A manaul is the least of your worries for Chubby Cherub.You can usually get a manual for about $10.It's the box that is usually missing the hangtab and beat to shit.
the taped back section is what is keeping this copy unsold
I think that's probably true. It was done pretty well though. Initially, I thought the tab was unpunched. It looks like it was done as a precaution to damage rather than a result of damage
Originally posted by: wrldstrman
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Doug, you seem so sure collecting is going to crash and burn, why don't you sell and cash out at what could be a peak right now? Or, at least, sell games you don't like/play?
If Nintendo were in trouble, I could see your point of view but since the release of the Wii, they are destroying competition and are heading higher. From my viewpoint, the international demand has only gotten stronger. I don't have stats on my sales but the gap that used to be much more heavily domestic is swaying much more towards even I don't know what the world demand will do in the future but it has had a large impact on where prices are currently at without a doubt. This is likely the single most important factor of future prices. Games that go oversees are MUCH less likely to ever come back into the NTSC US/Canada market so for all intensive purposes of supply and demand, they no longer exist. They do but at the same time, they don't if that makes sense
Game boxes and manual will only get more rare with time as well as condition can only get worse with time, both cause prices to go up for games that are complete and in great shape. My generation (I'm 22) that played NES, SNES, and N64 as kids are just now beginning to get real full time jobs and have extra cash to support a hobby such as collecting video games. I could name a bunch of other factors that could easily keep making prices go higher, I just have difficulty understanding where such a pessimistic view comes from unless you think our economy is going under but that would destroy any hobby.
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Yeah, that was back when there was still print runs.
As long as Nintendo is a company, there will be new collectors and as long as there are new collectors people will keep buying.
but new collectors doesnt mean prices going higher or staying the same. a year ago cc would of not lastest 5 minutes before being binned.
Well, unless more of them are brought out into the public, eventually they will be all bought up and then the collector's decide the market, so you really have no way of knowing any of that.
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Yeah, that was back when there was still print runs.
As long as Nintendo is a company, there will be new collectors and as long as there are new collectors people will keep buying.
but new collectors doesnt mean prices going higher or staying the same. a year ago cc would of not lastest 5 minutes before being binned.
Well, unless more of them are brought out into the public, eventually they will be all bought up and then the collector's decide the market, so you really have no way of knowing any of that.
Did you even look at the pictures?
The hangtab is not 100% intact.
thats the difference some speak about I got into collecting for FUN not for a profit. If someone said with 100 percent certianity the games will be worthless in 2 years I would keep all of them because I didnt start in this for money. I understand that like anything else on this planet if there is money to be made people will ride the ship for all its worth. Just like all my football cards I could of sold all of them for a good amount but didnt because i like to get them out every now and then and just look at them. they mean more to me then a dollar sign. I consider myself one of the hardest core collectors out there but just not one that will pay a lot of money for something just so I can say I own it. I just think if people have the right to say something is worth a certian amount ,those of us that disagree have the same right to say no it doesnt. I will always stand by what I said something is only worth what someone is willing to pay. If someone pays 10 thousand for se thats what it was worth to them it doesnt automatically make it worth 10 thousand dollars. I know im beating a dead horse but I got no problem with what people spend on anything, I just have to disagree with the whole price setting B.S It will never happen but I would love to see all ebay auctions start at 99 cents to see where the average market value on games would be.
If there were never any BINs on ebay at all, a lot of the high end stuff would go higher than they are already do through bidding wars. Both bidding wars and the lack of finding the two right buyers cause severe discrepancies in prices. I don't follow how auctions are any more accurate representations of market value than sellers setting prices and adjusting them according to the length of time it takes to sell.
From what I've seen, most prices quoted on this site in the "price check" follow what stuff has sold for in the past. I rarely see numbers that appeared pulled out of the air with the exception of some of the top .5% where it's so difficult to know. Certainly discussion about certain games bring up the demand temporarily but over time, supply and demand will level out and ultimately determine the going rate of games.
You say something is only worth what someone is willing to pay but a complete CC with a good/great box has gone over $400 around a 8-10 times in the last year but it's not worth that much? Seems like a contradiction especially when it has happened so many times. Maybe the past where education of rarity was less known was the time when they were selling for the incorrect amount. I listed a complete CC when I didn't know the value with a $80 BIN about 2 years ago and it sold almost instantly. It was the first time box I'd had ever seen at the time. The game didn't turn from trash to gold, it's always been rare complete. If anything, the high price of it has brought out an abundance of copies comparatively to it's rarity trying to cash in and the last nr mint-mint copy still went for $470ish
And think about it he could have EASILY not shown that tape in a pic,He is doing the honest thing by even showing that pic.Most big re-sellers would never even show that.
Al - Could be, I never really looked, just assumed the tape was a quick fix.
Doug - Just because all of a certain game are in the possessions of collectors, doesn't mean they are trying to profit or change the market prices. If there was only one of a game and only one person was interested, it would be up to the seller and buyer to decide a fair price for it. If there was 10 of a game and collectors had them and no one wanted them, they game would technically be worthless since there is no market for them.
It all comes down to supply and demand in the end no matter what.
Lower runs, results is lower count of game which mean less and less are available everyday to those who don't have them yet and as this continues, the prices will only keep going up and even when a collector decides to sell his collection, that only brings a few that were previously in the market, back out for the time being so it wouldn't really drop the price that way either.
I'd honestly spend it just to get it out of the way, but I just don't have the cash to blow. The tape does make it worth less in my eyes, but it's on the inside of the box, so it passes my quality control
I'd honestly spend it just to get it out of the way, but I just don't have the cash to blow. The tape does make it worth less in my eyes, but it's on the inside of the box, so it passes my quality control
I'm the same way. I really want it, and a year ago I'd have snapped it up already. But $80 to fill my car is killing me and I have a long commute everyday.
i got BIGGER fish to fry rather than this one! leave it up in your store, dannyboy, as it will sell eventually! economy is hurting everyone right now. even vito is selling his test carts! i appear to be one of the last idiots who keeps spending and not selling anything! oh well, i may live in a cardboard box, but i am getting closer to a complete set! another one of the power 9 was just knocked out... i would say it was the ancestral recall in comparison for all you MTG buffs
I'm itching for this. (so you other lurkers better jump on it)
Would you be willing to trade for it. Probably not since you're getting a house. If not, I have a ton of boxes, carts, and manuals (and a spare sealed Street Cop)
dans needs lists arent huge for the NES, so it would be tough to get a big enough value to trade for the cc, but maybe a trade / sale would work. chime in, dannyboy! hook al up! the cc box isnt in my current list of most desired items right now.
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I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Yeah, that was back when there was still print runs.
As long as Nintendo is a company, there will be new collectors and as long as there are new collectors people will keep buying.
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Yeah, that was back when there was still print runs.
As long as Nintendo is a company, there will be new collectors and as long as there are new collectors people will keep buying.
but new collectors doesnt mean prices going higher or staying the same. a year ago cc would of not lastest 5 minutes before being binned.
the taped back section is what is keeping this copy unsold
I think that's probably true. It was done pretty well though. Initially, I thought the tab was unpunched. It looks like it was done as a precaution to damage rather than a result of damage
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Doug, you seem so sure collecting is going to crash and burn, why don't you sell and cash out at what could be a peak right now? Or, at least, sell games you don't like/play?
If Nintendo were in trouble, I could see your point of view but since the release of the Wii, they are destroying competition and are heading higher. From my viewpoint, the international demand has only gotten stronger. I don't have stats on my sales but the gap that used to be much more heavily domestic is swaying much more towards even I don't know what the world demand will do in the future but it has had a large impact on where prices are currently at without a doubt. This is likely the single most important factor of future prices. Games that go oversees are MUCH less likely to ever come back into the NTSC US/Canada market so for all intensive purposes of supply and demand, they no longer exist. They do but at the same time, they don't if that makes sense
Game boxes and manual will only get more rare with time as well as condition can only get worse with time, both cause prices to go up for games that are complete and in great shape. My generation (I'm 22) that played NES, SNES, and N64 as kids are just now beginning to get real full time jobs and have extra cash to support a hobby such as collecting video games. I could name a bunch of other factors that could easily keep making prices go higher, I just have difficulty understanding where such a pessimistic view comes from unless you think our economy is going under but that would destroy any hobby.
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Yeah, that was back when there was still print runs.
As long as Nintendo is a company, there will be new collectors and as long as there are new collectors people will keep buying.
but new collectors doesnt mean prices going higher or staying the same. a year ago cc would of not lastest 5 minutes before being binned.
Well, unless more of them are brought out into the public, eventually they will be all bought up and then the collector's decide the market, so you really have no way of knowing any of that.
Did you even look at the pictures?
The hangtab is not 100% intact.
I know im the stick in the mud but there will come a time when there just wont be the people willing to spend a lot on games.
Yeah, that was back when there was still print runs.
As long as Nintendo is a company, there will be new collectors and as long as there are new collectors people will keep buying.
but new collectors doesnt mean prices going higher or staying the same. a year ago cc would of not lastest 5 minutes before being binned.
Well, unless more of them are brought out into the public, eventually they will be all bought up and then the collector's decide the market, so you really have no way of knowing any of that.
Did you even look at the pictures?
The hangtab is not 100% intact.
thats the difference some speak about I got into collecting for FUN not for a profit. If someone said with 100 percent certianity the games will be worthless in 2 years I would keep all of them because I didnt start in this for money. I understand that like anything else on this planet if there is money to be made people will ride the ship for all its worth. Just like all my football cards I could of sold all of them for a good amount but didnt because i like to get them out every now and then and just look at them. they mean more to me then a dollar sign. I consider myself one of the hardest core collectors out there but just not one that will pay a lot of money for something just so I can say I own it. I just think if people have the right to say something is worth a certian amount ,those of us that disagree have the same right to say no it doesnt. I will always stand by what I said something is only worth what someone is willing to pay. If someone pays 10 thousand for se thats what it was worth to them it doesnt automatically make it worth 10 thousand dollars. I know im beating a dead horse but I got no problem with what people spend on anything, I just have to disagree with the whole price setting B.S It will never happen but I would love to see all ebay auctions start at 99 cents to see where the average market value on games would be.
From what I've seen, most prices quoted on this site in the "price check" follow what stuff has sold for in the past. I rarely see numbers that appeared pulled out of the air with the exception of some of the top .5% where it's so difficult to know. Certainly discussion about certain games bring up the demand temporarily but over time, supply and demand will level out and ultimately determine the going rate of games.
You say something is only worth what someone is willing to pay but a complete CC with a good/great box has gone over $400 around a 8-10 times in the last year but it's not worth that much? Seems like a contradiction especially when it has happened so many times. Maybe the past where education of rarity was less known was the time when they were selling for the incorrect amount. I listed a complete CC when I didn't know the value with a $80 BIN about 2 years ago and it sold almost instantly. It was the first time box I'd had ever seen at the time. The game didn't turn from trash to gold, it's always been rare complete. If anything, the high price of it has brought out an abundance of copies comparatively to it's rarity trying to cash in and the last nr mint-mint copy still went for $470ish
Al
Doug - Just because all of a certain game are in the possessions of collectors, doesn't mean they are trying to profit or change the market prices. If there was only one of a game and only one person was interested, it would be up to the seller and buyer to decide a fair price for it. If there was 10 of a game and collectors had them and no one wanted them, they game would technically be worthless since there is no market for them.
It all comes down to supply and demand in the end no matter what.
Lower runs, results is lower count of game which mean less and less are available everyday to those who don't have them yet and as this continues, the prices will only keep going up and even when a collector decides to sell his collection, that only brings a few that were previously in the market, back out for the time being so it wouldn't really drop the price that way either.
I listed a complete CC when I didn't know the value with a $80 BIN about 2 years ago and it sold almost instantly.
I remember when you did that.
I'd honestly spend it just to get it out of the way, but I just don't have the cash to blow. The tape does make it worth less in my eyes, but it's on the inside of the box, so it passes my quality control
I'm the same way. I really want it, and a year ago I'd have snapped it up already. But $80 to fill my car is killing me and I have a long commute everyday.
Al
Would you be willing to trade for it. Probably not since you're getting a house. If not, I have a ton of boxes, carts, and manuals (and a spare sealed Street Cop)
Al