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

[vestcoat]

Baseball cards are not what they once was, But if you have a MJ Rookie card youll still get top dollar for it, Same thing with Comic books. Action Comic goes for over a million.

+1
The classic stuff never comes down in price. When collectible markets crash, it's because speculators assume new shit will become just as collectible as the old shit and start hoarding products off the shelf. As soon as that happens, companies up their production runs and initiate all kinds of gimmicks to appeal to collectors. That's why baseball cards from the '80s aren't worth anything, why comics from the Nineties aren't worth anything, and why new Magic Cards and Transformers aren't worth anything. Thus, prices for that SMB Wii collection and other modern games with "deluxe", "premium" and "limited editions" and will come down, but the 16-bit era stuff won't; especially TG16 games with 500 copies in existence.

[bartre]

yeah, i think it's going to take a while, but the "bubble" will burst, i've had almost no luck selling NES systems on craigslist the past few times i've tried, but a year ago, they were gone in a week at most.
i think a lot of it is just people wanting to play what they had as kids, and they'll be done with it eventually, and just want to get rid of it.
that's how i've got a lot of the "rare" snes games for as cheap as i did.

[vestcoat]

yeah, i think it's going to take a while, but the "bubble" will burst, i've had almost no luck selling NES systems on craigslist the past few times i've tried, but a year ago, they were gone in a week at most.
i think a lot of it is just people wanting to play what they had as kids, and they'll be done with it eventually, and just want to get rid of it.
that's how i've got a lot of the "rare" snes games for as cheap as i did.

I agree, but we have to make a distinction between mainstream retro and obscure/cult retro.

Common NES/SNES/SG shit will plateau or drop in price. It was mass produced and, like you said, the majority of buyers right now are interested in nostalgia, not amassing CIB libraries (although there are plenty of those collectors out there).

The TG16 scene doesn't have that. No, we're in the boat with Working Designs, Sega Saturn, late-period NES stuff, Earthbound, and all of that other crap that attracts insane collectors. The TG was obscure to begin with and fewer units were made. We've got a couple of noobs reconnecting with their youth, but most of our scene is split between old-school diehards and collectors attracted to the TG's obscurity and small library. The people buying stuff now aren't casual, NES-talgia gamers who will dump it again in a few years.

[FiftyQuid]

The TG was obscure to begin with and fewer units were made. We've got a couple of noobs reconnecting with their youth, but most of our scene is split between old-school diehards and collectors attracted to the TG's obscurity and small library. The people buying stuff now aren't casual, NES-talgia gamers who will dump it again in a few years.

I feel I'm qualified to reply to this considering I'm one of the newest noobs AND an old die-hard gamer (38 years old and counting).  I'm coming into this 'retro' thing late while most of you have been doing it for 5 to 10+ years.  Me, I'm about 60 days in.  I've already collected all the pieces from my youth, but it's become a passion *cough* obsession *cough* for me to try and build a decent collection of games for the TG-16.  The main reason I'm collecting is to reconnect with my youth.  I had the TG-16 back then and I thought it was a brilliant console.  I have it again now and my opinion of it hasn't changed.  In '92 I wanted to buy Bonk's Revenge.  I wanted R-Type.  I wanted the CD attachment and the TurboExpress.  All of these items kicked ass, but unfortunately at the time I didn't have the money to blow on things like this.  Girls and cars got in the damn way.  Well now I have a wife, two kids and some extra cash after all the bills are paid.  Games that were too expensive for me then look pretty sweet for $20 now, even if the price is inflated.

I agree with vestcoat about people buying stuff now not being casual.  I would never consider myself casual.  My goal is to collect the US hu cards first, then move to CD, then maybe get into NES.  Someday I'll sell them (maybe), but only when I'm too old to pick up a controller to play.  Most likely I'll pass them onto my son, who hopefully comes to appreciate them like I did.  Try passing down your PS3 or XBOX360 to your kids twenty years from now...if they're still even working.

Anyway, that's just my perspective on things.  Shit... again I've taken this thread off topic, but in all fairness I was set up by the last few posts.

[EDIT] Here's one, Bonk's 3 for the Duo - MANUAL ONLY for BIN of $300.  Really? 
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-TurboGrafx-16-Manual-Only-/250617950446?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a59fe70ee#ht_500wt_922

[NightWolve]

Here's one, Bonk's 3 for the Duo - MANUAL ONLY for BIN of $300.  Really?  
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-TurboGrafx-16-Manual-Only-/250617950446?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a59fe70ee#ht_500wt_922

Hell naw! I think since looking at this thread, that has to be the worst thing that I've ever seen in it and I don't understand how a seller like that has earned 100% positive feedback either... Not only am I gonna send him a 5 cent offer, I think I'll throw in a cliched response in the form of say, "Have you no sense of decency, sir? I mean, SERIOUSLY ??" But yeah, hands down, this guy deserves an assclown of the century award in my view! I also think I should maybe take a break from looking at this thread for a while, it just makes my blood pressure rise...

[BigusSchmuck]

Here's one, Bonk's 3 for the Duo - MANUAL ONLY for BIN of $300.  Really? 
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Bonk-3-Bonks-Big-Adventure-TurboGrafx-16-Manual-Only-/250617950446?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a59fe70ee#ht_500wt_922

Hell naw! I think since looking at this thread, that has to be the worst thing that I've ever seen in it and I don't understand how a seller like that has earned 100% positive feedback either... Not only am I gonna send him a 5 cent offer, I think I'll throw in a cliched response in the form of say, "Have you no sense of decency, sir? I mean, SERIOUSLY ??" But yeah, hands down, this guy deserves an assclown of the century award in my view! I also think I should maybe take a break from looking at this thread for a while, it just makes my blood pressure rise...

Its been there forever as stated earlier in this thread. I know he has had it up at least for a year if not longer...

[SignOfZeta]

The people buying stuff now aren't casual, NES-talgia gamers who will dump it again in a few years.

I can't agree with this. I've been on the forum too long.

[vestcoat]

The people buying stuff now aren't casual, NES-talgia gamers who will dump it again in a few years.

I can't agree with this. I've been on the forum too long.

Fixed. You're right - the new-school collectors will continue to dump their games in a few years.

My point is the majority of TG16 buyers are different than the majority of NES/SNES/SG buyers. Mainstream gamers seem to be reliving their youth and picking up the games they sold or the games they always wanted. Relatively few are going for complete collections. Meanwhile the TG16 continues to attract an endless horde of dicks who've never heard of it; at least 50% of whom are aiming for complete U.S. libraries. For every "collector" that cashes out, five more take his place. It's not like the SNES scene.

[Tatsujin]

  I'm coming into this 'retro' thing late while most of you have been doing it for 5 to 10+ years.

Or those who never even stopped to play that shit since it came out..hehe

[Mathius]

Thank God!

[SignOfZeta]

I simply cannot understand The Completists. I collect a LOT of shit and I've never gone for a complete collection of anything.

Sub sets, sure. I'd like to have all the Factory era New Order 12"s and LPs, all the Hudson "volume" PCE releases, I'd like to have all the Gundam laserdiscs, etc. I sure as hell don't need Darkwing Duck or Circus Lido. f*ck that shit.

[Tatsujin]

LOL, I wouldn't mind me a pce complete set. but that would it be. and I dont even really count on it will ever happen, unless I win the lottery or get some big big bucks via other ways, which probably also will never happen..lol.

[Mathius]

I simply cannot understand The Completists. I collect a LOT of shit and I've never gone for a complete collection of anything.

Sub sets, sure. I'd like to have all the Factory era New Order 12"s and LPs, all the Hudson "volume" PCE releases, I'd like to have all the Gundam laserdiscs, etc. I sure as hell don't need Darkwing Duck or Circus Lido. f*ck that shit.

Neither do I. If it looks like fun then I'll probably go hunting for it.

I'll never own a complete Turbo collection because there are games in the US library that I have no interest in like Timeball and Impossimole. I play my games, not keep them under glass.

[TR0N]

I simply cannot understand The Completists. I collect a LOT of shit and I've never gone for a complete collection of anything.

Sub sets, sure. I'd like to have all the Factory era New Order 12"s and LPs, all the Hudson "volume" PCE releases, I'd like to have all the Gundam laserdiscs, etc. I sure as hell don't need Darkwing Duck or Circus Lido. f*ck that shit.

Neither do I. If it looks like fun then I'll probably go hunting for it.

I'll never own a complete Turbo collection because there are games in the US library that I have no interest in like Timeball and Impossimole. I play my games, not keep them under glass.

I'm like that as well for any retro console i'm currently on a genesis kick,but i'm not going for a complete collection to get it all again.Still long as you have greedy resellers 'bumping up the prices you will have monkey see monkey do 

[kakutolives]

I am mostly just buying the games that sound fun or the ones that are well known for being good for one reason or another.

as for buying a whole collection of all the games ever made for a console, that just comes off a tad bit insane.