Will there ever be a TG16 price crash?

[Gentlegamer]

On the price front, I've seen several auctions for TG-16 games end for reasonable prices compared to the insane BINs commonly seen, not to mention the fair deals being offered in the sales forum. That confirms what I have suspected about TG-16 and other game markets: the resellers exploiting ebay for inflated BIN don't represent the actual market, even if some impatient "instant collectors" occasionally pay the price.

[vestcoat]

That confirms what I have suspected about TG-16 and other game markets: the resellers exploiting ebay for inflated BIN don't represent the actual market, even if some impatient "instant collectors" occasionally pay the price.

I assumed this was common knowledge.  BIN's have always been 30% to 1000% higher than closing auctions. Meanwhile, a game's real value is even lower than the auction average. Usually equal to the lowest ending ebay auctions in the last twelve months.

[geise]

Yet people / mom&pop game stores still use ebay bins not auctions as a price guide.

[Medic_wheat]

Yet people / mom&pop game stores still use ebay bins not auctions as a price guide.

That does any me...

There is two retro game shops I use and only one local ish reseller as they actually price competitively to what ever the trending prices are on the Internet.  They also do bundle deals at times...  Nothing to crazy as I always find systems cheaper on the inter net then reseller prices oddly but enough to make me more willing to support them over the internet.

[Tommy Vercetti]

So while I really want the price crash to happen so I can go and buy anything I want, at the same time maybe a price crash can be very bad for the collecting community. It can make things so cheap and easy, it will dissolve the collectors base and no one will care or give a f*ck.

Good.  f*ck the "collecting community".

+1

[Mathius]

Yet people / mom&pop game stores still use ebay bins not auctions as a price guide.

This annoys me to no end. Two years ago I was in a game store with a boxed US Soldier Blade for $400. I can only imagine what price it's currently marked at if no one was dumb enough to pay it since.

[HailingTheThings]

Turbo gaming kicked ass long before the collecting community came along.

Damn right it did. Tell 'em Steve Dave!

Fixed.

Yet people / mom&pop game stores still use ebay bins not auctions as a price guide.

I've gotten into arguments with store owners and employees before, also my favorite thing to do is storming out like a rhino.

[esadajr]

I was thinking the other day. If a price crash happens and all the systems and games start to cost cheaper than socks it will not be challenging and fun to collect anything.

...a price crash can be very bad for the collecting community. It can make things so cheap and easy, it will dissolve the collectors base and no one will care or give a f*ck.

great! where do I sign?

[VenomMacbeth]

I was thinking the other day. If a price crash happens and all the systems and games start to cost cheaper than socks it will not be challenging and fun to collect anything.

...a price crash can be very bad for the collecting community. It can make things so cheap and easy, it will dissolve the collectors base and no one will care or give a f*ck.

great! where do I sign?

I disagree.  Most Atari 2600 games are cheaper than chips & I still enjoy collecting them. The NES used to be the same way...used to...

[Punch]

And then VGA

[Mathius]

And then VGA

What I have noticed is people say mostly negative things about VGA across the board. They know it's a crock. I don't see it hanging around for much longer.

[geise]

There will always be idiots so sadly there will always be VGA.

[HailingTheThings]

There will always be idiots so sadly there will always be VGA.

There is no hope, but I hope not.

[toktogul]

I once shopped at that local store in Canada. most of their stock doesnt have a price tag on it. I bring the games and ask for the prices. He said : what do you offer. I had no clue what stanley cup for snes or r type 3d cost, so i said that i had no clue.

He then proceed to tell me that its 15$ for stanley cup and 40$ for r type. I didnt think it was a good deal. He turns around and shows me an ebay page. He scrolls, i can see cib BIN copies for 20$ for r type, and 5$ for stanley cup(including shipping). he turns back to me and says 12$ for stanley cup and 30$ for r type.

I was in awe. i told him that i just saw that i could buy those games for cheaper online, why would i pay 10$ extra? We started to argue and then at the end I decided to only buy one game that had a tag, raiden iv, and he proceeds to say that he doesnt want to sell it to me if I only take this game, that he needs to make profit to keep the store open (its the only retro store in town, its been open for more than 20years... bullshit)

Anyway, i turned the deal away, bought my copies back in Japan for 5$ (rtype) and 20$ for raiden iv:


seriously, wtf is wrong with retro stores, they are worse than ebay. no wonder they get less business than us. If they sold same price than ebay, i wouldnt mind since they are local, but asking for over ebay price, you lost me.

[Tommy Vercetti]

retro stores will all soon die out because they can't make rent. Selling retro games does not pay rent. At least in NYC it don't.

Retro stores, please just close down, u know u will always be poor. Thanks that u tried and all that other jazz. You failed.