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

[Mathius]

That guy can take that $250 Lords of thunder and shove it up his dingleberry encrusted ass. Sideways!

[gex]

He should at least be competitive with eBay BIN listings, as he's way over a lot of them..

[seieienbu]

Clicked the thread to see the responses then caught a glipse of the loose Deep Blue for $40.  I missed that last time.  That's the most outrageous thing in there imo.

[esteban]

Clicked the thread to see the responses then caught a glipse of the loose Deep Blue for $40.  I missed that last time.  That's the most outrageous thing in there imo.

I love that you mentioned that, because I uttered that price outloud to Johnpv and shook my head: "Only $40 for a loose Deep Blue."

Insanity.

[gex]

Clicked the thread to see the responses then caught a glipse of the loose Deep Blue for $40.  I missed that last time.  That's the most outrageous thing in there imo.

For a loose Deep Blue that's insane. Must have just priced quickly after he saw a listing on eBay for $40?

The Hero Tonma isn't even close to being realistic either. Our boi JBeebs has his CIB on eBay now for 1.4KUSD, and it looks to be in similar condition. Pricing an item $1,100 higher to a similar eBay BIN is just ridiculous. Especially considering the eBay/Paypal fees JB would have to pay IF it even sold for his asking price.

Like where did he even come up with $2,500 lol, I would genuinely like to know. Has one ever sold for that in the sad price history of Hero Tonma CIB? I can ever so slightly understand pricing Deep blue @40 just because of other idoits, but this genuinely has me at a loss. Where did he get $2,500USD from? Why not $5,400? Or how about $14,500? There's parameters here to work with, but the sellers greed is blinding.

[Black Tiger]

Guys like that are making the "fair market" prices slowly inflate by creating an artificial short supply by sitting on all of the games they're hording.

[seieienbu]

Guys like that are making the "fair market" prices slowly inflate by creating an artificial short supply by sitting on all of the games they're hording.

And eventually, possibly, the  "fair market" price reaches the seller's asking price at which point the market decided that $2500 for Tonma was a real thing!  Thanks, resellers.

[Gypsy]

Some people like the benefit of being able to fully inspect the condition of something instead of an online listing.  Some people have a budget to buy stuff like this in person for a con outing.

Personally, I never got the draw.  Every time I go to an anime convention I see all sorts of overpriced stuff and I groan watching the people spend $20 on something than costs like $5 or less if you know where to look.  If I see something I like at a con, I normally take a picture and research/buy it later when I get home.

I do the same.  I'm actually more inclined to purchase something off of ebay if I'm in a location where I see whatever for a much larger price than the going rate.  I may be doing this out of spite for people trying to profiteer off the hobby in a super lazy way; it's hard to be sure.  In this particular case, I think these prices are completely ridiculous and deserve to be scoffed at.

I certainly can't see purposefully paying more at a con. Definitely agree, why support it.

[xelement5x]

I also wonder if con sellers price stuff higher because they know people are more likely to haggle too. 

[seieienbu]

I also wonder if con sellers price stuff higher because they know people are more likely to haggle too. 

That may well be the case but I can't imagine $2500 Legend of Tonma being haggled down to sub-ebay levels under any circumstance.

[Napoli]

You would think with them saving on PayPal and eBay fees the dealers would price their games a little lower.

[Gypsy]

They see people that already paid to get into the con as having rape my wallet signs on.

[turboswimbz]

You would think with them saving on PayPal and eBay fees the dealers would price their games a little lower.

hmmmmmmm ..... Some of the higher prices are to deter those that at both cons and in-store would come in and wipe them out to flip them. Some items are not meant to be sold but are there more as LOOK we have rare games. etc. Some are just because eventually, someone may buy it, to show off to everyone at the Con. I remember similar practices by the vendors for football and baseball cards before the crash.   

[retro junkie]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Magical-Chase-Game-Case-Turbografx-16-/282581766691?hash=item41cb2f9223:g:3CUAAOSwjJRZcqr~

There's two types of people in Kentucky: cousin-f*ckin'-hillbillies and turbob-sticker-gougetards; which one are you?

and people who like skyline chili

  Hey wait a minute, I live in Kentucky..................but I do live in the CITY!! Not in the hills or country. So that might make a difference. Right? 

I wonder if this guy has the plastic wrap to go with that. It would make it more authentic.

[PCEngineTrev]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Turbografx-CD-Turbografx-16-System-Card-2-0-multi-controller-adapter-RCA-game-/192312529829?hash=item2cc6b853a5:g:HoIAAOSwxX1Zwz9L

Its a nice complete set up, but nearly $600??