I contacted them to ask if they had others the might be willing to list before the went up on e-bay. If I could have worked a deal and they saved on fees then great. I was only trying to get a crack at them before open market.
Okay, but that's not a break? Sounds like exactly the break you are looking for.
Does not mean that I would not be willing to pay a fair price? No, I would have. However a price beyond e-bay norms is not a fair price.
But they are selling on ebay. How is that not fair? That you don't get first crack?
And you are?
I've just come to read the meter, about like you I expect.
You should read before making an assumption.
I only asked based on what he said.
He said he asked if they had others to sell. Trust me dude he does not need a break.
How is his first crack, what he was looking for, not a break? How is this not related to the price he wants to get or that they stand to sell stuff for?
Maybe he was looking for a better copy? or maybe just maybe he knows the pricing E-bay has and offered to same money and not have E-bay take 10% you have no idea about who Boom is. A golden rule you will learn here real fast, like the rest of us did, think before you post :-)
Have a nice day.
Whoa there, Tex, stand down. These guys are selling on ebay. Their sales are intrinsically linked to the prices on ebay. It's the whole reason there is ever any bellyaching over collectible prices in the first place. You have no idea who the sellers are. You don't know that they're perfectly okay dropping 10% to ebay, or is it supposed to be a privilege to sell to madboom? Hell, what if they just haven't moved their stuff out of storage and don't want to be bothered? Inventory can be a bitch sometimes. But complaining that someone won't sell to you directly so let them eat ebay fees is all kinds of backwards, the only injured party here is madboom, smacks a little hypocrisy to these eyes.
Thanks for the well-wishes though, I'm definitely having a nice day. Off to the hospital, wife giving birth. 
It pays to find a good seller and make connections.
I have done that with my comic collecting. I have a few I initially bought comics from on eBay (moved out of my home town and the place i lige now does not have a comic shop sigh) and was able to strike up a cored with them to at times sell me stuff direct through PayPal invoice and all but no eBay.
Mutual respect fair price no middle man and best of all better prices.
Better footing? Hell yes....but I am also a repeat customer and I work off a list that I provide my more trusted sellers. If they get something I am looking for and they remember to give me dibs at a x amount bamb it's mine.
It's how I got my amazing spider-man #1, and a few others.....sure they are maybe a 2.0 or lower 5.0 on some of my silver age stuff but they are at uninfalted prices and at times bulk buying got us both what we wanted.
I have attempted that with the retro gaming market and I don't know....hasn't worked out and I don't know if it is a different mind set of collector versus seller when it comes to comic and games.....
I find the only good footing you can find when it comes to gaming and collecting is to keep it within the Comunity and sell or trade from within. You are more likely to make better connections, longer lasting friendships, and at times straight up gift giving just so a fellow gamer can experience a good game or system.
I have given away at lest 4 NES system I refurbished along with a few common but good games like Metroid and Zelda just so a friend can experience a classic and enjoy the dang thing.
What do I need with 4 extra NES systems I found on the cheap when I have my primary system and at lest one stand by if needed....
