The EM Game Price Guide Is Live

Hey doods hope all is well... Lately ive been getting some questions regarding the recorded final sales of "best offer accepted" prices which do not match what eBay has listed for those ended make offer auctions. For what ever reason eBay doesnt want you to see the end of auction final price for those "accepted offers" and for this i have to use a special website that tells me what someone actually paid for the item. So here is how it is used... When you see an auction that was ended by a best offer accepted it will show you the price the auction originally started out at which is not the original price accepted so use this website..

http://www.watchcount.com/

Put in the auction item number into the keyword search bar and click the "show me whats most popular" button. And it will bring up the ended auction and it should show you what price was actually paid for the item. In some cases you have to click "check price here on eBay" to confirm the actual price the item was sold for.

Here is an example:

This is the original end of auction with it saying the game was sold for 400.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Midway-spor...item2820729579:g:PCMAAOSwdIFX0gJp#ht_21wt_985


And here is the actual price the seller accepted the offer for...

http://www.watchcount.com/#serp


And this is what is being recorded on those accepted offers in my price guide. Everything else such as buy it now, fixed price and normal bidding auctions remain the same. This just concerns "Make Offers".


One last note.. Those of you using eBay for the purpose of looking at end of auction prices where accepted offers are shown and comparing them to exact items that your considering selling on eBay you must disgaurd what you see shown by eBay and use the tool ive outlined to get a better detailed idea what those items actually sold for. Or just look at the prices ive record in my price guide and you'll get the exact prices since that is what i do. Hope that clears it up for those asking. Thanks
 
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I cannot seem to open the page for your price guide. I keep getting an error message that says too many redirects. Trying it on Safari browser on iOS.
 
I get the redirecting errors too on my iphone (safari & chrome). Works fine on macbook.

I think the (ios) problem is that the site is flash-based??
 
As far as i know it is flashed based and has been since launched in 2014. In this case one might have to use a special app to view the content for mobile deivces since i have both word 2007 and 2007 spreadsheets on the site for viewing.

You should be able to navigate the site normally on PC desktops, laptops with XP and IE8 and above in any browsers without any problems.. I know Google Chrome and Firefox are both working fine on my end. I dont think you can navigate the site at all on Ipads, Iphones n such without a special app. In the begining i didnt think people would use my site on the go with mobile devices.

Funny, this is the first time anyone has brought this to my attention. Im not sure there is anything i can do except maybe upgrade my site so that it would be easier for mobile users to gain access but Wix requires me to basically redue my whole website in another form and i believe id have to pay for it.. And right now i have plans to do that when its costing me nothing to provide information for free.
 
New Site Coming

Good Day, I have been transitioning the EM game price guide site from flash based format to the new HTML format per Wix's suggestion. Apparently some browsers like firefox, Google chrome are in the last stages of moving away from Flash and no longer supporting it so its time to make some changes. Its going to look a little different but most everything is still the same and some stuff i have yet to switch over. Its still free and simple to use as always but more important for those using Ipads, Ipods, Mac's should be able to surf the site now.

Ive decided to drop the manuals section simply because i just dont have the storage to put up all those files and most everyone probably uses KLOV or some other sources to look up schematics anyway. With that in mind if there is anything directly related to EM game prices that you can think of that might benefit the site iam open for suggestions.

Ive already published the new HTML site for those wanting to try it out and soon everything will be up to grade again. I dont know how long i will keep the Flash site open. Probably until the files are no longer supported or browsers cease to function correctly. Please let me know of any troubles.. Thanks

Old Flash site http://theemgamepriceguide.wix.com/copy-em-price-guide#!

New HTML site https://theemgamepriceguide.wixsite.com/mysite
 
Good Day, I have been transitioning the EM game price guide site from flash based format to the new HTML format per Wix's suggestion. Apparently some browsers like firefox, Google chrome are in the last stages of moving away from Flash and no longer supporting it so its time to make some changes. Its going to look a little different but most everything is still the same and some stuff i have yet to switch over. Its still free and simple to use as always but more important for those using Ipads, Ipods, Mac's should be able to surf the site now.

Ive decided to drop the manuals section simply because i just dont have the storage to put up all those files and most everyone probably uses KLOV or some other sources to look up schematics anyway. With that in mind if there is anything directly related to EM game prices that you can think of that might benefit the site iam open for suggestions.

Ive already published the new HTML site for those wanting to try it out and soon everything will be up to grade again. I dont know how long i will keep the Flash site open. Probably until the files are no longer supported or browsers cease to function correctly. Please let me know of any troubles.. Thanks

Old Flash site http://theemgamepriceguide.wix.com/copy-em-price-guide#!

New HTML site https://theemgamepriceguide.wixsite.com/mysite

Did you take the manual section down?

Trying to find the Williams sniper manual
 
Joe em game guide.

Nice site. Well done ! are any of these games for sale ? I mean you got pics from owners wherever they are, right ? Interested in game 'space gun'.
Also: is there a search bar ? like to find game, 'Apollo 14' on the site :)
How does one add a new game on site ? I didn't see EM Apollo 14. I know who has one, maybe he could send you what you need.
Steve MacDonald in Colorado.
 
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Nice site. Well done ! are any of these games for sale ? I mean you got pics from owners wherever they are, right ? Interested in game 'space gun'.
Also: is there a search bar ? like to find game, 'Apollo 14' on the site :)

Thanks.. All of the EM games that you will see come from eBay and they are on the main website page inside the "Daily Tracking File".. You'll need Windows Excel 2007 to open the file or if you have an Ipad or Ipod you should be able to open the file right away.

You will find all the listed games for sale with eBay live links inside that file. All the game titles are listed with brief summarys, Where they are located, conditions, current activity, auction information and live links which clicked on will take you right to that auction. Those games that have been shown for 6 months are dissolved from the tracking system. There is no search bar.. I list the game once they appear to me from eBay.
 
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Did you get the info for the recent sale of my Spooks? I sold it for $400 in fair cosmetic and good/ nearly working condition back on July 7th of this year. If you need pics or other details, let me know.
 
Did you get the info for the recent sale of my Spooks? I sold it for $400 in fair cosmetic and good/ nearly working condition back on July 7th of this year. If you need pics or other details, let me know.

I did not.. I wish I could have Phet. I kinda made a rule for myself when I first started the price guide that I needed a way to validate and document those EM games that are selling under auctions only. With this it helps to keep a uniformed study of what game titles are actually selling at what prices they sell for based on what the masses of public are willing to pay for them. I can really only accomplish this from eBay. And its quite o bit of work just on that front.

I cant even imagine what it would be like to start tracking everyone here where I though a sale might be occurring if at all. With all the false story's and fake events happening on social media forums makes it difficult to validate and document said sales. Even when they occur on eBay (and they do) iam able to correct the price averages. It would take both the buyer and seller to come forward and tell me this sales occurred at this time and such place for this amount etc etc. I wouldn't be able to rely on this happening all the time or keep track in a timely manner.

Its not often that people are willing to come forward such as yourself to say this is what I paid or sold this game for. Some people like myself and others are comfortable talking about game prices after all its apart of the whole collecting experience and some people are very offended by the whole price thing as your probably aware. Believe me ive gotten my fair share of hate mail and member postings over the matter and all over concerning prices. Some people don't like what im doing as far as the price guide or like the fact that the prices along with other conditions set a precedence of worth value. As far as iam concern anything of worth should have a measure of value and this is what I do for EM games.

Thank you for making me aware of your sale. Just through the grape vine your Spooks would be the cheapest on record at 400 dollars. So far only one has sold on eBay at the top price of 1200 dollars. You did well. The typical rifle game by any manufacturer usually range between 300 - 600 on average prices and have been trending over time near 700 or just above that almost on par with EM pins. Rifle guns appear to be holding their value over time and remain fairly popular.
 
Fantastic thanks for the hard work you put into this

Thanks.. I certainly do. Every evening I go through at least 300 auctions, search for new auctions, log entrys, monitor sales, post results and update them to the website. On a easy day where not much is happening or no new games are listed on eBay I will spend a straight 2 or 3 hours daily gathering and input the information. On a heavy day 4 to 5 hours.. the end of the month is my busy day where I can spend a straight 6 to 8 hours. The end of the month is extra busy because this is when I calculate all the EM pin sales and stats. I treat EM pins separately from all other EM genre's simply because EM pins are way more active then all other EM's put together. I do this because I love doing it. Its on my own time but after all my other dutys in life and the collecting that I do.
 
Another update here. It was brought to my attention the mobile users and Ipad/Ipod people were unable to navigate the site due it not being updated (my fault) which I was unaware of at the time. I do not use any mobile devices myself so I never took the time to check it and quite honestly I thought once I had changed over to the new HTML site that this got instantly transferred over which was not the case. I finally figured out what I needed to do after my wife showed me on her mobile device what was happening. It was all out of whack. And to make this long story short ive been working on it for the past two days and it should now be easy to use. Nothing has change for desktop users.. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Lastly, If you had been trying to find my site on Google recently you will not find it. Since I made a correction in the web sites address back in late summer I have to wait for Google to re-index my site all over again which may take between 6 weeks and 3 months all depending how fast they crawl the internet. So until then you must come here to click on the sites link or unless you already have it in your favorites.

https://theemgamepriceguide.wixsite.com/theemgamepriceguide
 
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That was quick !! Google now has my site back on top in the search... Just Google it !
"The EM Game Price Guide"

Your only "Live" source for fair market EM game prices at your finger tips. Happy New Year All !
 
New Feature

For those of you who are into EM pins you'll find a new feature in the pin section of the site. Lower right hand corner there is file of all current "Ongoing" EM pins up for auction. The Timed auctions will eventually be forth coming. I just wanted to try this first to see how people like it. Very simply to use, Open the file, find the game title of your bidding and click on the eBay quick link and zoom your there. All games are in alphabetical order by manufacturer. Here's a short cut to the site. Thanks

https://theemgamepriceguide.wixsite.com/theemgamepriceguide/all-em-pinball-mfr-s
 
Another quick update... Both "Timed Auctions" and "Ongoing" auctions are now listed in the pin section of the site. Timed auctions end by date ending the soonest and Ongoing auctions generally end until sold. You'll find the two files there with the links to all EM pinball auctions going on at eBay. There is roughly 120 EM pin auctions currently in progress. They will be updated on a daily basis as they are sold along with new entry's.

https://theemgamepriceguide.wixsite.com/theemgamepriceguide/all-em-pinball-mfr-s
 
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IPad site

Morning

Do I need to change settings on my iPad to see the full website ,the left side is cut off only part of the categories showed up
iPad 5th gen. Using Safari.
RJ
 
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