Ever come across ebay sellers that totally try and rip-off people? Well of course you have! Below is my current favorite:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shadow-of-the-Colos … dZViewItem

Feel free to add, I'm sure there are lots out there

cheers,

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This reminds me of when I saw this person from the US that was selling the first three WA soundtracks on e-Bay for $200 a piece, saying they were out of print and rare. Granted the first print of the WA OGS and the WA2 OST are out of print but there is no Wild Arms soundtracks that are that - $200 - rare.

Thats pretty whack... sellers trying to rip off Westerners who don't know how cheap this stuff can be found.  Well, at least its not a bootleg.

There was (is) this crazy guy on eBay who was just charging stupid prices for a lot of items.  I think he was selling a new Chrono Trigger OSV for ~$300, for example.  But what blew me away was that he was selling the Super Metroid NP poster for $50 (calling it a store-only special, yea right)!  I mean, they're not BAD posters, but seriously?  And it was ripped at the bottom to boot!  I emailed him about it and didn't get any reply, wonder why?  But then again, I remember checking him not too long ago and he had a sealed Kirby's Dream Course for a reasonable price, so maybe he's reformed.

EDIT:  OK, so maybe not so reasonable.  Its at $170, which, well, yea, its sealed and all, but I still feel that in an actual auction it wouldn't reach that high.  Also, it seems a Super Metroid NP poster is selling for $20 (and going), so perhaps I've underestimated how rare the Nintendo Powers have become.  Man, I sold several years worth of them (only five-six years ago, tops) for a total of $50!!  Well there you go.  Frankly, its really not all that nice of a poster, I mean, I love Super Metroid too, but come on... its just Samus blowing up some non-descript wall!

WHOA, you're saying that there're people on eBay who sell dumbasses?! I want one! I'll take it! I'll take twelve! [/sarcastic]

The real icing on the cake is the fact that someone asking that much for something still charges for postage.

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This guys is funny. He's got some fairly rare stuff that is slightly expensive, but somewhat reasonable... and then he's got a bunch of stuff like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mega-Man-X2-X-2-X-2 … dZViewItem

where do these people come from? Do they think someone is REALLY going to pay that much??

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He's probably trying to cash in on the success of the sealed Chrono Trigger game auction where that one sold for around $1200...

if it's purchased, the buyer becomes the dumbass and the seller a savvy businessman...

My memories of X2 aren't as fond as they use to be... the $70 I forked over for a sealed copy in 1994-5 seems quite painful now.

I will not support that seller. He goes through and makes mention of his legitimate soundtracks, but is pushing a PE bootleg and doesn't say anything about the record company or anything. In his legit auctions he says things like "THIS IS NOT A BOOTLEG OR SOME PIECE OF CRAP MADE IN CHINA." That's dishonest to me.

Check this one out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Castlevania-Dracula … dZViewItem

Mint = huge crack on case.

My question about the copy of X2 is did we really need that many pictures from that many different angles? Geez, I'm surprised there isn't a freakin spot light or beam of light coming from the heavens above!

His shipping and insurance charges are laughable as well.

Thats actually the same crazy guy I was referring to in my earlier post.  I'm surprised he actually has 'reasonable auctions' now, thats a big step up.  Anyway, good luck to him (not!)... Chrono Trigger may have just sold for over a 1000 dollars, but Mega Man X2 is no Chrono Trigger.

EDIT: If you can't afford X2, you can always spend 40$ (!) on the poor quality Nintendo Power fold-out. http://cgi.ebay.com/Mega-Man-X2-SNES-RA … dZViewItem

Wow, I've so been looking for an X2 sealed, BOUGHT!  Can you guys buy something from my sale thread, though, that was kinda expensive.

Check this out!

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-Dementium-The-W … dZViewItem

Note the shipping price and then note how the seller writes some BS about the shipping! What a scummy seller!

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I believe that, NOT!

What I think is worse when someone feels the need to say something like...

"I'm an old <insert religion here> women who makes most of her money off ebay..."

Like I'm suppost to want to buy off you more because you're a <religious group>, why write such stuff when it's impossible to back it up! Crap like that turns me right the **** off.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Earthbound-Rare-Nin … dZViewItem

Here's some guy trying to sell a NES copy of Earthbound for close to $1000. I can't say anything about the legitimacy of this item (Earthbound was a SNES game, was this a NES prototype?), but either way, this is outrageous.

http://www.lostlevels.org/200407/200407 … ound.shtml

If it's legitimate, it would be quite a find. Not one I'd pay $1,000 for, though.

That was a great read!  It's amazing all the infor that can be scrounged up from the internet.  I especially like half of Hirokazu Tanaka's head in that first pic.

It looks legit, although I personally wouldn't pay even $50 for it. Still, it must be one of the most rare cartridges out there. Wish I had one to sell

cheers,

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ps There is a bidder on the auction!

Amen.  I *would* pay lot for nice SNES Earthbound, however!

How much is "alot" because I might be able to find you a decent one lying around here in Vegas.

Well I just spent all my money on a stick so, haha, not quite sure.  I'll keep you in mind once I start seriously searching for one!

never mind

I have to hand it to him, he sells genuine items so that's good, but eh... seems a tad expensive!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mario-RPG-SNES-Supe … 0118648588

http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Mario-64-ORIG … 0254700503

http://cgi.ebay.com/World-of-Warcraft-C … 0285191082

cheers,

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If anyone ever invents a time machine at least we will know what to stock up on the way back to the present...

Have you guys seen how much this SEGA vinyl is going for?! I really would like one of them but that is off limits for sure! At least all money is going for a charity it's very kind of SEGA of Australia's staff.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? … :IT&ih=015