ebay (and other) auctions with insane prices

[AntiFritz]

One I spotted recently...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/sega-genesis-MU ... 2ec8725b4b

Holy Shit, that's gotta be up there with one of the highest vg sales ever hasn't it?

[DocHauser]

Still not as high as these two...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FACTORY-SEA ... 3a72842fb4

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Mario-Bro ... 2a2c238f67

[neorichieb1971]

Has anyone seen these sell?

I've never seen a VG rating game actually sell.

[BIL]

Not ebay, or an auction, but this wacky thread is probably the best place to post this unfortunate yet hilariously brazen occurrence over at Digital Press. Unfortunately the balls definitely touched this time.

[AntiFritz]

Still not as high as these two...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FACTORY-SEA ... 3a72842fb4

You'd sure hope there actually were copies of Lunar 2 in that box..

[trap15]

Not ebay, or an auction, but this wacky thread is probably the best place to post this unfortunate yet hilariously brazen occurrence over at Digital Press. Unfortunately the balls definitely touched this time.

Wow, that was quite a thread. Good read

[BrianC]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Mario-Bro ... 2a2c238f67

Ugh. Not only over priced, but even has SNES and N64 in the title description to make sure it shows up even when you aren't specifically looking for a NES or Famicom game.

[Ed Oscuro]

report -> keyword spam

[drauch]

Still not as high as these two...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-FACTORY-SEA ... 3a72842fb4

You'd sure hope there actually were copies of Lunar 2 in that box..

Seriously? They can't open the fuckin' box. It's not like it's one of those coveted CAVE boxes with branding on the side and such. That's just a damned cardboard box with some packing tape on it.

[Ed Oscuro]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KU2-KU-2-SHARP- ... 4d0e42f3ae

[sven666]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KU2-KU-2-SHARP- ... 4d0e42f3ae

proboably the same guy that tried to sell it here on the forum as one of the alltime rarities not too long ago..

[BIL]

Jesus, was reading around the fallout from the scammer linked in my last post... this is the only gaming forum I've regularly read/posted at since 2009, and I think it's spoiled me. Judging by the reactions to this guy Digital Press, Nintendo Age and Racketboy are retard breeding facilities. No wonder he had such a good run. One golden nugget among many:

"I just asked for clarification because when I hear "scammed" I automatically assume that you didn't get your money back. Under your definition, I've also been scammed of several hundred dollars where I had to wait several weeks through various paypal processes until they made the other person's account negative. I guess it is a scam still, but it's much better than the alternative of getting no money back."

[Ed Oscuro]

I hate to say it but I think your assessment is pretty accurate. Too many people on DP let their greed overcome their brain. Simple ideas like "does this guy have any feedback anywhere," "do these pictures come up in the top Google hits," "why is he selling for a huge loss when he doesn't have to," and "this isn't the thrift store, I have to send money before I get the item" apparently never occur to many people.

Their on topic discussion seems to be getting better but yeah, any place where people show up regularly to post "WHICH IZ DA BESTS CONSOL" threads and "IS GAME X ANY GOOD?" (I love Urzu### though) is probably going to have its share of silly kids. But some of these people have been around for years.

[Skykid]

Not ebay, or an auction, but this wacky thread is probably the best place to post this unfortunate yet hilariously brazen occurrence over at Digital Press. Unfortunately the balls definitely touched this time.

Wow, that was quite a thread. Good read

Thoroughly enjoyed.

[Stormwatch]

Just searched for a Mega Drive to USB adapter.

A seller has it for $15, free international shipping.

Another has it for $115 + $50 international shipping.

[Ed Oscuro]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/xbox-360-MEMORY ... 2580b3be4f

[mezzanine]

I hate to say it but I think your assessment is pretty accurate. Too many people on DP let their greed overcome their brain. Simple ideas like "does this guy have any feedback anywhere," "do these pictures come up in the top Google hits," "why is he selling for a huge loss when he doesn't have to," and "this isn't the thrift store, I have to send money before I get the item" apparently never occur to many people.

Their on topic discussion seems to be getting better but yeah, any place where people show up regularly to post "WHICH IZ DA BESTS CONSOL" threads and "IS GAME X ANY GOOD?" (I love Urzu### though) is probably going to have its share of silly kids. But some of these people have been around for years.

Hmm. I lost a significant amount of money at DP earlier this year and it certainly wasn't greed motivating me in that trade. The sellers posting history and the items he was selling matched up, plus the exif data on the photos was good as well. It's easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when buying niche items.
The only odd thing at the start was the seller disarmingly asking me for feedback when I contacted him.

I almost never visit there but there was a few topics in the Classic Computer Gaming section I had googled and unfortunately I randomly had a look at the B-S forum...

[AntiFritz]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/xbox-360-MEMORY ... 2580b3be4f

I ate a live squirrel once....

What

[Dave_K.]

Sorry if this was already posted...just noticed this guy still going at it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Video-Game-Reta ... 461005694b

17 offers...to bad it doesn't show how much the offers were.

[Skykid]

Sorry if this was already posted...just noticed this guy still going at it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Video-Game-Reta ... 461005694b

17 offers...to bad it doesn't show how much the offers were.

Sorry if this was already posted...just noticed this guy still going at it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Video-Game-Reta ... 461005694b

17 offers...to bad it doesn't show how much the offers were.

That's pretty amusing.

In Brighton we had/have a victorian era pier that was fire damaged by vandals and had been derelict for some time. The council put it up for sale for £1 - no takers.

I'll be interested to see if he gets a million dollars for his non-existent videogame 'potential franchise'.

The offers must have been jokes or chancers (maybe $500) as I reckon anything over $50k he would have jumped on.

[RaidenViper]

Sorry if this was already posted...just noticed this guy still going at it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Video-Game-Reta ... 461005694b

17 offers...to bad it doesn't show how much the offers were.

Found this from the same seller:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Metal-S ... 0790567247

[Casey120]

Sorry if this was already posted...just noticed this guy still going at it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Video-Game-Reta ... 461005694b

17 offers...to bad it doesn't show how much the offers were.

Most offers where around the $ 50,- mark or less, it's a fun sport on NeoGeo

[trap15]

Best part of that is this bit in the description:

Options to purchase inventory and/or take over established brick and mortar store currently located in Huntington Beach, CA are available but not included.

So you're paying 1 MEEEEELLION dollars for... a name? With an atrocious reputation? Sounds like a plan.

[Ed Oscuro]

I hate to say it but I think your assessment is pretty accurate. Too many people on DP let their greed overcome their brain. Simple ideas like "does this guy have any feedback anywhere," "do these pictures come up in the top Google hits," "why is he selling for a huge loss when he doesn't have to," and "this isn't the thrift store, I have to send money before I get the item" apparently never occur to many people.

Their on topic discussion seems to be getting better but yeah, any place where people show up regularly to post "WHICH IZ DA BESTS CONSOL" threads and "IS GAME X ANY GOOD?" (I love Urzu### though) is probably going to have its share of silly kids. But some of these people have been around for years.

Hmm. I lost a significant amount of money at DP earlier this year and it certainly wasn't greed motivating me in that trade. The sellers posting history and the items he was selling matched up, plus the exif data on the photos was good as well. It's easy to get lulled into a false sense of security when buying niche items.
The only odd thing at the start was the seller disarmingly asking me for feedback when I contacted him.

I almost never visit there but there was a few topics in the Classic Computer Gaming section I had googled and unfortunately I randomly had a look at the B-S forum...

Hmm, sorry to hear that. Yeah, I guess there's going to be those odd cases you can't account for. There's no beating dealing with established traders from a community you know - of course even these people can flake out from time to time.

I've lost a good deal of money in bad purchases from time to time. Right now I'm waiting on somebody to hopefully get back to me over something from long ago.

[spadgy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/xbox-360-MEMORY ... 2580b3be4f

I ate a live squirrel once....

What

More bloody humans eating my friends and family.

[antron]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Toaplan-by- ... 1139487442

Was this auction auto-generated from my search history or what?

[TransatlanticFoe]

Those are a massive ripoff, it's just a collection of wikipedia articles. So yeah, your search history may have contributed to that being a thing.

[BIL]

Weren't some strategy guides / FAQs making the rounds too, a while back? I seem to recall ESP Ra. De... I wonder when my Metal Black paper will be published - I do hope they mail me a copy!

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!

I'm sold!

Toaplan (, T apuran?), sometimes written as Toa Plan, was a video game developer from Japan. They were responsible for the creation of a wide array of relatively famous scrolling shooters and arcade games, yet the company declared bankruptcy in 1994.

"Yet they went bankrupt?" Pffft, obviously a shitty company ROFL!

[Ed Oscuro]

Haha, I was just looking at that the other day. Seeing things like that disproportionately tips the balance of "the free online encyclopedia that anybody can edit (OR SELL, LOL)" from "this is awesome" to "fuck that, I'm not participating in that clusterfuck." It would be nice if eBay could find a policy to remove that kind of stuff, but I have no idea how they would implement that in the form of a rule that we wouldn't all regret later. "Oh, it says here no self-published documents composed largely of work from other people...so I guess your copy of a '90s fanzine is clearly banned, sorry"

[moh]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Zelda-Cadre-Trif ... 093&_uhb=1