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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Sales & Trades => Topic started by: nodtveidt on December 18, 2013, 04:55:33 AM

Title: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 18, 2013, 04:55:33 AM
Yeah, on evilbay, but Fukitol.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/321277961763

You'll never see it sold this cheap ever again. $12.95 with free standard shipping to the USA. The reason they are going so cheap is because the manuals and/or inlay cards are imperfect due to damage during the initial shipment from the factory. Every last one of them is a rebox. The discs are all in perfect working order; none of the discs themselves were damaged. There were only 16 of these, and some have already sold.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: Bernie on December 18, 2013, 05:07:12 AM
Why not?  I'll take one. :)
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: RoyVegas on December 18, 2013, 06:17:54 AM
Posted a day or two after I paid the $29 price for the good ones you listed on eBay.

I would have bought one of these instead.  ](*,)
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: schweaty on December 18, 2013, 07:14:17 AM
That's a solid price.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 18, 2013, 07:58:05 AM
$13USD to buy, $14USD to ship to Canada.  I can feel USPS sticking it in my backside.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 18, 2013, 09:54:15 AM
Whoa... what? $14 to ship to Canada? That's insane... it shouldn't cost anywhere near that much. I will see if I can modify the international shipping option to fix that. That might be ebay itself being a turd with its global shipping thing.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 18, 2013, 09:56:27 AM
OK... I made some revisions. See if you can get the standard shipping rate; it should be about half of that. No way is it $14 to ship 4 ounces to Canada.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: thesteve on December 18, 2013, 01:02:25 PM
must have..........bought
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: wyndcrosser on December 18, 2013, 02:06:44 PM
Purchased, thanks man. Looking forward to number 2.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: Punch on December 18, 2013, 02:27:44 PM
$14 shipping to canada, what the hell? For my distant country it is only $9.15...
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: wyndcrosser on December 18, 2013, 02:43:59 PM
$14 shipping to canada, what the hell? For my distant country it is only $9.15...

Shipping is actually pretty expensive to Canada. So, $14 doesn't surprise me. For whatever reason US to Canada is not cheap. BTW he said he'd fixing it, so it's all good.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 18, 2013, 03:22:27 PM
OK... I made some revisions. See if you can get the standard shipping rate; it should be about half of that. No way is it $14 to ship 4 ounces to Canada.
Thanks for trying, but it's still $14.  I even tried to refresh and blow out the cache on my laptop, but the shipping cost remains.  The import cost is $0 which is great, but $14 is a little much.  Still I might take the plunge here and buy it.  I just hate paying $14 to eBay.  If I knew the $14 was going to you Old Rover I wouldn't care, but I'm guessing it doesn't.

In other words I don't mind being fleeced by you, but eBay can get bent.   :D 

P.S. - My only option is showing up as "Priority International Shipping".

USA to Canada is terrible.  I know USPS and Canada Post have almost doubled their rates since the start of 2013.  Not that this matters, but it cost me $13 to ship a small parcel from Ontario to New Brunswick last week.  That's within Canada and it was still stupid.  That same parcel in January would have cost me $6 bucks.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 18, 2013, 04:41:59 PM
The discount copies are now all sold out. I hope some peeps on here were able to snag one. :)
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 18, 2013, 04:46:26 PM
Thanks for trying, but it's still $14.  I even tried to refresh and blow out the cache on my laptop, but the shipping cost remains.  The import cost is $0 which is great, but $14 is a little much.  Still I might take the plunge here and buy it.  I just hate paying $14 to eBay.  If I knew the $14 was going to you Old Rover I wouldn't care, but I'm guessing it doesn't.
I don't know wtf that is all about. :( I went on usps.com to calculate the price of shipping this to Canada, and it comes out to $6.91... perfectly within range of what I expected. I don't what kind of scam they are trying to pull here... and no, the $14 ransom doesn't come to us at all. :(
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: seieienbu on December 19, 2013, 01:50:08 AM
Blug, those sold out quick.  I wish I'd jumped on the game months ago.  I intended to but never got around to purchasing one.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 19, 2013, 04:07:47 AM
I don't know wtf that is all about. :( I went on usps.com to calculate the price of shipping this to Canada, and it comes out to $6.91... perfectly within range of what I expected. I don't what kind of scam they are trying to pull here... and no, the $14 ransom doesn't come to us at all. :(
Yeah, that's more inline to what I regularly pay.  I don't know what the $14 is all about either.  I've noticed it happening on many eBay auctions so it's not isolated to you.  Seems to be some weird default in the listing for anything out of the States.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: wyndcrosser on December 21, 2013, 03:52:57 PM
When might our orders ship?

Thanks

Wynd
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 22, 2013, 02:28:32 AM
Tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: vestcoat on December 22, 2013, 07:45:47 AM
Blug, those sold out quick.  I wish I'd jumped on the game months ago.  I intended to but never got around to purchasing one.
Regular copies are still available on ebay and elsewhere. Stop talking in the past tense and buy one before people start gouging.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: FiftyQuid on December 22, 2013, 07:48:33 AM
Many thanks to to you Rover for working out shipping to Canada.  Say it with me!  "Fawkin' eBay.  Eat that $14"

 :lol:
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: wyndcrosser on December 22, 2013, 09:37:31 AM
Tomorrow morning.

Very cool. I look forward to purchasing Jungle Bros from you in the future. I purchased a copy of Mysterious Song from another seller and it constantly crashes, I don't know what the deal is. It's pretty random, I'm hoping it's not my duo.

Thanks

Wynd
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: Bernie on December 23, 2013, 01:41:07 AM
Tomorrow morning.

Very cool. I look forward to purchasing Jungle Bros from you in the future. I purchased a copy of Mysterious Song from another seller and it constantly crashes, I don't know what the deal is. It's pretty random, I'm hoping it's not my duo.

Thanks

Wynd

When you say crashes, what exactly is the system doing?  I am assuming you are talking about hanging up during load times?  If thats the case, it did that with a lot of people.  Sometimes it would load right up after a scene change, sometimes it would hang for a minute or so.  If that is what you are talking about, try just waiting it out, or open the Duo lid and shut it again. 
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: wyndcrosser on December 23, 2013, 03:02:37 AM
Tomorrow morning.

Very cool. I look forward to purchasing Jungle Bros from you in the future. I purchased a copy of Mysterious Song from another seller and it constantly crashes, I don't know what the deal is. It's pretty random, I'm hoping it's not my duo.

Thanks

Wynd

When you say crashes, what exactly is the system doing?  I am assuming you are talking about hanging up during load times?  If thats the case, it did that with a lot of people.  Sometimes it would load right up after a scene change, sometimes it would hang for a minute or so.  If that is what you are talking about, try just waiting it out, or open the Duo lid and shut it again. 

Will do thanks
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: Necromancer on December 23, 2013, 03:14:47 AM
Regular copies are still available on ebay and elsewhere. Stop talking in the past tense and buy one before people start gouging.

Yarr, get 'em now.  Rover has a pair on ebay right now.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: munchiaz on December 23, 2013, 05:58:01 AM
i dont see any on ebay. Wish i knew about this sooner
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: turboswimbz on December 23, 2013, 06:36:55 AM
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MYSTERIOUS-SONG-TURBOGRAFX-16-PC-ENGINE-TURBODUO-BRAND-NEW-SPECIAL-PRICE-/321277738058?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item4acda53c4a
i dont see any on ebay. Wish i knew about this sooner
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: nodtveidt on December 23, 2013, 06:48:12 AM
Even those are just about gone. Technically, they're all gone, but someone did not complete checkout so there's still one up for grabs.
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: spida1a on January 01, 2014, 09:23:13 AM
Hey The Old River...does that mean MSR is pretty much completely sold out all together?  That's fantastic!
Title: Re: MSR "Factory Seconds"
Post by: thesteve on January 04, 2014, 10:42:58 PM
Get it yesterday, cleared it this morning

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