WOW!!... That is all that I can say

The real problem is, people won those and had to pay several hundred dollars more than the game was truly worth for the tax on an inflated retail price. And most of those people are clueless when it comes to our hobby.
 
OMG, too funny!

And pissed someone off enough to make their own CL post! LOL!!!!

It did say OBO, I offer him $150.
 
ok, while I would certainly like to do a MAME cab of my own one day, I would NEVER pay that much money for something some asshole is trying to make thousands of dollars off with free shit he downloaded.

these people are ruining this hobby for the rest of us. don't get me started on all the Hellcades(tm) either.

both pages are screenshot worthy, and I will be keeping them, cause the 2nd one needed to be said. lol :)
 
Actually I give people a pass on this Mountain Dew one. Like dmbj said, they won it. They were told it was worth a ton of money and only 50 were made or whatever, and then they had to PAY TAXES ON IT! I don't know who does their own taxes, but basically if you win a game that the company says cost 3500 bucks, you have to act like that was your income. Then you pay your 25 percent or whatever state and federal on that. So these people have paid big money for these machines and feel like they're worth that. Calling them assholes and dumbasses because they got screwed by a contest into thinking they won something doesn't help.

It's like the people that go on the Price is Right, or "Extreme Makeover home Edition"... they pay taxes like they earned all that money! Some people are blindsided by that and end up having to sell what they won to get the cash.

Say you win a 20 thousand dollar car on a gameshow, you ready to pay the $5 grand in taxes/registration on it?
 
Yeah, this guy has listed this game several times for at least a year on ebay and CL up here, I guess nobody wants a 3k+ mountain dew shit box in their house.
 
The douchebag who responded sounds like a major asshole. Bottom line is the dude can ask whatever the hell he wants to ask. If he was asking $35,000... WHO GIVES A CRAP. The fact that some infantile tweaker got pissed off enough over this guys asking price to write such a "response" is quite sad.

Too expensive? Don't buy it. It's that simple.
 
The douchebag who responded sounds like a major asshole. Bottom line is the dude can ask whatever the hell he wants to ask. If he was asking $35,000... WHO GIVES A CRAP. The fact that some infantile tweaker got pissed off enough over this guys asking price to write such a "response" is quite sad.

Too expensive? Don't buy it. It's that simple.

I am with you. I see counter ads like this a lot up here in the mitten. When I see an ad that is outrageously priced I just move on and make note that the dude has no idea what is going on, but to take the time to create a listing (and a listing such as he did) is pretty crazy to me. I have less important things to do than spread some more hate on CL. If someone paid a bunch for something they are going to try to sell it for something significant regardless of what others think it is worth.

There are definitely some berzerk people that are into games, that is for sure.
 
The douchebag who responded sounds like a major asshole. Bottom line is the dude can ask whatever the hell he wants to ask. If he was asking $35,000... WHO GIVES A CRAP.
Too expensive? Don't buy it. It's that simple.

+1
Someone make these "Waaahhh asking too much" CL posts stop.
 

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sorry about my post, I thought this was something homebrewed. I didn't get the backstory until like 15 minutes after. lol

the $3500 is like the typical asking price for that stuff you find on ebay. whether it gets bought or not, I don't care. sucks about the tax part, oh well.

I still maintain my POV on hellcades and the overinflated pricing of MAME cabs, however.
 
that seems like a lot of money, i dont know why these things go for so much. I have a multi in my basement and it cost me a total of $175 to complete. This is the kind of thing that got consumers into so much trouble in the first place IMO. Also I agree, guy can ask whatever he wants, no need to get mad...although I did think in my head "what is this idiot thinking" when I saw 3500
 
what was the response ad? it's flagged now.


I printed it out becuase I wanted to show my buddy, I figured that someone would flag it before I could show him. I think that I am going to frame it!!


"You are a dumb motherfucker if you think that someone is going to pay you $3,500 for a computer in a wood box. So what if you have it in a Mountain Dew cab, The monitor may be worth $100-$150, the computer would maybe sell for $150 if you are lucky, $60 - $80 for the 2.1 if you are lucky, and maybe $100 for all of the controls. Besides people, MAME games and emulators are free. This asshole is just trying to make bank off of people that don't want to do a little research. Google "DIY MAME Arcades" and that will give you a good idea of what it really cost to build one. I can't believe that nobody has called this guy out on it. Have a great day asshole!!"
 
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