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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4395 on: January 02, 2014, 01:28:05 PM »
Not exactly ebay, but it just wtf weird enough that I had to share...

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgm/4265280414.html


Sounds like an invitation to get beaten and robbed. Most Craigslist transactions these days are sketchy to the point where I'm only doing public location pickups.


Yea East St. Louis.. Ill pass on that :)

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4396 on: January 02, 2014, 01:37:49 PM »
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4397 on: January 02, 2014, 10:14:13 PM »

Not exactly ebay, but it just wtf weird enough that I had to share...

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgm/4265280414.html


put a pop-tart next to it or something and it will look like esty took the picture.
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HahajhajajjajaDAMN.

Not to be Captain Obvious, but this listing is a goof, correct?
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4398 on: January 03, 2014, 01:51:23 AM »
dude  i dont need to explain myself to my #1 hater

peace out homie

You don't want to make your racism too overt, eh?



Not to be Captain Obvious, but this listing is a goof, correct?

Yarr.  It's gotta be for teh lulz.
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4399 on: January 03, 2014, 09:30:00 AM »
That CL add must be making the rounds I also saw it on a Facebook Retro Game page I'm on.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4400 on: January 03, 2014, 09:48:16 AM »
LOL Fresh Prince! That's the first thing I thought too.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4401 on: January 03, 2014, 12:43:02 PM »
I was watching this on ebay, and I'm curious what the forums opinion is on it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251410599292?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4402 on: January 03, 2014, 12:54:58 PM »
It's quite expensive but there's a lot of goodies in there, including two turbosystems + US 3.0 syscard + some cool games. Not sure if overpriced though

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4403 on: January 03, 2014, 12:59:47 PM »
I was watching this on ebay, and I'm curious what the forums opinion is on it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251410599292?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649


If everything is fully functional (unlikely) and near mint, then it's worth <$600 as a lot. I'd pay $400 tops.
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4404 on: January 03, 2014, 03:06:55 PM »
That was wild, I can't believe it went for a grand. Dude must've been a diehard.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4405 on: January 03, 2014, 03:18:43 PM »
That was wild, I can't believe it went for a grand. Dude must've been a diehard.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4406 on: January 03, 2014, 03:42:43 PM »
Back when I started back into Turbo I paid $300 for my TG+CD, w/cables and case.  It included Soldier Blade (loose), Order Of The Griffon, Shockman, and 2 other games (I think).  The CD unit was non-functional, but it was just a gear.

That was a couple years ago, but if I use it as a base price and then factor in a few other things I've purchased since then (these are prices I actually paid as a member here at PCE to other members);

TG+CD + games =$300CAD (local pick-up)
TE + 3 games (I think) = $100USD
SSC3.0 = $100USD + trade

So I paid about $500USD (exchange was fairly even back then) for everything and about 10 games.  10 good games mind you.  There wasn't a Deep Blue in the lot.

I would say $600USD would be a decent price.  GOT is only a $50 game if you're patient.  The rest can be had for < $20 is you are not in a hurry with the exception of Ys I&II, and Ys III.  I picked up the Ys games from GameTZ for $80.

$900+ is overpaying.

BTW, most of my trades are public around here so you can just check my post history.  I just didn't bother.  :)



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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4407 on: January 03, 2014, 05:45:36 PM »
Well I guess you can hardly fault a person for obeying, and at close to 1k thats a lot of obeying

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4408 on: January 04, 2014, 06:30:01 AM »
I was watching this on ebay, and I'm curious what the forums opinion is on it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251410599292?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649



If you look at ebay prices, that is probably about $900 worth of stuff... I don't understand why lots are going for basically what you'd pay for each item individually. Isn't the whole purpose of buying "lots" to get items cheaper than if you bought each individually?

That said, seeing as the winner is a 1-feedback account, I wouldn't be surprised if it never gets paid for. There is a glut of auction winners that never pay up. Also seeing as the other two top bidders were really high feedback, I wouldn't be surprised if they were just going to flip it all for a measly $100-200 profit, by listing things at the high end. Seems like a waste of time and energy.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #4409 on: January 04, 2014, 11:17:12 AM »
I was watching this on ebay, and I'm curious what the forums opinion is on it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251410599292?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649



If you look at ebay prices, that is probably about $900 worth of stuff... I don't understand why lots are going for basically what you'd pay for each item individually. Isn't the whole purpose of buying "lots" to get items cheaper than if you bought each individually?

That said, seeing as the winner is a 1-feedback account, I wouldn't be surprised if it never gets paid for. There is a glut of auction winners that never pay up. Also seeing as the other two top bidders were really high feedback, I wouldn't be surprised if they were just going to flip it all for a measly $100-200 profit, by listing things at the high end. Seems like a waste of time and energy.




If nothing in that lot gets OBEYED than everything is a waste of time and energy. :)
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