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Video Game Inflation - Prices then and now - Minor Rant
AO007:
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--- Quote from: AO007 on August 11, 2012, 03:36:45 PM ---I lucked out and got my current copy at a Goodwill for $3.
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I got mine with Super Mario Kart and Mario Paint for $10 or $20 form some guy in my school, SMW is very worn, but the other two are in great condition.
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I also managed to find SMK at the same Goodwill, again for $3. Same deal with my current copies of Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Party 2 and Donkey Kong Country.
Best deal though? DKC2, SMRPG, Star Fox 64, Yoshi's Story, Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart 64, and Pokemon Stadium.
$8 Total from Goozex.com.
madrocsz:
I havent used goozex in over a year, for a while there it was my bread and butter for getting old games on the cheap.
Shame it isnt what it used to be
wiggy:
--- Quote ---I got a game bit and opened it, It was full of cockroaches.
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Welcome to my 1996-2003. Testing used game consoles day in and day out in retail. So many bug infested systems. Genesis 1 consoles are the WORST! So many large openings on that damned thing. I remember someone bringing in a green N64 one day and you could see the roaches crawling around in it. These people would often look confused when you turned away their trade-ins based on that. Like it isn't a big deal. Ick.
--- Quote ---I havent used goozex in over a year, for a while there it was my bread and butter for getting old games on the cheap.
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You guys shoulda seen eBay in 1998/1999. Man, the deals that you could score. Of course this was when money orders and personal checks were about the only means of payment, so getting ripped off was a fairly regular occurrence :-\
I don't even look at a seller's feedback anymore. I'd rather it be low. I'll probably get a better price if it is. If they screw me over, I know Paypal will just give me my money back anyway. Back in the early days of Paypal, even if you won a dispute, you weren't guaranteed to get your money back. It was sorta like small claims court; "Great, you won! Now find a way to get the money on your own, because that's not what we do."
As far as SMW goes, there are probably 20 SMW pack-in systems for every other pack-in game, maybe even more. Those other pack-ins came much later, for the most part, and many didn't even hit until the SNS-101.
AO007:
--- Quote from: madrocsz on August 11, 2012, 09:27:35 PM ---I havent used goozex in over a year, for a while there it was my bread and butter for getting old games on the cheap.
Shame it isnt what it used to be
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Indeed. Nowadays you're lucky just to get a SMB3 NES cart, or a half decent game. That and the actual cost of shipping is twice what it used to be. I was lucky to get DKC2 and a complete Crash Bandicoot Warped just recently.
madrocsz:
Lol the late 90's ebay days for me were interesting. A lot of it was spent buying green day and 311 t shirts as well as selling everquest items before they banned it.
I agree, most times I see a low feedback its some regular joe selling something and in most cases offer the most fair price, unlike the ebay stores with 37812 feedback that sell retail with retarded shipping costs.