Craigslist: the good, the bad, & the DERP!

[TDIRunner]

That Super Mario Land ad reminds me of people who sell a loose cart as brand new... because 'I only played it once or twice'. The mind boggles.

The worst is people on Ebay posting things as "Very Good" or "Like New" condition when it is disc only.  They are talking about how the disc is in very good condition, yet even at the lower "Good" category you still must include the cover and instructions.  Anything that is disc only MUST be listed as "Acceptable" by Ebay standards, but no one seems to care.  Drives me crazy which is why I don't trust that anymore...and if you post something from your iPhone with no description and no picture I'm not gonna touch it.

This.

Plus, eBay also gives the seller the option to list the item as brand new even if it's open and without the original packaging.  I can understand "like new," but nothing that has been opened is brand new.

[wiggy]

Man, those phone listing are the absolute worst. I can't believe they let people list shit like that. eBay flat out tells you "no, you can't do that" if you try and list on the full site with absolutely no description.   People get lazier and lazier every day...

[TDIRunner]

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgm/4418046918.html

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/vgm/4418045979.html

These two ads are from the same seller.  $125 for both ads together which I'm assuming is $25 for each GB Pocket and $5 per game. 
I called him today and offered $80 ($25 per GB Pocket and $2 per game).  I'm pretty disapointed that he didn't take it.  I asked if he had a counter, but he said no.  I've seen these same two ads for over a month now so I know that he hasn't had any takers for a while, but I guess he's pretty firm.  He seemed like a nice guy at least.  I told him to call me back if he changed his mind.  I might go $90, but I just can't justify his full asking price.

[mojoeskateco]

This add has lot's of quality stuff, however, I hate the "Make me an offer I can't refuse BS".

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-old-video-games/ottawa/rpg-ps1-ps2-ps3-wii-and-more/585989290?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I emailed last week asking about some of the games I wanted and didn't hear back.

I'm thinking of just offering to buy the whole set and reselling the games I don't need.

The bold ones are what I would be keeping - my goal would be to get them all for free basically.

The prices are what I think are fair prices for each item.  Some could be off.  I guestimated everything in about 2 mins.

Kartia   PS1   20
Thousand Arms   PS1   40
Saiyuki   PS1   20
Vandal Hearts   PS1   15
Ar tonelico   PS2   20
Ar tonelico 2   PS2   20
Atelier Iris 2   PS2   15
Metal Saga   PS2   15
Wizardry   PS2   15
Devil Summoner   PS2   20
Shadow Hearts   PS2   20
Shadow Hearts 2   PS2   30
Shadow Hearts 3   PS2   20
Xenosaga   PS2   20
Xenosaga 2   PS2   20
Xenosaga 3   PS2   20
Persona 3 FES   PS2   10
Dark Cloud 2   PS2   20
Kings Field   PS2   10
Dark Alliance 2   PS2   15
Haunting Ground   PS2   10
Rogue Galaxy   PS2   10
Dragon Quest 8   PS2   10
Grandia 3   PS2   10
Fatal Frame   PS2   20
Fatal Frame 3   PS2   30
Hyperdimension N1   PS3   20
Hyperdimension N2   PS3   20
Hyperdimention N3   PS3   20
Deception 4   PS3   50
Cross edge   PS3   15
Ar tonelico qoga   PS3   30
Fire Emblem Radiant dawn--wii   Wii   40
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance--gamecube.   GC   50
Pandoras tower   Wii   20
Sakura wars   Wii   15
Phatasy Star    SMS   30
      
Total      785
      
Offer      450-500

[zygmuray]

Dealt with this person over email this week. Here is the conversation.  (Sorry for the long Post) The seller will be bolded.

I have doubles $ triples of some of the n64 games I put down the ones I remember off hand but I know their is more doubles or triples
but any way here is the list of games systems and accessories

N64

Atomic Blue System  with 2 controllers
Original System with 2 Controller
Original System with 2 Controller
N64 4 Memory packs & 2 expansion packs
& 1 transfer pack 1 rumble pack

 - Conkers Bad Fur Day
 - Zelda Ocarina of Time
 - Zelda Majora's Mask
 - Mario 64 ---2 or 3 copies
 - Mario Party 1
- Mario Party 2 ---2 copies
 - Mario Party 3
 - Super Smash Bros ---2 copies
 - Donkey Kong 64 ---2 copies
 - Mario Golf
 - Diddy Kong Racing ---2 or 3 copies
 - Glover
 - 007 World is Not Enough
 - 007 Golden Eye ---2 copies
 - Quset ---2 copies
- Yoshi's Story
 - Forsaken
 - Pokemon Stadium
 - Pokemon Snap
 - Wave Race ---2 copies
 - Crusin USA ---2 copies
 - Perfect Dark ---2 copies
 - South Park
 - Excite Bike ---2 copies
 - Mario Kart
 - Banjo Kazooie ---2 copies
 - Banjo Tooie
 - Rush Extreme Racing
 - Rayman 2
 - F-1 World Grand Prix
 - Army men Sarge's Heros
 - Tetrisphere
 - Mario Kart Japenese
 - WCW Nitro
 - World Championship Wresteling mayhem
 - Waialae Country Club
 - Tony Hawk Pro Skater
 - 1080 Ten Eighty Snowboarding
 - Pilot Wings
 - WCW Vs NWO World Tour
 - WCW / NWo Revenge
 - Gex
 - Hey You Pickachu
 - Wheel of Fortune
 - Whipout
 - Nightmare Creatures
 - Fighters Destiny
 - Fighters Destiny 2
 - Nascar 2000
 - Madden 99
 - Namcomueseum
 - Nuculear Strike
 - Star wars rogue squadron
- Stars Wars Ep1 Racer
 - Turok Dinosaur Hunter
 - Armymen Air Combat
- Spiderman
 - Quake ---2 copies
- Starfox 64
 - Bomberman Hero
 - Star Wars Shadows of the Empire
 - Hexen



SNES

System & 2Controller
System & 1 Controller

 - Donkey Kong Country 1
 - Donkey Kong Country 2
 - Super Mario All Stars & World
 - Super Mario All Stars
 - Super Mario World ---2 copies
 - Super Mario World 2 Yoshi's Island
 - Super Mario Kart
 - Mario Is Missing
 - Choplifter 2
 - Pilot Wings ---2 copies
 - Wings 2 Aces High
 - Airstrike Patrol
 - Super Street Fighter 2
 - Rapical Psycho Machine Racing
 - Tommy Moes Winter Extreme
 - Mickey Mania
 - Inspector Gadget
 - Kirbys Dream Course
 - Zelda A Link to the Past
 - Hook
 - Mario Paint
 - F-Zero
 - The Jungle Book
- Sim City
 - Bubsy
 - NHL 94
 - NHL 95
 - NBA Jam
 - Tiny Toons BBL
 - Super Black Bass
 - Bassins Black Bass
 - RPM Racing
 - Robocop 3
 - Toy Story
 - ARcade Hits
 - PGA Golf
 - Pebble Beach
 - Harley Adventure
 - Terminator 2
 - 2020 Super Baseball
 - Troy Aikman Football
 - Judge Dredd
 - Roger Clemens Baseball



NES

System with 1 controller

 - Game Genie
 - Super Mario Bros
 - Super Spike VBall
 - Tecmo Super Bowl
 - Kung Fu
 - Gauntlet Tengen
 - Star Tropics
 - Bandai Golf
 - Wizards and Warriors
 - Faxanadu
 - Defender of the Crown
 - Narc
 - Wheel of Fortune
 - Dirty Harry
 - Open Golf
 - Ghoul School
 - Kung Fu Bros
 - Excite Bike
 - Cobra Triangle
 - Rolling Thunder
 - Alpha Mission
 - Dash Galaxy
 - RBI Baseball
 - Quatro Sports
 - MIG 29
 - Krazy Kreatures
 - Indiana Jones Temple of Doom
 - Vindicators
 - Pacman Tengen
 - Bad Street Brawler
 - Battle Tank
 - Wheres Waldo
 - Mighty Bomb Jack
 - Krusty Funhouse
 - Destination Earth Star
 - Dick Tracy
 - Black Manta
 - Vegas Dream
 - 10 Yard Fight
 - Air Wolf
 - X-Men
 - Flying Dragon
 - Magic Darts
 - Back to the Future 2 & 3
 - Operation Wolf
 - Silent Service
 - Tag Team Wrestling
 - Top Gun 2nd Mission
 - Football
 - NFL Football
 - Joust
 - Monster Truck Ralley
 - Sesame Street ABC
 - Fighting Golf
 - Super Mario Bros & Duckhunt

Hey,

Thanks for these emails - sorry I couldn’t respond earlier, I just got off work.
I know you were talking about how you were low-balled earlier, and please know that the offer I’m going to make isn’t meant to offend you at all - it is what I think is a fair price for the lot.

I am not that interested in the NES games, just the N64 and SNES. NES was a little before I was old enough to really enjoy the games, so SNES and N64 are the nostalgic ones for me! They are the ones I really collect.

With that said, I would be willing to offer $650 for the N64 and SNES stuff if you are interested. What do you think?

Please let me know.


Travls



The offer I got the other day was $800 that is $4 a game your offering $650 that is only $3.25c a game about 30 of my n64 games are atleast priced at $50 just those right their add up to 1500 let alone the other n64 games i was only pricing at $10 each their is 47 of them that adds up to about 470 so that right their is about $1970 just for the n64 games let alone the n64 systems controllers 8 packs for the systems/controllers and the entire snes package no i cant even consider that price that is way off from what i can get just by walking into all aboard games down town im looking to get about $2800 for all of my n64,snes,nes stuff and that is fair pricing


Ok no problem. Thanks for considering my offer, good luck in your sale.

if their is any games you would like to buy individually let me know just send me a list with the games and prices you would pay for them ?

Hey,

I appreciate the offer for specific games, but I believe we are at two different ranges for game prices and I don’t want to send you offers that are lower than you have priced, especially if you can get more from other people in town. When I made the offer below for your N64 and SNES, I priced the games based on video game price charts and eBay prices (less the shipping costs). I think that I will take that route for specific games I am looking for.

Thanks again for considering my offer, and giving me the option to choose specific games.


Travis

I just couldn't believe how much she was saying her n64 games were worth, Im pretty sure people sell complete N64 loose cart set goes for around $2000? and she wants $1970 for just what she has there without any really hard to find games. 

[Velmeran]

This add has lot's of quality stuff, however, I hate the "Make me an offer I can't refuse BS".

http://www.kijiji.ca/v-old-video-games/ottawa/rpg-ps1-ps2-ps3-wii-and-more/585989290?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

I emailed last week asking about some of the games I wanted and didn't hear back.

I'm thinking of just offering to buy the whole set and reselling the games I don't need.

The bold ones are what I would be keeping - my goal would be to get them all for free basically.

The prices are what I think are fair prices for each item.  Some could be off.  I guestimated everything in about 2 mins.

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If you do end up with that log, I'd be interested in taking the 3 Xenosaga games off your hands.

[mojoeskateco]

Still no reply. 

Could be a troll add. 

I see lots of adds locally of people just showing pics of what they have with a "don't really wanna sell, make me an offer"

Even though they have no intention of selling.

[TDIRunner]

Never seen this. Check out the pictures.

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/vgm/4420843197.html

[e_brugal]

Never seen this. Check out the pictures.

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/vgm/4420843197.html

I have two options for that

1- he is too  lazy that he put his girlfriend to write on that paper and  took that photo, that way he didn't had to write on a pc

2- he's so stupid that he didn't notice that you take less effort writing on a pc than writing on paper
 
Either way he's too lazy and stupid for doing that.

[Jeremy1976]

Never seen this. Check out the pictures.

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/vgm/4420843197.html

thats freaking hilarious! 

[TDIRunner]

Talk about overuse of the word "rare".

Plus the battery covers are missing.

http://carbondale.craigslist.org/vgm/4380840867.html

[Jeff]

Technically, Donkey Kong Country is a RARE game.

[TDIRunner]

Technically, Donkey Kong Country is a RARE game.

I see what you did there.

[Ozzy_98]

BOO at rare pun, booo.  It also comes with the rare purple car charger, blue edition.

[Maben]

Never seen this. Check out the pictures.

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/vgm/4420843197.html

I've never seen this either and it made me crack up.  What a great way to make sure your ad gets passed over by every search!