FS Game: Journey "Mint" $500 NOT MINE

Hey, it's nobodys fault but the sellers if THEY set the price and you offer to pay that price in full. Now if you had tried to tire kick after agreeing to pay the said amount, then yeah, kinda makes you a little bit of a jerk. I think we've all paid less for a machine before....who wouldn't shop for a deal at a retail store? If you get a smoking deal at a Best Buy ,I guarantee you aren't going to go back there and say "here's an extra $200, I want to pay full retail." Like I said, it's just my opinion, but yeah. I do agree that there are greedy sellers who want an auction without having to pay ebay fees though

^^^This is why I did not mention his handle lol.

As for A and B above, if the seller is a greedy shit this will ALWAYS happen here anyways, there are like 10,000,000 people in this city. They tend to get theirs when their generous buyers turn out to be flakes or just turn up to kick tires and lowball.

If it is something you want you can either pony up a fair offer or expect to miss out. If they ask for $100 for a game that is worth $1000 and I just buy it up for $100... wouldn't that sort of make ME the jerk?

I do think it was rude of this particular guy to try to scoop the deal immediately after I told him I sent an email on it though. It speaks volumes about a person's mindset and character (definitely shows a total lack of regard to me). I guess if I had to learn to keep him at arm's length at least it happened on a deal I didn't give a shit about. :D
 
There's 2 extremes, listing a common Nintendo cabinet for $1500 and then the person says "Do you know how much these go for on ebay?!?!?!?" or some ass that lists it too low and then says they forgot a zero.

I had a lady with a broken Mario Brothers, said she couldn't figure out what was wrong as it was in a business office, and she was asking $800. I said I would offer $300 because I just wanted the cabinet and she said "Why don't you go on ebay and see what they are listed for" and I told her "what it is listed for doesn't really mean much"
 
I agree that paying what a customer lists for is fair game, but what makes it different than a large retailer is that we don't usually know who is selling it and why. It could be a collector that is just trying to pass a great deal down to the community. It could be a wife whose game collector husband just died and she has no idea what it's worth nor does she care to find out. It could be someone that got an item for free and also doesn't know what he/she has. Or it could be someone who just wants to free up space, is moving and can't take it with them or they just simply don't want it anymore so they are pricing it at a low price to move it quickly.

So it puts buyers in a tight spot because if you see a multi-thousand dollar game listed for $500 and it's legit, do you make an attempt to be open and honest about current market rates just in case the seller doesn't really know what they're doing or do you just take the price as is and enjoy it? With the retail example, nobody owes anything to Best Buy...getting a great deal (even one that might be a mistake) is whatever. But when it comes to people who keep this hobby/community alive, do we owe them some honesty? Is it considered "taking advantage" when we know what something should sell for and maybe the seller doesn't? I suppose it's to each their own on this one.

I remember one time here on KLOV, I found a PCB listed as for sale (not in the forums, but in the VAPS list) of a game I was dying to get and the seller knew how much I wanted it because we were discussing my project ideas, so he said once he found it in storage, he would just send it to me for free. He also wasn't sure if it worked, so there was that reason as well. But about a year after that, he sent it to me and after I found out it was in perfect working condition, I decided to send him a nice chunk of change as a thank you. I never once asked for it to be given to me; he just offered it and at the time, it was routinely selling for $200 on eBay. He reasoning was that he was exiting the hobby and wanted the game to go to someone who would cherish it.


Hey, it's nobodys fault but the sellers if THEY set the price and you offer to pay that price in full. Now if you had tried to tire kick after agreeing to pay the said amount, then yeah, kinda makes you a little bit of a jerk. I think we've all paid less for a machine before....who wouldn't shop for a deal at a retail store? If you get a smoking deal at a Best Buy ,I guarantee you aren't going to go back there and say "here's an extra $200, I want to pay full retail." Like I said, it's just my opinion, but yeah. I do agree that there are greedy sellers who want an auction without having to pay ebay fees though
 
If the seller sets the price, whether educated or not, and you pay the full price no matter what...I'd say that's all you really owe them. You were honest with the intent to pay them the asking price. If you pay any more than that, well, then you are out x amount.

I agree that paying what a customer lists for is fair game, but what makes it different than a large retailer is that we don't usually know who is selling it and why. It could be a collector that is just trying to pass a great deal down to the community. It could be a wife whose game collector husband just died and she has no idea what it's worth nor does she care to find out. It could be someone that got an item for free and also doesn't know what he/she has. Or it could be someone who just wants to free up space, is moving and can't take it with them or they just simply don't want it anymore so they are pricing it at a low price to move it quickly.

So it puts buyers in a tight spot because if you see a multi-thousand dollar game listed for $500 and it's legit, do you make an attempt to be open and honest about current market rates just in case the seller doesn't really know what they're doing or do you just take the price as is and enjoy it? With the retail example, nobody owes anything to Best Buy...getting a great deal (even one that might be a mistake) is whatever. But when it comes to people who keep this hobby/community alive, do we owe them some honesty? Is it considered "taking advantage" when we know what something should sell for and maybe the seller doesn't? I suppose it's to each their own on this one.

I remember one time here on KLOV, I found a PCB listed as for sale (not in the forums, but in the VAPS list) of a game I was dying to get and the seller knew how much I wanted it because we were discussing my project ideas, so he said once he found it in storage, he would just send it to me for free. He also wasn't sure if it worked, so there was that reason as well. But about a year after that, he sent it to me and after I found out it was in perfect working condition, I decided to send him a nice chunk of change as a thank you. I never once asked for it to be given to me; he just offered it and at the time, it was routinely selling for $200 on eBay. He reasoning was that he was exiting the hobby and wanted the game to go to someone who would cherish it.
 
Ay yay yay...........people complain when the price is too high, people complain when the price is too low.

Make KLOV great again, eliminate the price police!!!!!!!

Ciao bello's, have nice day :)
 
I'm certainly not disagreeing with you...I'm all for paying the asking price if I think it's right because at the end of the day, that's all that matters. I was just pointing out that there are different ways to look at it and some people might feel there's a moral obligation to either inform the seller of their potential mistake OR to simply just offer more.

I would never judge anyone doing it whichever way they feel they should go.

If the seller sets the price, whether educated or not, and you pay the full price no matter what...I'd say that's all you really owe them. You were honest with the intent to pay them the asking price. If you pay any more than that, well, then you are out x amount.
 
I'm certainly not disagreeing with you...I'm all for paying the asking price if I think it's right because at the end of the day, that's all that matters. I was just pointing out that there are different ways to look at it and some people might feel there's a moral obligation to either inform the seller of their potential mistake OR to simply just offer more.

I would never judge anyone doing it whichever way they feel they should go.

Agreed. It's all good bro
 
The words "hey I want to give you more money because I have a guilty conscience about how low you priced this" will never leave my mouth. I'm a bargain hunter at heart and if someone wants to sell something for a certain price then I'm more that happy to pay them. I keep 95% of the games I buy anyway.
 
The words "hey I want to give you more money because I have a guilty conscience about how low you priced this" will never leave my mouth. I'm a bargain hunter at heart and if someone wants to sell something for a certain price then I'm more that happy to pay them. I keep 95% of the games I buy anyway.
Agreed. If the price is fair or better no need to talk them down. If the price isnt fair attempt to negotiate.
 
The words "hey I want to give you more money because I have a guilty conscience about how low you priced this" will never leave my mouth. I'm a bargain hunter at heart and if someone wants to sell something for a certain price then I'm more that happy to pay them. I keep 95% of the games I buy anyway.

True, me either. But I guess it's whatever keeps you awake at night lol
 
This game isn't worth $50 imo. What a dorky game. BW digitized photo heads? Ugh! I probably put $1 into it BITD. The band is terrible too. What a turdfest that thing was when it hit the arcade. I will say this, it was certainly unforgettable if that's what they were going for.
 
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