Ebay makes me want to punch people in their mouth.

Post by **undamned** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:42 pm

"It is BRAND NEW & PLAYED ONLY ONCE!!!"

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Robot-Alchemic- ... dZViewItem

-ud

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 8:15 pm

The LIST on this game is $59.99!
--- You will NEVER find this game for less than $49.99!

That's fucking funny, because I bought RAD at GameStop not that long ago for about 18 bucks. It's not that damn elusive...

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 11:52 pm

And I found it brand new for $5 years ago at Circuit City... Then again, quite a few Ebay sellers try this shit.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:00 am

This is how these people work, they raid the Circuit City/Best Buy almost every game is $5 sales to get as many copies as possible of whatever somewhat uncommon/unpopular games exist that the store as a billion copies of and then they act like the found the damn holy grail.

I'll never forget, before Digaea's reprinting, Circuit City had the first sale of 2004 of this kind, there were like two hundred seperate auctions for Disgaea sealed for $80. The game so rare that there were a million billion auctions for it up at any given time.

So stupid.

I tried to see if I could get a good deal on something or other at the Circuit City a few months ago, I showed up like ten minutes after they opened and some dumb ass was already walking out with literally three hundred games. What the hell?

He ended up trading in half of them for like $1 each at my store a month later though.

To be more on topic, it's a shame how people will ALWAYS fall for something being "rare" if it's even remotely difficult to get. It's kind of discouraging as a collector too to see people go berserk over getting some game that's supposedly impossible to find just because you can't just walk into a Gamestop/EB and buy it sealed. I gotta listen to people brag to me about how they got Oni on the PS2 and how rare it is or how they "tracked down" a copy of Shadow Hearts: Covenant.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:13 am

For newer games, eBay really isn't worth looking at anymore. Too many "power sellers" with 1 stock photo and $7.99 shipping. If it's not one of the eBay business types it's someone without the game case, posing the disc/cartridge on a dirty floor. It's just ridiculous trying to wade through the trash. In conclusion, most people on eBay deserve a punch in the mouth.

Post by **undamned** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:50 am

I guess my point wasn't so much that he's got a jacked up price, but that "PLAYED ONLY ONCE" != "BRAND NEW!!!" Either it's new sealed or used and mint condtion. There is no such thing as used and new at the same time.
-ud

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 3:11 pm

undamned wrote:Ebay makes me want to punch people in their mouth

well, if worse comes to worse, maybe pacrappa or vexorg can do us all a favor.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:22 pm

captain ahar wrote:
undamned wrote:Ebay makes me want to punch people in their mouth
well, if worse comes to worse, maybe pacrappa or vexorg can do us all a favor.

No prob! I can easily not bid on that for you guys.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:26 pm

PaCrappa wrote:
captain ahar wrote:
undamned wrote:Ebay makes me want to punch people in their mouth
well, if worse comes to worse, maybe pacrappa or vexorg can do us all a favor.
No prob! I can easily not bid on that for you guys.

or maybe you can run off and punch that seller in the face! ^_^

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:28 pm

undamned wrote:I guess my point wasn't so much that he's got a jacked up price, but that "PLAYED ONLY ONCE" != "BRAND NEW!!!" Either it's new sealed or used and mint condtion. There is no such thing as used and new at the same time.
-ud

Gamestop does this shit, which is just another reason why I hate them. They open all of their games, and sell them as "new". It always seems that they only have "one last copy", and it's opened heh.

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:33 pm

captain ahar wrote:or maybe you can run off and punch that seller in the face! ^_^

Nah, I like the grappling. I could take him down, sit on him and spit in his eye but he'd have to insult my mother or one of my dogs for something like that to happen.

Anyways, here's a really sweet one I saw yesterday: http://cgi.ebay.com/Metal-Warriors-SNES ... dZViewItem

Enjoy!

Pa

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:42 pm

PaCrappa wrote:Nah, I like the grappling. I could take him down, sit on him and spit in his eye but he'd have to insult my mother or one of my dogs for something like that to happen.
Enjoy!
Pa

oh man you mean you didn't hear, i was totally talking to tonybestbuy the other day, and he was all, "hey you know that pacrappa guy? i hear his mom wears tacky shoes."

anyway, best auction ever, i especially love the stuff that looks like paint thats collected around the carts open end.

edit: not to mention how the auction heading isn't misleading in the least.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:46 pm

hah nice one pacrappa, "tonys best buys" - the jokes in the name. jesus $95 for a snes cartridge "metal warriors" wtf ive never even heard of this game

PaCrappa · Post by **PaCrappa** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:41 pm

DC906270 wrote:wtf ive never even heard of this game

Obviously. Because it's so rare. Makes me wanna start savin up right now.

Pa

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:21 pm

Neo Rasa wrote:I'll never forget, before Digaea's reprinting, Circuit City had the first sale of 2004 of this kind, there were like two hundred seperate auctions for Disgaea sealed for $80. The game so rare that there were a million billion auctions for it up at any given time.

So stupid.

I tried to see if I could get a good deal on something or other at the Circuit City a few months ago, I showed up like ten minutes after they opened and some dumb ass was already walking out with literally three hundred games. What the hell?

That is similar to what I did when GC Choas Field just came out, I bought 24 copies for $52 each...

End up selling most of them at $20 somthing, I still have two extra copy to go. Anyone interested?

Neo Rasa wrote:He ended up trading in half of them for like $1 each at my store a month later though.

What is the trade in value of a sealed Japanese copy of Chaos Field at your store?

Neo Rasa wrote:To be more on topic, it's a shame how people will ALWAYS fall for something being "rare" if it's even remotely difficult to get. It's kind of discouraging as a collector too to see people go berserk over getting some game that's supposedly impossible to find just because you can't just walk into a Gamestop/EB and buy it sealed. I gotta listen to people brag to me about how they got Oni on the PS2 and how rare it is or how they "tracked down" a copy of Shadow Hearts: Covenant.

Well sometime one could make $3 to 8 for selling Japanese games without forgrin release at eBay...

But well the stock is going very slow and the price fall faster than you could sell your stock...

That is...
(1) If you could only sell a few copies of a game, you could only bought your stock at retail, and you earn very little. (Net profit $2 to 4 per copy)
(2) If you want to bought you stock cheap, you have to bought it from the whole seller. But then the price of the game would fall faster than you could sell.

It is not a good business to sell at eBay, unless you are using it as an alternative channel to sell you stock.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 3:04 am

Heh, that reminds me of a guy that was infamous to us on NG.com.

He bough seventy-four copies of Dreamcast Ikaruga and boasted heavily about this.

Much like the Ressurrection, three days later GC port with US release is announced.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:48 am

Neo Rasa wrote:He bough seventy-four copies of Dreamcast Ikaruga and boasted heavily about this.

IF it is DC, he could still make money on that. GC version of shmups worth nothing, since...

it there is too few shmups released on that console
=> thus very few shmuppers have it
=> demand of shmup games is low for GC
=> GC shmup titles won't sell.

For DC, it is another story.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:53 am

The price dip after the GC version was announced was epic though, for him.

Naiera · Post by **Naiera** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:50 am

SAM wrote: That is similar to what I did when GC Choas Field just came out, I bought 24 copies for $52 each...

Why the hell would you do that?