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MasonSushi

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Over priced converters????
« on: May 18, 2011, 12:27:02 PM »
I thought they were right at $100 or so for one of these things. Not this much:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230622393305&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

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chany60126

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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2011, 12:47:14 PM »
Converters used to sell for that much 8 or 10 months ago. But the whole Turbo market has gone absolutely apeshit as of late on eBay. I haven't seen an Air Zonk with manual sell for less than $65.

Telegames was selling Mirai converters for about 60 British Pounds (their site is temporarily down). But honestly, why pay that much when you can get a region mod done by one of the techies, or just buy a chopsado pc engine converter from chop5 for much cheaper.
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2011, 01:09:08 PM »
I'm always surprised that some people are willing to spend so much for converters.  I sold a modified purple barney about 8 years ago for about $150 and soon after prices dropped to around $75.  Apparently, prices have risen again.   

So whats the story with the white color case?  Is this the same thing as the purple one and was modified to fit Duos?  Or is this a later model that is designed to fit Duos? 
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SignOfZeta

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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2011, 02:02:19 PM »
$100 for a converter is f*cking INSANE. You can get an entire PC Engine for that. If people are paying even more for these things now then that's just even more stupid.

These US collectors, the ones that apparently are so hardcore they pay unlimited money for shit yet have never been to this forum...who the f*ck are these morons?
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2011, 02:08:55 PM »
Only a fool would pay more for a f'n converter than what they can get a Duo-R.  f*ckin' hell, what's wrong with these clowns?

Quote from: csgx1 on May 18, 2011, 01:09:08 PM
So whats the story with the white color case?  Is this the same thing as the purple one and was modified to fit Duos?  Or is this a later model that is designed to fit Duos?  

Purple, white, or brown - they're all the same except for the color.
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2011, 02:09:05 PM »
Umm is that Aaron who sold that particular converter?  8-[
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2011, 02:09:34 PM »
Do you know this guy? Its nickname is pcenginefx and I read in his description: "Direct from the Pcenginefx.com personal collection"

Did you ever see a post about that? Just asking.  
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2011, 02:10:51 PM »
Quote from: BlueBMW on May 18, 2011, 02:09:05 PM
Umm is that Aaron who sold that particular converter?  8-[

Yep.
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2011, 02:14:25 PM »
ha ha ha i guess sparks wouldnt let him in the f ebay club.  but I dont really think its his fault. its these retards who will pay it. and yes..........who the hell are these people?
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2011, 02:19:50 PM »
yeah it's an auction listing so it's not his fault that it went up to that much.
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2011, 02:22:26 PM »
It started at a penny and with free shipping.  Hard to complain about those terms.
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2011, 02:24:56 PM »
Yep, cant blame the seller when an auction reaches that high. It is crazy the amount some people would spend on this though.  I guess for some, they wanna keep their Duo original and prefer not to mod.  Me, I would take a region mod anyday..  I would like to have a converter at some point, just for the sake of my collection tho. 
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #12 on: May 18, 2011, 02:34:22 PM »
umbelievable!!
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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #13 on: May 18, 2011, 02:44:46 PM »
I don't understand paying that much for a converter, unless the buyer wants it for it's collectibility.  I paid $200 before shipping for my region-modded, RGB-modded Duo-R.  Add 20 more bucks for an arcade card and you can play every turbo game ever made except for the SuperGrafx games.  So I dont get $180 for a dopry converter.

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Re: Over priced converters????
« Reply #14 on: May 18, 2011, 02:57:42 PM »
pretty crazy its gotten that high... I guess you can't blame Aaron for selling it on ebay. It makes me think about selling mine if they go for that much, but then that would just keep the vicious ebay gouging cycle going wouldn't it?
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