Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )

[wilykat]

Wow. Hopefully this will put pressure on eBay gougetards

http://m.ign.com/articles/2015/04/15/gamestop-to-offer-classic-consoles-and-games

Probably not, they'll probably charge 20-25% above ebay prices and use some stupid excuse saying that you can get it in your hands now instead of waiting for a few days.

Plus they need suckers to sell them stuff first.  "Oh Legend of Zelda cart! 25 cents. Tetris by Tengen? Can't sell it, in the trash. Stadium Event, nice! 25 cents"

I'd rather sell my collection on eBay for 1/10th value of average market price than to sell my turd to Gamestop.

[seieienbu]

I honestly wonder what person is going to think "Finally.  Gamestop will buy all these old games that I never use.  Thank god." 

Gamestop.  An absolutely reliable company that would never screw you over.

[toymachine78]

I honestly wonder what person is going to think "Finally.  Gamestop will buy all these old games that I never use.  Thank god." 

Gamestop.  An absolutely reliable company that would never screw you over.

  Well there are obviously folks giving this stuff up, because our local retro store is always well stocked.

[cjameslv]

I honestly wonder what person is going to think "Finally.  Gamestop will buy all these old games that I never use.  Thank god." 

Gamestop.  An absolutely reliable company that would never screw you over.

  Well there are obviously folks giving this stuff up, because our local retro store is always well stocked.

I can see grandparents taking boxes from the attic/garage in so their grand kids can get what ever the newest thing is. Very rare i bet for lil kids to ask for nes games but im sure they are all over the newest trap team and what not. It's unfortunate as the most of the people that will do this have no idea that those old games have some value and will be getting shafted by gamestop.

[toymachine78]

Damn, it used to be predominantly Western sellers that were gougetards. Now we have an epic Japanese gouger:

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=251921328962&alt=web

[GoldenWheels]

The Wii, using component outs on a CRT produces some amazing emulation result. I think it's the closest thing you can to the real thing while also having the benefits of emulation.

I do the same but with an original Xbox. I'm not a super-purist so I can't speak to the emulation perfection (or not)  but I love the thing.

[Mercutio]

I honestly wonder what person is going to think "Finally.  Gamestop will buy all these old games that I never use.  Thank nicolas cage." 

Gamestop.  An absolutely reliable company that would never screw you over.

  Well there are obviously folks giving this stuff up, because our local retro store is always well stocked.

My local retro game store owner goes to a lot of estate sales and buys whole collections from collectors who've decided to get out, mostly. Very little of what he stocks is from individuals who trade in only a game or two.

[tool]

I don't know if the listing is still there but I think I saw Magical Chase a few days ago listed for $50,000, and another one for around $10,000. I thought I was dreaming.

[toymachine78]

People like this piss me the F* off! They need their nuts slathered in Icy Hot.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161672254126&alt=web

[esteban]

People like this piss me the F* off! They need their nuts slathered in Icy Hot.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161672254126&alt=web

Icy Nice.

[Gredler]

People like this piss me the F* off! They need their nuts slathered in Icy Hot.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161672254126&alt=web

   I was recommended this game by a friend, he was amazed to hear the price was over twenty, this was a year or two ago, look at it now.. man

[toymachine78]

People like this piss me the F* off! They need their nuts slathered in Icy Hot.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161672254126&alt=web

   I was recommended this game by a friend, he was amazed to hear the price was over twenty, this was a year or two ago, look at it now.. man

 Its because the title contains "Dragoon". If it were Dragon, Warrior Princess, etc, the game would be worthless lol. It seems any title containing Dragoon is overpriced. That's my theory [emoji38]

[BigusSchmuck]

People like this piss me the F* off! They need their nuts slathered in Icy Hot.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161672254126&alt=web

Why would you want 8 copies of the same game? Unless of course you are a schmuck reseller good lord.

[Gredler]

People like this piss me the F* off! They need their nuts slathered in Icy Hot.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=161672254126&alt=web

   I was recommended this game by a friend, he was amazed to hear the price was over twenty, this was a year or two ago, look at it now.. man

 Its because the title contains "Dragoon". If it were Dragon, Warrior Princess, etc, the game would be worthless lol. It seems any title containing Dragoon is overpriced. That's my theory [emoji38]

I'd be lying if that weren't a factor in my desire to follow up on my friend's recommendation. His suggestions were Thunderforce 3, Alicia Dragoon, and El Viento. He was a hardcore genesis guy back in the day, and was making the recommendations purely off of nostalgia. The first game I tried from his recommendations was right on the money. I had heard of and tried Thunderforce before via emulation, but after following his suggestion and picking it up and really putting some time into it, I became very addicted. I really wanted to follow up on his other recommendations, especially considering I hadn't tried them. Upon investigating the price of these other two games, I was hesitant, and he was equally hesitant and suggested I hold off at those prices.

In attempt to remain somewhat on topic, is this a gouge, and is the seller lying about Ballistix being *Very Fun*?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ballistix-TurboGrafx-16-1991-RARE-Very-Fun-/301593976475?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item463866de9b

[Necromancer]

It's overpriced and it's not much fun.