If someone has a price tag on a game, I don't really worry too much about it.
If someone offers to sell me a game and tells me they honestly don't know what it's worth (and don't have a way to check, if that's possible in 2016), I'm going to be honest with them.
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
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I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate for the level of service.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of empathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
I made one comment and you assume I am a sociopath and not empathetic? A word describing you would be: presumptuous. So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
Not to be a dick, but what is an honest answer? Do you tell them the exact ammount they could sell it for on ebay? the ammount it is worth used at the local game store, the ammount the gamestore would give them in trade?
If someone asks me what something is worth, I usually tell them that I find games at garage sales for $1-$5 often, but they usually go for more online. I then explain to them that selling online involves: Fees, Shipping, Driving to the Post Office, Return policy, ect... Often I find that people that ask will just look on their phones and ask for Ebay prices, and I tell them that I am not paying ebay prices for an untested game with no return policy.
Afew years back I was at a sale and got my Ice Blue 64 system. The old man asked me what it was worth. He had just explained to me that it had been in the garage for years, and he didnt know if it worked or not. It was also covered in dirt and grime. I told him that the clear systems are usually worth more than a normal system, but the fact that it was covered in dirt and missing the RAM pack made it a gamble. We settled for $15 on it, and it worked when I got it home, but there was no way I was going to give him full ebay value for a system in that shape. I feel like I was in the right there. If he had tested it, and cleaned it up I would have paid much more, but a dirty item from a garage is worth nowhere near full Retail.
There is no ethical issue about buying sonething at a marked price.
I agree... and that reminds me. A local game store has a new policy that all games are repriced at the counter because the employees do not trust each other... It's so annoying. I took a copy of A Nightmare on Elms Street up to the counter and the guy looked it up on Price Charting and bumped the price up $15 because "Whoever priced it was an Idiot" then when I was looking in the case at the counter he bumped a copy of Sunset riders from $90 to $30 because he was looking at Genesis Prices instead of SNES prices... What a toolbag.
On the other hand though, I was in that store once, and found a copy of Jimmy Connors Tennis for NES at the back of the case for $3 It had been priced long ago, I took it to the counter and the owner told me he was going to have to bump the price, my heart sank because I knew my cheap butt wasnt going to pay $70+ for it. I was amazed when he said $5, when I looked at his screen he had the Gameboy version pulled up.
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
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I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
I made one comment and you assume I am a sociopath and not empathetic? A word describing you would be: presumptuous. So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
They weren't $2 before he went to get them because they weren't even for sale before. I received goodwill from him in the form of effort and helpfulness. I returned that goodwill in the form of paying slightly more than he asked. As a direct result of the goodwill I generated with him he promised to let me know if he finds anything else. He's texted about a few things (nothing good yet). He even continued searching in an accessory building and we both searched the garage (sale was in the from yard). Like I said: he went through a lot to dig those up and I thought his effort and the games were worth more than $2 (Castlevania Adventure alone was worth $7 to me). Heck, I gave away one of those copies of Tetris a week ago. That's got to be even harder to understand!
I don't have any problem with someone else giving him $2 and walking away with the stuff. I just felt he deserved at least what I gave him after the favor he did for me.
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
Not to be a dick, but what is an honest answer? Do you tell them the exact ammount they could sell it for on ebay? the ammount it is worth used at the local game store, the ammount the gamestore would give them in trade?
If someone asks me what something is worth, I usually tell them that I find games at garage sales for $1-$5 often, but they usually go for more online. I then explain to them that selling online involves: Fees, Shipping, Driving to the Post Office, Return policy, ect... Often I find that people that ask will just look on their phones and ask for Ebay prices, and I tell them that I am not paying ebay prices for an untested game with no return policy.
Afew years back I was at a sale and got my Ice Blue 64 system. The old man asked me what it was worth. He had just explained to me that it had been in the garage for years, and he didnt know if it worked or not. It was also covered in dirt and grime. I told him that the clear systems are usually worth more than a normal system, but the fact that it was covered in dirt and missing the RAM pack made it a gamble. We settled for $15 on it, and it worked when I got it home, but there was no way I was going to give him full ebay value for a system in that shape. I feel like I was in the right there. If he had tested it, and cleaned it up I would have paid much more, but a dirty item from a garage is worth nowhere near full Retail.
an honest answer is what I honestly feel the items value is, taking condition to account. If that Ice Blue N64 was clean, looked like never been used I would offer more that I would if it looked like a dog wiped it's ass on it.
If they mark a price, I choose to pay it or not. If it's too high I might haggle. If it's low I pay and leave. If they ask me for my honest opinion on the value, I can't bring myself to lie about it just to get a good deal
I'd take it on a case by case thing but most of the time we are talking a few dollars for a 20 or 50.00 game. I have no issue cause look your stuff up before you sell. Never ran into a 500 1000+ item marked that cheap. Suppose it happens .. case by case I suppose as to how I'd handle it.
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
I made one comment and you assume I am a sociopath and not empathetic? A word describing you would be: presumptuous. So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
They weren't $2 before he went to get them because they weren't even for sale before. I received goodwill from him in the form of effort and helpfulness. I returned that goodwill in the form of paying slightly more than he asked. As a direct result of the goodwill I generated with him he promised to let me know if he finds anything else. He's texted about a few things (nothing good yet). He even continued searching in an accessory building and we both searched the garage (sale was in the from yard). Like I said: he went through a lot to dig those up and I thought his effort and the games were worth more than $2 (Castlevania Adventure alone was worth $7 to me). Heck, I gave away one of those copies of Tetris a week ago. That's got to be even harder to understand!
I don't have any problem with someone else giving him $2 and walking away with the stuff. I just felt he deserved at least what I gave him after the favor he did for me.
Tetris is not worth anything hardly. Not really hard to comprehend. Lol. And to each their own I guess. Sorry for arguing.
I'd take it on a case by case thing but most of the time we are talking a few dollars for a 20 or 50.00 game. I have no issue cause look your stuff up before you sell. Never ran into a 500 1000+ item marked that cheap. Suppose it happens .. case by case I suppose as to how I'd handle it.
I got Metal Warriors for $2.50, but it was at a resale shop, so I had no qualms about buying it for that. I'm sure they gave the previous owner $1 or less for it.
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Originally posted by: Sinnbox
Originally posted by: Bronty
nah. people just get greedy.
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
Not to be a dick, but what is an honest answer? Do you tell them the exact ammount they could sell it for on ebay? the ammount it is worth used at the local game store, the ammount the gamestore would give them in trade?
If someone asks me what something is worth, I usually tell them that I find games at garage sales for $1-$5 often, but they usually go for more online. I then explain to them that selling online involves: Fees, Shipping, Driving to the Post Office, Return policy, ect... Often I find that people that ask will just look on their phones and ask for Ebay prices, and I tell them that I am not paying ebay prices for an untested game with no return policy.
Afew years back I was at a sale and got my Ice Blue 64 system. The old man asked me what it was worth. He had just explained to me that it had been in the garage for years, and he didnt know if it worked or not. It was also covered in dirt and grime. I told him that the clear systems are usually worth more than a normal system, but the fact that it was covered in dirt and missing the RAM pack made it a gamble. We settled for $15 on it, and it worked when I got it home, but there was no way I was going to give him full ebay value for a system in that shape. I feel like I was in the right there. If he had tested it, and cleaned it up I would have paid much more, but a dirty item from a garage is worth nowhere near full Retail.
an honest answer is what I honestly feel the items value is, taking condition to account. If that Ice Blue N64 was clean, looked like never been used I would offer more that I would if it looked like a dog wiped it's ass on it. If they mark a price, I choose to pay it or not. If it's too high I might haggle. If it's low I pay and leave. If they ask me for my honest opinion on the value, I can't bring myself to lie about it just to get a good deal
ok, exactly. I was thinking that you meant tell them excatly what the average eBay price is. I have met some people that seem to think Value is Value regardless of condition... I guess I forgot that I was posting on NA not a Facebook group. lol
His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
I don't get it...I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games...What word would that be?
I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate. The word is used to mean...incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
They weren't $2 before he went to get them because they weren't even for sale...Like I said: he went through a lot to dig those up and I thought his effort and the games were worth more than $2 (Castlevania Adventure alone was worth $7 to me). Heck, I gave away one of those copies of Tetris a week ago. That's got to be even harder to understand!...I just felt he deserved at least what I gave him after the favor he did for me.
Tetris is not worth anything hardly. Not really hard to comprehend. Lol. And to each their own I guess. Sorry for arguing.
No problem here. I understand and do not think less of anyone who would have taken it for $2, it's just that I felt responsible for putting him on the spot with my unconventional/unexpected request and he probably couldn't properly consider the value. He was probably hoping that it would encourage me to buy something else too but I saw nothing else I wanted. By giving him a tip I also didn't seem like such a jerk for not even considering his other wares, so two birds with one stone.
Ok case in point my friend owns a retro game store I'm constantly saying are you sure when he gives me a great deal. But he's a friend so I look out for him. But the general public I'm not as much
I've had an instance before where I offered someone more money at a garage sale for a lot of games because I told him they were priced very low. He then proceeded to keep the games so he could sell them on eBay. I learned my lesson and never did that again lol. As has been said, if the seller prices it, just pay what they are asking, or haggle if the price is too high.
x1000. If a seller offers a game for $1 and I offer them $10, they'll know something's up. Then they will look it up on eBay and realise it's $500, and there goes the sale!
Most people who have garage sales don't take the time to price everything; they just want to get rid of it because it's taking up living space. It's literally the last stop before going to Goodwill or into the dumpster.
And if it weren't for resellers scouting for deals and flipping on eBay, a lot more stuff would be in landfills instead of in collections.
I've had an instance before where I offered someone more money at a garage sale for a lot of games because I told him they were priced very low. He then proceeded to keep the games so he could sell them on eBay. I learned my lesson and never did that again lol. As has been said, if the seller prices it, just pay what they are asking, or haggle if the price is too high.
x1000. If a seller offers a game for $1 and I offer them $10, they'll know something's up. Then they will look it up on eBay and realise it's $500, and there goes the sale!
Most people who have garage sales don't take the time to price everything; they just want to get rid of it because it's taking up living space. It's literally the last stop before going to Goodwill or into the dumpster.
And if it weren't for resellers scouting for deals and flipping on eBay, a lot more stuff would be in landfills instead of in collections.
I've had an instance before where I offered someone more money at a garage sale for a lot of games because I told him they were priced very low. He then proceeded to keep the games so he could sell them on eBay. I learned my lesson and never did that again lol. As has been said, if the seller prices it, just pay what they are asking, or haggle if the price is too high.
x1000. If a seller offers a game for $1 and I offer them $10, they'll know something's up. Then they will look it up on eBay and realise it's $500, and there goes the sale!
Most people who have garage sales don't take the time to price everything; they just want to get rid of it because it's taking up living space. It's literally the last stop before going to Goodwill or into the dumpster.
And if it weren't for resellers scouting for deals and flipping on eBay, a lot more stuff would be in landfills instead of in collections.
Most of us generous enough to offer more than the asking price know to secure for the asking price before we offer more.
People should research what they are selling if they really want to get full price value out of their items. In most cases with rummage sales it is stuff cluttering their homes that they no longer want, rather then donate to a thrift store or pay to get rid of it at a dump they have chosen to get a few bucks for their items. I have no problem paying the price listed on an item no matter what its actual worth is, I don't have a problem offering them a lower amount on an item if they have it over priced either. Where I have a moral dilemma is when they ask me to make an offer on an item and they have no price listed.
It's already difficult enough finding certain games and systems let alone paying sometimes hundreds of dollars. So when I find a deal at a garage sale or someone asks me what their stuff is worth why the hell would I bring up the fact that their stuff could be worth more than what they're selling it for? The purpose behind me having to wake up at 6am on a Saturday morning to go to garage sales isn't so that I can pay the exact amount I would pay on eBay. If you found out the house you bought was worth more than you paid for it would you go back to the seller and pay them the difference? NO! So why would anyone apply this kind of logic anywhere else?
I'm of the mindset in this case to be a buyer first and a Good Samaritan second. For instance, I would have no hesitation buying someone's Stadium Events for an asked by price of $5, selling it, and then going back to them AFTER the fact and giving them a little piece of the profit. I agree that if you try to be the nice guy up front, well, you know how that saying goes
People should be doing their own research. If it is a friend or family member, that is a different story. I would tell them what they could realistically get for the item to try and help them out. I don't get how some people are cool with taking high priced items from friends and flipping it without telling them what they have is worth a lot. Just doesn't sit right with me.
But for sellers and other random strangers i buy stuff off of, well that is your responsibility to know the worth of your items. Just like a store. Would you feel bad if a store had price little samson for $50 and tell them? Or would you buy it?
If i was to get a huge score that was worth thousands though, i would probably go back and give them a nice cut of the money. Like if i made 25k off a stadium events i would definitely throw a grand or two their way. I wouldn't know what would be best though, throw them the money and not tell them what i sold it for, or let them know what i sold it for. I feel like if they just got 2k for a game they had no idea was worth a lot and left it at that they would be psyched. But if i was like, yeah man i flipped it for 25k, they might beat themselves up over it.
Either way i don't think anyone is obligated to give anyone anything, i would just do this personally to try and be nice.
If someone has a price tag on a game, I don't really worry too much about it.
If someone offers to sell me a game and tells me they honestly don't know what it's worth (and don't have a way to check, if that's possible in 2016), I'm going to be honest with them.
This sums up my feelings on the topic pretty well.
If its an item that's easy to find online (which most games are), sellers should take the time to educate themselves on the current value and price it accordingly. If they opt out of doing that and take a guess on pricing it, then its fair game no matter how off the mark they are. Just my $0.02 and seems reasonable to me. I wouldn't call it unethical.
Now if they don't put a price on it, and ask me to give them an offer I would give a fair offer. But probably on the low side of Ebay sold auctions minus the shipping and fees. Any time you find something off Ebay, be it yard sales, swap meet, etc you should expect a better deal. The seller is off loading that item with an added convenience compared to selling online.
If someone has a price tag on a game, I don't really worry too much about it.
If someone offers to sell me a game and tells me they honestly don't know what it's worth (and don't have a way to check, if that's possible in 2016), I'm going to be honest with them.
This sums up my feelings on the topic pretty well.
If its an item that's easy to find online (which most games are), sellers should take the time to educate themselves on the current value and price it accordingly. If they opt out of doing that and take a guess on pricing it, then its fair game no matter how off the mark they are. Just my $0.02 and seems reasonable to me. I wouldn't call it unethical.
Now if they don't put a price on it, and ask me to give them an offer I would give a fair offer. But probably on the low side of Ebay sold auctions minus the shipping and fees. Any time you find something off Ebay, be it yard sales, swap meet, etc you should expect a better deal. The seller is off loading that item with an added convenience compared to selling online.
I think that's what this thread is really about.
If you encounter an unpriced CIB SE at a yard sale... would a person actually make a truly fair offer, or not?
(and how much of a discount from prevailing market prices would constitute a "fair offer" on the extreme items like SE...)
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If someone offers to sell me a game and tells me they honestly don't know what it's worth (and don't have a way to check, if that's possible in 2016), I'm going to be honest with them.
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
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I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
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I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate for the level of service.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of empathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
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I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
I made one comment and you assume I am a sociopath and not empathetic? A word describing you would be: presumptuous. So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
nah. people just get greedy.
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
Not to be a dick, but what is an honest answer? Do you tell them the exact ammount they could sell it for on ebay? the ammount it is worth used at the local game store, the ammount the gamestore would give them in trade?
If someone asks me what something is worth, I usually tell them that I find games at garage sales for $1-$5 often, but they usually go for more online. I then explain to them that selling online involves: Fees, Shipping, Driving to the Post Office, Return policy, ect... Often I find that people that ask will just look on their phones and ask for Ebay prices, and I tell them that I am not paying ebay prices for an untested game with no return policy.
Afew years back I was at a sale and got my Ice Blue 64 system. The old man asked me what it was worth. He had just explained to me that it had been in the garage for years, and he didnt know if it worked or not. It was also covered in dirt and grime. I told him that the clear systems are usually worth more than a normal system, but the fact that it was covered in dirt and missing the RAM pack made it a gamble. We settled for $15 on it, and it worked when I got it home, but there was no way I was going to give him full ebay value for a system in that shape. I feel like I was in the right there. If he had tested it, and cleaned it up I would have paid much more, but a dirty item from a garage is worth nowhere near full Retail.
There is no ethical issue about buying sonething at a marked price.
I agree... and that reminds me. A local game store has a new policy that all games are repriced at the counter because the employees do not trust each other... It's so annoying. I took a copy of A Nightmare on Elms Street up to the counter and the guy looked it up on Price Charting and bumped the price up $15 because "Whoever priced it was an Idiot" then when I was looking in the case at the counter he bumped a copy of Sunset riders from $90 to $30 because he was looking at Genesis Prices instead of SNES prices... What a toolbag.
On the other hand though, I was in that store once, and found a copy of Jimmy Connors Tennis for NES at the back of the case for $3 It had been priced long ago, I took it to the counter and the owner told me he was going to have to bump the price, my heart sank because I knew my cheap butt wasnt going to pay $70+ for it. I was amazed when he said $5, when I looked at his screen he had the Gameboy version pulled up.
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
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I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
I made one comment and you assume I am a sociopath and not empathetic? A word describing you would be: presumptuous. So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
They weren't $2 before he went to get them because they weren't even for sale before. I received goodwill from him in the form of effort and helpfulness. I returned that goodwill in the form of paying slightly more than he asked. As a direct result of the goodwill I generated with him he promised to let me know if he finds anything else. He's texted about a few things (nothing good yet). He even continued searching in an accessory building and we both searched the garage (sale was in the from yard). Like I said: he went through a lot to dig those up and I thought his effort and the games were worth more than $2 (Castlevania Adventure alone was worth $7 to me). Heck, I gave away one of those copies of Tetris a week ago. That's got to be even harder to understand!
I don't have any problem with someone else giving him $2 and walking away with the stuff. I just felt he deserved at least what I gave him after the favor he did for me.
nah. people just get greedy.
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
Not to be a dick, but what is an honest answer? Do you tell them the exact ammount they could sell it for on ebay? the ammount it is worth used at the local game store, the ammount the gamestore would give them in trade?
If someone asks me what something is worth, I usually tell them that I find games at garage sales for $1-$5 often, but they usually go for more online. I then explain to them that selling online involves: Fees, Shipping, Driving to the Post Office, Return policy, ect... Often I find that people that ask will just look on their phones and ask for Ebay prices, and I tell them that I am not paying ebay prices for an untested game with no return policy.
Afew years back I was at a sale and got my Ice Blue 64 system. The old man asked me what it was worth. He had just explained to me that it had been in the garage for years, and he didnt know if it worked or not. It was also covered in dirt and grime. I told him that the clear systems are usually worth more than a normal system, but the fact that it was covered in dirt and missing the RAM pack made it a gamble. We settled for $15 on it, and it worked when I got it home, but there was no way I was going to give him full ebay value for a system in that shape. I feel like I was in the right there. If he had tested it, and cleaned it up I would have paid much more, but a dirty item from a garage is worth nowhere near full Retail.
an honest answer is what I honestly feel the items value is, taking condition to account. If that Ice Blue N64 was clean, looked like never been used I would offer more that I would if it looked like a dog wiped it's ass on it.
If they mark a price, I choose to pay it or not. If it's too high I might haggle. If it's low I pay and leave. If they ask me for my honest opinion on the value, I can't bring myself to lie about it just to get a good deal
This happened in August:
It was a yard sale and the guy didn't seem to have any gaming stuff, so I asked. He went inside and came out with this. His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
Alleyway
Baseball
Castlevania Adventure
Tennis
Tetris
Tetris
Original clamshell
I don't get it. Why did you give him 7 if he was only asking 2? Did he give you that price after digging it up? I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games. I mean, I guess I understand to an extent becuase it was a nice thing to do. Maybe that money helped him put food on the table that week. Who knows. And What word would that be? Going to call me an asshole or something for having a different view point?
It's not like he volunteered these for $2. I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate.
The word is a word used to mean that you are incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
I made one comment and you assume I am a sociopath and not empathetic? A word describing you would be: presumptuous. So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
They weren't $2 before he went to get them because they weren't even for sale before. I received goodwill from him in the form of effort and helpfulness. I returned that goodwill in the form of paying slightly more than he asked. As a direct result of the goodwill I generated with him he promised to let me know if he finds anything else. He's texted about a few things (nothing good yet). He even continued searching in an accessory building and we both searched the garage (sale was in the from yard). Like I said: he went through a lot to dig those up and I thought his effort and the games were worth more than $2 (Castlevania Adventure alone was worth $7 to me). Heck, I gave away one of those copies of Tetris a week ago. That's got to be even harder to understand!
I don't have any problem with someone else giving him $2 and walking away with the stuff. I just felt he deserved at least what I gave him after the favor he did for me.
Tetris is not worth anything hardly. Not really hard to comprehend. Lol. And to each their own I guess. Sorry for arguing.
I'd take it on a case by case thing but most of the time we are talking a few dollars for a 20 or 50.00 game. I have no issue cause look your stuff up before you sell. Never ran into a 500 1000+ item marked that cheap. Suppose it happens .. case by case I suppose as to how I'd handle it.
I got Metal Warriors for $2.50, but it was at a resale shop, so I had no qualms about buying it for that. I'm sure they gave the previous owner $1 or less for it.
nah. people just get greedy.
To me, the context of whether its a seller asking price or not is very important. If someone sets the price, then that's on them whatever the value of the item is. If they are coming to you for help on the price, then that's different and you owe them an honest answer.
Not to be a dick, but what is an honest answer? Do you tell them the exact ammount they could sell it for on ebay? the ammount it is worth used at the local game store, the ammount the gamestore would give them in trade?
If someone asks me what something is worth, I usually tell them that I find games at garage sales for $1-$5 often, but they usually go for more online. I then explain to them that selling online involves: Fees, Shipping, Driving to the Post Office, Return policy, ect... Often I find that people that ask will just look on their phones and ask for Ebay prices, and I tell them that I am not paying ebay prices for an untested game with no return policy.
Afew years back I was at a sale and got my Ice Blue 64 system. The old man asked me what it was worth. He had just explained to me that it had been in the garage for years, and he didnt know if it worked or not. It was also covered in dirt and grime. I told him that the clear systems are usually worth more than a normal system, but the fact that it was covered in dirt and missing the RAM pack made it a gamble. We settled for $15 on it, and it worked when I got it home, but there was no way I was going to give him full ebay value for a system in that shape. I feel like I was in the right there. If he had tested it, and cleaned it up I would have paid much more, but a dirty item from a garage is worth nowhere near full Retail.
an honest answer is what I honestly feel the items value is, taking condition to account. If that Ice Blue N64 was clean, looked like never been used I would offer more that I would if it looked like a dog wiped it's ass on it. If they mark a price, I choose to pay it or not. If it's too high I might haggle. If it's low I pay and leave. If they ask me for my honest opinion on the value, I can't bring myself to lie about it just to get a good deal
ok, exactly. I was thinking that you meant tell them excatly what the average eBay price is. I have met some people that seem to think Value is Value regardless of condition... I guess I forgot that I was posting on NA not a Facebook group. lol
His asking price wasn't worth the time he spent digging it up, so I had to offer a bit more.
I don't get it...I do not understand why someone would raise the price of something they are buying because it was difficult for the person to find in their house.
You don't understand why I might want to give more appropriate compensation when someone does something for me? There's a word for that.
No, I don't understand why someone would do that in this specific circumstance for gameboy games...What word would that be?
I made a request and he serviced me. Just like tipping, you give what you feel is appropriate. The word is used to mean...incapable of sympathizing with others or putting yourself in their shoes, but its meaning has been perverted so I prefer not to use it. It's not a judgement of character. It's a genuine condition many people have.
So they were $2 but, because he went and got them for you, you added on $5?
They weren't $2 before he went to get them because they weren't even for sale...Like I said: he went through a lot to dig those up and I thought his effort and the games were worth more than $2 (Castlevania Adventure alone was worth $7 to me). Heck, I gave away one of those copies of Tetris a week ago. That's got to be even harder to understand!...I just felt he deserved at least what I gave him after the favor he did for me.
Tetris is not worth anything hardly. Not really hard to comprehend. Lol. And to each their own I guess. Sorry for arguing.
No problem here. I understand and do not think less of anyone who would have taken it for $2, it's just that I felt responsible for putting him on the spot with my unconventional/unexpected request and he probably couldn't properly consider the value. He was probably hoping that it would encourage me to buy something else too but I saw nothing else I wanted. By giving him a tip I also didn't seem like such a jerk for not even considering his other wares, so two birds with one stone.
I've had an instance before where I offered someone more money at a garage sale for a lot of games because I told him they were priced very low. He then proceeded to keep the games so he could sell them on eBay. I learned my lesson and never did that again lol. As has been said, if the seller prices it, just pay what they are asking, or haggle if the price is too high.
x1000. If a seller offers a game for $1 and I offer them $10, they'll know something's up. Then they will look it up on eBay and realise it's $500, and there goes the sale!
Most people who have garage sales don't take the time to price everything; they just want to get rid of it because it's taking up living space. It's literally the last stop before going to Goodwill or into the dumpster.
And if it weren't for resellers scouting for deals and flipping on eBay, a lot more stuff would be in landfills instead of in collections.
I've had an instance before where I offered someone more money at a garage sale for a lot of games because I told him they were priced very low. He then proceeded to keep the games so he could sell them on eBay. I learned my lesson and never did that again lol. As has been said, if the seller prices it, just pay what they are asking, or haggle if the price is too high.
x1000. If a seller offers a game for $1 and I offer them $10, they'll know something's up. Then they will look it up on eBay and realise it's $500, and there goes the sale!
Most people who have garage sales don't take the time to price everything; they just want to get rid of it because it's taking up living space. It's literally the last stop before going to Goodwill or into the dumpster.
And if it weren't for resellers scouting for deals and flipping on eBay, a lot more stuff would be in landfills instead of in collections.
I've had an instance before where I offered someone more money at a garage sale for a lot of games because I told him they were priced very low. He then proceeded to keep the games so he could sell them on eBay. I learned my lesson and never did that again lol. As has been said, if the seller prices it, just pay what they are asking, or haggle if the price is too high.
x1000. If a seller offers a game for $1 and I offer them $10, they'll know something's up. Then they will look it up on eBay and realise it's $500, and there goes the sale!
Most people who have garage sales don't take the time to price everything; they just want to get rid of it because it's taking up living space. It's literally the last stop before going to Goodwill or into the dumpster.
And if it weren't for resellers scouting for deals and flipping on eBay, a lot more stuff would be in landfills instead of in collections.
Most of us generous enough to offer more than the asking price know to secure for the asking price before we offer more.
But for sellers and other random strangers i buy stuff off of, well that is your responsibility to know the worth of your items. Just like a store. Would you feel bad if a store had price little samson for $50 and tell them? Or would you buy it?
If i was to get a huge score that was worth thousands though, i would probably go back and give them a nice cut of the money. Like if i made 25k off a stadium events i would definitely throw a grand or two their way. I wouldn't know what would be best though, throw them the money and not tell them what i sold it for, or let them know what i sold it for. I feel like if they just got 2k for a game they had no idea was worth a lot and left it at that they would be psyched. But if i was like, yeah man i flipped it for 25k, they might beat themselves up over it.
Either way i don't think anyone is obligated to give anyone anything, i would just do this personally to try and be nice.
If someone has a price tag on a game, I don't really worry too much about it.
If someone offers to sell me a game and tells me they honestly don't know what it's worth (and don't have a way to check, if that's possible in 2016), I'm going to be honest with them.
This sums up my feelings on the topic pretty well.
If its an item that's easy to find online (which most games are), sellers should take the time to educate themselves on the current value and price it accordingly. If they opt out of doing that and take a guess on pricing it, then its fair game no matter how off the mark they are. Just my $0.02 and seems reasonable to me. I wouldn't call it unethical.
Now if they don't put a price on it, and ask me to give them an offer I would give a fair offer. But probably on the low side of Ebay sold auctions minus the shipping and fees. Any time you find something off Ebay, be it yard sales, swap meet, etc you should expect a better deal. The seller is off loading that item with an added convenience compared to selling online.
If someone has a price tag on a game, I don't really worry too much about it.
If someone offers to sell me a game and tells me they honestly don't know what it's worth (and don't have a way to check, if that's possible in 2016), I'm going to be honest with them.
This sums up my feelings on the topic pretty well.
If its an item that's easy to find online (which most games are), sellers should take the time to educate themselves on the current value and price it accordingly. If they opt out of doing that and take a guess on pricing it, then its fair game no matter how off the mark they are. Just my $0.02 and seems reasonable to me. I wouldn't call it unethical.
Now if they don't put a price on it, and ask me to give them an offer I would give a fair offer. But probably on the low side of Ebay sold auctions minus the shipping and fees. Any time you find something off Ebay, be it yard sales, swap meet, etc you should expect a better deal. The seller is off loading that item with an added convenience compared to selling online.
I think that's what this thread is really about.
If you encounter an unpriced CIB SE at a yard sale... would a person actually make a truly fair offer, or not?
(and how much of a discount from prevailing market prices would constitute a "fair offer" on the extreme items like SE...)
"Well the previous one sold on ebay for $7,000, so how about we make a deal for $6,000?"
Give me a fucking break.