Fair FORUM price for Last Alert CIC

[toymachine78]

Opinions please...

[bob]

If it was in my sale, I would have shipped it with tracking for $16

[Sparky]

If it was in my sale, I would have shipped it with tracking for $16

This!!!!

[toymachine78]

That's what I thought. I offered 18 shipped. They wanted 30. Not happening.

[toymachine78]

If it was in my sale, I would have shipped it with tracking for $16

You wouldn't happen to have a copy Galam would you? :-)

[bob]

If I did, it would have been in my sale.   

[GohanX]

30 sounds about right for eBay pricing, not forum pricing, but that's just my opinion.

[toymachine78]

Even on eBay they've been going between 16-25

[bob]

yeah, people have been pulling the trigger on BIN's in the $30's.
recent actual "auction" with bids ended at $18.

[Lochlan]

yeah, people have been pulling the trigger on BIN's in the $30's.
recent actual "auction" with bids ended at $18.

Well it was $18.37 + $6.45 shipping = $24.82 shipped.  It also looks like it might be missing the back insert?  It's hard to tell from the photo and auction description

I was the guy who offered this for $30 shipped.  I think it's a pretty fair price (even if a whole $5 more than the quoted auction), and personally I don't think it's worth getting worked up over a few bucks.  I've sold games on here at "below eBay prices" and I still consider $30 shipped for Last Alert a fair valuation.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion, though.

[bob]

yeah, people have been pulling the trigger on BIN's in the $30's.
recent actual "auction" with bids ended at $18.

Well it was $18.37 + $6.45 shipping = $24.82 shipped.  It also looks like it might be missing the back insert?  It's hard to tell from the photo and auction description

I was the guy who offered this for $30 shipped.  I think it's a pretty fair price (even if a whole $5 more than the quoted auction), and personally I don't think it's worth getting worked up over a few bucks.  I've sold games on here at "below eBay prices" and I still consider $30 shipped for Last Alert a fair valuation.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion, though.

Is that your Jackie chan on eBay right now for $80 BIN?
User name is Lochlanpm

[Bernie]

Well, we tend to sell under eBay here, and even on eBay, 30 is a little high for that one.  It isn't a matter of opinion actually, but a matter of fact. 

yeah, people have been pulling the trigger on BIN's in the $30's.
recent actual "auction" with bids ended at $18.

Well it was $18.37 + $6.45 shipping = $24.82 shipped.  It also looks like it might be missing the back insert?  It's hard to tell from the photo and auction description

I was the guy who offered this for $30 shipped.  I think it's a pretty fair price (even if a whole $5 more than the quoted auction), and personally I don't think it's worth getting worked up over a few bucks.  I've sold games on here at "below eBay prices" and I still consider $30 shipped for Last Alert a fair valuation.  Everyone is entitled to their opinion, though.

[InfraMan]

I think the one that sold for $18.37 was probably a fluke, since the seller listed it as a "TURBO 16 GRAPX" game, lol.

[roflmao]

I dunno, I picked up Last Alert, It Came from the Desert and The Addams Family back in Sept./Oct. for $32 shipped.  It had been on my watch list for awhile, though.  Gotta love that voice acting!

[Lochlan]

Is that your Jackie chan on eBay right now for $80 BIN?
User name is Lochlanpm

Yeah.  Does that seem too high?  I tried to price it similarly to other completed auctions with the manual.   I was trying to recoup some of the costs towards a complete copy I recently purchased.  FWIW it sold this morning, less than 12-hours after I put it online so I couldn't have been too far from the "true value."

Let's be clear: I've sold plenty of games on here at really great prices.  Maccross 2036 for $15 shipped.  A bunch of other fairly low-priced games to Mzo and other members here (can't remember other prices off the top of my head but I do remember the PMs I got that said "thanks for giving me such a great deal").  I hope you're not trying to frame me as some sort of flipper, opportunist, or whatever have you.  I appreciate the low-price ethos that goes on here and have, honestly, tried to follow suit.

I'm also a PCE Dev working on a new game for you guys to play (which I'm going to open source part of sometime in the future)--at least a few of you have seen an early demo--so let's please shy away, Galam, from the character judgments you seem to be implying.  I don't think I'm the type you're suggesting.

I don't know if $30 shipped for Last Alert was too high, but it felt like a reasonable price to me and seems in-line with what eBay sales are.  Sometimes you can get a deal if you're patient, I agree, but $30 shipped seems like fair market value.  Again, we're talking about $5 more than what you quoted.  But if you look at the completed auctions on eBay (maybe I just don't have a good resource for completed auctions?  IDK how you found that $18 copy, Galam, I'm not seeing it here although obviously you linked it), the cheapest non-disc only copies are (shipped prices) $26.44, $28.95, 29.99, $34.95, $37.32, and they go up from there.  So based on these completed auctions I saw, mine is in-line with the third-to-lowest price.  That doesn't seem terribly high to me.  Maybe you guys can share with me how you're getting your pricing information, since completed auctions seem to indicate that $30 shipped is an OK price for Last Alert.  I agree that it is not literally the cheapest copy that has ever sold on eBay, but $30 shipped is similar to the low-end of completed auctions and is cheaper than any currently-listed copy on eBay.

I understand and appreciate (really!) the aggressiveness with which members protect pricing here, but I don't think a $30 Last Alert is the scam some members are painting it to be.