Ehh, you guys that stick around will grow to love this place.
I jsut don't get why everyone raged at this guy. He want something. He was pointed that there were cheaper options, he refused them. Fine.
As I attempted to point out in my humorish response, there is this pervasive idea in the forum that you must go with the cheapest option unless you have "Genuine Interest
TM." (A phrase, I should note, is equal parts retarded and arrogant.) This amounts to people saying "Just get a PC Engine Duo with a modchip" or "Just get the Japanese version" repeatedly.
The idea is, they want the "fly-by-night" or insta-collectors to stay away from their hobby. While only slight bit of patience will net you any NES or SNES game, it requires far more patience to get a TG16 collection at a reasonable price. Some of the newer collectors, who buy every game at whatever price it is on eBay, are validating the high BINs that sellers are charging. This, in turn, drives the prices up further and further, and leaves less available for those who have been TG16 fans for longer. Additionally, these insta-collectors tend to sell their games within a short time frame of acquiring them, thus contributing to the cycle of rising prices.
An additional insult is that people join the forums specifically looking to score "deals." Deals that, in the mind of the forum, should be reserved only for those who will stick around and contribute. Granted, there are rarely deals here at all. Looking at the front page of B/S/T, the majority are WTB. No one has anything left to sell.
The problem with this mentality is two-fold. First, being a Turbografx fan for longer than others doesn't entitle one to lower prices. The market is what it is. It contains these insta-collectors, which, like them or not, they are a market force. No one deserves 50% off of eBay, simply because they had a Turbografx for many years. Second, being a dick to every newcomer that violates forum etiquette does not keep prices down, nor does it stop the insta-collectors from collecting. It simply gives this place the deserved reputation it has.