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| bsmith:
Man I just went back to the store I mentioned a few posts up again today. They emailed a 10% off coupon so I figured maybe I'd find something... Looked a little closer and they're charging $35 for a cart only copy of NES Mega Man 2 with a torn label. $30 for Bubble Bobble, the trend continued in their glass case of standard NES favorites. I also have an extra copy of NES Double Dribble which I brought for trade, in case I did find something worth buying. Guy said he'd give me 25 cents for it. I went over and they had a copy in worse condition than mine priced at $10 on the shelf. Yikes. They do get my props however for having a working Sunset Riders cabinet on the store floor! Probably the only reason I'll go back. |
| scott:
I suppose it all comes down to overhead. The dude running a used game store has extra bills for rent, etc. Where the guys online only have to worry about net costs, ebay % and shipping. :( |
| strickler80:
> jobocan > Oh wow.... This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.... So I remembered there was a small game store within a video store that had a few old games near here (basically the only store in my whole city with old games). So I decided to check it out after work. They have a Bally Astrocade with 7 games for 300$, which, by my calculation, is slightly too high, but that's not the ridiculous thing there. So I see a fairly okay condition copy of Mega Man X on SNES, and the first thing that catches my eye is the big sticker on it that says "special collector discount: 15% off!!!!". The price? 99.99$... And you're telling me THAT'S after going 15% off? Seems people around here, even game store owners, REALLY are morons when it comes to game pricing. That reminds me of this one old couple at a flea market nearby. They were selling old SNES and N64 games for terrible prices. Ocarina of Time (gray cart) was $30! |
| jobocan:
> scott > I suppose it all comes down to overhead. The dude running a used game store has extra bills for rent, etc. Where the guys online only have to worry about net costs, ebay % and shipping. :( Even then, I don't exactly get that. In my mind at least, selling games at proper prices seems to be the best way to go if they want to cover those overhead prices, since pricing the games too high will make people not buy from them at all. So my basic logic is "More sales at lower prices > a lot less sells at higher prices". But maybe I'm just stupid :P |
| scott:
@jobocan That would make sense to me, actually. Lets open a game store, ha. |
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