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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: philogical on May 24, 2012, 05:40:58 pm
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So last night I was perusing Craigslist and saw someone had put up an NES and 27 games for sale for $50. This seemed like a pretty sweet deal, so I texted the guy and asked if he could e-mail me a list of games. I looked it over and two immediately popped out: Final Fantasy and Mega Man.
I knew that those were not cheap, so I look up what they were worth, and just those two were worth $50. I like a good deal and all, but I felt that he should know that he was under selling by quite a bit. I texted him and let him know that he was asking for way to little. We went back and forth for a bit, I was trying to help him figure out the value. Then a few minutes in he said someone called and offered $150.
I did not get a steal that night, but it felt good to sort of help someone not get screwed over. I would have offered $100, but just couldn’t right then.
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The guy should have let you buy them simply out of the fact that you were trying to help him from getting ripped off. I would have been a little upset if I was doing that and someone came and sniped them right out from underneath me.
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This is the kind of thing I wouldn't feel bad about. Megaman and Final Fantasy are not in the realm of price that would have me doing that, it would end up being more like a slight savings in my opinion. Now, if some guy was selling a NWC cartridge for $20 bucks I would be extremely conflicted - because that would be cheating him out of a new car or rent for a few years, something substantial.
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I have offered people more than their asking price before for two reasons:
1. To make sure that it is still there when I come to pick it up
2. Because they have grossly under priced it
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I just wasn't able to purchase them last night, and even if I could have I would have offered him more than $50 for sure.
This was the list he sent me:
Battle Chess
MLB Baseball
Guerilla
JackalBayou Billy
Baseball Stars
Final Fantasy (original version)
A Boy and His BlobSchekerazade
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Bionic Commando
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Target Renegade
Super Mario Bros 2&3
Hoops
NARC
T&C Surf Design
Batman
Blades of Steel
Mega Man (original version)
Maniac Mansion
Willow
Yoshi
Football
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt
Conquest of the Crystal Palace
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Damn, lol I could have even used a few of those titles. Sheherezade and Crystal Palace. It definitely could have been flipable ... but at $150, someone actually paid full market value. Mega man and Final fantasy are the only 2 games listed that even reach $20.
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Why would you do such a thing? If he doesn't care enough to research what he has b4 he sells it should be his loss...
I wouldn't pay more than $15 for MM or FF...
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Why would you do such a thing? If he doesn't care enough to research what he has b4 he sells it should be his loss...
I wouldn't pay more than $15 for MM or FF...
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Don't you love it when you get a deal? Why keep someone else from it? It's not like any of it was that valuable anyway.
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Why would you do such a thing? If he doesn't care enough to research what he has b4 he sells it should be his loss...
I wouldn't pay more than $15 for MM or FF...
I woulda hopped on a super deal. Maybe, that's just me, but I wouldn't feel bad at all. More I would be stoked about finding said super deal.
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I'll be honest, I might have done the same... though not to the same extent that you had. I wouldn't have taken the bundle for 50, and probably offered a bit more for the whole set to get it, but I wouldn't have went through everything you did to help the guy out... unless you weren't planning on buying it in the first place. Then you were just being a cool dude. :)