Trolling a$$hole collectors

[schweaty]

It's was a dumb luck find because he was on a job site cleaning out a warehouse and was told to trash everything. There was a pallet of sealed game cases in the warehouse and he decided to keep them.

well i agree that part was total luck, but that was just the pre-1990 stuff.  most of the really valuable stuff came post-90 (other than Stadium Events... which had its own circumstances why its so rare).  again, i see him more as just a hard core collector who did it for a very long time.  if you do this stuff long enough, a little luck will come your way eventually

[DarkKobold]

Also mentioning the guy buying up multiple copies while he himself has held these games for decades is ironic.

This is what has bothered me about the CUPodcast video as well as others calling this guy a hero or a saint.

Part of the reason SE hit $35k for a sealed copy was the belief that only maybe one or two existed in new condition. On the NA registry, there are only 9 CIB or New copies. This new information tripled the known number of CIB/New in existence. Essentially, by hiding the fact that these 18 copies existed for 20+ years, he helped that game attain its high price tag. Or, at least, he could have prevented it from ever getting that high in the first place. Instead, he stayed silent.

[seieienbu]

Also mentioning the guy buying up multiple copies while he himself has held these games for decades is ironic.

This is what has bothered me about the CUPodcast video as well as others calling this guy a hero or a saint.

Part of the reason SE hit $35k for a sealed copy was the belief that only maybe one or two existed in new condition. On the NA registry, there are only 9 CIB or New copies. This new information tripled the known number of CIB/New in existence. Essentially, by hiding the fact that these 18 copies existed for 20+ years, he helped that game attain its high price tag. Or, at least, he could have prevented it from ever getting that high in the first place. Instead, he stayed silent.

An interesting thought, but what if he just didn't intend to sell them at all until now?  Even if he made it clear 10 years ago that there were 18 more sealed copies than the 2 known to exist, there would still be the same number of copies actually available to be bought/sold.  20 sealed copies is still a minuscule amount in the grand scheme of things.  Yeah, there probably aren't 18 more people who would spend $35k but I wouldn't be terribly surprised at all if there were 18 people out there who'd fork over a lower 5-digit number for a sealed copy.

[DarkKobold]

Also mentioning the guy buying up multiple copies while he himself has held these games for decades is ironic.

This is what has bothered me about the CUPodcast video as well as others calling this guy a hero or a saint.

Part of the reason SE hit $35k for a sealed copy was the belief that only maybe one or two existed in new condition. On the NA registry, there are only 9 CIB or New copies. This new information tripled the known number of CIB/New in existence. Essentially, by hiding the fact that these 18 copies existed for 20+ years, he helped that game attain its high price tag. Or, at least, he could have prevented it from ever getting that high in the first place. Instead, he stayed silent.

An interesting thought, but what if he just didn't intend to sell them at all until now?  Even if he made it clear 10 years ago that there were 18 more sealed copies than the 2 known to exist, there would still be the same number of copies actually available to be bought/sold.  20 sealed copies is still a minuscule amount in the grand scheme of things.  Yeah, there probably aren't 18 more people who would spend $35k but I wouldn't be terribly surprised at all if there were 18 people out there who'd fork over a lower 5-digit number for a sealed copy.

I see your point, but I still think that buyer who paid $35k for his sealed copy wouldn't have paid that, knowing that 18 more copies could hit the market, if atwood had changed his mind (which happened!). The only reason the turd known as Stadium Events has any value, is because it is a trophy piece. Its a far less interesting trophy piece when there are 20 in the world instead of 2.

Who knows, maybe the original sealed SE buyer was some oil baron, who wipes his ass with $35k. Then its probably stacked on top of six Fabergé eggs in his back closet.

[SamIAm]

I'm not going to lie, if I had a couple dozen old toys in my basement that I could sell to obscenely wealthy collectors for upwards of 100k combined...I'd get myself 100k.

[Zero_Gamer]

It is bat shit crazy that anyone would pay that much for a game, even if you are a rich ass with money To burn. To me, even 4 figures is crazy for a game.

[sirhcman]

This is what has bothered me about the CUPodcast video as well as others calling this guy a hero or a saint.

It is pretty obvious that Pat is just sucking up to the guy so he can get in his good graces to get one of the remaining 6 sealed Stadium Events.

[NightWolve]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rare-1987-nintendo-game-stadium-events-sells-for-over-35000-on-ebay-9985343.html

Wow, so that really happened... I thought $35k-selling "gold" carts was a NeoGeo thang, that it happens for NES carts also is a little surprising, but then again I guess big-spending nuts everywhere shouldn't be surprising after all these years of our Gouging thread whatever the platform... :/

I'm not going to lie, if I had a couple dozen old toys in my basement that I could sell to obscenely wealthy collectors for upwards of 100k combined...I'd get myself 100k.

Yeah, the temptation to separate a big-spending nutjob of his money is undeniable. The drawback is the public side effects it has on down to the rest of us.

[esteban]

If you guys read the link above, you'll see that the dude says he is *NOT* a saint or a hero and does not want to be portrayed that way.

He is happy to troll folks with a documented history of being douchebags, though.

I don't need, nor do I want, Tim to be a saint.

Just the fact that he is single-handedly messing with the collective "collectard e-penis douchebag" mindset is awesome.

Everyone involved in this has his/her own motives. Tim could be sitting on 36 additional sealed copies of Stadium Events.  I don't care.

Folks who are criticizing Tim, instead of enjoying the absurdity, are part of the problem in our hobby, IMHO.

I have grown increasingly sickened by the Pokemon mentality + old-fashioned braggarts + douchebaggery.

Anything done to highlight the absurdity is a good thing.

 

[Gentlegamer]

I've avoided all this over at NA and elsewhere.

I vote HERO.

[johnnykonami]

It is bat shit crazy that anyone would pay that much for a game, even if you are a rich ass with money To burn. To me, even 4 figures is crazy for a game.

Even 3 figures is crazy in my book.  I have done it a couple of times in the past (especially on PC Engine imports during the 90's) but I wouldn't again for a single game I don't think.  I could be wrong but I can't think of anything I'd blow $100+ on anymore.

[Black Tiger]

It is bat shit crazy that anyone would pay that much for a game, even if you are a rich ass with money To burn. To me, even 4 figures is crazy for a game.

Even 3 figures is crazy in my book.  I have done it a couple of times in the past (especially on PC Engine imports during the 90's) but I wouldn't again for a single game I don't think.  I could be wrong but I can't think of anything I'd blow $100+ on anymore.

So you're not interested in buying my MIB copy of TurboGrafx-16 Magical Chase for $100?

[Necromancer]

So you're not interested in buying my MIB copy of TurboGrafx-16 Magical Chase for $100?

Would you take $99.99? 

[poponon]

paying more than 20$ for any game alone is pretty crazy imo. games gotta be pretty amazing to get me to pay more than that. that being said tho i'd pay a bit more to get some arcade pcbs that don't have some sort of flashcart or other cheap means of playing on original hardware

[Gredler]

paying more than 20$ for any game alone is pretty crazy imo. games gotta be pretty amazing to get me to pay more than that. that being said tho i'd pay a bit more to get some arcade pcbs that don't have some sort of flashcart or other cheap means of playing on original hardware

I hate to say it, but I totally agree. 20$ is the breaking point where I start to seriously consider if I will put more than a few hours into a game. 100$+ it has to be a childhood glorious memory, or something I will sink  100+ hours into. 1$/hr? I should say? How much do you want to pay for entertainment an hour, not including shelf candy?