$510 for a Galaga '88 Marquee, WTF?!!

[nash]

I think what Lyon's trying to say is, you jacked up the bid all the way to $500 yet never realistically would have paid that. If someone had bid it up to $499 and it ended, you would have won it at your $500 bid price, and then what? So I think he's saying he wants to block you in case you're a deadbeat buyer lol

No that's not correct. I bid $500, and if I had won, I would have paid it, period.

Nash, what would you have done had someone bid $499?

I'm shocked you asked that Joe, but then you don't know me very well so it's cool. I would of course have paid.

If Nash would have ended up winning this auction and had to shell out $500. He is one of the few people I know that actually would have went through with it and paid for it. Nash is far from a deadbeat buyer. It wouldn't be a good business / seller idea to block him. He pays very well for items he needs or wants which I can honestly vouch for. As far as everything else only time will tell. You will either see it relisted or you might be able to see if he receives feedback for the marquee.

Thanks Darryl.

nash is not a deadbeat.... Had he won the auction he would have paid. There's no reason to assume otherwise. He is under no obligation to accept a 2nd-chance offer, as that price has been inflated by a crazy snipe (which, given the anonymity of bidders now, could also be a shill).

Thanks Matt, and yes as you point out I am under ZERO obligation since I lost the auction.

I wasn't trying to direct it towarded you. I was trying to let everyone no that might not know of Nash. He did plenty of transactions and most for large amounts of money, so just saying this might be the last person you would want to block for whatever reason. Nash is an top notch guy in this hobby.

Thanks again Darryl.

End result: First bidder probably won't pay, that's crazy.

Nash, who bid it up that high, wont' pay anywhere near that.

So the guy gets to relist it, and wait for ebay to give him his what, 40 bucks back?

Personally, on my auctions, I'd rather people bid what they're willing to pay. Nash isn't willing to pay 500 bucks for the marquee, but he bid it anyways.

Maybe he would have paid it if he won. He won't pay it as a backup bidder, though. What sense does that make?

When I bid on things, I'll pay that today, tommorow, next week, next year. That's what it's worth to me.

Playing "Oh, I'll just bid 500 tee hheee heee" games just doesn't cut it for me, sorry.

As as for you, I didn't play a "500 tee hee" game of any sort. I bid a large amount as I wanted the damn thing myself. I expected the thing to go no higher than $200 honestly, but rather than put up my usual 202.00 with that thinking in mind, I just put $500 (was the same difference to me in this case, as I thought either bid of $202 of $500 would have been MORE than enough to win it).

And another thing, when I win items, I pay immediately. You know absolutely nothing about me, so you likening how you pay for items to how I pay for items is COMPLETELY ridiculous. The more I think about that statement the funnier it gets.

Maybe he would have paid it if he won. He won't pay it as a backup bidder, though. What sense does that make?

First off, there's no 'maybe' here. Had I won, I would have paid. End of story. Would I have been happy about it? Of course not, but it would have been my own fault for putting up such a high bid in the first place. But I did not win, I lost (the keyword here is "lost" for those that are having trouble following things) and per the rules of eBay I have zero obligation as such. If a rule existed where the 2nd highest bidder was obligated to pay in case the 1st bidder defaulted in some way, then of course I would pay (and of course that type of rule would give pause to those who might want to bid a high price on something because they are going to be away from the computer when the auction closes, like I did).

In any event, I can see I'm wasting time even typing this to you. You seem intent on hating me over this so here, my i.d. is "vectorgames", please go block me, you're doing me a favor actually. Thank you. There's nothing you would ever be selling that I would ever want anyway.

Someone told me your i.d. on eBay is the same as here "lyonsarcade" so I'm off to block you as well. And the last thing to do is put you on ignore on this forum, as after seeing your comments in this thread, I can do without ever seeing another comment from you ever again.

 

[darinjacobs]

To all the doubters I have an email exchange (before he bid) from Francis (Nash) telling me how bad he wanted this marquee and was willing to pay $500 for it. I told him he was crazy and he said he had been searching for an nos cpo and marquee for years. Well the cpo was recently repro'd so when this came up on eBay he went after it.

Anyone that knows Francis understands how serious he is about restoring his games. If anyone blocks him from bidding you lost a potential high paying bidder.

fwiw, I recently sold an nos set of JrPac side art on klov for $2k+ ($1k in cash and $1k+ in value of rare nos art). I didnt even know the guy but I was happy to make the deal. He told me he was glad I didnt eBay it because he has a 1 rating and was afraid Id cancel out his bids. Just goes to show you never know. Im willing to give the benefit of the doubt until someone gives me reason not to.

 

[Pinwizkid]

What is the thing actually worth? Maybe $20?

-BB

 

[FrizzleFried]

What is the thing actually worth? Maybe $20?

-BB

I think it's been pretty much established it's worth in excess of $500.00 by someone...

 

[jow]

I'm shocked you asked that Joe, but then you don't know me very well so it's cool. I would of course have paid.

I forget you cant hear context in questions typed out on the innernets. It was more of a laughing "holy shit, that would have sucked to have to pay $500 for a Galaga 88 marquee" text.

I know you would have paid for it. No worries.

It would have sucked though

 

[nash]

I forget you cant hear context in questions typed out on the innernets. It was more of a laughing "holy shit, that would have sucked to have to pay $500 for a Galaga 88 marquee" text.

I know you would have paid for it. No worries.

It would have sucked though

It's all good man, and yes that would have sucked big time.

 

[LyonsArcade]

If you'll pay 500 for it, and were so serious about it, why won't you pay that for it on the second chance offer? Sounds like bullshit to me.

 

[Bellybuttons]

But Back to The WTF $510 on marquee translight

I have much better things to do with $500...but to each his own

I am in the wrong bussiness is all I can say

 

[willkaotix]

If anyone really is interested in an 88 translight I am parting out 2 machines.
One marqueee is not so nice, but the other is just as good if not better then the one in this auction.
PM me as I dont read here so much.

Man, what is the deal here? Someone must have REALLY wanted a Galaga '88 marquee, but $510.00?? That is just plain INSANE. Truly.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200641251931

 

[Schusler]

Does anybody know if this is most dollars for a marquee? Wow!

I'm not too familiar w/ Galaga '88 (only saw 1, BITD) but are these prone to cracking, fading or rarity? Is it because a lot of people convert Pacmania and Dragon Spirit cabs to Galaga 88's?

 

[KidVidiot]

End result: First bidder probably won't pay, that's crazy.

Nash, who bid it up that high, wont' pay anywhere near that.

So the guy gets to relist it, and wait for ebay to give him his what, 40 bucks back?

Personally, on my auctions, I'd rather people bid what they're willing to pay. Nash isn't willing to pay 500 bucks for the marquee, but he bid it anyways.

Maybe he would have paid it if he won. He won't pay it as a backup bidder, though. What sense does that make?

When I bid on things, I'll pay that today, tommorow, next week, next year. That's what it's worth to me.

Playing "Oh, I'll just bid 500 tee hheee heee" games just doesn't cut it for me, sorry.

That is one of the most insane, warped pieces of logic I have encountered on a classic gaming site. Can I please have your seller name so I can be sure never to bid on a product from you?

 

[fatherpain]

Well, I'm hoping the winning bidder comes through with payment and this becomes a non-issue and Lyonsarcade can thank nash for taking interest in the marquee and driving the price up. At this point there's no reason to believe otherwise? NOS artwork can draw a premium from serious collectors and in this case, we saw 2 heavyweights go head to head for a coveted item. Both bidders submitted the maximum amount they were willing to pay and the other guy put in a higher bid. Never thought I'd see the day my good buddy nash would get outbid for NOS art, I'm sure he's stunned. I know I am

Had he won the marquee, nash would have sent immediate payment. Nash's integrity as a buyer and seller is 100% impeccable.

Tom

 

[bradd]

If you'll pay 500 for it, and were so serious about it, why won't you pay that for it on the second chance offer? Sounds like bullshit to me.

wow, you're an asshole! i think it makes sense, i never understood why people who use a sniping service then bitch about getting outbid, put your TRUE maximum bid in and if you lose, too bad. the guy says he would have paid the 500 and multiple people back him up that he is a reliable buyer on big ticket items. however, he did not win the item so he has NO OBLIGATION to accept a second hand offer if one were given.

 

[Tighe]

All this drama over the ugliest cabinet of all the galaga/galaxian series! Personally I love the game but hate the cabinet. I have the board.

 

[fatherpain]

Whoa wait a minute.... I was under the impression LyonsArcade was the ebay seller of the $510 Galaga 88 Marquee and was afraid he was going to have to relist the item, so that's why he's complaining about nash, but he's not?

Are you freaking kidding me? LyonsArcade is hating, because nash placed what he thought would be a winning bid on ebay and lost to another collector?

@LyonsArcade: how the hell do you know what nash or the winning bidder is willing to pay? If nash had won the auction, he may have felt silly or not, but he would have paid and fulfilled his obligation. Why are you insinuating he's a shill nonpaying bidder.. this is none of your business and you're calling nash out?

Tom

End result: First bidder probably won't pay, that's crazy.

Nash, who bid it up that high, wont' pay anywhere near that.

Personally, on my auctions, I'd rather people bid what they're willing to pay. Nash isn't willing to pay 500 bucks for the marquee, but he bid it anyways.

Maybe he would have paid it if he won. He won't pay it as a backup bidder, though. What sense does that make?

When I bid on things, I'll pay that today, tommorow, next week, next year. That's what it's worth to me.

Playing "Oh, I'll just bid 500 tee hheee heee" games just doesn't cut it for me, sorry.

 

[VectorInvadr]

Whoa wait a minute.... I was under the impression LyonsArcade was the ebay seller of the $510 Galaga 88 Marquee and was afraid he was going to have to relist the item, so that's why he's complaining about nash, but he's not?

Are you freaking kidding me? LyonsArcade is hating, because nash placed what he thought would be a winning bid on ebay and lost to another collector?

@LyonsArcade: how the hell do you know what nash or the winning bidder is willing to pay? If nash had won the auction, he may have felt silly or not, but he would have paid and fulfilled his obligation. Why are you insinuating he's a shill nonpaying bidder.. this is none of your business and you're calling nash out? wtf?

Tom

What he said.....

 

[mc300baud]

are these prone to cracking, fading or rarity

mostly the cracking and fading, which eventually leads to a rarity of nice ones.

as they were included in the conversion kit for DS and Pacmania cabinets you'd think they were more common but i've never seen one.

for a price comparison, i did get a pretty good one with some fading/discoloration off of KLOV last year for about $40 after i cracked my original while trying to clean it.

 

[Schusler]

All this drama over the ugliest cabinet of all the galaga/galaxian series! Personally I love the game but hate the cabinet. I have the board.

I actually like these cabs! Something about the oversize marquees and the audio on these cabs....

Wish I could find one (Dragon Spirit)!

 

[ThisOldGame]

wow crazy man

but I think Matt said it best

Originally Posted by mattosborn
nash is not a deadbeat.... Had he won the auction he would have paid. There's no reason to assume otherwise. He is under no obligation to accept a 2nd-chance offer, as that price has been inflated by a crazy snipe (which, given the anonymity of bidders now, could also be a shill).

Asumming the snipe bid is real it seems both Francis and the winner basically did the same thing. Ive done this myself on auctions when I wasnt able to be around at end time.
(but not snipe)
if a piece I really really want/need is up to say 100 its safe to say in the end its most likley to double.
Which would put it in the 2bill range which is what Francis says he normally bids
but theres no extra room so at auctions end if that price indeeds doubles and your not around to watch it what do you do?
you double that if you just have to have it.
certainly nothing wrong with that whether it goes out for the 200 and there are no more bidders but if there are your usally still covered at putting in the 5 hundred in this case.
though if someone somehow knew that it would be easier to shill that or ANY auction.
but reagrdless Francis certainly wouldve paid that.

 

[MrGorf]

I never accept second chance offers for the simply reason that I feel ebay does it unfairly. Say I put in a max bid of $100, but currently I am winning at $50. If someone bids $99 and I win at $100 then fine - thats what it cost to win. If someone bids $101 that pushes my bid to my max of $100. If the winner backs out, the second chance offer would be for $100, but in my mind it should be for $50, which is what the leading bid was before the non-payer bid.