Foxsolo2000 Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I was on Ebay the other day looking at Atari games and I came across this below http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...p;rd=1&rd=1 This is just another example of what is wrong with the gaming world in general for no way on earth is this game worth the buy it now price that the seller was asking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hbomb Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I've seen people pay $50 for the Parker Brothers Frogger which is absolutely ridiculous. A game is only worth as much as someone is willing to pay, and I've seen some real doosies on Ebay. When someone does buy, its pretty good when you are on the selling end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted August 5, 2007 Author Share Posted August 5, 2007 To sum it up for our American allies the price in US dollars would have been $400.00. Would anyone from the states have paid that much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) 8 INTO 1 by GENUS it`s so rare that Atari age and Atari guide DO NOT HAVE IT EVEN LISTED ON THERE SITES WOW SUPERB ! This doesn't mean anything. AtariAge and AtariGuide are missing thousands of brazilian titles. This guy clearly has no clue. Edited August 5, 2007 by Rom Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipster Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I saw that when he first listed but it appears he's put it up at a more sensible price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 Since it's a pirate cart anyway you likely won't find it on AA. Gotta love how he says that ATARI CENTIPEDE IS RARE AND COLLECTIBLE! Looks like most of his other stuff is pretty reasonable, so maybe this was just a typo or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I saw that when he first listed but it appears he's put it up at a more sensible price. He probably found this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Starfire Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I saw this first time around too. Why is everything ***ULTRA RARE*** on ebay? Well except the things on there that probably are rare. He doesn't even say what games are on the thing! As a point of interest are Brazillian games PAL or NTSC? Best regards, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 (edited) As a point of interest are Brazillian games PAL or NTSC? Best regards, Chris Brazil uses the ***ULTRA RARE*** PAL-M standard which is actually a variant of NTSC (uses the same broadcast bandwidth, frame rate, and number of lines as NTSC, but uses PAL encoding). Their DVD's and games are NTSC. Edited August 5, 2007 by PingvinBlueJeans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipster Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 As a point of interest are Brazillian games PAL or NTSC? Best regards, Chris Brazil uses the ***ULTRA RARE*** PAL-M standard which is actually a variant of NTSC (uses the same broadcast bandwidth, frame rate, and number of lines as NTSC, but uses PAL encoding). Their DVD's and games are NTSC. Just beat me..this explains it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2600Lives Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I'm gonna put my Gameboy Tetris game up on ebay for 1000 bucks, label it ULTRA RARE and see if anyone bites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godzillajoe Posted August 5, 2007 Share Posted August 5, 2007 I love when games that are super common like Pac-Man are listed for like .01 but the shipping is $9.99 It costs 87 cents to mail a loose card in a padded envelope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytor Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 (edited) I love when games that are super common like Pac-Man are listed for like .01 but the shipping is $9.99 It costs 87 cents to mail a loose card in a padded envelope. Yeah, there are still people on eBay who fall for the .01 with outrageous shipping charge tactic, and plenty of dirtball sellers willing to shovel it out. Our friends at discountgames comes immediately to mind, though they aren't as bad on the shipping as others I've seen. I do think your quoted shipping rate is a bit low. Cheapest USPS rate I've found is $.80 - but that's for a 1oz. package, and loose carts in bubble envelope certainly weight more than 1 oz. And in all fairness to sellers, it's not all about the actual shipping rate, as there are certainly materials involved as well (padded envelope, box, tape, peanuts, etc.) that all add up. Edited August 6, 2007 by bytor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 I love when games that are super common like Pac-Man are listed for like .01 but the shipping is $9.99 It costs 87 cents to mail a loose card in a padded envelope. That's not the worst I ever encountered. One guy was selling Space invaders for 1p yet the postage was £25.00. I always thought it was a typo but who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Starfire Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 He's closed the auction at 99p and relisted again at starting price of £14.99. He has at least made a list of the games on the cart after a fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted August 10, 2007 Author Share Posted August 10, 2007 He's closed the auction at 99p and relisted again at starting price of £14.99. He has at least made a list of the games on the cart after a fashion. Its still overpriced at £14.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Starfire Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 He's closed the auction at 99p and relisted again at starting price of £14.99. He has at least made a list of the games on the cart after a fashion. Its still overpriced at £14.99. For sure, I got a bit corp 4 - 1 for £5 with bobby, snailvs squirrel, mr postman & open sesame & that's mint. Only got is as I have none of those games yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murph74 Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 He's closed the auction at 99p and relisted again at starting price of £14.99. He has at least made a list of the games on the cart after a fashion. Its still overpriced at £14.99. For sure, I got a bit corp 4 - 1 for £5 with bobby, snailvs squirrel, mr postman & open sesame & that's mint. Only got is as I have none of those games yet. If I'm seeing it right, the link in the original post goes to the Genus 8 in 1... a cart with 1 switch on one side and 2 on the other. Problem I see is, it's not an Atari cart, it's a Colecovision cart. And not an OLD Colecocart, but a case without the Coleco name on the back indented handle, meaning it's probably from Eduardo's source of Colecovision shells... a source that I don' thtink is that old. Eduardo, you got any further info on that? And, the other problem being, that even though Colecovision carts have similar dimensions (with the front half of the shell angled in on the short sides) and would fit into an Atari slot, it doesn't have the necessary pins to open the Atari cart dust cover. Just my observation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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