No point in getting mad at people who charge too much. Everyone wants to get the most out of their things when selling. I just roll my eyes or move along if something is too high for my liking, but anger isn't a response.
Your right but when you give them a little friendly advice and they don't respond so nicely, it can be aggravating.
Jmustang1968 wrote: I don't know just because you found some games cheaper elsewhere doesn't mean he has to sell his game cheap to you as well. Do you remember what game it was?
No point in getting mad at people who charge too much. Everyone wants to get the most out of their things when selling. I just roll my eyes or move along if something is too high for my liking, but anger isn't a response.
Well yeah but I was trying to say that not all "good" GC games go for 30+. Ugh...which game the Zelda one I had or the one I was trying to get? The Zelda one was that one where theres 4 Links. His...idk I want to say it was Mario Sunshine or Metroid...but it was in that range of good games.
Oh you sound like my mother..."theres no point in getting angry" yeah well I think there is. I actually like feeling pissed off at times because then I get to rant/rave/curse people out and punch something. Or put a beat em up game on and kick some freaking ass. And anger is always a response.
I started out with a Coleco when I was a kid and eventually got a NES then a Genesis. After that I discovered computers and never had much interest in console games until years later.
In 07 I started working with someone who collects retro games and realized how many good games came and went during the time I was a hardcore PC fanboy.
So my first console since the Genesis was a PS3 and I've been buying up consoles and games to fill in everything I missed from 16 bit to now.
Like others, I grew up with the older systems. My first was the NES, and then SNES, Genesis, Playstation, Playstation 2, and Playstation 3. A little bit of PC gaming here around '99-'01 (and a EQ and WoW addiction).
Always have been a gamer and always will be. I love it!
I was born in '85, pretty much right inside the Golden Age of Gaming, so I grew up playing the NES, SNES, Genesis in the early nineties, the PS1 and N64 later in the decade, and then bought my PS2 at launch. I stopped playing games from probably 2003-2008 while I was in university, and then happened upon an AVGN video on Youtube in 2009. Ebay became my best friend, and my collection has exploded since.
It's been very interesting to see how the hobby has exploded so much in popularity over the last five years or so, as well as the costs of so many retro games. I'm sure that back in 2009, Little Samson could be had for $70, and the same can be said for many, many other titles. Hopefully this retrogaming boom goes away in the next few years, though I won't hold my breath on that...
As much as I hate to say it, that's what happens with market value. Folks look on eBay, they're clearly willing to pay that much, so they charge that much. And some overcharge, and that's nothing new, it's gone on for far longer than eBay has been around.
And at least you guys have a decent amount of retro-gaming stores. There's one in the town 30 minutes away, and it's just okay. My home state is mostly a black hole for retro gaming.
Any place that actually has stores dedicated to retro gaming can not be a "black hole for retro gaming".
My WTB thread (Sega CD/Saturn games) Also looking to buy: Ys III (TG-16 CD), Shadowrun (Genesis) Hori N64 mini pad and Slayer (3DO) in long box/just the long box
That's why I said "mostly". And the selection is pretty bad, overall. The chances of uncovering hidden gems in the state of Mississippi are far less than those, say, in states on the West Coast, and California in particular. I'm sure the combination of lesser population and being a rather poor state doesn't help affairs.
I was also in a retro gaming store in Gainesville, Florida, and it was pretty sad. There were a couple of interesting things there, but they also were asking eBay prices for everything. I'm of the opinion if you're going to operate a retro store, you've got to slightly (not majorly) undercut eBay prices. But maybe that's not an option, either, once you factor in overhead.
I think one of the cardinal sins I see retro gaming shops commit, though, is overpricing common carts. Our retro store has a baseline on NES carts of $5. Most of the ones left there are pretty terrible, and they're not selling. This is one of those cases where it should be closer to $2 or $3, and I'd probably wipe them out at that point. I don't think, as a seller, you want your stock to stagnate, or people stop coming in.
I've kind of been wanting to debate this for a while. Why are the prices so damn high? I've only been collecting for close to two months but from common sense and context clues I can tell that most things are overpriced. Is it the fault of Youtuber's like game chasers or the retro gaming community themselves?
