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

[NightWolve]

Is "repro" the magic word for dodging the dreaded bootleg label?

It's inevitable you get synonyms in a language, but yeah, it is much like how "file pirating" was softened to "file sharing" early on in the Napster days and before. The music industry didn't see it that way and neither did it appreciate the particular arrogant trolling by one of the founders...

Anyway, I use both terms, together usually, and it is legit in the context of say being used to describe fan reprinted manuals (like what sparky does), boxes, CD labels, etc. It's all technically unlicensed and falls under being labeled many things: fake, counterfeit, bootleg, reproduction, etc.

[deubeul]

Da f*ck happened?

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/331683714965?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[tknjin]

Da f*ck happened?

http://www.ebay.fr/itm/331683714965?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

You know whats funny I was actually going to try and win this game and do a raffle because I thought the game was still cheap, however, when I saw that listing...I myself was like how did the pc engine ver reach about almost the price of the saturn ver.  Although the saturn version is more expensive, and harder to find, but I used to see the pc engine ver sell for dirt cheap back then.  I am guessing people are buying the pc engine ver because it is cheaper, but it is still very weird to see this happen to this version in particular

[ShadowKitty777]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-X-Rondo-Blood-DELUXE-EDITION-NEC-PC-Engine-Japan-977/151850483320?_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33665%26meid%3Dc9568a3c597f4e368aec7a9cb446f64e%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D151850483320

They say it's made in Japan...... like wtf. Everything about this makes me upset. :/

(I tried to go back and make sure this wasn't posted already, I hope I didn't mess up)

[Lost Monkey]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-X-Rondo-Blood-DELUXE-EDITION-NEC-PC-Engine-Japan-977/151850483320?_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33665%26meid%3Dc9568a3c597f4e368aec7a9cb446f64e%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D151850483320

They say it's made in Japan...... like wtf. Everything about this makes me upset. :/

(I tried to go back and make sure this wasn't posted already, I hope I didn't mess up)

I reported that one twice.

[BigusSchmuck]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-X-Rondo-Blood-DELUXE-EDITION-NEC-PC-Engine-Japan-977/151850483320?_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33665%26meid%3Dc9568a3c597f4e368aec7a9cb446f64e%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D151850483320

They say it's made in Japan...... like wtf. Everything about this makes me upset. :/

(I tried to go back and make sure this wasn't posted already, I hope I didn't mess up)

It's not, it has Tobias juice all over it. This takes collectardism to a whole new level unfortunately..

[wilykat]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-X-Rondo-Blood-DELUXE-EDITION-NEC-PC-Engine-Japan-977/151850483320?_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33665%26meid%3Dc9568a3c597f4e368aec7a9cb446f64e%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D151850483320

They say it's made in Japan...... like wtf. Everything about this makes me upset. :/

(I tried to go back and make sure this wasn't posted already, I hope I didn't mess up)

How convenient the image is not very hi-res to help us look for obvious telltale mark of fakery.

Can't someone just buy the damn thing, then file counterfeit claim since the listing never clearly stated it's not a genuine original but a repro. Upon winning the claim, either destroy the shit or use a fat sharpie marker and mark "repro" on the box and disc to make it worth less.

If a few seller who knowingly sells repro without stating it is a repro, loses the case, they will be forced to disclose repro in listing or stop selling it.

Surely there's a nice web page that makes it very easy to tell apart the real one from the fake.

[Necromancer]

Seeing as it looks nothing like an original game, it's not hard to tell it's a fake.

[MrBroadway]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Akumajo-Dracula-X-Rondo-Blood-DELUXE-EDITION-NEC-PC-Engine-Japan-977/151850483320?_trksid=p2047675.c100047.m2108&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33665%26meid%3Dc9568a3c597f4e368aec7a9cb446f64e%26pid%3D100047%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D151850483320

They say it's made in Japan...... like wtf. Everything about this makes me upset. :/

(I tried to go back and make sure this wasn't posted already, I hope I didn't mess up)

I reported that one twice.

ebay doesn't give a shit anymore. Too much money in it for them.

[neopolss]

No need to buy it, it just takes a few users with dummy accounts to bid it up over a million.  Ebay will pull the listing due to shilling.

[NightWolve]

Ah, so neopolss, did you bid up the latest one that just got posted to Facebook today in one of the PCE groups ? I told people there not to take it seriously, that it was most likely fake bidding to leave the reseller hanging.

[shawnji]

Gosh freakin' dang it.  I'm never going to get a copy of Gate of Thunder (US) for a reasonable price am I?  I watched a copy earlier this evening balloon up from around $50 to over $110 in the last five seconds of the auction.  What the actual hell?!

[Punch]

Everything is inflated to extreme levels on ebay. I got a jump scare seeing Riot Zone at $80 on ebay when it was a $20 game not too long ago. All cheap games seem to have disappeared and only one of two overpriced buy it nows remain, and DK says that the price inflation is because of demand and not jerkass resellers sniping every good deal and hoarding everything.

[Gentlegamer]

Gosh freakin' dang it.  I'm never going to get a copy of Gate of Thunder (US) for a reasonable price am I?  I watched a copy earlier this evening balloon up from around $50 to over $110 in the last five seconds of the auction.  What the actual hell?!

If you're a good boy, I'll put you first in line to buy my copy if I sell it at cost I bought it here, $75.

[BigusSchmuck]

Gosh freakin' dang it.  I'm never going to get a copy of Gate of Thunder (US) for a reasonable price am I?  I watched a copy earlier this evening balloon up from around $50 to over $110 in the last five seconds of the auction.  What the actual hell?!

Shawnji, did you call up Gamedude? http://www.gamedude.com/turbog.html They may have a decent priced copy..