Nintendo World championship bought today!!!!
Nintendo World Championship 1990 - Grey # 275 Found!
FULL ALBUM
So for all of you following I picked up the game today! Here is an album with all of its glory
It is a beautiful piece of gaming history and although I would like to keep it I will probably end up selling it to help fund my dream of owning my own game store. Before you complain about me reselling an amazing piece of video game history I would like you to think of what you would do in my situation.
My original thread with the backstory of how I got it:
"Like the title says i'm soon going to be going to purcahse a nintendo world championship 1990 grey cart from someone from my school. After posting an add asking if anyone had any video games they wanted to sell I was approached by a kid talking about Playstation 2 games and xbox games he had. Going back and forth he finally mentioned that his uncle had recently given him some nes games if I was interested in those. After him posting the lot of games and reading the title Nintendo World Championship 1990 I was very skeptical because I thought he was trolling me because he's known to be this type of person. I didn't want to offer him 150 dollars because I wouldn't feel comfortable with my self so he agreed on reasearching the prices and getting back to me. Going back and forth about the lot of games over a span of 3 days he finally said he would bring them in to school for me to get a better look and worry about condition......minus the copy of Nintendo World Championship that he found out was worth 4000$ After going on a rant to him about how this whole time I thought he was trolling followed by the question " Are you telling me you seriously have a copy of this game or are you really trolling me?" He replied with a photo of him holding the game up with a smile on his face.
I then offered him 1000 dollars cash and we latered negotiated price and reached the conclusion that if I could open the cart to verify it's real would give him 2.5k for it.
Now my question is how can I verify its real when I meet him tomorrow? Any thing I can do myself to make sure i'm 100% its a legit copy?"
EDIT: If you guys are interested in making offers I set up a seperate form with all the info!
OFFER THREAD: http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=120738
FULL ALBUM
So for all of you following I picked up the game today! Here is an album with all of its glory
It is a beautiful piece of gaming history and although I would like to keep it I will probably end up selling it to help fund my dream of owning my own game store. Before you complain about me reselling an amazing piece of video game history I would like you to think of what you would do in my situation.
My original thread with the backstory of how I got it:
"Like the title says i'm soon going to be going to purcahse a nintendo world championship 1990 grey cart from someone from my school. After posting an add asking if anyone had any video games they wanted to sell I was approached by a kid talking about Playstation 2 games and xbox games he had. Going back and forth he finally mentioned that his uncle had recently given him some nes games if I was interested in those. After him posting the lot of games and reading the title Nintendo World Championship 1990 I was very skeptical because I thought he was trolling me because he's known to be this type of person. I didn't want to offer him 150 dollars because I wouldn't feel comfortable with my self so he agreed on reasearching the prices and getting back to me. Going back and forth about the lot of games over a span of 3 days he finally said he would bring them in to school for me to get a better look and worry about condition......minus the copy of Nintendo World Championship that he found out was worth 4000$ After going on a rant to him about how this whole time I thought he was trolling followed by the question " Are you telling me you seriously have a copy of this game or are you really trolling me?" He replied with a photo of him holding the game up with a smile on his face.
I then offered him 1000 dollars cash and we latered negotiated price and reached the conclusion that if I could open the cart to verify it's real would give him 2.5k for it.
Now my question is how can I verify its real when I meet him tomorrow? Any thing I can do myself to make sure i'm 100% its a legit copy?"
EDIT: If you guys are interested in making offers I set up a seperate form with all the info!
OFFER THREAD: http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=120738
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You must keep it...in a high quality case...in a uncrackable vault...which is located in the bermuda triangle...surrounded with sharks that have freakin lasers on their heads.
Originally posted by: xjwebb1982
Nice score!!! I'll buy it if you want to sell. PM with how much you need for it.
I'm thinking nothing less than 15k although if possible would like to get more gonna test the waters and see what people offer and if it comes down to it might throw it on ebay for 25k OBO and see what i'm offered
Originally posted by: kinghardy
So for all of you following I picked up the game today! Here is an album with all of its glory: http://imgur.com/a/YbDGI...
It is a beautiful piece of gaming history and although I would like to keep it I will probably end up selling it to help fund my dream of owning my own game store.
My original thread with the backstory of how I got it:
"Like the title says i'm soon going to be going to purcahse a nintendo world championship 1990 grey cart from someone from my school. After posting an add asking if anyone had any video games they wanted to sell I was approached by a kid talking about Playstation 2 games and xbox games he had. Going back and forth he finally mentioned that his uncle had recently given him some nes games if I was interested in those. After him posting the lot of games and reading the title Nintendo World Championship 1990 I was very skeptical because I thought he was trolling me because he's known to be this type of person. I didn't want to offer him 150 dollars because I wouldn't feel comfortable with my self so he agreed on reasearching the prices and getting back to me. Going back and forth about the lot of games over a span of 3 days he finally said he would bring them in to school for me to get a better look and worry about condition......minus the copy of Nintendo World Championship that he found out was worth 4000$ After going on a rant to him about how this whole time I thought he was trolling followed by the question " Are you telling me you seriously have a copy of this game or are you really trolling me?" He replied with a photo of him holding the game up with a smile on his face.
I then offered him 1000 dollars cash and we latered negotiated price and reached the conclusion that if I could open the cart to verify it's real would give him 2.5k for it.
Now my question is how can I verify its real when I meet him tomorrow? Any thing I can do myself to make sure i'm 100% its a legit copy?
Obviouslly I won't post too many pictures until the deal is over but here is one post of the cart itself for your guys feedback. "
Originally posted by: kinghardy
I'm thinking nothing less than 15k although if possible would like to get more gonna test the waters and see what people offer and if it comes down to it might throw it on ebay for 25k OBO and see what i'm offered
Wait... so a person you know from school sold you the cart for $2,350 and he thought it was worth $4,000? Did you tell him it sold for a lot more than that online? And now your planning to sell the cart for no less than 15,000...? I wonder how he feels about that...
Originally posted by: Segertar
Flippin' it on a friends deal.. kinda shitty, but good luck to you none the less.
An aquantince and tell me you wouldn't of done the same thing....
Originally posted by: kinghardy
Originally posted by: Segertar
Flippin' it on a friends deal.. kinda shitty, but good luck to you none the less.
An aquantince and tell me you wouldn't of done the same thing....
Good luck on the sale my man. Don't worry about the haters, it's just jealousy. Anyone in your situation is going to do the same thing, no matter what they may say and how self righteous they may act.
Edit: Lol @ "haters" No hate here. No jealousy either. Just hate seeing people put greed ahead of friendships.
Originally posted by: Segertar
I can honestly tell you that I wouldn't. Some things are worth more than money. Besides I would never find another NWC to replace that one. Edit: Lol @ "haters" No hate here. No jealousy either. Just hate seeing people put greed ahead of friendships.
No hate? I see. BTW, "hater" does not imply that you hate the OP. "Hater" is a colloquialism for someone who feels the need to take someone down a peg, which is exactly what you attempted to do by telling him he was doing a "shitty" thing, albeit passive aggressively by adding in "good luck to you". I'd love to see one good finds thread on this site turn into a sale without people chiming in about what a shitty thing it is to do to flip a game for profit.
Congrats, and welcome to NA!
Also, in regards to the buying price, I see no harm. I mean, from how the post reads, OP let his friend do his own research. I mean, even at $4,000, the game was really undervalued, but the friend apparently didn't have much to go off of, I guess. Both parties made a mutual exchange, so I don't see how one was made worse off.
Plus the seller is way better off than if OP had not told him it was worth more, so OP actually "gave" him $1000+ more than he could have probably bought it for had he not told the guy to go research it.
Originally posted by: kinghardy
Ever since I was a kid ive wanted to open my own game store... to think I might be so close. I would love to keep it and add it to my collection but I would LOVE to own my own store and have a place set up for tourneys every friday and great deals on games.
Then get a stupid loan or the funds elsewhere if you're that desperate to follow that dream. The economy we are in right now is in the shitter and businesses are still closing quite a bit, especially those based in fluff stuff (non essentials) which video games are. Think of you threw this to the sharks, got some money, and then had your dream come crashing down around you within a matter of months or a year, then what? No museum piece collectors item of gaming, no business, and a nice fat debt along with a bunch of common crap games to now peddle on ebay.
Good job getting it, and at that price too. Try it out at least, have some fun.
Originally posted by: kinghardy
I'm thinking nothing less than 15k although if possible would like to get more gonna test the waters and see what people offer and if it comes down to it might throw it on ebay for 25k OBO and see what i'm offered
Congrats on the find.
If you are expecting that type of money you might as well just put it up on ebay though, and the sooner the better if you want to try and catch the tail end of the hype.
Originally posted by: Tanooki
Originally posted by: kinghardy
Ever since I was a kid ive wanted to open my own game store... to think I might be so close. I would love to keep it and add it to my collection but I would LOVE to own my own store and have a place set up for tourneys every friday and great deals on games.
Then get a stupid loan or the funds elsewhere if you're that desperate to follow that dream. The economy we are in right now is in the shitter and businesses are still closing quite a bit, especially those based in fluff stuff (non essentials) which video games are. Think of you threw this to the sharks, got some money, and then had your dream come crashing down around you within a matter of months or a year, then what? No museum piece collectors item of gaming, no business, and a nice fat debt along with a bunch of common crap games to now peddle on ebay.
Haha, talk about being a prophet of doom.
Originally posted by: WeLoveClassicGames
Some advice, if you do sell it you and your close friends shouldn't brag around school that you sold it for 4-5x what you paid. Since you're not close friends with this kid (who apparently is known for being a troll?), things could get weird. Also if your serious about owning a video game store I suggest you take some classes. Try to get some real experience before you invest in a business. Talk to some local retro store owners and get some advice.
I don't talk about any deals that I do and I have experince in business already, thanks for your concern though
Originally posted by: Tanooki
Originally posted by: kinghardy
Ever since I was a kid ive wanted to open my own game store... to think I might be so close. I would love to keep it and add it to my collection but I would LOVE to own my own store and have a place set up for tourneys every friday and great deals on games.
Then get a stupid loan or the funds elsewhere if you're that desperate to follow that dream. The economy we are in right now is in the shitter and businesses are still closing quite a bit, especially those based in fluff stuff (non essentials) which video games are. Think of you threw this to the sharks, got some money, and then had your dream come crashing down around you within a matter of months or a year, then what? No museum piece collectors item of gaming, no business, and a nice fat debt along with a bunch of common crap games to now peddle on ebay.
Good job getting it, and at that price too. Try it out at least, have some fun.
This my friends is a prime example of glass half empty mindset. If you don't build your dreams you're building someone elses.
Originally posted by: B.A.
Originally posted by: kinghardy
I'm thinking nothing less than 15k although if possible would like to get more gonna test the waters and see what people offer and if it comes down to it might throw it on ebay for 25k OBO and see what i'm offered
Congrats on the find.
If you are expecting that type of money you might as well just put it up on ebay though, and the sooner the better if you want to try and catch the tail end of the hype.
Something tells me that prices might not come back down to earth on this one.