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Those price tags...
UncleBob:
If you're like me, one of the first things you do with a price tag is peel that sucker off...
But am I the only one who also loves finding old boxed stuff with original price tags on them? I scored an old Donkey Kong for the Intellivision the other day that had a Hills price tag and found a boxed Atari controller over the weekend with half a KayBee Toys price tag still on it - and for some reason, seeing these old price tags just makes me smile.
Do you think there will be a time 30 years from now when someone finds an old GameCube game with a few layers of GameStop price tags on it and they'll feel the same way?
Arseen:
Nostalgia is a funny thing
monjici:
That's a topic for advanced collectors :)
I personnaly think it adds a touch of vintage/authenticity. It attaches the game to it's store where it got shelved and displayed. It's also more rare since most things come shrink wrapped and that's the first thing that goes away with the rest of your garbage. To push the concept a bit further, it gives a story to the game. For exanple, the very first game I bought was The Legend of Zelda. Paid 49,99$ at Consumers Distribution which disappeared quite a while ago.
One thing for sure, it's a proof of the original price ;) Not to judge anybody, but who would have been crazy enough at the time to throw away 75$ at a Jeopardy game?
redsox2012:
I work part time at Gamestop, and sometimes it feels like there's a full 1/4 inch of price stickers on some of our games. We're supposed to peel the old ones off when we put new ones on, but sometimes there's just not enough time, especially on weeks when it seems like we're repricing the whole store.
In response to the topic, I love finding original price stickers, especially from defunct businesses. I'm over 40, so I remember all of the places that used to sell games, and I enjoy the nostalgia factor.
What I really HATE however, are game stores that put the price stickers right on the cartridge label. Some come off easily, but there's nothing worse than damaging a cart label trying to get a sticker off, or having sticky residue left behind.
TDIRunner:
For me, I think it only applies to new prices. Therefore, seeing an old Toys'R'Us sticker on an old Nintendo game is pretty cool.
But I think that is something that won't happen much in the future. The fact that the used game market is such a big thing now (which it wasn't at all back then) will make old prices tags much less meaningful.
But who knows?