/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.2446468]

>ebay
>takes 15% fees and have to pay up the ass to ship
>guy complains about slight label damage on 10 dollar cart, tries to extort me into partial refund
>leaves me negative feedback

>craigslist
>guy texts me at two in the morning
>demands to know condition of 5 dollar game
>demands I meet him right now

>facebook groups/bst threads
>collectors call me a reseller and overpriced for listing at 70-80% pricecharting
>ask for deals like I'm their best friend
>get mad when they realize game prices aren't the same was they were in 1999

>game store
>guy looks at my box
>offers me 15% of what they're worth
>at the same time, he's selling his games for high end ebay prices

So, how do you guys even get rid your doubles?

[Anonymous No.2446473]

>>2446468
Holy shit OP, you've got to be the laziest, whiniest basted on /vr/ tonight. Congratulations.

[Anonymous No.2446475]

>>2446473
I think the emulation crowd still has that title and will forever.

[Anonymous No.2446489]

>>2446468
>doubles
Fuck doubles, I don't want someone's 2nd copy that doesn't meet their own standards.

[Anonymous No.2446496]

>>2446475
>emulation
>roms randomly scattered around the net
>usually have to jump through tons of ads or captchas to download one thing
>one zip file has 30 versions of the same game and there is no documentation
>emulators take hours to set up and don't end up working with my controllers
>end up getting a virus

A bloo bloo bloo

[Anonymous No.2446497]

>>2446468

Don't get doubles? Don't collect shit you don't want in the first place?

[Anonymous No.2446504]

>>2446468
Doubles, check em.

[Anonymous No.2446506]

>>2446468
Lay down
Try to not buy doubles
Buy a lot of doubles

[Anonymous No.2446541]

>>2446468
>hoarder
>expect sympathy

[Anonymous No.2446579]

>>2446468
>ask for deals like I'm their best friend
Seriously, /vr/, you've got some explaining to do about this one.

[Anonymous No.2446598]

>>2446496
>nothing that actually happened
Durr

[Anonymous No.2446629]

>>2446468
Initially I was annoyed about eBay forcing you to use PayPal to do just about anything and effectively double-dipping with their fees, so I stopped doing buying or selling for 5 years.

Eventually I figured 80% of something is better than 100% of nothing. I rarely even think about eBay fees. All I know is I got extra cash, and my closet is (slowly) clearing up.

And why are you giving out your number in your Craigslist post?

As for my doubles, I individually sell anything I think is worth money, commons get bundled with systems. And I try to keep it to what can fit in a USPS flat rate box so the buyer knows exactly what they'll pay for shipping.

[Anonymous No.2446660]

>garage sale
>NES, 1 controller, no cables, mario/duckhunt sleeved
>100$ firm
>"It's rare to find these anymore, they're like 200 bucks on ebay."

GDIAF

[Anonymous No.2446668]

>>2446468
I bite the bullet and just auction them on Ebay.

I don't have time to put up with bullshit like you listed in the OP. Auctions are pretty much a gaurenteed sell and yeah, I may only get 60% of the pricecharting price, but the dude who gets its probably not going to be a reseller, and is usually pretty happy to get a game at a cheaper price.

I've never had negative feedback left and I've sold probably 30+ games. As long as you make damn sure to be super accurate they can't really do shit unless it doesn't work.

I also video tape myself playing and booting up the games, before wrapping it and putting it in the box I'm going to mail them.

Is it a lot of work? Yeah, but the one guy who tried to fuck with me didn't have shit to say once I linked him that video.

[Anonymous No.2446678]

>>2446668
What do you usually start the auctions at?
I'm afraid to do like, one cent, in case for some reason it doesn't get seen...
But too high a price and nobody will watch or bid.

[Anonymous No.2446682]

>>2446678
0.99 cents.
I usually set up my shipping so I make a couple of bucks, and unless you're selling some shitty game no one wants someone will usually bid on games.

I usually prefer to sell lots. I bundle 2 worse games 1 one good game (like Jurassic Park and Out of this World with Final Fantasy 3 for instance) I find that it helps move product because people are willing to splurge a bit more for Final Fantasy 3, because they'll get 2 other games with it.

[Anonymous No.2446756]

>not the same prices as 1999
>more like 2009

meh, I own quite a few rare games, but it is annoying to see a lot of SNES games nearly double the price they were 5 years ago. I bought Final Fantasy II for like $15 back then, now its nearly $40. I'm not a poorfag anymore so I could afford to get any game I wanted, but it still seems like such a ripoff. It makes me sick.

As much as I enjoy old games, a part of me wished they were just dropped in a landfill or nuked so that were could just play emulators instead of paying for exorbitantly priced cartridges that are probably going to start failing soon anyway.

[Anonymous No.2446813]

>>2446496
You are a fucking retard if you don't know how to go to emuparadise and download any rom you want

[Anonymous No.2446814]

>>2446756
>not Sega masterace
:^)

[Anonymous No.2446972]

>>2446468
ITT: The problems faced by reseller retards that I don't give a fuck about.

[Anonymous No.2446973]

>>2446756
Carts will last for a long time.
There are boards from the 70s still going strong.
Discs on the other hand...

[Anonymous No.2446980]

>>2446756
> a part of me wished they were just dropped in a landfill or nuked so that were could just play emulators

No one is stopping you from playing emulators. There is no point at all in paying for overpriced carts, or carts in any form unless you want to collect them for collecting sake.

[Totse Redux No.2446985]

>>2446496
>Described how emulation was in 1999

I totally see what you did there. I remember how nice it was when sites like emuparadise popped up and only required 1 captcha every 3 days.

[Anonymous No.2446989]

>>2446985
That's funny, I remember how nice it was when Napster popped up and I downloaded complete rom packs of every system I ever cared about.

[Totse Redux No.2446991]

>>2446989
Yeah, I remember how nice it was when my mom's boyfriend came over and had the entire SNES, NES, Sega, and Atari collections on CDs.

He actually had all sorts of neat shit when it came to software. Never had to pirate much because he usually already had it.

[Anonymous No.2446997]

>>2446991
That is pretty sweet. That was how I got all my old DOS games orrignally. Those first few napster years really were glorious though, I was working at a university at the time which had a crazy good connection (home was still 56k) and would download boatloads of crap every day. I miss the old internet...

[Anonymous No.2447017]

>Responding or even looking at 2am texts from strangers
>Being offended by game stores offering lot prices when you obviously bought in lots yourself to have so many doubles

What you should probably do is trade "lot of 20 common SNES games - no doubles - no sports" for someone else's "lot of 20 common Genesis games - no doubles - no sports" and expand your focus a bit but you ain't even gonna do that.

[Anonymous No.2447028]

>>2446660
i think ive posted this before but in this situation i would smash the shit in front of them smugly

[Anonymous No.2447069]

>>2447028
You mean you would commit a crime and cost yourself a hundred dollars in the process, because you had a tantrum over the price someone asked for some of their property they've decided to sell? Do you have serious anger issues or are you just a retard?

[Anonymous No.2447074]

>>2447017
What he should have done is not buy up doubles in the vain hopes he could make a quick buck reselling them for higher than they were worth when he bought them. Zero sympathy for any bullshit he now finds himself dealing with.

[Anonymous No.2447096]

>>2447074
>go to thrift store
>see copy of Contra IV for 2 dollars
>decide not to buy it
you

[Anonymous No.2447104]

>>2447074
>go to thrift store
>see copy of super metroid for $3
>decide not to buy it
you

[Anonymous No.2447110]

>>2447104
Exactly. Because hopefully the next person who comes along won't own a copy of it and will get a sweet deal. I have way better things to do with my time than try to make a scant few dollars buying and reselling games. I feel genuinely sad for anyone who doesn't.

[Anonymous No.2447129]

>>2447110
OK Buddy.
10 minutes later guaranteed a flipper will pick it up.
I hope you know all those games your leaving behind could be going towards funding your collection.
Keep sticking to your ideals though.

[Anonymous No.2447146]

>>2447129
>If I don't try and flip this and raise the price then someone else surely will, so I better grab it now.

Congrats on being part of the reason the retail old game market is in the horrible state it is. I fund my collecting with a decent paying job thanks. It's not just that I think it's scummy behavior that on a large scale is seriously fucking with the market. It's literally not worth my time.

[Anonymous No.2447150]

>>2447146
Stop buying games. Steal them.

[Anonymous No.2447153]

>>2447150
So now you're going to act like an idiot as an attempt to retort?

[Anonymous No.2447156]

>>2447153
No, I'm telling you to get out of this capitalist shit. If you keep buying games it will only grow worse.

[Anonymous No.2447171]

>>2446468
>call me a reseller for listing at 70%-80% pricecharting

I'd be down with that but some people want 60%<

[Anonymous No.2447185]

>>2447156
lol

[Anonymous No.2447453]

>>2446598
>>2446813
>Clearly missing the joke and mocking of OP's post

[Anonymous No.2447461]

>>2446598
>>2446813
ITT: Emulationkiddies can't take a joke and further prove they're the whiniest group on /vr/.

[Anonymous No.2447492]

>>2447461

You sure told those newfags, how about a high five?

[Anonymous No.2447534]

>be me
>resell games for a living
>buy all my games locally everyday at bootsales/auctions for generally 50p - £1
>resell for generally 1000% percent profit margin on everything i buy
>laughing all the way to the bank
>never test any of my stuff
>had one piece of bad feedback in last 2 years
>bought/sold a tonne of stuff off fb groups
>never had any issues

must suck to live in America,
I live in Essex - and yes, the stereotypes are true, but advantageous. most people lack brains and sell there stuff at bootsales (which are daily where i live) for 50p. i advertise in the newsagents near where most of the smackheads live. people practically give away there /vr/ goodies.

[Anonymous No.2447790]

>>2447146
I buy doubles all the time. Especially something like metroid, that stuff is perfect for trades. That's how I get the majority of my games.

[Anonymous No.2448123]

>>2446678
>>2446678
Look up other auctions. I don't have a codified formula, but I take into consideration:

How many other active auctions there are.
How much past ones have sold for, as both straight auctions or Buy It Now listings.
How many went without selling and why (ie they tend to be $10 higher than the ones that do sell.)
Were they complete items or just the cartridge.

Also consider how much time you're investing in the sale. Even if you're sloppy with the listing and shipping, you'll probably spend an hour in all on it. If the cartridge isn't worth your time, bundle.

[Anonymous No.2448130]

>>2447028
>smashing an NES

get out

[Anonymous No.2448398]

>>2447534
>be me
>resell games for a living
>300k starting

[Anonymous No.2448435]

>>2447534
Yeah but you live in Essex.

[Anonymous No.2449125]

Where are some good price charts? I'm possibly getting a N64 with 6 games and a SNES for 100, that's a decent deal yeah?

[Anonymous No.2449141]

>>2449125
Depends on the games but if even one of them isn't shit, yes it's a decent deal.

[Anonymous No.2449172]

>>2449141
Mario party 1+2, star wars shadow of the empire, star fox 64, Pokemon snap along with 4 controllers and 2 rumble packs.
SNES is just console, 2 controllers and some Bass fishing game

[Anonymous No.2449175]

>>2449172
Star Fox is literally the only good game there.

[Anonymous No.2449203]

>>2449175
I see Mario party goes for a bit, I could resale both those and make back about 50. If starfox is good I will keep it.
It's a start, seems like a pretty good deal

[Anonymous No.2449224]

Why must emulation kiddos invade every thread?

[Anonymous No.2449307]

>>2446468
I don't; I hoard them to sell for a lot more later on

[Anonymous No.2449756]

>>2446468
I guess they are desperate to really sell GoldenEye.

[Anonymous No.2450053]

>>2449307
Or a lot less, like in the case of Atari and PS1

[Anonymous No.2450068]

>>2449756
> hassle-free

[Anonymous No.2450096]

>>2449756
That seller uses brasso and wipes away all the gold plating on the games.

[Anonymous No.2450118]

>>2450053

There are some expensive ps1 games out there...

[Anonymous No.2450150]

>>2450096
This is a myth.
Brasso brings dead games back to life.

[Anonymous No.2450331]

>>2450150
I'm not saying it doesn't work, it wipes away all the dirt, grim and any plated the game had. It hasn't been long enough to see if it truly messes them up, but there are less abrasive options.

[Anonymous No.2450347]

>>2450331
Brasso is a polish, so it does leave film on games.
You just have to make sure to clean it off well after, preferably with alcohol and a cloth.
Some say it strips the plating on the connectors, but I've never had it happen to me.
I usually start with alcohol and move on to Brasso if the alcohol doesn't work.

[Anonymous No.2450393]

>>2447534
>I live in Essex - and yes, the stereotypes are true,
Lol, what fucking stereotypes? Care to fill those of us not in the UK in?

[Anonymous No.2450404]

>drive 20 minutes away to a retro game shop
>everything is expensive as fuck, like double or triple what the same items would cost on ebay BIN with shipping included
>condition on everything is terrible, labels falling off, stickers everywhere, etc

I don't fucking understand. Stores like this are utterly irrelevant if ebay is significantly cheaper, and that's just considering BIN prices rather than playing it smart and getting a good ebay deal by bidding. Why the fuck would I waste my time driving out to a store and digging through random bullshit to *maybe* find something I want WHEN ITS GOING TO COST MORE THAN EBAY ANYWAY? I might as fucking well just go to ebay. How can stores like this even exist if they price gouge? Who the hell is buying anything from them?

[Anonymous No.2450412]

>>2450331
Just put foil on the connectors you idiot. A thin strip makes a much better contact anyways

[Anonymous No.2450416]

I just fucking hoard my doubles because of these reasons. I don't even remember how I got these doubles. I have like 4 copies of super mario world, I last bought snes games when I was in middle school how the fuck does that even happen

[Anonymous No.2450418]

>Friend drags me to go to local gaming shop
>Show up and it advertises Retro games as well as new, but mostly Retro
>Oh boy here we go
>Walk in, staff is down to earth bros
>Games are reasonably priced, nothing given away, but cheaper than eBay
>Bought a copy of F-Zero GX from them for $20 a few weeks ago
>Also do console repair, but is generally expensive, depends on what you want done
>Trade-ins are alright, generally give you 1/4 - 1/3 of value
>Their whole advertisement is that they're not FUCKING GAMESTOP
It's actually a really fun place. Occasional Tournament their is pretty cool as well.

[Anonymous No.2450715]

trade them.

dude, selling is a fucking giant pain, you get fucked over left and right, you just gotta take your bumps and power through it.

especially on ebay. if a buyer complains, don't offer partial, tell him to send the fucking game back, give him a refund and block him.

fighting it on principle is not a good idea, because you will always lose, ebay will always always always side with the buyer unless the buyer is CLEARLY lying or trying to egregiously fuck you over.

[Anonymous No.2450736]

>>2446541
I wouldn't call it hoarding as much as trying to find an acceptable copy of a title.

I once went through five fucking boxed copies of Holy Diver before I got a complete copy in decent condition, which I had to assemble from different parts of the other copies.

Sucks being OCD.

>>2446629
Basically, this. ebay is the only game in town, and 80% of something > 100% of nothing and clutter in your closet. Just take the loss and sell the product.

>>2447146
get off your high horse with this stupid principled good guy bullshit. fuck you. if you don't grab it and flip it, some professional reseller asshole will. you're just funding your collection, the market is paying you what it is worth. what part of that is wrong or immoral?

you motherfuckers make it sound like buying Earthbound at the thrift for $5 and selling it for $150 on ebay is equivalent to selling Ukranian women into sex slavery or something fuck off with that shit

>>2447156
do you realize capitalism is the reason you're able to sit on the internet and bitch about the morality of buying and selling old video games?

>>2448123
this guy knows what he is doing.

[Anonymous No.2450813]

>>2446468
Wait, wtf? You can print your shipping label from ebay for like, $2 MAX.

Here's what I do for my N64 games.
>make listing
>3/7 days what the fuck ever a nigga don't care.
>auction ends, nigger lives on east coast, im in az
>tap on "print label"
>look online for approximate weight of average n64 games, they got that shit on google my nigga.
>iirc majoras mask weighs the most
>file.extension
>input 1.5 pounds.
>$1.84 cents
>save label onto flash drive using glorious google chrome by going print>save as pdf
>stop by walmart
>buy bubble wrap and 50 cent envelope
>stop by staples/office max
>print a receipt to throw into the envelope, as well as a shipping label
>mfw 22cents
>put my shit together in my car in front of usps
>throw it in bin
>wala

My first days on ebay were fucking horrible. I sold 2 GB/N64 controller extension packs, and Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2, for like $55, and I paid like $15 because I went through UPS and they lived in like fucking Maine.

Take my advice OP. One time I shipped a faggot my copy of Pokemon Diamond, only to release 10 days later that the game was in my DS and the fucker got an empty game carton with nothing inside.

>mfw he never contacted me about it, but I sent him the game and a nice message because I didn't want to feel bad about conning a faggot

[Anonymous No.2450820]

>>2448123
Exactly what I do. Group Mario games together, or group Mario games with some bullshit game, and auction it off. Start at .99 ALWAYS, if you know that the shit is going to sell. That way when a buyer sees, "oh shit nigger, 33 bids, this bundle probably fire af." Always "Add to Watchlist" products that are similar to yours 1-2 days before they end, to get a feel of how they're doing. Make your shit flashy, throw around words like RARE and MINT CONDITION or L@@K!!

They're fucking idiots, it's not my fault they bite the bait of seeing numbers like that and falling for them. Ebay/Paypal is Jewish as fuck with their fees, charging a monthly percentage of what you earned and shit, but whatever.

[Anonymous No.2450971]

>>2450412
Like aluminum foil? That's the first time hearing that. Does it make you feel cool calling people names online?

[Anonymous No.2451012]

>>2446579
/vr/ is a bunch of fucking jews

[Anonymous No.2451261]

>>2446468
I give them to my sister because she enjoys Sega Genesis games but is too scared to shop online for them and too busy raising her kid to go hunt for them locally.

[Anonymous No.2451264]

>>2446985
He mentioned nothing about having to vote for the site they are using to appear on some stupid top 500 list no one ever looked at. I saw so many low quality images of Sailor Moon getting fucked by Goku because of that crap.

[Anonymous No.2451272]

>>2447129
>10 minutes later guaranteed a flipper will pick it up.

So what? Do you realize how crazy you sound intentionally buying multiple copies of the same game just because you want to prevent the slight possibility of a group you don't like picking it up instead?

[Anonymous No.2451278]

>>2450736
>if you don't grab it and flip it, some professional reseller asshole will. you're just funding your collection, the market is paying you what it is worth. what part of that is wrong or immoral?

That would also make you a reseller you fucking moron. You're intentionally taking away a copy available to anyone for the intention of flipping it online for profit, whether or not it's to fund for your collection isn't relevant. If you're going support the idea of flipping games don't start ragging about how evil resellers are in the same post because you just look like a huge idiot.

[Anonymous No.2451483]

>>2450412
Foil?
Explain?

[Anonymous No.2452374]

>>2451272
Do you realize how crazy you sound calling his idea crazy?
Shame you're so poor or you could afford meds to fix that crazy.

[Anonymous No.2452403]

>>2450418
I think the only reason I'd go to a retro store is if they had a game station or arcade cabs and held tournaments every so often. I can't stand going to stores to "browse" when its a 45-60 minute drive only to find that theres nothing fucking there.

I can browse from eBay. I can set myself up to find good deals and maybe get combined shipping costs on buying multiples. I don't have to deal with bullshit because I can just either ship it back, or get a partial refund instead of having to fucking hassle with some retard at the local game store and make myself look like an asshole.

[Anonymous No.2452427]

>>2446468
wouldn't know i buy lots. when i get doubles, give them away to little kids or trade them for one's i don't have.

you don't even want to know how many parents hate my guts because i gave their kids a super Nintendo and some games and they keep screaming to daddy they want more snes games and he don't know where to get them.

[Anonymous No.2452520]

>>2452427
>don't know where to get them
Sell them more, you snes crack dealing fuck.

[Anonymous No.2452638]

I find it baffling that it's this difficult to turn over cartridges for a decent or even inflated price in times where hipsters will pay through the nose for perceived "cultural capital". Hate to play the hipster card but you wouldn't believe how much bread I see these kids throw at carts. The same crowd in high school who assumed you fucked cats if you played D&D is now a large part of the demographic.
TLDR: A fool & his gold

[Anonymous No.2452642]

>>2452638
That whole fucking cats seems a little personal.

[Anonymous No.2452697]

>>2452642
LoL. Not something I heard from firsthand experience. Just exaggerating on the scorn received back in the day for enjoying certain hobbies. It's a little funny how being caught with a deck of Magic cards or vidjya back then turned you into a pariah but nowadays are considered hip accessories. If I had known I could have stockpiled myself & made a pretty penny on this asinine geek chic trend.

[Anonymous No.2452710]

I'm lucky enough to have a good friend in my state that collects pretty much anything, so I sell him all my spares or games I don't want anymore for half the completed auction rate on eBay and ship them to him. Is that considered bro prices, or is that a price that's under 50%?

[Anonymous No.2453012]

>>2451278
notice how I said *professional* reseller, you fucking moron.

my point was there's a big difference between a collector who grabs an extra copy of earthbound cause it's $5 at the thrift and flips it to buy more shit, versus the professional reseller who grabs that same copy of earthbound for $5 to flip it so he can buy more shit to flip so he can pay for hookers and coke

stop being a fucking collector dweeb and use your brain. this is why guys like you are fucking poor and whine about how retro shit costs too much. you don't have a brain so you can't understand the concept of a free market and people paying what they think things are worth.

slag off.

[Anonymous No.2454349]

>>2446997
>tfw when used to sneak into friend's home when their family was on vacation and download porn mpegs to burn to CD.

[Anonymous No.2454350]

>>2446468
>craigslist

Welcome to autism USA

[Anonymous No.2454380]

>>2452374
>samefagging

lel. nice try.

[Anonymous No.2454571]

>>2446468
Thinking about selling this on ebay.

How much should I be able to get out of this?

[Anonymous No.2454669]

>>2454571
You'll want to sell those separately. Easily over $100. Check the completed listings and price accordingly.

[Anonymous No.2454712]

>>2454380
Not even samefag. Plenty of people think you're retarded.
The only people who believe you should leave a good find on the "slight possibility" that a reseller is going to grab it are poorfag kids living in a fantasy world.
Granted, you're not the only one of those here but not everyone here is sick in the head.

[Anonymous No.2454726]

If I charge about half of a game's going rate on pricecharting, does that make me a bad person?

[Anonymous No.2454767]

>>2446496
>signup for bitgamer.ch
>download verified fullsets for every single retro console
>never ever put up with faggot ass emuparadise again
>seed terabytes because why the fuck not

>>2446813
Fuck off. Emuparadise is pure shit.

[Anonymous No.2454809]

>>2454767
As far as rom sites go emuparadise is on of the least stinky of all the turds circling the bowl.

[Anonymous No.2454850]

>>2454809
It's still shit, and gets infinitely shittier when you start looking for CDVD images.

Just sign up for the new bitgamer.

[Anonymous No.2454941]

>>2454767
Why? It's not hard to download a fullset off emuparadise. I think I might have gotten one or two there. Never had a single issue with any of the files.

I'm glad you feel special about being apart of a website that requires you to register before viewing.

[Anonymous No.2455181]

>>2454726
If you're going to sell, you might as well get the most you can. If you find that morally wrong, try trading.

Video game price chart however is often time exaggerated. Look at the completed listings on ebay, take note of how often the game sells too. If it only sells for $20 once a couple months, it's probably not worth $20.

[Anonymous No.2455190]

>>2455181
Yeah, I don't feel TOO bad charging a little below the completed listing price off eBay, especially since the only time I ever sell anything is because it's a game I'm tired of, or no longer care to own a physical copy of. I never buy for the sake of reselling. I've tried trading before and I've gotten some good stuff, but there's a lot of people who are stingy as fuck when it comes to the things they want in exchange for theirs. At least on Instagram, which it pains me to admit, is where I've done about half of my trading.

[Anonymous No.2455238]

I didn't want to waste a space so i'm asking here. If some one sells you a defective game, and they put no returns in the listing, is ebay going to side with them? The item didn't match the description and doesn't work, but the guy refuses to give me a refund.

[Anonymous No.2455354]

>>2454850
That it does. By now I have pretty much everything I want. About 16TB

>>2454941
You have to try them to find a problem. If you do you will.

[Anonymous No.2455368]

>>2453012
>notice how I said *professional* reseller, you fucking moron.

Professional or not you're still taking games with the only intent to sell which is why people hate resellers, you fucking moron.

[Anonymous No.2455369]

>>2446468

>not putting your phone in airplane mode when you sleep

[Anonymous No.2455374]

>>2454712
>The only people who believe you should leave a good find on the "slight possibility" that a reseller is going to grab it are poorfag kids living in a fantasy world.

The problem is you weren't advocating on just selling a good find or picking it up for an actual purpose. You were going on about buying a copy of the same game just to spite a group of people who wouldn't even know you picked it up in the first place. You're acting like the grandma in that one episode of Malcolm in the Middle where she buys Christmas gifts and then doesn't give them out to her family out of spite despite the family not even knowing she bought the gifts in the first place.

[Anonymous No.2455376]

>>2455238
eBay is probably going to side with you. The only way they'd side with him is if the listing specifically said broken, not working or something like that. Even if the listing said "untested", it's sort of implied that it should working condition.

The no returns thing is more for people who suddenly decide they don't want the item after all and stuff like that. A seller can't get away with specifying no returns then sell broken items as working.

Most sellers are honest and/or decent, but there are always a few exceptions.

[Anonymous No.2455380]

>>2455238
You're pretty much guaranteed to have ebay side with you. They only don't if they believe you've been abusing their refund policy but otherwise they are pretty good at preventing you getting fucked over.

[Anonymous No.2455445]

>>2455238
They'll side with you. That exact situation happened and I received a defective dreamcast with a wonky laser. Wasn't any indication in the description it did not work. When I contacted him for a refund, he basically just told me "tough luck, kid. should've messaged me and asked if it worked"

So I opened a claim and within an hour or two Ebay gave me a full refund. Didn't even need to bother returning anything. So I ended up getting a for-parts dreamcast, two controllers, a VMU, cords, and a handful of games for free.

[Anonymous No.2456394]

>>2455374
>i can't read
I wasn't doing any of that because I'm not samefag. I didn't see the guy you relied to doing any of that either.

What I did see was you being a typical lazy shit who's butthurt he can't walk into a thrift store once a month and buy all the games you're looking for for a few bucks. Your rage has made you so deluded that you actually believe that if everyone on /vr/ passed up good deals because they already owned a copy you would be the next one to walk in to door and buy it before a reseller.

Like I said. You sound fucking crazy.

[Anonymous No.2456460]

>>2450393
>2015
>doesn't know what TOWIE is

[Anonymous No.2456506]

>>2455238
>Returns: Seller does not offer returns. You are covered by the eBay Money Back Guarantee if you received an item that is not as described in the listing.

File for a refund/return on the item at your eBay page and they'll handle the rest for you.

[Anonymous No.2456680]

>>2455354
>16TB

What's your storage setup like? Do you make backups?

[Anonymous No.2456704]

>>2455445
Obviously had a cunty seller. He probably learned his lesson once he simply lost a bunch of money.

I've never had an issue selling (but I am incredibly detailed in my listings as I'm not a fucking volume seller), but I've had plenty of issues buying including:

>Getting sent Secret of Mana instead of Secret of Evermore
Seller ended up sending me Secret of Evermore then never sending me money for return shipping for the copy of Secret of Mana so I sold it to my friend for 20 bucks
.
>Getting a rather large order (Thousand Arms, Rival Schools, Vandal Hearts 1 and 2) lost in shipping which took a fucking long time to resolve.
This was a massive pain in the ass because I got a really good deal and it went through the Global Shipping program which is really strange how it got lost. I still haven't found copies of Vandal Hearts 2, Thousand Arms or Rival Schools for a decent price.

>Getting defective copies of Super Smash TV and Comix Zone that I had to pay out of pocket to send back.
This was annoying because I was out of pocket an additional ~12 or so bucks for having to ship back to the US and the seller kept selling off stuff I was interested in for returns so I ended up with Uncharted 1-3 and Armored Core Silent Line for a bit extra which I wasn't super happy with but I wanted to just be done with it.

[Anonymous No.2457248]

>>2456460
Is that the show that's like Jersey Shore for bongs? I could barely make out what they were saying because of the accents but it was pretty funny stuff.

[Anonymous No.2457267]

>>2446468
>So, how do you guys even get rid your doubles?

right click, delete

[Anonymous No.2457687]

>>2446468
Can't say I know either of the Ebay/CL examples. The 10% cut for Ebay is a pain, yeah, but if you just be clear and thorough in describing things there's never issues with condition.

[Anonymous No.2458885]

>>2456680
3 physical servers with RAID1. I have backups of most of it, several in the case of stuff that was hard to find.

[Anonymous No.2459413]

I just want to say one thing. I don't love the fact resellers are sweeping up games to resell at prices that I personally find ridiculous so I can't enjoy my hobby as easily as I'd like. However, I've come to appreciate the fact that had this person not salvaged through the garage sale to find and buy these games, that little old grandmother might have just thrown it in the trash or something. So in a way, they're barely doing a small service to protect a lot of games from total destruction.

It's also going to e really great when prices start to fall. Don't ell me they aren't going down because they will. It may take longer for the Mario/Zelda/etc titles to go down because of their popularity, but eventually this retro craze bubble will bust and we can (hopefully) buy from the idiots who are spending the big bucks now.

[Anonymous No.2459456]

>>2458885
>RAID1

LMAO are you kidding
I can't even being to tell you how fucking stupid this is.

[Anonymous No.2459457]

>Bubblewrap the shit out of package print label and drive to post office at in pajamas minutes after buyer pays, put in priority package, come back home rush to send a message telling buyer that item was sent 2-Day Priority, and to please leave positive feedback.

>two months later seller leaves positive feedback "as described, thanks :)" get 100 percent feedback gets knocked to 99.5

>eBay sends me emails on how I can "sell better" and receive full 5 star ratings.

Reasons why I rarely sell on eBay anymore because some faggots wanna fag.

[Anonymous No.2459527]

>>2459456
I'm sure that's not the only thing you can't do.

[Anonymous No.2459529]

>>2459527
enjoy losing all of your shit when one drive dies

it is 2015, _no one_ should be using RAID1

[Anonymous No.2459538]

>>2446468
by trading or i would try to sell some of my games worldwide, since there are people who would love to get some of the NTSC games in their PAL region, you never know.

Try Digitpress or NintendoAge, that's where i buy some of my games.

[Anonymous No.2459670]

>>2459529
Oh wow. I thought you were going to try to be clever and learn me how the big boys do it. I forgot the level this board has sunk to.
RAID1 is a mirror dingus. When one drive dies I loose nothing. I pull out the bad drive and put in a new one and the data is copied across automatically.
Holy fuck you're retarded.

[Anonymous No.2459747]

>>2459413
problem is, while shops will have to lower price at some point because it simply doesn't sell, when it does happen most of games will be swept by independant hoarders...

[Anonymous No.2459907]

Small sellers have all but been run out of eBay and Amazon.

[Anonymous No.2460052]

>>2450736
>get off your high horse with this stupid principled good guy bullshit. fuck you. if you don't grab it and flip it, some professional reseller asshole will. you're just funding your collection, the market is paying you what it is worth. what part of that is wrong or immoral?

You literally say in that sentence that if you don't grab it and resell it, some "reseller asshole" will. How do you not realize that all that's happening in this case is that you are the asshole instead of some other guy.

Your attitude is one of the main reasons the whole reseller market is in such horrible shape. If you're going to be an asshole, then whatever. But at least own it and don't try to convince yourself you're different from all the others.

[Anonymous No.2462443]

>>2459529
>no one_ should be using RAID1

Where you dropped during your infancy? Is there a valid reason why you didn't fact check yourself?

[Anonymous No.2462550]

>>2462443
I guess I totally need to change how I've configured the servers at my work, eh? RAID's out, fellas!

[Anonymous No.2462691]

>>2447534
Us Essexes! Amarite?

*nudge nudge*

[Anonymous No.2462730]

>>2446489
My thoughts exactly. The only duplicates I have are Megaman X3 i found at a garage sale for two dollars and SMB from my uncle's old NES collection

[Anonymous No.2463092]

>>2460052
"No anon, you are the asshole..."

[Anonymous No.2463513]

>>2462550
if you worked for me and used RAID1, I would fire you immediately for being incompetent

[Anonymous No.2463694]

>>2459747
You, too, can be one of those horders.
Start saving for the crash now and maybe you can buy out a whole store.

[Anonymous No.2463719]

>>2446985
I distinctly remember Emuparadise needing you to vote to download from them way years ago. Might have been a different site, but it had those palm trees behind the site name in its logo like Emuparadise does.

fucking hated them, the voting site wouldn't load for me (still had dialup with AOL then, too)
most of my shit

>>2451264
>I saw so many low quality images of Sailor Moon getting fucked by Goku
ahh, memories

>>2459529
>enjoy losing all of your shit when one drive dies
that's RAID 0, mate
that shit was designed for all speed, no safety -- fast reads, fast writes, pretty much jams two or more drives into one big and fast logical one, if one drive dies, you're totally fucked and you better have made regular backups

RAID 1 is just a set of mirrored disks. Fast reads (up to RAID 0 speed), (slightly) slower writes than with a single disk, hilarious 50% or more overhead, and when one dies, you pull it out and slot another in. Not a substitute for backups, but a nice layer of protection with some benefits.

man, now I'm wondering if someone has ever done something as silly as a RAID 1 array of RAID 0 arrays

[Anonymous No.2463723]

>>2463719
>man, now I'm wondering if someone has ever done something as silly as a RAID 1 array of RAID 0 arrays
huh, apparently it's not as silly as I thought and it is indeed a thing

nifty

polite sage

[Anonymous No.2463880]

>>2463719
>RAID 1 array of RAID 0 arrays
Sure, and it's not that silly. Make a RAID1 so you have the benefits of redundant data on two drives at the lowest level. Make a few of them. Then stripe them for the benefits of size and performance. Best of both worlds.

[Anonymous No.2463923]

>>2463694
at this point I don't care, I have everdrives, and all I'll probably get is stockpiles of overpriced commoners like SMW, CV4, LttP or Contra 3...

[Anonymous No.2465576]

>>2446972
Seconded.

[Anonymous No.2465763]

>>2446660
I thought I saved a reseller pic that had an NES, Chinese adapter, AV cords, Chinese controllers, and Mario/Duckhunt for $100, but I guess I didn't. I sold my collection last year. What pisses me off is I would see, and still do see, resellers posting shit like this:
>NES
>5 games
>extremely shit tier games that are worth about $3 each
>"$80 THIS IS A GOOD DEAL"
>people were actually jumping all over it

When I sold my collection, I would try to make my bundles worth it. I had an NES + cords, Power Pad, Zapper, 2 controllers, and 8 games. I don't remember all of the games I had in the bundle, but there was Super Mario Bros/Duckhunt/WCTM, SMB 2, SMB 3, Shinobi, Megaman 2, Shatterhand, and 2 others for $80. I get bombarded with "would you take $50?" or "can I just get ___". I had a CIB Super Metroid for $75 and had a couple of resellers who wanted it for $30-$40.

[Anonymous No.2465771]

>>2465763
>see people being retarded about pricing
>surprised when they try and undercut and get top-tier product from you for peanuts

Its kind of your own fault. You shouldn't be trying to give people deals. Shatterhand and Megaman 2 alone are 30 bucks a peice.

[Anonymous No.2465781]

>>2465771
It was weird though. I had a few collectors ask about games when I sold everything, but it was mostly resellers, but when the resellers would sell something, no on was interested. It's like they would rather get fucked instead of catching a deal.

Just now found the pic. I thought I had SMB 3 in the bundle but I didn't and it was more than 8.

[Anonymous No.2465784]

>>2465781
meant, "when reseller would sell something, everyone would be interested". I was looking for the pic when I was typing everything out.

[Anonymous No.2465790]

>>2446468
Here's how I sell my doubles. Go to Amazon. Find one in the same condition as mine. List for one cent cheaper. It usually sells within a few hours. Easy fucking peasy.

If it's a cart based game with a battery I solder in a battery holder and put in a new battery. Inside the cart I also put the date the battery was replaced on a piece of masking tape. I charge $5 more in that case.

>>2446489
I typically keep the one that's shittier and sell the better one. I don't care that much about the game cosmetically.

[Anonymous No.2465825]

>2015
>not using vpn to get complete romsets
mfw no face

[Anonymous No.2467529]

>>2463513

Thanks for the free unemployment compensation!

[Anonymous No.2468029]

>>2446496
>the struggles of trying to run an emulator as a 10 year old

[Anonymous No.2468730]

>>2465790
I didn't think anybody bought their games off amazon.
I hate not being able to see pics of what I'm buying.

[Anonymous No.2469719]

bump for more discussion

[Anonymous No.2469758]

Is eBay still a hard ass about modded consoles? I recall at one time they were ruthless in not only taking down chipped systems, but also SNES & Genesis systems where the extent of the modding was plastic cut out of the cartridge slot.
When I got back into selling recently, I skirted the issue by showing the (American) system with a Japanese game running in it, making no mention I cut the slots.

Also bootlegs, I'll often see bootleg carts listed, but the seller usually describes it as a "prototype" or doesn't say anything at all.

[Anonymous No.2469926]

>>2463513
>confusing stripping for mirroring
you're a fucking idiot. that said, these days everyone's systems should be setup as virtual machines with incremental backups, so the damage the retards constantly fucking them up can be undone much simpler.

[Anonymous No.2470664]

>>2469758
yes. it's best to simply not mention any keywords as it'll get you banned

modchip
mod
prototype
backup
etc.

[Anonymous No.2470670]

>>2469926
>2015
>not using RAID Z

[Anonymous No.2470674]

>>2446475
where the hell did that even come from

[Anonymous No.2472758]

>>2463513
If I worked for you the only RAID I'd be using is to kill the roaches eating the burgers you dropped.