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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: nellen on December 06, 2016, 12:21:51 pm
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Hello guys, so I was on eBay looking at some snes games to add to my collection. And seen Chrono trigger for a to good to be true price. So I look in the description and see this "I don't know if it's an original or reproduction so please don't ask." So I pmed him saying this "you say 'I don't know if it's an original or reproduction' but that's bs its bootlag,on the back that little oval should say nintendo. you know what you are doing. i reported you and i hope they ban you. good day" he's reply was a joke "Good day ..... Don't tell me what I know or don't know.... Get a life.... What makes you a pro???? I have professionals who tell me that I should open the game and show the inside.... Go get a life you miserable person.... Don't inbox me anymore or I will report you Mr." please everyone report him for selling bootlegs he know he's trying to rip people off . http://m.ebay.ca/itm/Chrono-Trigger-Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-1995-/122251628663?hash=item1c76c3d077%3Ag%3AasoAAOSwo4pYQPPk&_trkparms=pageci%253A767a4a98-bbd6-11e6-b403-74dbd18079bf%257Cparentrq%253Ad51ab3231580a787022277dfffdfbf3f%257Ciid%253A4
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Reported and also reported to ap.nintendo.com
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Hello guys, so I was on eBay looking at some snes games to add to my collection. And seen Chrono trigger for a to good to be true price. So I look in the description and see this "I don't know if it's an original or reproduction so please don't ask." So I pmed him saying this "you say 'I don't know if it's an original or reproduction' but that's bs its bootlag,on the back that little oval should say nintendo. you know what you are doing. i reported you and i hope they ban you. good day" he's reply was a joke "Good day ..... Don't tell me what I know or don't know.... Get a life.... What makes you a pro???? I have professionals who tell me that I should open the game and show the inside.... Go get a life you miserable person.... Don't inbox me anymore or I will report you Mr." please everyone report him for selling bootlegs he know he's trying to rip people off . http://m.ebay.ca/itm/Chrono-Trigger-Super-Nintendo-Entertainment-System-1995-/122251628663?hash=item1c76c3d077%3Ag%3AasoAAOSwo4pYQPPk&_trkparms=pageci%253A767a4a98-bbd6-11e6-b403-74dbd18079bf%257Cparentrq%253Ad51ab3231580a787022277dfffdfbf3f%257Ciid%253A4
eBay is blocked at work, but I will report him when I get home.
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The pictures show what it is. Also the seller has 6 feedback... why even bother.
If you sent him that message, that isn't very nice.
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he says he doesn't know if its real and he know's its fake it's even against the law. people like this should be held accountable for selling bootleg's. he's lying to people to try and make money.
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Reported, also love that description.
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ya any one that say's i don't know if it's real so don't ask. is full of it
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ya any one that say's i don't know if it's real so don't ask. is full of it
Basically trying to cover their ass, but making it painfully obvious it's a fake at the same time.
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ya any one that say's i don't know if it's real so don't ask. is full of it
Basically trying to cover their ass, but making it painfully obvious it's a fake at the same time.
lol i still love the email he sent me. "I have professionals who tell me that I should open the game and show the inside"
like what anyone that know's video games can see its a fake.
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Easy way to avoid is to ask them to send a picture of the board, but even then then can sent you a stock picture. Actually the best way is to not buy from eBay the sought after titles that are that cheap.
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how ebay work's is they cant sell you bootleg's on ebay if they do you can get a refund because selling bootlegs is illegal. but what i was saying about the listing you don't need a pic of the bored to know it's a bootleg. its missing the nintendo marking on the back.
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Easy way to avoid is to ask them to send a picture of the board, but even then then can sent you a stock picture. Actually the best way is to not buy from eBay the sought after titles that are that cheap.
how ebay work's is they cant sell you bootleg's on ebay if they do you can get a refund because selling bootlegs is illegal. but what i was saying about the listing you don't need a pic of the bored to know it's a bootleg. its missing the nintendo marking on the back.
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just a update thanks to you guy's. the seller fixed he's listing and is now calling the game a repro.
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Even without the Nintendo logo on the back, the KA ESRB rating is darken when everyone knows they didnt start becoming darken until like the early 2000s. Depending on what games it is, if its a repro I wouldnt mind but dont outright lie to people saying you are not sure when clearly it is.
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he emailed me back saying this
"Just wanted to let you know that you were correct.... I took this product and was told that it's a reproduction.... If your going to approach a person.... Approach properly and you'll get better results... My add was informing ppl to figure it out and bid if they want.... Not a scammer, just didn't do my homework and didn't feel like doing my homework.... The auction is down and reworded.... Thanks and goodbye'
you can tell hes just trying to cover he's ass
so do you guys think i should post more stuff like this ?
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I love to hear reports of bootlegers who try and scam buyers then get caught.
Personally i dont care if someone wants to sell a bootleg copy on ebay just own up to it and sell it at $30-$40 max. And say in description and title "reproduction". Also the producer of these carts really need to mark labels as "reproduction". The only games that do not need this are games that never exsisted as a US game. Like many fan translations or prototypes. I think those are obvious. Lol
The ones i really hate are the ones who take a real cart. Replace the label and put in a fake board.
There was one time i saw a lot of nes games on ebay. One was flintstones 2. I contacted the guy and asked about the game, he acted like someone who knew nothing about video games and claimed he bought the game at a thrift store years ago. He also said he didnt have the tool to open it. I told him i will open it when I get it and if its not real I would want a refund. He assured me it was real. So i won the auction and got the whole lot for about half what flintstones 2 sells for alone, I get the games and the cart looked real from the outside. Label even looked a little worn to be fake. Then I open it and see the board is huge and obviously fake.
I contact him and he was upset that I dare ask for a refund. I send him pictures of his board and what it should look like and he calls me the lier and I had to get ebay involved to get my money back. He was pissed he had to refund me.
He even told me the game was still worth over $500 even as a fake. I told him there's sites out there that I can buy a fake flintstones 2 for about $40 and he acts like i'm lowballing his fake cart. Lol
If you see someone scamming and want to warn us by all means call the scumbag seller out so we dont get taken.
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I love to hear reports of bootlegers who try and scam buyers then get caught.
Personally i dont care if someone wants to sell a bootleg copy on ebay just own up to it and sell it at $30-$40 max. And say in description and title "reproduction". Also the producer of these carts really need to mark labels as "reproduction". The only games that do not need this are games that never exsisted as a US game. Like many fan translations or prototypes. I think those are obvious. Lol
The ones i really hate are the ones who take a real cart. Replace the label and put in a fake board.
There was one time i saw a lot of nes games on ebay. One was flintstones 2. I contacted the guy and asked about the game, he acted like someone who knew nothing about video games and claimed he bought the game at a thrift store years ago. He also said he didnt have the tool to open it. I told him i will open it when I get it and if its not real I would want a refund. He assured me it was real. So i won the auction and got the whole lot for about half what flintstones 2 sells for alone, I get the games and the cart looked real from the outside. Label even looked a little worn to be fake. Then I open it and see the board is huge and obviously fake.
I contact him and he was upset that I dare ask for a refund. I send him pictures of his board and what it should look like and he calls me the lier and I had to get ebay involved to get my money back. He was pissed he had to refund me.
He even told me the game was still worth over $500 even as a fake. I told him there's sites out there that I can buy a fake flintstones 2 for about $40 and he acts like i'm lowballing his fake cart. Lol
If you see someone scamming and want to warn us by all means call the scumbag seller out so we dont get taken.
i agree for the most part i just wish repro carts said reproduction on the label or some where so its harder for people to pass it off as real in the future if or when it goes to the wild. but keeping eBay sellers honest it a big step.
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So I am confused can we or can we not sell bootleg, repro on eBay?
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It's ok if you are super clear about what you are selling. It would just be nice if the cart said repro on it
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he emailed me back saying this
"Just wanted to let you know that you were correct.... I took this product and was told that it's a reproduction.... If your going to approach a person.... Approach properly and you'll get better results... My add was informing ppl to figure it out and bid if they want.... Not a scammer, just didn't do my homework and didn't feel like doing my homework.... The auction is down and reworded.... Thanks and goodbye'
you can tell hes just trying to cover he's ass
so do you guys think i should post more stuff like this ?
He's got a lot of nerve. Approach them properly? The dude is a scammer. His pathetic CYA attempts are making him dig his hole deeper.
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So I am confused can we or can we not sell bootleg, repro on eBay?
Last night I was going to say that you couldn't sell regardless, but I checked the Ebay restricted and prohibited items page on their help site and couldn't find anything relating to bootleg video games. I recall in the past you couldn't sell bootleg music but I couldn't find that on there either.