I got a sealed Pokemon Green a few years back for $20 with Buy it Now. Since the games weren't sealed back then and were just boxed, the Japanese game store must have sealed it to hang on shelves, since it has a plastic shelf tab attached the seal
Most of my collection outside of garage sale/thrift store finds has been buy it nows.. However I think my favorite one in recent memory was for a complete in box copy of earthbound for $80.. After I bought it, I asked the seller what other titles he had.. he said tell me what you are looking for. I sent him a list, heard nothing for three days.. I end up hearing back the same day I received the game.. He said he inherited an rpg collection and decided to donate them all.. But as a thank you for my patience, he put in the box a free game. Shure as heck I opened the box to find a complete in box copy of shining force 2!
Hrm by any chance was this recently, bought on Amazon?
Most of my collection outside of garage sale/thrift store finds has been buy it nows.. However I think my favorite one in recent memory was for a complete in box copy of earthbound for $80.. After I bought it, I asked the seller what other titles he had.. he said tell me what you are looking for. I sent him a list, heard nothing for three days.. I end up hearing back the same day I received the game.. He said he inherited an rpg collection and decided to donate them all.. But as a thank you for my patience, he put in the box a free game. Shure as heck I opened the box to find a complete in box copy of shining force 2!
Hrm by any chance was this recently, bought on Amazon?
No it was off ebay a year or two ago..
Ahh okay, was wondering because Ive kept in contact with an amazon seller who sold me several complete snes games, he told me the used market price for earthbound is ridiculous and was going to post a complete copy of earthbound for $80, this was about a month ago and I think he decided against it. Lol, when he said that I was checking his product listing page 10 times a day for a few weeks at least.
I got a factory-sealed Final Fantasy (NES) for $18.xx shipped once. That's the best BIN I've found so far (that's panned out, at least...). Strangely, the seller listed another 45 minutes later (I didn't know it until later that day). From then on, I use a "where there's smoke, there's fire" rule when I come across low BINs.
24 game lot for NES included F2 and Power Blade 2. $40 and whatever shipping was. I wanna say it worked out to $3 per game, after shipping and the weak loonie at the time.
BB2 CIB, 9/10 shape. $60. Didn't have the money for it at the time so my buddy got it.
I said my flintstones peak earlier but remembered about a factory sealed Turbo Grafx 16 Magical Chase for $700 which wasn't a deal at the time and sat on eBay for about a week. I didnt buy that one. Also, I bought my CIB Magical Chase for $250 buy it now a long time ago, which is actually my best buy it now purchase for myself.
I bought a Stadium Events with the box for 5k on a BIN a couple years back. People talked shit about it/me (passive aggressively) in a few posts when I tried to sell it again for more. Funny thing is that one of the shit talkers is trying to sell a Stadium Events for almost 10x what I was asking at the time (my passive aggressive post for the day).
Also a few others that I can remember:
Panic Restaurant for $25
Bonk's Adventure for $25
I saw a DK Jr Math that ended for a couple hundred dollars a couple of months back (I was like 2 seconds too slow to grab it myself)
Recently though, it's like 4 out of 5 BINs that I get are immediately refunded when people realize that's something's up. They're like "Sorry, there was a mistake in the listing, I meant to list it for a higher amount." Then I'm like "FUCK YOUR SHIT PIPE, SUCK ON THIS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!" I hate leaving negative feedback too, but that crap happens way too often these days.
I've been reading this thread and seeing people snagging quick auctions on Ebay by keeping a close eye on the newly listed items. I decided to try it for a couple of days and a couple of minutes ago it paid off. Kind of.
I was about to type up that I got Turtles IV for Super Nintendo for $25 (I just bought it) but when I went back and checked my recent purchases, I just realized I accidentally bought Tournament Fighters for the SNES instead. Oops.
However I did score another deal right after that from another auction, got a boxed Chrono Trigger for $110. Sweet, I only want the box so I'll be selling my cartridge for $100 when it arrives. Give me 2 weeks to receive it and I'll add the cartridge to my sale thread.
It's not from eBay, but I got a CIB copy of Ikaruga for Gamecube for $15 shipped, best part is that I paid for it with a Amazon gift card that I found on the ground that had around $30 of credit still on it! lol
I've been reading this thread and seeing people snagging quick auctions on Ebay by keeping a close eye on the newly listed items. I decided to try it for a couple of days and a couple of minutes ago it paid off. Kind of.
I was about to type up that I got Turtles IV for Super Nintendo for $25 (I just bought it) but when I went back and checked my recent purchases, I just realized I accidentally bought Tournament Fighters for the SNES instead. Oops.
However I did score another deal right after that from another auction, got a boxed Chrono Trigger for $110. Sweet, I only want the box so I'll be selling my cartridge for $100 when it arrives. Give me 2 weeks to receive it and I'll add the cartridge to my sale thread.
Just started keeping an eye on new BIN's as well, and so far I landed 2 good deals. First one, I got a SNES (no yellow) w/ 2 controllers and hookups and these games: Super Mario RPG, Breath of Fire 2, Secret of Mana, Zelda: LttP, The Tick and Mario All-Stars/World. Paid $125 shipped. The guy only had like 7 feedback and it was reading 0% (his last feedback was from 2007), so I was kinda skeptical at first, but he turned out to be a really awesome dude. Updated me throughout the purchase. I bought it Friday, he sent it out yesterday and I received it this afternoon. Everything works great, and the carts only have some light wear to the labels and could use a light cleaning. Very happy with the purchase.
The second one I got is Zelda: Four Swords Adventure for the GameCube for $7.58 shipped. I didn't receive it yet (should be tomorrow) but it was listed as complete and in good condition, so we'll see.
Just picked up another good one yesterday. Got Resident Evil (remake), Zero, 2 & 3 on GameCube for $26.85 total. Listed in good shape and they at least have their cases and artwork, not sure on the manuals.
I think my best was very recent, I just posted it in my finder's thread today. Another one was a lot of 16 nes games for $100, it had turtles tournament and some other good ones.
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/261153362800?nma=true&si=MDrfgKOyqrLmHRHVnakosUnUQe4=&rt=nc&_trksid=p4340.l2557&orig_cvip=true
Originally posted by: dantendo
Most of my collection outside of garage sale/thrift store finds has been buy it nows.. However I think my favorite one in recent memory was for a complete in box copy of earthbound for $80.. After I bought it, I asked the seller what other titles he had.. he said tell me what you are looking for. I sent him a list, heard nothing for three days.. I end up hearing back the same day I received the game.. He said he inherited an rpg collection and decided to donate them all.. But as a thank you for my patience, he put in the box a free game. Shure as heck I opened the box to find a complete in box copy of shining force 2!
Hrm by any chance was this recently, bought on Amazon?
No it was off ebay a year or two ago..
Originally posted by: dantendo
Originally posted by: DCG90
Originally posted by: dantendo
Most of my collection outside of garage sale/thrift store finds has been buy it nows.. However I think my favorite one in recent memory was for a complete in box copy of earthbound for $80.. After I bought it, I asked the seller what other titles he had.. he said tell me what you are looking for. I sent him a list, heard nothing for three days.. I end up hearing back the same day I received the game.. He said he inherited an rpg collection and decided to donate them all.. But as a thank you for my patience, he put in the box a free game. Shure as heck I opened the box to find a complete in box copy of shining force 2!
Hrm by any chance was this recently, bought on Amazon?
No it was off ebay a year or two ago..
Ahh okay, was wondering because Ive kept in contact with an amazon seller who sold me several complete snes games, he told me the used market price for earthbound is ridiculous and was going to post a complete copy of earthbound for $80, this was about a month ago and I think he decided against it. Lol, when he said that I was checking his product listing page 10 times a day for a few weeks at least.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130965376158?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Not amazing but the other games payed for a mint Die Hard. I was very pleased with the seller because I'm sure he got quite a few backdoor offers.
BB2 CIB, 9/10 shape. $60. Didn't have the money for it at the time so my buddy got it.
Also a few others that I can remember:
Panic Restaurant for $25
Bonk's Adventure for $25
I saw a DK Jr Math that ended for a couple hundred dollars a couple of months back (I was like 2 seconds too slow to grab it myself)
Recently though, it's like 4 out of 5 BINs that I get are immediately refunded when people realize that's something's up. They're like "Sorry, there was a mistake in the listing, I meant to list it for a higher amount." Then I'm like "FUCK YOUR SHIT PIPE, SUCK ON THIS NEGATIVE FEEDBACK!" I hate leaving negative feedback too, but that crap happens way too often these days.
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=3&threadid=46842
I was about to type up that I got Turtles IV for Super Nintendo for $25 (I just bought it) but when I went back and checked my recent purchases, I just realized I accidentally bought Tournament Fighters for the SNES instead. Oops.
However I did score another deal right after that from another auction, got a boxed Chrono Trigger for $110. Sweet, I only want the box so I'll be selling my cartridge for $100 when it arrives. Give me 2 weeks to receive it and I'll add the cartridge to my sale thread.
Originally posted by: Deemar
I've been reading this thread and seeing people snagging quick auctions on Ebay by keeping a close eye on the newly listed items. I decided to try it for a couple of days and a couple of minutes ago it paid off. Kind of.
I was about to type up that I got Turtles IV for Super Nintendo for $25 (I just bought it) but when I went back and checked my recent purchases, I just realized I accidentally bought Tournament Fighters for the SNES instead. Oops.
However I did score another deal right after that from another auction, got a boxed Chrono Trigger for $110. Sweet, I only want the box so I'll be selling my cartridge for $100 when it arrives. Give me 2 weeks to receive it and I'll add the cartridge to my sale thread.
It might be a bit tough to sell that for $100...
The second one I got is Zelda: Four Swords Adventure for the GameCube for $7.58 shipped. I didn't receive it yet (should be tomorrow) but it was listed as complete and in good condition, so we'll see.
Not a bad start, hope to find some more!
Mega Man 7 and Mega Man X: $115 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mega-Man-7-Mega-Man-X-/151115224307?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item232f2b54f3
Super Castlevania IV and Dracula X, both boxed: $380 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-Dracula-X-and-Super-Castlevania-4-w-box-/171119654812?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item27d786b79c
Pretty good deals, I just paid $135 for my Mega Man 7 and it wasn't in as good shape as that one.
EDIT - I refreshed it and now there's a Chrono Trigger for $60: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chrono-Trigger-Super-Nintendo-1995-/181209790038?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item2a30f1f656.