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

[Medic_wheat]

Yeah, that's what I got. It looks like it they made the mold from a reworked DS case.

Do you think it is something you'd use?  Or not really in the market for something like this.

[HailingTheThings]

That site looks pretty hot for repro GEN cases, my oh my. :3

[Medic_wheat]

That site looks pretty hot for repro GEN cases, my oh my. :3

To bad the prices feel a little high. But meh. If I just pick up 25 or so at a time as needed I case put the majority of my looks stuff in cases. But when it comes to Genesis I really try to by COB from the start.

[HailingTheThings]

That site looks pretty hot for repro GEN cases, my oh my. :3

To bad the prices feel a little high. But meh. If I just pick up 25 or so at a time as needed I case put the majority of my looks stuff in cases. But when it comes to Genesis I really try to by COB from the start.

I do the same, but some games have really shit condition boxes. I do what I can to clean them up, but I can only do so much when working with absolute shit. lol

[csgx1]

PCE Works Drac X energy drink, $75.  Seller description states, "This will only go up in value." 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Dracula-x-rondo-of-blood-PROMO-energy-drink-snes-pc-engine-FULL-RARE-/221969688733

[Black Tiger]

PCE Works Drac X energy drink, $75.  Seller description states, "This will only go up in value." 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Dracula-x-rondo-of-blood-PROMO-energy-drink-snes-pc-engine-FULL-RARE-/221969688733

Seller has a couple negative feedbacks for selling bootlegs.

It's not really a PROMO item if I make a one of a kind Nintendo sticker and put it on a pack of socks.

[Necromancer]

Rarez energeh drank, bruh! 

[seieienbu]

I for one know that there's no safer investment than energy drinks; they're guaranteed to go up in value and not slowly eat through the can in which they're stored.

[HailingTheThings]

PCE Works Drac X energy drink, $75.  Seller description states, "This will only go up in value." 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Dracula-x-rondo-of-blood-PROMO-energy-drink-snes-pc-engine-FULL-RARE-/221969688733

F***ing hilarious.

[johnnykonami]

What's the back story on this energy drink anyway?   Was it something Tobias had made somehow to go along with the PCE bootlegs?  Or what?

[seieienbu]

Yep.  Iirc, if you bought his limited edition in a wooden box or whatever, it would come with 3 or 4 cans.  ...cans that are Guaranteed to go up in value.

[Black Tiger]

I bought something on eBay on Dec 11th. Today I received a notification that it had been received by the Global Shipping Program shipping center. Soon the iten I bought 11 days ago will be sent to me from the U.S., instead of the U.S. seller sending it direct to me. For this privelage I was charged double the price of usps shipping, will still have to pay any "customs" fees and it will likely arrive in a smaller, less insulated box.

[toymachine78]

I bought something on eBay on Dec 11th. Today I received a notification that it had been received by the Global Shipping Program shipping center. Soon the iten I bought 11 days ago will be sent to me from the U.S., instead of the U.S. seller sending it direct to me. For this privelage I was charged double the price of usps shipping, will still have to pay any "customs" fees and it will likely arrive in a smaller, less insulated box.

What!? How does that happen? Are you in Canada?

[tool]

The latest market report states that TurboGrafx-16 games went down in price slightly. This is the overall market. The really rare gems are still gouged, its just that overall the games went down in price. There are about dozen titles from the library that currently sell for around $10 on ebay. If market decreases annually, then by year 2035 these games will be worthless like baseball cards and the entire sports card market. What happened in the past decade was the peak of this collecting hobby. It will in the future level out and go back in to the woodwork like stamp collecting, cards, hobby trains and all that other junk. So cheers! and sorry to those who thought their games were gonna cost a fortune forever always for eternity.

[grolt]

I bought something on eBay on Dec 11th. Today I received a notification that it had been received by the Global Shipping Program shipping center. Soon the iten I bought 11 days ago will be sent to me from the U.S., instead of the U.S. seller sending it direct to me. For this privelage I was charged double the price of usps shipping, will still have to pay any "customs" fees and it will likely arrive in a smaller, less insulated box.

The struggle is real, man. Global Shipping program is just terrible. The people behind it think that the great benefit is that there are never any fees at the door for delivery, but that's never been the problem for any buyer - it's paying EXTRA fees that people dislike, and the GSP makes those import fees mandatory every time, even when 90% of the time Canada Post never charges customs fees for old games anyway. The other kicker is paying more for shipping because it effectively had to be shipped twice. I don't understand why this program doesn't just generate a label for the seller and handle it that way. The issues for most sellers who are reluctant to ship out of country is that they don't know how to do the paperwork; just make it easy on sellers with a customs label and everybody would win. Now, as you said, the package simply just gets sent to the US distribution center and then te packed in worse packaging and sent your way for an even longer delay. Terrible business model for the consumer.