Author Topic: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)  (Read 1728 times)

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2014, 02:04:35 PM »
Turns out the seller got cold feet at my offer. He thought my offer was fair, but it is far less than he wanted. He said he may just pack his TurboDuo games away again.

I think he is under the impression that the games he had to trade are only going to continue to go up in value. I have to disagree with this theory, especially after the flurry of sports cards collecting in the early 90's and toy collecting in the late 90's proved that values will indeed go down. Probably not for everything, but the idea of infinite growth is kind of weird to me. It just doesn't make sense how people can think that, since history tends to prove that line of thought to be folly. Sure, my games may retain some value, but I really don't rely on the idea that what they are worth now will stay that way. Nor do I think they will continue to climb in value.

He didn't have a Duo either, so he can't play the games he had to trade either. Seems like a waste. Oh well, I guess I have to have something to aim for with game buying. Maybe one day....

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #31 on: August 14, 2014, 03:04:03 PM »
gee. :-&

some people sure think they're sitting on a freaking gold mine :(
one day they want to sell something and the next,
go look on ebay or whatever, start thinking like its a diamond.

i feel sorry for you. I really hate when someone do this to me.
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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #32 on: August 14, 2014, 03:32:43 PM »
Turns out the seller got cold feet at my offer. He thought my offer was fair, but it is far less than he wanted. He said he may just pack his TurboDuo games away again.

I think he is under the impression that the games he had to trade are only going to continue to go up in value. I have to disagree with this theory, especially after the flurry of sports cards collecting in the early 90's and toy collecting in the late 90's proved that values will indeed go down. Probably not for everything, but the idea of infinite growth is kind of weird to me. It just doesn't make sense how people can think that, since history tends to prove that line of thought to be folly. Sure, my games may retain some value, but I really don't rely on the idea that what they are worth now will stay that way. Nor do I think they will continue to climb in value.

He didn't have a Duo either, so he can't play the games he had to trade either. Seems like a waste. Oh well, I guess I have to have something to aim for with game buying. Maybe one day....

Next time you see him, shoot him the nuts with a rubber band for me, yeah?

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #33 on: August 19, 2014, 05:24:19 AM »
The seller had a change of heart. I now own Beyond Shadowgate! Super nice guy too. It all worked out.

There is a scratch on the disk, but it ripped fine and played fine, so hopefully it doesn't become an issue somewhere in the game.

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #34 on: August 19, 2014, 09:23:30 AM »
The seller had a change of heart. I now own Beyond Shadowgate! Super nice guy too. It all worked out.

There is a scratch on the disk, but it ripped fine and played fine, so hopefully it doesn't become an issue somewhere in the game.

Congrats!  You should be fine.  You can always resurface the disc.  Around 93 I bought a scratched all to hell Last Alert.  It would skip and not play music sometimes on my Duo.  I then got it resurfaced and it now plays like a new game.  When I say scratched I mean something like this:

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #35 on: August 19, 2014, 09:39:25 AM »
The seller had a change of heart. I now own Beyond Shadowgate! Super nice guy too. It all worked out.

There is a scratch on the disk, but it ripped fine and played fine, so hopefully it doesn't become an issue somewhere in the game.

Congrats! What'd you end up shelling out for it?

It was in a bundle. So, I figured about $150.

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #36 on: August 19, 2014, 05:15:41 PM »
The seller had a change of heart. I now own Beyond Shadowgate! Super nice guy too. It all worked out.

There is a scratch on the disk, but it ripped fine and played fine, so hopefully it doesn't become an issue somewhere in the game.


And if you ever get tired of it ...

please i'd be happy to buy it from you
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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #37 on: August 19, 2014, 05:35:23 PM »
The seller had a change of heart. I now own Beyond Shadowgate! Super nice guy too. It all worked out.

There is a scratch on the disk, but it ripped fine and played fine, so hopefully it doesn't become an issue somewhere in the game.

And if you ever get tired of it ... please i'd be happy to buy it from you

Ha Ha.. nice pic. I will keep you in mind if I ever get bored with owning Beyond Shadowgate. (I just like saying that now)...

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Re: Beyond Shadowgate DUO NA, what would you pay for it? (census)
« Reply #38 on: August 19, 2014, 11:00:55 PM »
And if you ever get tired of it ...


please i'd be happy to buy it from you

Awwwwww.

As to the buyer's question, I wouldn't pay more than $25 for it. I've got a few hours on the ISO/WAV/CUE image file set and while somewhat interesting, it's a slow/sluggish game - I liked the original NES version better. If I resume my game and manage to beat it once, that'll be the end of it; I can't imagine wanting to play it again.