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

[vestcoat]

Wow, I remember when half his stuff was 20% - 50% higher than the average asking price, but I didn't realize he'd gotten into the gouging competition. :/ Hopefully he isn't power buying Turbo games just to ransome them at gouger prices.

What a nincompoop. I bought a couple things from 16-bit AKA Mad Gear in 2005-07. Some of his PCE prices were good back then and I put him on my "Favorite sellers" list. He opened an account here at one point and some members ran him out of town. Somebody else later created an account with the handle "16-bit" but they had different punctuation.

[tggodfrey]

I have bought from Carlson this year and I have had good deals with him.  I just contacted him outside ebay and discussed interest.  He brought prices below what I was willing to offer on Drac X and SF II CE.    I would say offer him a fair price and see what he says before you totally write him off.

[Obfuscate]

It's sad there are a bunch of games I had planned on getting eventually but now know I probably will never own (Examples: Beyond Shadowgate, Magical Chase PC Engine Version).

[DarkKobold]

Not TG16/PCE however:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120983685822&clk_rvr_id=386565951986

Floppy Disk $300!

Ah sorry it comes with "a signed document proving it's authenticity"

Assuming this is legit, that is a pretty awesome collectors item. I mean, its the source to an original nintendo game - I'm not sure how much of that still exists in the world today. This item isn't some game they produced 1000s of, it is a 1 off item that would go well in a museum (after its been backed up.) Seriously, there is a difference between a commercially sold video game, and a piece of production from video game history.

[SuperPlay]

It may be the real deal however I am Just sceptical of these kinds of auctions. Due to: Insert disk right click select 'copy' insert blank floppy, scribble a label, print certificate and bam a quick $400!

Also the source code to “Crystal Mines" another Color Dreams title is freely available. This was released for free by Ken Beckett who was a programmer at the company.

[Necromancer]

TV Sports Football for $53.90 shipped.

..... of all the games to get VGA graded and stuffed in a plastic tomb, why this one?

[bob]

Cotton for $499

[thesteve]

TV Sports Football for $53.90 shipped.

..... of all the games to get VGA graded and stuffed in a plastic tomb, why this one?

because no one wants to play it

[Senshi]

i only buy 90's and above 

[Black Tiger]

I have bought from Carlson this year and I have had good deals with him.  I just contacted him outside ebay and discussed interest.  He brought prices below what I was willing to offer on Drac X and SF II CE.    I would say offer him a fair price and see what he says before you totally write him off.

So you really think he'll take $100 for a game he is asking $500 for?

[DarkKobold]

TV Sports Football for $53.90 shipped.

..... of all the games to get VGA graded and stuffed in a plastic tomb, why this one?

Because the seller hates making money. I guesstimate the sealed price of this game is around $20-25.  My guess is that he paid the $40 non-standard size fee to have it graded:

http://www.vggrader.com/submission_packagedpricing.aspx

But, lets say he paid $25, for arguments sake.

So, we are at a value of $45. Now, he's charging $53.94, so $9 profit? Not so fast. He's not a powerseller, so its going to be 16% off the top to paypal and Ebay. We are down to $45.04. Now, lets assume this is right around 13 ounces, so it will be $4 to ship. $41.04. We haven't included shipping to and from VGA - add another $4 each way - $33.04. Subtract the VGA price, $25, and we have a final value of the item at $8.04.

For an item worth $20 - 25, he will get $8. He hates money.

[16-bit]

Wow, I remember when half his stuff was 20% - 50% higher than the average asking price, but I didn't realize he'd gotten into the gouging competition. :/ Hopefully he isn't power buying Turbo games just to ransome them at gouger prices.

What a nincompoop. I bought a couple things from 16-bit AKA Mad Gear in 2005-07. Some of his PCE prices were good back then and I put him on my "Favorite sellers" list. He opened an account here at one point and some members ran him out of town. Somebody else later created an account with the handle "16-bit" but they had different punctuation.

Wow, I remember when half his stuff was 20% - 50% higher than the average asking price, but I didn't realize he'd gotten into the gouging competition. :/ Hopefully he isn't power buying Turbo games just to ransome them at gouger prices.

What a nincompoop. I bought a couple things from 16-bit AKA Mad Gear in 2005-07. Some of his PCE prices were good back then and I put him on my "Favorite sellers" list. He opened an account here at one point and some members ran him out of town. Somebody else later created an account with the handle "16-bit" but they had different punctuation.

No one ran me out of town.

I did looked up the game on terapeak and one did go for auction close to 500 in the summer of 2011.  Another one was at a BIN for 300 last fall and was bought within hours.   There was an auction for a brand new one that ended around 200ish as well (which was a really good deal IMO).   My last JP copy sold for $68. 

Anyway, The previous one I had I sold at Cowlitz Gamers covention in Washington State earlier this year for less than 300 to a guy who bought a ton of games from me at the time of the sale (thus giving himself good leverage).  I love to haggle (especially if it is part of a large sale).   You are always welcome  email me directly carlson@mad-gear.com

[16-bit]

I have bought from Carlson this year and I have had good deals with him.  I just contacted him outside ebay and discussed interest.  He brought prices below what I was willing to offer on Drac X and SF II CE.    I would say offer him a fair price and see what he says before you totally write him off.

So you really think he'll take $100 for a game he is asking $500 for?

I have bought from Carlson this year and I have had good deals with him.  I just contacted him outside ebay and discussed interest.  He brought prices below what I was willing to offer on Drac X and SF II CE.    I would say offer him a fair price and see what he says before you totally write him off.

So you really think he'll take $100 for a game he is asking $500 for?

This game was part of a large collection of video games that I bought this summer when I was at A-kon in Dallas.  I paid more than $100 for it (the game specifically), so probably not.  

[vestcoat]

I did looked up the game on terapeak and one did go for auction close to 500 in the summer of 2011.  Another one was at a BIN for 300 last fall and was bought within hours.   There was an auction for a brand new one that ended around 200ish as well (which was a really good deal IMO).   My last JP copy sold for $68.  

Anyway, The previous one I had I sold at Cowlitz Gamers covention in Washington State earlier this year for less than 300 to a guy who bought a ton of games from me at the time of the sale (thus giving himself good leverage).  I love to haggle (especially if it is part of a large sale).   You are always welcome  email me directly carlson@mad-gear.com

The sealed auction this Spring was mine. I started it at $0.99 and it sold for $232. It should be noted that I milked it for everything it was worth - the listed was very well-described, lots of high-quality pictures, it ran a full ten days, I pimped the special UPC sticker, and it got lots of exposure from my other of high-profile items listed simultaneously.  Even with today's insane prices, Cotton generally goes for $200+/-. Even stupid VG pricecharting.com doesn't have record of any sales over $230. I'm VERY surprised to hear of other people paying more, but I guess you've scoured the planet and found a couple more extreme examples in the history of online sales, so why not tack on another $200 and that sets the new starting price!

It's kinda nice that you're willing to haggle, but why do you have to gouge? Why set an unprecedented BIN and let it sit there for months? Exactly what service are you providing to humanity by setting up an LLC and buying a kids toy for $100+ and trying to flip it for $500? You're a parasite.

[16-bit]

It's kinda nice that you're willing to haggle, but why do you have to gouge? Why set an unprecedented BIN and let it sit there for months? Exactly what service are you providing to humanity by setting up an LLC and buying a kids toy for $100+ and trying to flip it for $500? You're a parasite.

Actually, I probably won't let it sit there for months. I have Retrogaming Expo coming up the end of this month  and I will probably pull it and bring it to that event.  I sold a majority of my pc engine/tg16 stock at the show last year, and I prefer to sell most of my inventory outside of eBay at events like the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Midwest Gaming Classic, TooManyGames, Magfest if at all possible.  Although it costs about the same as ebay fees when you factor in airfare, hotel, shipping, and table fees, it is way more fun to sell and haggle to people in person and  talk about turbo grafx gaming during the slow moments of the show.

Personally, as a fellow Turbo Grafx gamer, if I was going to zero in on "parasites" I would start by policing the forums since you guys cut each other amazing deals and treat each other like family (especially compared to other video game forums). I would be seriously pissed off if there were any businesses using the goodwill of the pcefx forums to gather inventory.