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

[Arkhan]

If you're broke why the f*ck are you paying 550$ for little Samson?

I think you should rephrase it to

"I've stupidly spent thousands of dollars on collectable gaming shit".

You're not really collecting.  You're reselling.  Collecting implies keeping things.  You're just buying things for idiotic prices, reselling them, and moving on to the next thing that gives you a boner.

Etc. etc.

Maybe you should stick to emulators and stop f*cking up the market for everyone else.

Also, your sob-stories are a waste.  When I was still in highschool, I bought a Turbo CD while working part time, among other stuff. 

[PikachuWarrior]

I agree, but sometimes people buy/resell/buy again/etc, just to get a psychological high kind of like gambling in casinos and the like. They don't really care how much they spend, only that it's within reason because they know (or think) the monetary loss is temporary, and hope they get back all of what they made and then some.

[vestcoat]

I just remembered this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEC-TurboGrafx-16-Black-Console-w-Turbobooster-Games-/120858957451?pt=Video_Games&hash=item1c23c1568b

I wonder how many guys are watching this with $$ in their eyes, thinking "let's see, I can get $100-150 for each game, $200 for Soldier Blade, $300 for the deck, plus $100 for the Turbobooster.  I'll be rich, I tell you!  Rich!

Twenty pages later, I'm right on all counts except I underestimated this parasite's greed by a few hundred bucks.

Christ, listen to his sob story about being broke (ethical appeal) and then his life story about saving for PCE Duo and how much he loves Drac X and how he would keep everything if he could (emotional appeal).  This is some serious VoyBegas bullshit.

Let's see... stupid nickname... worked at gamestop when he was sixteen... I'm guessing twenty-year-old f*ck with a beard.

[Arkhan]

worst king ever.

Kings sit atop many riches!   They don't sell their scepter to get a crown.

[KingofGames]

I should turn the box for Soldier Blade into a crown. Now that's certainly a worthy crown for a king (of games). I think I'd rather go swimming in the pool of money I'm going to collect from selling it, to be honest.

[PikachuWarrior]

It's one thing to resell stuff as much as you do, but another thing to gloat and brag about it. That's what is causing everyone else to flame you. Unless you like the attention. Keeps you going

[OrangeArmy]

Not what I wanted to write for my first post, but here goes:

This thread is so full of butt hurt, it's hillarious. Wah! TG games are going up in price - let's all get mad and take it out on everyone who doesn't have enough forum cred (noobs, resellers, collectors, people with spending money, theives of childhoods, murderers lol).

I've been lurking here for over a year as I've been a stalwart advocate of the TG16 since it first was released in north america and I was really excited to find a community of people who have the same passion - but the sheer vitriolic mob mentality expressed in this thread makes this otherwise awesome site feel like a clubhouse for angry cliquey TG elitests who lack even a basic understanding of free market principals. And then to whine about hipsters LOL!

I LOVE ebay! I spent $250 on a boxed Soldier Blade last year (or was it $340?) - guess that means I'm an impatient idiot (because waiting 18 years to get a game I really wanted is the very definition of impatient and frivilous). I spent $150 on a boxed Ghost Manor (ya, that was me) and about $120.00 on a boxed Jackie Chan. I'm not going to waste time telling you how hard it is to find this stuff where I live and how many good auctions are not available to people outside the continental US or even share my sob rags to middle class childhood story about getting 2 games a year, but keeping them in mint condition (yes, CIB lol) until this very day..

Hi. I'm OrangeArmy. Longtime TG16 fanatic and north American CIB HuCard collector and I'm proud to announce I'm doing my part to inflate HuCard prices. I'm taking this stuff out of the market permanently while I can afford it, and I fricken love it. If you're reading this, I'm willing to pay $100 of my hard earned cash for a CIB super star soldier, $200 for a minty CIB Cadash. Please, take advantage of my stupidity! Popularity contests were never really my thing anyways...

[KingofGames]

Lol, welcome to the site. You'll fit right in!

[KingofGames]

It's one thing to resell stuff as much as you do, but another thing to gloat and brag about it. That's what is causing everyone else to flame you. Unless you like the attention. Keeps you going

When did I gloat and brag?

[Arkhan]

Hey OrangeKoolaid, newsflash: All forums for all consoles/computers have the same thing:

Actual fans, tired of seeing stuff go for retarded, over inflated prices.

Why?  

Because some of the buyers are people who don't know any better and think eBay is the only place to find the stuff.  It pushes people away from trying the system out because everything on eBay is so obnoxiously priced.

We only take it out on people who are f*cking up the market.  

Noobs are one thing.  Its great when they show up looking to game, and have fun here.

What really sucks are n00bs that show up and turn out to be dipshit collectors or resellers.

KingofGames just outed himself in this thread.  He's not a real gamer.

[KingofGames]

I am, in fact, a real gamer. I also resell. I am certainly not a purist. If I can buy a game for $2 and sell it for $200, guess what I'm doing with the $200?

[Arkhan]

I am, in fact, a real gamer. I also resell. I am certainly not a purist. If I can buy a game for $2 and sell it for $200, guess what I'm doing with the $200?

swimming in it, according to your last post.

real gamers don't douche up the market for the rest of the gamers.

You play games.  However, you are more concerned with money than gaming.

[KingofGames]

Someone in the market for a complete copy of Soldier blade is not a gamer. They are a collector. Buy a HU-card, buy a jp HU-card, buy a Wii, or play it free through PC. If you don't want to pay a premium on cardboard and paper, don't. You have many options.

[Arkhan]

Someone in the market for a complete copy of Soldier blade is not a gamer. They are a collector. Buy a HU-card, buy a jp HU-card, buy a Wii, or play it free through PC. If you don't want to pay a premium on cardboard and paper, don't. You have many options.

What the f*ck is a HU-card.


Funny, I am in the market for a complete copy of Soldier Blade.

Are you saying I'm not a gamer?  That would be a stupid thing to say.

[PikachuWarrior]

It could go both ways. Some are satisfied with just having the hucard, others want at the very least, the case/manual included. Others want the outer box (complete). Doesn't mean one isn't a gamer for wanting the complete package and the others are.