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| OhhNoYouNintenDidnt:
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 16, 2015, 04:37:14 AM --- --- Quote from: kittybones26 on July 15, 2015, 04:20:09 PM ---My garage sale finds from this past weekend. The was the greatest score of my life regarding value versus what I actually paid. I paid $44 total (2 bucks each). WIN!!!!! --- End quote --- Wow! --- End quote --- WOW indeed :o.............my god...........do any of my American brothers here have a SISTER (a vaguely nice looking one perhaps) who I could make my wife!!? as watching the clean up done by flea market go'ers over there kills me when I think about the amount of work I put into going them over here in the UK, and really never find anything I ACTUALLY want, just stuff for re-sale. |
| bender3455:
Don't feel bad, Nintendont. Every time I go to yard sales in my area, I'm told that there are 2 or 3 different guys that come before everyone just for games. It's very frustrating, especially since I know one of them runs a pawn shop and touts his retro game collection for sale all the time, but he charges at or above ebay prices. |
| palmer6strings:
--- Quote from: wiggy on July 16, 2015, 04:37:14 AM --- --- Quote from: kittybones26 on July 15, 2015, 04:20:09 PM ---My garage sale finds from this past weekend. The was the greatest score of my life regarding value versus what I actually paid. I paid $44 total (2 bucks each). WIN!!!!! --- End quote --- Wow! --- End quote --- That is a fabulous pickup! Very lucky! --- Quote from: bender3455 on July 16, 2015, 11:31:05 AM ---Don't feel bad, Nintendont. Every time I go to yard sales in my area, I'm told that there are 2 or 3 different guys that come before everyone just for games. It's very frustrating, especially since I know one of them runs a pawn shop and touts his retro game collection for sale all the time, but he charges at or above ebay prices. --- End quote --- How can someone actually sell something ABOVE eBay prices?? that really baffles me. I refuse to buy any game if its over 25% less that eBay prices. (example: if a game is $10 on eBay, I won't pay more than $7.50 if I'm out hunting.) and I try to let people know when they are paying more than what the value actually is. |
| TDIRunner:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on July 16, 2015, 12:50:36 PM --- --- Quote from: wiggy on July 16, 2015, 04:37:14 AM --- --- Quote from: kittybones26 on July 15, 2015, 04:20:09 PM ---My garage sale finds from this past weekend. The was the greatest score of my life regarding value versus what I actually paid. I paid $44 total (2 bucks each). WIN!!!!! --- End quote --- Wow! --- End quote --- That is a fabulous pickup! Very lucky! --- Quote from: bender3455 on July 16, 2015, 11:31:05 AM ---Don't feel bad, Nintendont. Every time I go to yard sales in my area, I'm told that there are 2 or 3 different guys that come before everyone just for games. It's very frustrating, especially since I know one of them runs a pawn shop and touts his retro game collection for sale all the time, but he charges at or above ebay prices. --- End quote --- How can someone actually sell something ABOVE eBay prices?? that really baffles me. I refuse to buy any game if its over 25% less that eBay prices. (example: if a game is $10 on eBay, I won't pay more than $7.50 if I'm out hunting.) and I try to let people know when they are paying more than what the value actually is. --- End quote --- I see it ALL THE TIME. Typically the people buy at those prices are not collectors, but gamers who are looking for a specific game and are either too lazy to shop around, or just don't care. Or possibly because they simply don't realize that prices can vary so much, and therefore, they see a price and assume that's what it costs. Since the popularity of retro gaming has boomed within the last few years, there are a slew of new and uneducated buyers that are (unintentionaly) helping to drive the prices of retro games up even higher. |
| monjici:
--- Quote from: TDIRunner on July 16, 2015, 12:57:00 PM --- --- Quote from: palmer6strings on July 16, 2015, 12:50:36 PM --- --- Quote from: wiggy on July 16, 2015, 04:37:14 AM --- --- Quote from: kittybones26 on July 15, 2015, 04:20:09 PM ---My garage sale finds from this past weekend. The was the greatest score of my life regarding value versus what I actually paid. I paid $44 total (2 bucks each). WIN!!!!! --- End quote --- Wow! --- End quote --- That is a fabulous pickup! Very lucky! --- Quote from: bender3455 on July 16, 2015, 11:31:05 AM ---Don't feel bad, Nintendont. Every time I go to yard sales in my area, I'm told that there are 2 or 3 different guys that come before everyone just for games. It's very frustrating, especially since I know one of them runs a pawn shop and touts his retro game collection for sale all the time, but he charges at or above ebay prices. --- End quote --- How can someone actually sell something ABOVE eBay prices?? that really baffles me. I refuse to buy any game if its over 25% less that eBay prices. (example: if a game is $10 on eBay, I won't pay more than $7.50 if I'm out hunting.) and I try to let people know when they are paying more than what the value actually is. --- End quote --- I see it ALL THE TIME. Typically the people buy at those prices are not collectors, but gamers who are looking for a specific game and are either too lazy to shop around, or just don't care. Or possibly because they simply don't realize that prices can vary so much, and therefore, they see a price and assume that's what it costs. Since the popularity of retro gaming has boomed within the last few years, there are a slew of new and uneducated buyers that are (unintentionaly) helping to drive the prices of retro games up even higher. --- End quote --- That is so true! Sometimes though, I do not mind paying just a bit over average ebay prices from somebody selling locally if the game is minty and that I can pickup minutes from my house. In the end, it may still cost me less than ebay since shipping here is abusive and I do not lose on the currency conversion... which is currently a 25% penalty for me. |
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