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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #30 on: July 22, 2014, 12:26:01 PM »
Frank Cifaldi live streamed the prototype when he first got it.

The final boss is SHADOW BIO FORCE APE.

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #31 on: July 22, 2014, 12:31:43 PM »
This game is priceless. The final boss is funnier than it should. You approach him, he turns from a scientist to a WRESTLING APE just like you in a badass way, only to die with one single punch.  :lol:

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #32 on: July 22, 2014, 04:34:25 PM »
There is a Bio Ape legit ROM however Hailing. It's like sonic, but with less lame hedgehogs and with more APE.

I'm aware, I saw a video of AVGN playing it. I knida want it, but also don't. lol Thanks

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #33 on: July 23, 2014, 12:13:21 PM »
This game is priceless. The final boss is funnier than it should. You approach him, he turns from a scientist to a WRESTLING APE just like you in a badass way, only to die with one single punch.  :lol:

priceless? nice post. This is what gougers look at.

Enjoy $400 game next ebay listing.

Don't tell them what games are the shit, you are just making them more expensive.

This forum is pretty much all hypocrites and contradicts. You all have been exposed.

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #34 on: July 23, 2014, 12:21:32 PM »
I knew you'd break your vow of silence. ):

you sound like you wished for that because you adore me

Gentlegamer

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #35 on: July 23, 2014, 12:37:51 PM »
A good summary of the saga of Bio Force Ape: http://lostlevels.org/bio-force-ape/

It turned out to be worth 2.7k monies.

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #36 on: July 23, 2014, 03:52:19 PM »
*says a bunch of stupid shit*

goddamnit...

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #37 on: July 23, 2014, 11:47:08 PM »
My best assessment of what you can get for these games online is:

Bomberman - $40-$60 (was forty for awhile until April, some sold in the $60's since though)
Keith Courage - $7-$8
Legendary Axe II - $26-$50 (it spiked in May for a CIC sale of $75, and then fell to the same price as a loose copy at $26)
Pac-Land - $15-$18
Raiden - $40-$90 (this one has been fluctuating wildly. The most recent one I can see, sold at $150, but I think that is a fluke and not a trend)
WC Tennis - $13-$15
Yo Bro - $20 (unfortunately about $25 too high for such a pile of S$%^ a game)
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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #38 on: July 24, 2014, 03:35:59 AM »
Most of those games have sold on eBay recently for far less than your prices:

Bomberman - $21.50
Keith Courage - $1.25
Legendary Axe II - $15.50
Pac-Land - $10.00
Raiden - except for a boxed copy that sold for $90, all recent copies sold for $50-60.  The only one I see for $150 actually sold for less: $150 or best offer and the best offer (whatever it was) was accepted.
World Court Tennis - $10.00
Yo Bro - $14.00
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slinkyturd

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #39 on: July 24, 2014, 04:43:44 AM »
My prices are for half and amazon along with ebay, which is probably why we have the discrepancy. I know a couple of the ones you listed are once in a very long blue moon prices. I was shopping for keith courages for months for extra cases and felt lucky to get one at $5 (including shipping) before then realizing I hated that tray and didn't want it after all. lol I think the bomberman might be a fluke as well. I rarely see them anywhere under $30 (before the auction ends; I'm not sure where it ends at or if it actually sells.). I think someone got lucky on ebay. Hope it was someone worthy of that luck.
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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #40 on: July 24, 2014, 05:54:46 AM »
My prices are for half and amazon along with ebay, which is probably why we have the discrepancy. I know a couple of the ones you listed are once in a very long blue moon prices. I was shopping for keith courages for months for extra cases and felt lucky to get one at $5 (including shipping) before then realizing I hated that tray and didn't want it after all. lol I think the bomberman might be a fluke as well. I rarely see them anywhere under $30 (before the auction ends; I'm not sure where it ends at or if it actually sells.). I think someone got lucky on ebay. Hope it was someone worthy of that luck.

Why not factor in forum prices and shave them down much more?

Top end prices only apply to sellers looking to maximize profits. If a game regularly sells for $20 on eBay, but can also go as high as $80, then it's a $20 to a buyer.
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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #41 on: July 24, 2014, 06:00:49 AM »
It's a fair assessment, Black Tiger. I'm certainly not advocating these prices and I absolutely never pay these rates despite almost solely shopping on the sites I mentioned. I don't really have an avenue to monitor forum sales. Roughly I shoot for about 2/3 of those rates or as close to that as I possibly can. I'm just saying that those prices exist.
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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #42 on: July 24, 2014, 06:10:13 AM »
It'll be a cold day in hell when I consider fair and reasonable prices to be BINs that sit for weeks until some impatient collector comes along, and almost every single one has at least one other recent sale within earshot:

Bomberman - $24*
Keith Courage - $1.29, $4.00*, and $4.25*
Legendary Axe II - $20.14* and $20.53
Pac-Land - $10.50*, $10.50, and $13.50*
World Court Tennis - $12.50* and $13.00*
Yo Bro - the next three are all $20 BINs with free shipping (about 20% more expensive overall)

* - includes free shipping, making them similar in total price.
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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #43 on: July 24, 2014, 01:15:45 PM »
This game is priceless. The final boss is funnier than it should. You approach him, he turns from a scientist to a WRESTLING APE just like you in a badass way, only to die with one single punch.  :lol:

priceless? nice post. This is what gougers look at.

Enjoy $400 game next ebay listing.

Don't tell them what games are the shit, you are just making them more expensive.

This forum is pretty much all hypocrites and contradicts. You all have been exposed.

Exposed? It was never commercially released dumbass, yeah I'm sure it will drive the prices of this free ROM floating the internet to the top! BUMP BOOM BOOM BUMP BUMP BOOM! CYA BUD!!

What a lame, effortless troll. At least you're good for making fun of.

slinkyturd

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Re: What is a reasonable price to pay for such a small bundle of games.
« Reply #44 on: July 24, 2014, 01:22:31 PM »
"fair and reasonable" is definitely something from a buyer's perspective that the prices I quoted don't have. I cannot argue against that. If it were me in particular with the task of selling these, I think it would be prudent to see where each game is at on ebay listings (Buy It Now) right now and then undercut them by a couple of bucks each. I don't see why they wouldn't sell.
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