessorson

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WTF....
« on: August 10, 2012, 01:54:18 AM »
WTF is this shit about?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHOCKMAN-TURBO-GRAFX-16-CUSTOM-CASE-ONLY-Very-COOL-/310420426411?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48467fceab

I thought Sparky was the soul label maker here. WTF is this clown doing ripping off his work?

EDIT: Ok thats f*cked up. Basically Ase, who I thought used to be a decent seller at one time, has taken Sparkys idea and run with it by cannibalizing US hucards of their cases and charging excessively per case. When did he start doing this?
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Re: WTF....
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2012, 02:07:23 AM »
Doesn't seem excessive to me but *shrug* okay then.
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Re: WTF....
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2012, 02:12:41 AM »
18 bucks after shipping for one jewel case and one fake label, that's a bit excessive. I didn't know people had made a market out of cannibalizing hu-cards of their cases to do stuff like this.

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Re: WTF....
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2012, 02:44:55 AM »
Seems quite high to me.  But then I don't really know turbo prices.

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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2012, 03:05:49 AM »
I thought this was going on for a while, but I'm not sure if asemaster is the only offender.

If you didn't want to go through the hassle of finding dupe cases to sticky, I could see $10 each being sort of alright, but $18 is a bit high.  Seems like most of his other auctions are in the 'ok, not just trying to buttf*ck the buyer' range.


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Re: WTF....
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2012, 03:19:49 AM »
ya i saw those all over ebay the last couple weeks.
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2012, 03:21:37 AM »
wouldnt mind getting a fake case for my airzonk ether since mine didnt come with one just but i wouldnt pay that much.
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Re: WTF....
« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2012, 03:36:51 AM »
I just buy cheap games like tv sports or some $1 pc-engine game.  Then use that for a case.  Still need to get some sparky stickers.  I'll have to bug him about that.

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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2012, 03:52:58 AM »
WTF is this shit about?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHOCKMAN-TURBO-GRAFX-16-CUSTOM-CASE-ONLY-Very-COOL-/310420426411?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48467fceab

I thought Sparky was the soul label maker here. WTF is this clown doing ripping off his work?



TG16 Label repro's have been available since the mid 90's.  These one's are a *little* expensive...  but they do look very nice.  To each their own I guess.  It would be nice to have new fab'd cases though instead of recycled KC ones.
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Re: WTF....
« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2012, 03:54:46 AM »
He's been doing it for quite a while, and while I haven't seen 'em in person the scuttlebutt is that they're of inferior quality compared to originals or Sparky's stickers; and note that he's using PCE cases (no clips).  My favorite is the f*cked up Gate of Thunder insert - "don't throw it away, some sucker will buy it!"
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Re: WTF....
« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2012, 03:58:32 AM »
I want my entire collection to be rainbow inserts!!!

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Re: WTF....
« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2012, 04:02:03 AM »
My favorite is the f*cked up Gate of Thunder insert - "don't throw it away, some sucker will buy it!"


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« Reply #12 on: August 10, 2012, 04:03:46 AM »
My favorite is the f*cked up Gate of Thunder insert - "don't throw it away, some sucker will buy it!"


I don't see what's so messed up, other than the fact that it's a lame CD insert as opposed to one of the much better Super CDROM inserts

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Re: WTF....
« Reply #13 on: August 10, 2012, 05:12:26 AM »
WTF is this shit about?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SHOCKMAN-TURBO-GRAFX-16-CUSTOM-CASE-ONLY-Very-COOL-/310420426411?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48467fceab

I thought Sparky was the soul label maker here. WTF is this clown doing ripping off his work?

EDIT: Ok thats f*cked up. Basically Ase, who I thought used to be a decent seller at one time, has taken Sparkys idea and run with it by cannibalizing US hucards of their cases and charging excessively per case. When did he start doing this?


I agree that this is far too expensive.



He's been doing it for quite a while, and while I haven't seen 'em in person the scuttlebutt is that they're of inferior quality compared to originals or Sparky's stickers; and note that he's using PCE cases (no clips).  My favorite is the f*cked up Gate of Thunder insert - "don't throw it away, some sucker will buy it!"


So, ASE is not sourcing the stickers from Sparky, but making his own?

That makes me feel better, because otherwise, someone here is ASE. I've actually purchased stuff from him years ago (when I lived in California...I think he is also in California, near Lake Elsinore? I remember totally random things, but I forget important stuff).

Anyway, I felt ASE was overpriced even back then, but, hey, I was the idiot who thought I was getting a COMPLETE copy of Soldier Blade, when in fact I was getting a Keith Courage jewel box. The price I paid would have been fair for a complete copy.


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« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2012, 05:14:32 AM »
My favorite is the f*cked up Gate of Thunder insert - "don't throw it away, some sucker will buy it!"


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