You know, this is not shady if you look at it at the "right" perspective. This is how business works in almost any fashion. Knowledge is power, but yeah, it's a bit far fetched. I love ebgames though, they do "opposite" business here in Norway. They sell valuable PS1 games cheap, and even items on sale can fetch you money on the internet. But my point is: A person who will sell one of those items to him for that price, would probably donate it to a flea market anyway. Win-win situation.
You might not agree, but there are no "truth" about this manner. It's ethics. With the world behaving like it does right now, I would have no problem making an ad like this. Heck, ive even traded games with 13 year olds (always wait for my parcel to arrive first.. ofcourse)... .. I always follow the "golden middle road" (if it's the same saying pronounced in english). Never screw people more than "deserved" for not knowing what I know. If you are a ignorant customer in a every-day-shop, that's exactly what they do to you also.
It sounds ridiculous, but it's worth a shot. There are more markets out there other than ebay, and you never know until you ask. As it was already mentioned, there are probably people out there with this kind of stuff and not know what it's worth in certain markets. They might be happy to get something more for it than to sell it at a garage sale or pawn shop.
i give this dude credit... i hope he actually gets one. however, offering to pay a large amount for something then gets people thinking (if they actually have a brain)... "hmmmmm he is offering me $1k for this gold game i bought at the flea market 10 years ago cuz it looked cool. maybe it is worth a lot of money!" then they go and look it up, research it, and put it on ebay!
this dude would be better off saying that he is buying old video games, paying between $1-10 a game for big lots, depending on what games are in the lots. email him a list and he will give you a price quote. that would be the best way for this guy to actually score some great deals. advertising the big games and offering a load of cash for them will only raise questions!
I cant say i blame him for trying but at the same time i think its kinda messed up. Offering that amount it trying to take advantage. Now if he came across someone who had one and asked what do you want for it and they asked that much, by all means go ahead, thats not taking advantage. I think it would be funny if someone called him and told him to meet them somewhere for the purchase. I wouldnt do it but i think it would be funny.
Now if he came across someone who had one and asked what do you want for it and they asked that much, by all means go ahead, thats not taking advantage.
I think your logic is backwards. How is it taking advantage of someone when you're stating how much you're willing to pay for an item up front? There's absolutely no deception involved here - it's someone asking for an item for a specific price, and someone agreeing to fulfill that asking price or not. It could happen next week or never in a hundred years, but that's irrelevant. Now if you came across an old woman with a rare game and said, "Hey, how much do you want for that?" knowing that they're going to say five bucks, I think that is taking advantage of someone. Now whether or not that is wrong or not is a whole other topic all together.
And to anyone actually called the guy to harass him over an internet ad, congrats on being a douche.
I'd buy them all day at that price (to keep) but maybe that's the only point for him, the price. He could be looking for a shot at finding an item he could flip for big money at that price. Video game collecting is tiny compared to other hobbies (not to mention new by comparison) so someone with a copy still not found may stumble upon this post and think $1000 for an old NES game sure sounds great! They're still unearthing killer original owner collections of comic books that are now 60-70 years old once in a while. I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't know what they're sitting on and they're probably will be for a long time coming.
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You might not agree, but there are no "truth" about this manner. It's ethics. With the world behaving like it does right now, I would have no problem making an ad like this. Heck, ive even traded games with 13 year olds (always wait for my parcel to arrive first.. ofcourse)...
this dude would be better off saying that he is buying old video games, paying between $1-10 a game for big lots, depending on what games are in the lots. email him a list and he will give you a price quote. that would be the best way for this guy to actually score some great deals. advertising the big games and offering a load of cash for them will only raise questions!
Seriously, let's all call him and leave a message.
LOL I called him on the phone. This is all I said to him " Your an idiot " CLICK. Some people just need to be told
Now if he came across someone who had one and asked what do you want for it and they asked that much, by all means go ahead, thats not taking advantage.
I think your logic is backwards. How is it taking advantage of someone when you're stating how much you're willing to pay for an item up front? There's absolutely no deception involved here - it's someone asking for an item for a specific price, and someone agreeing to fulfill that asking price or not. It could happen next week or never in a hundred years, but that's irrelevant. Now if you came across an old woman with a rare game and said, "Hey, how much do you want for that?" knowing that they're going to say five bucks, I think that is taking advantage of someone. Now whether or not that is wrong or not is a whole other topic all together.
And to anyone actually called the guy to harass him over an internet ad, congrats on being a douche.