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| mayberry:
I have this ongoing mental rolodex of the various shops and pricing on retro games (primarily NES, since that's what I collect). I have come to notice that some titles are priced to sit and others are priced to sell. It's as if some titles aren't even meant to be sold, some for nefarious purposes, and others for reasons unbeknownst. Vintage Stock hoards copies of SMB3, Marble Madness, TMNT Arcade, etc all for 5-10 over the going average. I figure these are their show pieces. It's like street cred under glass. Game Xchange has Zelda, SMB 2 and 3, Final Fantasy, etc all for $35. I figure this is because their pricing geeks have no clue what games are worth and price based on name alone. Some games -- like the American Video version of Impossible Mission 2 -- sell for $3 or less. A pawn shop near here has Nobunga's Ambition 2 for $75. I haven't figured this one out yet. Anyone else noticing this? I hope I have explained it well enough. O_O |
| soera:
Lol do you live in OKC? Cause that is my area and we have exactly the same thing (other than that pawn shop finally sold Ambition 2). |
| scott:
A place over by me has games priced all over the place some deals are worth it, others not so much. Though I did notice they have Iron Storm for Saturn listed for a little less than going price on Ebay and Amazon... It's sat there for months though. I credit that to a low interest in Saturn games in my area. The also have Powerslave for Saturn also, for way more than what going price is... so I have no idea what they are thinking on their pricing. |
| darko:
The one nice thing about the Vintage Stocks in OKC is that they price the CIB items the exact same price as the carts by themselves. Sure, finding one is lucky at best, but when you do it's a nice surprise. |
| foxhack:
I was in Tennessee visiting my sisters a couple of years ago and we went to this huge indoor flea market - a really nice place, btw - but there were a couple of retro game shops that had stuff like Metal Gear Solid for $30 and Final Fantasy VII for $80. It was ridiculous. |
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