alert- ebay member "orienblack" is selling thecoverproject covers for $15 a pop!

[BadChad]

Regardless its still pretty low to buy someones work and turn around and sell it to the uneducated for 5 times whats its worth just because they are unaware that its easily available. I would imagine if these collectors know enought to know that its a hacked reproduction cart then you'd think they also know that its easily available for much lower price. Gamereproductions has been around for a few years now and hes been making a relaible name for himself so If your a collector whos interested in buying reproduction carts then im not sure how you wouldnt know about his site. The second I found out about reproduction carts a fews years ago I found his site the second I googled NES reproductions  and this is back when reproduction were slowly becomming available.

[Jonesat]

I don't see it as a scam - an item is only worth what someone is willing to pay.

are shops scamming us if we buy something and it goes on sale a week later, or if we find it cheaper online?

a scam is when someone deliberately misleads someone into doing or buying something.  anyone buying these games is a collector (or else they wouldn't be still into the NES/SNES scene) and therefore knows they are hacked carts as there was never a retail release in that format.  If they are prepared to pay that for it, then it's worth it to them.

i would say calling them rare games and one of a kind are defiantly "deliberately misleading" someone into buying them when the guy who sells them has enough for anyone that wants one. plus all the repro sites seem to have alot of those now so its not what i would call rare.

i unno, charging for shareware to me personally, is scam

[cookiemonstyr]

so back to the red haired pubes i bought? what can i do with them now. its potential that they will attract lice.  i know real haired wigs n extensions the female's like to get attract lice cause it's dead hair.  i'm at a health concern at this point.

value is perceived and different to everyone. would u pay 30,000 - 40,000 for a shitty 3d tv? i wouldnt wen the technology has been the same for 20 years. and still gives people headaches w/ in an hour. i mean u could think that's cool. to pay that much to see blurry images n get an unwanted headrush.

[MisterCreazil]

smoke the pubes, best high you'll ever get and totally worth the money spent on them.

[PDDestro]

The little tool decided to change his ebay username to kcalbneinro, as if he can cover his tracks. SMH

[Thaddeus Grey]

eBay is smarter than that. It tells when you've changed your name. What a dweeb. And selling shareware as a rare localization or whatever is lying. That's how that douch salesman sold my mom a piece of shit car once. "low tread design" he said. What a prick. I wish I was there  .

[cookiemonstyr]

i understand shareware. which is what demo's used to be called on the 3.5" size floppy discs or the larger black one's. before the internet activity blew up over the last twenty years. a lot of software from back then shareware or full versions are considered abandon-ware since there isn't a demanding market for it. if u can find a machine now adays that'll have those drive or slow enough to run it.

to the comment above with the smoke'n pubes. i heard a small shreak of those lice, it was faint.  it could have been the wind but i swear it was a small yelp.

SSL and tunneling through proxies are used more nowadays for various reasons.  as well as blocking the IANA in California which is the main world "hub" authority to keep track of the world's ip addresses so no one is using the same one from a certain location. if u hav a hub (it'll change a computer's ip on that network) it'll have local ip's for that hub. w/ 0.0.0.1 for the 1st connection 0.0.0.2  ... etc w/ other #'s where the zeros r.

[cookiemonstyr]

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[csvo2000]

This dude also seems to be selling the CP's covers. 

satan517
Item number: 250618124898

Looking at his feedback, this wont be the first time he has pulled off this BS.

[Jonesat]

i reported that dude

[Mick Dundee]

I reported the person as well... didn't know what to call it as so i put it as stolen and in the description i stated that the covers were from this site for personal use only.

[BadChad]

At least hes selling them for 1$ and not 15$. Thats not even that big of a deal and is actually a good idea for those who dont want to order dvd cases and get a printer just for one case. Not everyone has huge collections on games that need to be cases. This could be simple for people who only own a Wii and have Links Crossbow Training (or Wii sports which hes also selling for 1$) sticking out like a sore thumb in its cardboard sleeve. Not to mention he includes a Wii zapper with it and its not like hes beeing greedy about it either and Im kinda curious how hed actually make a profit off this. The only problem I have with it is that he should of mentioned that his cover comes from the cover project. Other than that I dont really see any harm here.

I would of contacted the seller telling him to mention that the cover he used is available for free at the cover project rather than contacting ebay to take care of it. Not to mention there is the posibility that he found these 2 covers elswhere and doesnt even know obout TCP. I found both of the exact covers found here for those 2 games on other websites just using google image search a while back way before I found out about TCP. Just something to think about...

[Doom]

This isn't really a big deal. Mookyjooky got super pissed off at a CAG user who was selling his cover + case for $15. I'd just politely ask him to link to Thecoverproject - the DVD cases and printing costs are only a little less than $1 anyway.

I wish his description didn't lie.

[BadChad]

This isn't really a big deal. Mookyjooky got super pissed off at a CAG user who was selling his cover + case for $15. I'd just politely ask him to link to Thecoverproject - the DVD cases and printing costs are only a little less than $1 anyway.

I wish his description didn't lie.

Thats what Im saying. There isnt really a whole lot of harm beeing done here accept the fact that he should state the fact that these are available for free at TCP. Like I said, he may not even know of this site and found them elsewhere like I did over a year ago. A simple message to the seller to modify his description is all thats needed here. (which I already did with a link to the site) I dont think its necessary to report every seller to ebay whos trying to sell custom covers unless its obvious that they are claiming them for their own and are asking a rediculous/unfair amount of money for them.

[PDDestro]

The guy is a jerk simply for what he's now put in his auctions as a result you guys contacting him:

"It has been brought to my attention recently that some people seem to be upset with auctions for these cases because cover art can be found throughout the internet for free. If anybody would like to make their own case they can do so but I assure you that the price you could pay to have one shipped to you is well under the price to buy a print from a print shop and spare white DVD case or even just the paper and ink in any store in order to print one on your home computer. I guess there will always be haters out there"

I say report away this a-hole