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Non-NEC Console Related Discussion => Console Chat => Topic started by: CPTRAVE on June 12, 2012, 06:24:20 PM
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I hope this thread can go here.
I went to a Pawn shop and saw the Gold Zelda game I asked them how much they wanted for it they said USD50.00 bucks. The game itself was in terrible shape it had black scrapes all over it no manual or box I was not even sure if it worked. I told them that was outrageous, and of course the got :evil: and said that is what they sell for on ebay. They even tried to stop me and bet me 50.00 that they can prove it to me. I just walked away laughing .
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Yup, we got plenty of shops like that were i live to. one guy south of me, is sending out people to buy up as much as he can and storing it in cargo containers. He's trying to dry up supply to raise prices. apparently he has never heard of ebay :roll:
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You have to be careful with Pawn Shops they can be way overpriced.
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But dude, it's the gold Zelda cart! They only made like 9.6 shimillion of those things.
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Not only is that what most of them say, but a few of them even have effectivley just that printed on the display case. Well sans, the only 9.6 million made part. I dont buy my games from pawn shops anyhow. Most of them have come from garage sales, second hand stores, or just given to me by friends.
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Weren't the original Zelda carts only made in gold and they didn't start doing gold version/gray version until Ocarina of Time?
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NES Zelda 1 and 2 were re-released on normal gray carts a few years later. Though honestly they are actually much harder to find then the original gold carts.
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Never pay what a pawn shop is asking. I just went to one and they had Sonic Blast Man for SNES and my friend wanted me to find him one. It had rental stickers on it and was kind of grimey. Right in front of me they went on ebay and were trying to find a price for it and they were like $20. I said $4 cash and they took it.
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I bought a Gold Zelda with the box, manual, map thingee and working cart itself for 3.99. 50.00 is outrageous.
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Never pay what a pawn shop is asking. I just went to one and they had Sonic Blast Man for SNES and my friend wanted me to find him one. It had rental stickers on it and was kind of grimey. Right in front of me they went on ebay and were trying to find a price for it and they were like $20. I said $4 cash and they took it.
lol
I love when they check eBay right in front of you.
One time that happened, I got on my friends iPhone and ebayed the same thing and went "cool, so its 200$ for a brand new sealed one. You're selling a loose copy with a f*cked up label. I give you 5$. That's what this shitty one on eBay looks like, and it's 7$"
They said YOU CAN GO ON EBAY THEN AND BUY IT YOURSELF.
I did.
Then I went and traded it to them and they gave me 15$ in trade for it.
DOUBLED MY MONEY.
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WIN! I should so do that O___O
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Oh, I did not think of that, maybe I should do that, especially since there copy is so bad. 8)
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One time that happened, I got on my friends iPhone and ebayed the same thing and went "cool, so its 200$ for a brand new sealed one. You're selling a loose copy with a f*cked up label. I give you 5$. That's what this shitty one on eBay looks like, and it's 7$"
They said YOU CAN GO ON EBAY THEN AND BUY IT YOURSELF.
I did.
Then I went and traded it to them and they gave me 15$ in trade for it.
DOUBLED MY MONEY.
^^^ winning at life. :)
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You have to be careful with Pawn Shops they can be way overpriced.
I have also come across some overpriced p0rn shops ;-)
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I recently sold mint copies of gold Zelda and Zelda II for $15 each.
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Completed listings on eBay show plenty of loose carts (both Zelda I and II) that have sold for under ten bucks.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sadis=200&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sacat=0&_samihi&_samilow&_fpos&_udhi&_oexkw&_udlo&_adv=1&_nkw=zelda%20nes%20gold&LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_okw&_fsct&_sop=15
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If there was no internet? [-X
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I know you folks do not understand. Back then when we had things in the speciality collectors shop, they would cost a hell of a lot of money. You could either buy it threw a mail order magazine, a yard sale, or even a speciality store, usually a pawn, comic, or hobby shop.
The prices of these things dropped incredably, because of the internet sale and auction websites, including this webpagee. It is a privlage for us to even be able to afford such luxaries. We should be paying $200 a month for high speed internet with no cable television, but I tell you this, I have so many PDF files and not one of them, I paid for.
So if the shop owner wants to charge 50 bucks then pay the good man. He has lots of competition.
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Yeah that's ridiculous. I really don't understand where some stores get their prices for used games sometimes. At a local thrift store, they have a Super Mario RPG cart only for $99 and a Virtual Boy system with accessories for $149. They been there for months and will be there for a lot longer.
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That is insane, there is absolutely no reason to charge that much. I hope know one falls for that pricing.
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That is insane, there is absolutely no reason to charge that much. I hope know one falls for that pricing.
I am sure someone will. Somebody has to keep the fail train 'a chuggin'. :roll:
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Completed listings on eBay show plenty of loose carts (both Zelda I and II) that have sold for under ten bucks.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sadis=200&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sacat=0&_samihi&_samilow&_fpos&_udhi&_oexkw&_udlo&_adv=1&_nkw=zelda%20nes%20gold&LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_okw&_fsct&_sop=15
I think the grey carts are a lot more rarer then the common gold carts. But that's just me.
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Completed listings on eBay show plenty of loose carts (both Zelda I and II) that have sold for under ten bucks.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sadis=200&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sacat=0&_samihi&_samilow&_fpos&_udhi&_oexkw&_udlo&_adv=1&_nkw=zelda%20nes%20gold&LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_okw&_fsct&_sop=15
I think the grey carts are a lot more rarer then the common gold carts. But that's just me.
They're both common. I've read that there were less gray carts produced and my own experiences seem to reflect that, but neither version is hard to find.
Gold carts are hard to find in really good shape though. The paint has been a mess on every one I've come across.
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found my gold copy at a local buy/trade video game store in great shape. $8 and included a dust cover. I've been on a Zelda kick lately... trying to track down a gold copy of the original to compliment this one
(http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss211/tpivette/zelda2cart.png)
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Completed listings on eBay show plenty of loose carts (both Zelda I and II) that have sold for under ten bucks.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sadis=200&_ipg=50&LH_SALE_CURRENCY=0&_sacat=0&_samihi&_samilow&_fpos&_udhi&_oexkw&_udlo&_adv=1&_nkw=zelda%20nes%20gold&LH_Complete=1&_dmd=1&_okw&_fsct&_sop=15
I think the grey carts are a lot more rarer then the common gold carts. But that's just me.
They're both common. I've read that there were less gray carts produced and my own experiences seem to reflect that, but neither version is hard to find.
Gold carts are hard to find in really good shape though. The paint has been a mess on every one I've come across.
True, I've seen some gold carts and thought WTF HAPPENED TO IT. I got got all 4 versions. 2 golds 2 greys complete in box so I'm good.
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That is a nice Zelda Copy. I want one
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They're both common. I've read that there were less gray carts produced and my own experiences seem to reflect that, but neither version is hard to find.
Gold carts are hard to find in really good shape though. The paint has been a mess on every one I've come across.
You're correct, the gray carts came out around 1991 or so when the NES was on the decline, the gray version of Zelda had slightly different packaging and a reduced price point, it was released in the same way as the "Classics Series" version of Metroid. These are less common than the gold editions, but by no means rare.
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I will be visiting another Pawn shop friday lets see if they have the game and see if they charge about the same as the other one which was USD 50.00 for a really bad gold copy. Will let you know, but more than likely I will be buying my copy on ebay.