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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6435 on: October 28, 2015, 04:49:51 AM »
GoT 4-in-1 is selling regularly on eBay for $40 - $60. There are methods to getting games at the reasonable selling prices, but I don't want to post them anymore as we have more flippers and collectards here than game players now.
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6436 on: October 28, 2015, 05:19:54 AM »
Question....

Buying broken consoles and then fixing and modding them. While still trying to make a profit even if small.

Would that be considered flipping or trying to spread the joy of Obey? Speaking of NEC consoles only.

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« Reply #6437 on: October 28, 2015, 05:27:11 AM »
That's what Turbokon and Keith are doing, though they offer mods in addition to repairing 'em.  I don't think anyone cares as long as you're not hoarding way more than you can fix and sell or trying to resell for stupid prices.
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« Reply #6438 on: October 28, 2015, 06:01:59 AM »
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.


I appreciate the sentiment, but I'm trying to stay in the $50-60 range if I can help it.  That may mean I never get it, but that's okay.  I can't afford to go broke on buying all the games I want for the system.  I also make no promises as to being a good boy.

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



I did a while back and they didn't have it, but I'll try 'em again.

GoT 4-in-1 is selling regularly on eBay for $40 - $60. There are methods to getting games at the reasonable selling prices, but I don't want to post them anymore as we have more flippers and collectards here than game players now.


I'm all for that.  The last thing we need is for everything to get even MORE expensive.  Ah, well.  To heck with it.  There's no rush.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6439 on: October 28, 2015, 03:00:24 PM »
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.

That was not me this time, but I do look for good opportunities.  Seller fees on half a million has got to be expensive...



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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6442 on: November 03, 2015, 08:27:13 PM »
^ Those hands are way too small to belong to Big Bad Bernie. <3

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6443 on: November 04, 2015, 01:46:09 AM »
$300 for this game? WTF!
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And on top of that $12.57 shipping charges and $45.54 import charges.
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6444 on: November 04, 2015, 03:57:13 AM »
$300 for this game? WTF!

And on top of that $12.57 shipping charges and $45.54 import charges.
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That's a scam that eBay signed onto. Much like the fake recycling fees collected on various containers where I live, the "Global Postal Service" or whatever is just a company that formed to steal money from online purchases. They might pickup packages from sellers or something, but the real scam is that they collect fake duty charges that they calculate on their own, under the premise of paying them to receiver's government in advance. But the charges are inaccurate and more than 95% of the international packages I receive don't get snagged for "customs" fees and even in the rare case they do, it's usually <5% of what the GPS charges every single time. The worst part of all is thatvit really is a 100% scam as they don't even send the receiver's government anything. So after paying $12 shipping + $45 "import fees" on an $80 game, you can still get stuck with the actual duty/customs charges. It's a terribke choice by too nany sellers to use this service because even if it were legit, it still makes your items 50% more expensive than competitors who just use USPS.

My guess is that eBay let them in because they get kickbacks or are the owner of the "service".
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6445 on: November 04, 2015, 04:52:00 AM »
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$300 for this game? WTF!

And on top of that $12.57 shipping charges and $45.54 import charges.

That's a scam that eBay signed onto. Much like the fake recycling fees collected on various containers where I live, the "Global Postal Service" or whatever is just a company that formed to steal money from online purchases. They might pickup packages from sellers or something, but the real scam is that they collect fake duty charges that they calculate on their own, under the premise of paying them to receiver's government in advance. But the charges are inaccurate and more than 95% of the international packages I receive don't get snagged for "customs" fees and even in the rare case they do, it's usually <5% of what the GPS charges every single time. The worst part of all is thatvit really is a 100% scam as they don't even send the receiver's government anything. So after paying $12 shipping + $45 "import fees" on an $80 game, you can still get stuck with the actual duty/customs charges. It's a terribke choice by too nany sellers to use this service because even if it were legit, it still makes your items 50% more expensive than competitors who just use USPS.

My guess is that eBay let them in because they get kickbacks or are the owner of the "service".

Apparently even sellers who realize that it is a scam and only limiting their potential customer base cannot cancel it once they are signed up.. (unless that has changed recently...)
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6446 on: November 04, 2015, 06:38:55 AM »
GSP also has another problem: they often repack your stuff into smaller package to make shipping cost cheaper.  Quite often they will not use enough padding or such, and someone bought a CIB Jack Bros for virtual Boy, got the cart only because the idiot threw away the box and manual to make the package smaller!!!  A nice $200 loss right there.

I go out of the way to not use GSP and make sure all of my listing does not have GSP enabled.  It may make things easier for seller but it hurts the buyer a lot.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6447 on: November 04, 2015, 08:40:07 AM »
GSP also has another problem: they often repack your stuff into smaller package to make shipping cost cheaper.  Quite often they will not use enough padding or such, and someone bought a CIB Jack Bros for virtual Boy, got the cart only because the idiot threw away the box and manual to make the package smaller!!!  A nice $200 loss right there.

I go out of the way to not use GSP and make sure all of my listing does not have GSP enabled.  It may make things easier for seller but it hurts the buyer a lot.

Damn! Did you file a complaint with anybody?
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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6448 on: November 04, 2015, 10:25:56 AM »
GSP also has another problem: they often repack your stuff into smaller package to make shipping cost cheaper.  Quite often they will not use enough padding or such, and someone bought a CIB Jack Bros for virtual Boy, got the cart only because the idiot threw away the box and manual to make the package smaller!!!  A nice $200 loss right there.

I go out of the way to not use GSP and make sure all of my listing does not have GSP enabled.  It may make things easier for seller but it hurts the buyer a lot.

Damn! Did you file a complaint with anybody?
Lukemorse1 detailed a lot of these issues on his YouTube channel. He had issues with several arcade boards he bought/sold. He filed complaints, and made several calls to customer service. EBay's response: Zero f*cks given.

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Re: Turbo Gouging on Ebay ( r.i.p. - gouging much )
« Reply #6449 on: November 04, 2015, 12:48:20 PM »
GSP also has another problem: they often repack your stuff into smaller package to make shipping cost cheaper.  Quite often they will not use enough padding or such, and someone bought a CIB Jack Bros for virtual Boy, got the cart only because the idiot threw away the box and manual to make the package smaller!!!  A nice $200 loss right there.

I go out of the way to not use GSP and make sure all of my listing does not have GSP enabled.  It may make things easier for seller but it hurts the buyer a lot.

Damn! Did you file a complaint with anybody?
Lukemorse1 detailed a lot of these issues on his YouTube channel. He had issues with several arcade boards he bought/sold. He filed complaints, and made several calls to customer service. EBay's response: Zero f*cks given.

I remember those videos he did. That's been forever ago and things still haven't changed.  [-(
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