What Your Coolest eBay Gaming Purchase?
I'm not sure if it's my most *awesome* eBay gaming buy, but I just bought a Beatmania controller for $25 shipped, brand new. It's the cheapest I've seen, and actually, the price dropped really fast from when I started looking.
At first, I looked up Beatmania IIDX controller online, and the cheapest I was finding was like $100 shipped. Then, I stumbled across the fact that the game was in fact released in the US in 2005. I called my local stores, and none had even heard of it. So I looked on ebay, and they were available for $60 "buy it now", with very few auctions. I bid on one that I lost that went for $40 shipped. So, I was gonna wait until I had some more money, but I checked a few days later, and someone was selling controller only for $15 "buy it now", so I grabbed that sucker.
It hasn't gotten here yet, but the seller said it will be in the mail today, and they are only 1 state away. So, not bad, I think. Price went from $100 (in my mind), to $25.
At first, I looked up Beatmania IIDX controller online, and the cheapest I was finding was like $100 shipped. Then, I stumbled across the fact that the game was in fact released in the US in 2005. I called my local stores, and none had even heard of it. So I looked on ebay, and they were available for $60 "buy it now", with very few auctions. I bid on one that I lost that went for $40 shipped. So, I was gonna wait until I had some more money, but I checked a few days later, and someone was selling controller only for $15 "buy it now", so I grabbed that sucker.
It hasn't gotten here yet, but the seller said it will be in the mail today, and they are only 1 state away. So, not bad, I think. Price went from $100 (in my mind), to $25.
Fight for life beta for the atari jaguar. #6 of only 46. purchased it at a low buy it now 45 plus 5 shipping.
i sold it recentally as i let go of my whole entire atari jaguar cd collection for $125 to fund my PSP for me and my wife.
I miss my atari jaguar a little especially the shmup Protector SE and FPS (well kinda if flying around couts) skyhammer
i would say buying the rare atari jaguar cd system was my second coolest purchase.
anyways it was as bad as they say it was although there are some games on it you cant get anywhere
1. alien vs. predetor
2. protector se
3. skyhammer (makes jaguar seem to push the impossible)
4. battlemorph cd (very beutiful game and graphix)
5. Virtual Light Machine
6. ummmm well thats about it on what really counted to me i guess you know why i sold it.
7. if only i have the extra $400 for Battlesphere, the Holy Grail of ALL atari jaguar
anyways i love my psp with custom firmware so everytime i have regrets i play my psp and forget all about it.
i sold it recentally as i let go of my whole entire atari jaguar cd collection for $125 to fund my PSP for me and my wife.
I miss my atari jaguar a little especially the shmup Protector SE and FPS (well kinda if flying around couts) skyhammer
i would say buying the rare atari jaguar cd system was my second coolest purchase.
anyways it was as bad as they say it was although there are some games on it you cant get anywhere
1. alien vs. predetor
2. protector se
3. skyhammer (makes jaguar seem to push the impossible)
4. battlemorph cd (very beutiful game and graphix)
5. Virtual Light Machine
6. ummmm well thats about it on what really counted to me i guess you know why i sold it.
7. if only i have the extra $400 for Battlesphere, the Holy Grail of ALL atari jaguar
anyways i love my psp with custom firmware so everytime i have regrets i play my psp and forget all about it.
Epic bump.
I just won a really hard to find Flash Professor Kit for Gameboy (Color). Now I just have to find a DB-25 Parallel cable if that guy doesn't include one.
The best part, I'm paying more for the shipping than the thing itself. $8.50 total.
The most pure epic win ever.
I just won a really hard to find Flash Professor Kit for Gameboy (Color). Now I just have to find a DB-25 Parallel cable if that guy doesn't include one.
The best part, I'm paying more for the shipping than the thing itself. $8.50 total.
The most pure epic win ever.
Back when the Dreamcast was still viable, I was looking for a broadband adapter cause Sega never really sold them in stores. eBay price was well over $100. Then I found someone liquidating their Dreamcast collection for about $100 including the broadband adapter. The trick is he listed the broadband adapter very inconspicuously; he may have even misspelled it.
I got the whole package for around $100. I played all the games from the collection that I didn't already have for a couple weeks. Sold the system and any of the games that my friend wanted to him for something like $75. Sold the rest of the games on eBay for at least $50 if not much more. Played PSO using the broadband adapter until the system went belly up and then sold the broadband adapter w/ web browser on eBay for well over $100. SCORE!
I got the whole package for around $100. I played all the games from the collection that I didn't already have for a couple weeks. Sold the system and any of the games that my friend wanted to him for something like $75. Sold the rest of the games on eBay for at least $50 if not much more. Played PSO using the broadband adapter until the system went belly up and then sold the broadband adapter w/ web browser on eBay for well over $100. SCORE!
Impressive!emilles wrote:Back when the Dreamcast was still viable, I was looking for a broadband adapter cause Sega never really sold them in stores. eBay price was well over $100. Then I found someone liquidating their Dreamcast collection for about $100 including the broadband adapter. The trick is he listed the broadband adapter very inconspicuously; he may have even misspelled it.
I got the whole package for around $100. I played all the games from the collection that I didn't already have for a couple weeks. Sold the system and any of the games that my friend wanted to him for something like $75. Sold the rest of the games on eBay for at least $50 if not much more. Played PSO using the broadband adapter until the system went belly up and then sold the broadband adapter w/ web browser on eBay for well over $100. SCORE!
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Along those same lines, I also picked up my Sega CDX bundled with 10 or so Sega CD games from a thrift shop that didn't know what they had (usual price on eBay is well over $100 just for the console). I sold the games on eBay for more than the purchase price and kept the CDX, which was (still is) in pretty good shape. The only thing that was missing was the box and manual.
In general, I think buying large lots of games is a good way to go because you get a chance to try a bunch of games for not a lot of money and you can usually sell them back on eBay individually for more than the price of the lot (if the lot isn't just a bunch of junk games that the seller couldn't get rid of individually himself). I think it might have something to do with the fact that eBay limits the number of characters in the title, so unless your game lot is relatively small (2 to 4 games), you can't squeeze them all in there. And if someone is looking for one of the games in particular, they are likely to miss the lot. Checking 'search titles and descriptions' can usually overcome this, but I don't think many people bother.
Another thing I do religiously is set up saved searches with daily emails for particular games/items I am looking for. I make the search incredibly specific to weed out swag, prequels, sequels, greatest hits versions, etc. I usually put a price filter on as well so I don't need to bother looking at the overpriced listings. Here's an example of a search for Resident Evil 3 on GameCube so that you can see what I'm talking about for a game that was released on multiple consoles and has prequels, sequels and a lot of related swag to weed out:
resident evil 3 -(0,1,2,4,four,one,remake,zero) (gamecube,game cube,gc,gcn,ngc) -(anime,bobblehead,book,chainsaw,demo,dvd,figure,flag,guide,import,japan,jp,keychain,pad,pal,poster,shield,shirt,skin,soundtrack,standee,sword,wristband)
Category: Video Games, Sort: Ending First, Max Price: US $9.99
With that set up, I get an email (up to once per day) with links to each new item that matches. eBay does nearly all the work. I just need to click the link and skim the listing to check pics and such and add it to my watch list. I've purchased a ton of new PS2 games this way for $10-$15, still sealed. And I'm talking A-list games like God of War, Disgaea, and so on. And searching for rare games is so much better this way. If a game only comes up once every few months, you don't need to log on to eBay every day and run a search for it; eBay automatically does that for you.
In general, I think buying large lots of games is a good way to go because you get a chance to try a bunch of games for not a lot of money and you can usually sell them back on eBay individually for more than the price of the lot (if the lot isn't just a bunch of junk games that the seller couldn't get rid of individually himself). I think it might have something to do with the fact that eBay limits the number of characters in the title, so unless your game lot is relatively small (2 to 4 games), you can't squeeze them all in there. And if someone is looking for one of the games in particular, they are likely to miss the lot. Checking 'search titles and descriptions' can usually overcome this, but I don't think many people bother.
Another thing I do religiously is set up saved searches with daily emails for particular games/items I am looking for. I make the search incredibly specific to weed out swag, prequels, sequels, greatest hits versions, etc. I usually put a price filter on as well so I don't need to bother looking at the overpriced listings. Here's an example of a search for Resident Evil 3 on GameCube so that you can see what I'm talking about for a game that was released on multiple consoles and has prequels, sequels and a lot of related swag to weed out:
resident evil 3 -(0,1,2,4,four,one,remake,zero) (gamecube,game cube,gc,gcn,ngc) -(anime,bobblehead,book,chainsaw,demo,dvd,figure,flag,guide,import,japan,jp,keychain,pad,pal,poster,shield,shirt,skin,soundtrack,standee,sword,wristband)
Category: Video Games, Sort: Ending First, Max Price: US $9.99
With that set up, I get an email (up to once per day) with links to each new item that matches. eBay does nearly all the work. I just need to click the link and skim the listing to check pics and such and add it to my watch list. I've purchased a ton of new PS2 games this way for $10-$15, still sealed. And I'm talking A-list games like God of War, Disgaea, and so on. And searching for rare games is so much better this way. If a game only comes up once every few months, you don't need to log on to eBay every day and run a search for it; eBay automatically does that for you.
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Well I just caught me this
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=007
only 26 including shipping I know hes charging me more on shipping but anyways 26 or so is mario kart alone and you gotta add the expansion that goes for 14 and the transfer pack which I found useless
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=007
only 26 including shipping I know hes charging me more on shipping but anyways 26 or so is mario kart alone and you gotta add the expansion that goes for 14 and the transfer pack which I found useless
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