Ebay hall of shame

[Flash]

I remember a guy trying to sell a sealed box of Shockwave Assault for Win95 for like $2k. I dunno about other places but in late 90s game stores in Moscow were simply filled with 2-6 years old EA games for really cheap prices like $1-3, so it's as common as hydrogen in universe.

I still have new and never used copies of Donkey Kong, Metroid 2, Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Land 2 for GB. I asked for those games for birthday, both my friend and uncle got them for me, so i got 2 copies of each game, one played, one never opened since. Maybe i should sell those games for $ over 9000 each ? :D


P.S. About that Biohazard's Collector Box. A friend of mine from France got it for less than 200 euro :D

[hamburger]

I had never heard of the VGA before this topic but it seems very laughable. $20k for a copy of one of the best selling games for the NES? OH BUT ITS SEALED! Big deal.

In 2008, Guinness World Records listed the game as the best-selling video game to be sold separately from a system, and reported worldwide sales of over 18 million copies.

18 million copies. I'm sure there are thousands of sealed boxes still out there.

[Lum]

How many of the SMB3 copies were sold as a bundle? NES Challenge Set included it later.

[ave]

Who knows? But even if only 10% of the game were sold as boxed copies, the price for a sealed copy would still be ludicrous.

1,800,000 boxed copies
Let's say there are still 1% sealed copies left in the world, maybe.
18,000 sealed copies

A game like Shinrei Jusatsushi Taroumaru, sought-after, famous, awesome, had a print-run of a rumoured 5000 units. If 1% is still sealed, that's 50 copies. Its sealed price is around $500-750

18,000 copy game: $10,000
50 copy game: $500-750

And it's not as if Taroumaru was a super-obscure game that only 1 person in the world cares about. It's just that these VGA sellers and NES-sealed-collectors in general are full of fuck and should pull their heads out of their asses before they spend all their income on sealed shovelware garbage.

ave over and out. -__-

[brendand]

I cannot post pictures soo here is a link http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...ht_4917wt_1082

[DefectX11]

^ and still charges you for shipping after you pay that price?

You know, we could all take advantage of VGA- get boxed games that they say cost $9000, then list 'em for much less. I'm betting some moron would buy it with the impression it's a good deal.

[brendand]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Cheetahm...ht_1702wt_1185 lol some of these listings are silly i know cheetahman 2 is a rare game but who wants to pay anywhere near this much for it ?

[Franzh11]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Cheetahm...ht_1702wt_1185 lol some of these listings are silly i know cheetahman 2 is a rare game but who wants to pay anywhere near this much for it ?

agree, since AVGN now showed us what it is completely...

[graciano1337]

agree, since AVGN now showed us what it is completely...

lol, loved that episode. you'd think after seeing it people would try and avoid the game. but i think his video had the opposite effect.

[MSX]

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[bob]

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lmfao, thats ridiculous, remind me to go to walmart and pick one up for 50 bucks :P

[Mack702]

LMAO what a joke.

[ArgyleEyes]

My mind is blown [insert gif] at some of this vga stuff D_D
yet...I'm tempted. Is there really even a good enough market demographic for that XD jeepers.

[MSX]

I think at this point, there should be a VGA hall of shame.

[ave]

What makes me wonder is why those sellers choose prices as idiotic as $1300 for their rated consoles. Do they ever sell anything???
Wouldn't it be more profitable if they set the price at $400 or something, that would cover $100 acquisition, $100 grading and still yields a massive 100% profit? But no, they want $1300. What the fuck?

[brendand]

I think at this point, there should be a VGA hall of shame.

starting a thread called that lol

[HEX1GON]

starting a thread called that lol

They're all on eBay, no need for a small, yet similar thread.

[Mathias]

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I think this one takes the cake...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NES-Nintendo...#ht_500wt_1413

[graciano1337]

my heavens that's a lot of money...

[Mathias]

^From description:

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Here it is folks...your chance to own a copy of The Flintstones 2 Surprise at Dinosaur Peak sealed and VGA graded 80+!!! This is one of the rarest games for the NES Nintendo Entertainment System. Complete, its even rarer. Sealed??? Well, there isn't another one around. This truly is a one of a kind item! " This is one seller who knows what he's talking about! </sarcasm>