The Ebay Topic

[Jeremy1976]

I had read somewhere that someone purchases this game.  The listing didn't say it was a repro...so it was purchase and the buyer found out it was a repro and filed with ebay and paypal and lost because the seller had in his description that he purchased it from a yard sale.   I wish I could remember which website this was on

[FritzWhite]

According to these two, fake Little Samson carts have been popping up on Ebay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENLKgLctjh8

[CloudGamerX]

Seriously, why do people do that? Yeah, i can understand if someone does that so they can play it on a cart without spending too much on it. But to make one and sell it for a profit, how greedy can some people get? It just annoys me when people sell faked merchandise to make a quick buck. I, myself, can't even look at a rare mint game without it believing it is fake.

[sebboh]

I had read somewhere that someone purchases this game.  The listing didn't say it was a repro...so it was purchase and the buyer found out it was a repro and filed with ebay and paypal and lost because the seller had in his description that he purchased it from a yard sale.   I wish I could remember which website this was on

wow, that's rare normally paypal gives reason to the buyer with stupid arguments (i lost nearlly 150euro on various sales on ebay due paypal. The buyer argument that he didn't make the bid after receive the package or item was not as described..). You can find thousands of cases like that on google

[Jeremy1976]

this is the main reason I haven't purchased bubble bobble 2

[Jeremy1976]

here is the site that I read about the fake

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=117443

[sebboh]

here is the site that I read about the fake

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=117443

he get the money back finally. The last message of the victim:

Ok, some good news finally! After talking with ebay customer support the previous night and being told that they would not make a final decision just yet, I called back last night since I had not heard back. From what I was told, the previous rep closed out the case in the seller's favor (again, despite telling me that they would not make a decision that night and would also let me know the next day what the decision was...scumbags) but I actually had a nice conversation with another ebay rep last night named Tina who was able to help me. I have no idea why they finally reversed course after all of this, but regardless they did right by me and refunded my money. I am SO glad this ordeal is over. Thanks to all who helped me. I will not be buying games off ebay for a while...maybe after I lick my wounds I will check again but be more cautious this time for sure.

On my experience, paypal is always on the buyer side. You can use any excuse and paypal freeze the seller's account until the resolution.. of course if the seller is a scammer nice that they do this, but i lost precious games due this (and i can't do anything because the spanish laws)..

[Jeremy1976]

that must have been an update since I had read it the last time

[TDIRunner]

I'm glad he got his money back, but the way eBay handled this pisses me off to no end.

[wiggy]

here is the site that I read about the fake

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=117443

he get the money back finally. The last message of the victim:

Ok, some good news finally! After talking with ebay customer support the previous night and being told that they would not make a final decision just yet, I called back last night since I had not heard back. From what I was told, the previous rep closed out the case in the seller's favor (again, despite telling me that they would not make a decision that night and would also let me know the next day what the decision was...scumbags) but I actually had a nice conversation with another ebay rep last night named Tina who was able to help me. I have no idea why they finally reversed course after all of this, but regardless they did right by me and refunded my money. I am SO glad this ordeal is over. Thanks to all who helped me. I will not be buying games off ebay for a while...maybe after I lick my wounds I will check again but be more cautious this time for sure.

On my experience, paypal is always on the buyer side. You can use any excuse and paypal freeze the seller's account until the resolution.. of course if the seller is a scammer nice that they do this, but i lost precious games due this (and i can't do anything because the spanish laws)..

This isn't really true. But they DO put an immediate hold on the funds from that particular transaction while it's being resolved.  PayPal does side with the buyer about 99% of the time though, that is quite true. It's a headache when, as a seller, you've done all you can and the buyer is technically at fault

[madrocsz]

This whole reproduction label/fake carts is becoming quite the issue. Hate to see the value of my legit items dip due to trust of the market fading. That said, it's just the nature of business.

Off topic, see people selling UGC's are still popular. Have to laugh at this one person tho, the art isnt even the correct size for the case and doesn't make cuts etc to fit NES carts
http://www.ebay.com/sch/*retrovideogamer*/m.html?item=110986243543&hash=item19d74badd7&pt=US_Video_Game_Cases_Bags&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

[sebboh]

here is the site that I read about the fake

http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=117443

he get the money back finally. The last message of the victim:

Ok, some good news finally! After talking with ebay customer support the previous night and being told that they would not make a final decision just yet, I called back last night since I had not heard back. From what I was told, the previous rep closed out the case in the seller's favor (again, despite telling me that they would not make a decision that night and would also let me know the next day what the decision was...scumbags) but I actually had a nice conversation with another ebay rep last night named Tina who was able to help me. I have no idea why they finally reversed course after all of this, but regardless they did right by me and refunded my money. I am SO glad this ordeal is over. Thanks to all who helped me. I will not be buying games off ebay for a while...maybe after I lick my wounds I will check again but be more cautious this time for sure.

On my experience, paypal is always on the buyer side. You can use any excuse and paypal freeze the seller's account until the resolution.. of course if the seller is a scammer nice that they do this, but i lost precious games due this (and i can't do anything because the spanish laws)..

This isn't really true. But they DO put an immediate hold on the funds from that particular transaction while it's being resolved.  PayPal does side with the buyer about 99% of the time though, that is quite true. It's a headache when, as a seller, you've done all you can and the buyer is technically at fault

Bad english by my side (Spanish speaker here ^^u), i wanted to say that freeze the payment. What i hate of paypal it's the "investigate proccess" that they made (when i give to this "specialist" enough evidence that the buyer it's lying).
And i don't know in other countries but in Spain if you are a store and do a full refund to the buyer (because the buyer want to cancel the order, etc) ... paypal charges you with 0,20 or 0,50€ (i don't remember well this quantity) making you lose money -_-

[wiggy]

There's no fee here, but you do lose money on the shipping. Whatever you paid for shipping goes back to the buyer, which is SUPER annoying when it's their fault and PayPal sides with them.

[videogametrader]

This whole reproduction label/fake carts is becoming quite the issue. Hate to see the value of my legit items dip due to trust of the market fading. That said, it's just the nature of business.

Off topic, see people selling UGC's are still popular. Have to laugh at this one person tho, the art isnt even the correct size for the case and doesn't make cuts etc to fit NES carts
http://www.ebay.com/sch/*retrovideogamer*/m.html?item=110986243543&hash=item19d74badd7&pt=US_Video_Game_Cases_Bags&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

I don't mind the repro sellers as long as you state its a repro.

As for the UGC. This seller does make the cuts for NES games but the paper is all wrong. He should be using Legal Paper and then cut to size. However, $9 is a bit much for a case where the artwork is most likely from this site. In all fairness, I sell the cases too but i only charge $6 shipped. I also try and do my best to support the site as well. Although i have been away for a while.

[TDIRunner]

This whole reproduction label/fake carts is becoming quite the issue. Hate to see the value of my legit items dip due to trust of the market fading. That said, it's just the nature of business.

Off topic, see people selling UGC's are still popular. Have to laugh at this one person tho, the art isnt even the correct size for the case and doesn't make cuts etc to fit NES carts
http://www.ebay.com/sch/*retrovideogamer*/m.html?item=110986243543&hash=item19d74badd7&pt=US_Video_Game_Cases_Bags&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Someone already mentioned it, but it looks like he does cut out the inside tabs for NES games.  However, I agree that he is overcharging considering the insert doesn't fit.

In his defense, I like the idea of inside artwork.  I never even thought about that.  My printer even prints double sided...................getting ideas............