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NEC TG-16/TE/TurboDuo => TG-16/TE/TurboDuo Sales & Trades => Topic started by: jtucci31 on May 21, 2015, 06:03:05 AM
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ALL PM'S ARE OUT. INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL ORDERS
Before everyone goes buying an everdrive on their own, why not be patient and get a discount?
For those that don't know how it works. If we buy 10 or more everdrive they are $60 instead of $80. So with shipping and everything you're saving about $10-15. You may just have to wait a little longer for everyone to sign up on this thread and pool the money together, but it seemed worth it last time and worked out rather well.
I guess I'm just starting this thread to see if there is enough interest for one in the first place. We would be buying the V2 of the everdrive this time. I'm on my phone so linking stuff is a pain, but I can put that up at a later time. (So if there are typos in this post, I apologize).
I won't buy one for myself since I'm content with the old everdrive, but I just have a lot of free time to do this. So, if anyone has interest let me know in this thread and we will get a list going!
The list:
1. jelloslug paid SHIPPED
2. cjameslv paid SHIPPED
3. glazbal
4. CPTBADASS paid SHIPPED
5. MotherGunner
6. Desh paid SHIPPED
7. elmer (x3 usb) paid SHIPPED
8. Necromancer paid SHIPPED
9. Renmauzo CANADA paid SHIPPED
10. BigusSchmuck (usb) paid SHIPPED
11. Gredler (usb) paid SHIPPED
12. SephirothTNH paid SHIPPED
13. SkyeWeIse paid SHIPPED
14. Pokun (usb) SWEDEN paid
15. crazydean paid SHIPPED
16. NightWolve paid SHIPPED
17. Opethian paid SHIPPED
18. Lost Monkey paid SHIPPED
19. SmokeMonster (x2) paid SHIPPED
20. ultrageranium (usb) NETHERLANDS paid
21. Warbucks (usb) paid SHIPPED
22. Duo_R paid SHIPPED
Here is what we are looking at:
Non-USB Everdrive orders in the US
$70 shipped
USB Everdrive orders in the US
$81 shipped
USB/Non-USB Everdrive orders outside CON US
Depends. Will have to chat with separately.
Last time I shipped them in small flat rate boxes. Sure, it's a big box for such a tiny thing, but I knew I wouldn't want my everdrive shipped in some bubble mailer/envelope. Hope that's ok with everyone. No one seemed to mind last time (at least I think). I make sure to package them up real good and safe.
With that, I also want to double check I have everyone marked correctly for what they wanted.
USB Orders
elmer x3
BigusSchmuck
Pokun
ultrageranium
Warbucks
gredler
International Orders
Pokun (Sweden)
Renmauzo (Canada)
ultrageranium (Netherlands)
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I could use another.
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I'm in.
Links:
TED v2 - http://shop.krikzz.com/Turbo-EverDrive-v2-TBEDV2.htm
Chat about it - https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19093.0
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I'd be interested in getting in on a group buy.
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Is the V2 the new, RAM based one?
Edit: oops I've just read the other thread.
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I got stuck with a V1 with usb, since that was all that was available at the time. I'm interested in buying a clean unworn V1 without usb from anyone looking to upgrade in this group buy. I just want to be able to stick a cart shell on mine. I'll probably buy a V2 down the road, if some kind of CD game translation makes use of it and the Stupid Card won't do the trick.
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I'm interested in buying if this is happening :).
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I'm in.
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I would be in to get a V2.
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Thanks for be willing to organize this! :)
As mentioned in the other thread ... I'm in for two ... at least one with USB.
By my count, that already puts us at 8.
I'll take a third if it'll make the group-buy happen.
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I guess I'll sign up. You devs and translators better make use of this f*cker!
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I'm in as well.
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Sure, might as well so I can play those expensive games on my duo..
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I'm in, if that's alright.
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I've been on the fence between this and a Mega ED for a while now. But this has tipped the scales. I'm in if there is still space.
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Count me in for one too if there is still room for another order. :)
-Thomas
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Is there any meaning to join for me, living in Sweden? Shipping the Everdrive directly from Ukraine is just $5.
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I'm definitely in if this gets off the ground quickly.
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Answered the call yet again! Thanks jt! Of course I'm in again, I sold mine months ago to upgrade.
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I'll take a TEDv2
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I'd like to get in on this too... thanks!
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Is there any meaning to join for me, living in Sweden? Shipping the Everdrive directly from Ukraine is just $5.
I believe shipping is $5 no matter where you are. So I'll keep you on the list, shipping to you will just cost a little more. But that's no issue.
So far we have 18, looks like there's quite a bit of interest for this one. I guess I'll go until 20 but that's where I'm cutting it off. So if anyone else wants in, make sure to be in the last two. I'll send out emails and PayPal information shit once we reach 20 (which I'm sure we will at this rate) and once I get some more time. Which will be this weekend sometime.
Also forgot to mention that I think I can cut the price down slightly from the previous price I had (which was $70, saving you $15). I'm maybe thinking $66ish since I know what I'm doing this time around. Last time I just wanted to make sure and the extra money was put towards gas/supplies/etc. This time I'll have way more free time and extra cash to just take a slight hit (which is really not big deal. Doing this gives me something to do).
Everyone will get specifics in the PM's I'll send out once the list is finalized and once I get more time to send out 20 PM's. Hope you all don't mind waiting just a few days.
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Cool with me, thanks for organizing this!
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Is there any meaning to join for me, living in Sweden? Shipping the Everdrive directly from Ukraine is just $5.
I believe shipping is $5 no matter where you are. So I'll keep you on the list, shipping to you will just cost a little more. But that's no issue.
I see, shipping from US is often shockingly expensive so I wasn't sure. I would like to have a USB version BTW.
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Hey jtucci, please set aside two: one for me, and one for elmer. And possibly one more for Bonknuts.
I know it may exceed your limit, but this would potentially be for translation project development - hopefully a cause you deem worthy.
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Hey jtucci, please set aside two: one for me, and one for elmer. And possibly one more for Bonknuts.
I know it may exceed your limit, but this would potentially be for translation project development - hopefully a cause you deem worthy.
Definitely a worth cause! Only elmer has already said he wants a few of his own. Should I just put you down for 2 then?
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I'd be in for two also if you are still accepting people :D
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Well all doubts of will we have enough people to order are gone out the window!
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Hey jtucci, please set aside two: one for me, and one for elmer. And possibly one more for Bonknuts.
I know it may exceed your limit, but this would potentially be for translation project development - hopefully a cause you deem worthy.
Definitely a worth cause! Only elmer has already said he wants a few of his own. Should I just put you down for 2 then?
I think that SamIAm missed my earlier post, and that we're getting mixed-up ... I'd already included him in my 2 orders and the potential-third. I'm trying to confirm, but he's in a different time zone.
I'd guess that he really wants to make sure that these get ordered so that more of his translations get finished! :wink:
Could you please just put me down for 3-with-usb total, and cancel/hold SamIAm's order for the moment, pending confirmation?
I can ship both SamIAm and Bonknuts cards as necessary if you don't want to bother with splitting the shipping.
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Oh crap.
I missed the first round and now this one too.
aaaaa........
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Grrr. missed out.. maybe next order. :x
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Thank you for including me and organizing this jtucci31 :)
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Good work including Bonknuts guys! I wonder if he could work on the Arcade memory mapping and either upgrade the TE's OS or with a hacked System 3 ROM to do it! I was gonna ask him about it - something tells me it's not too late to implement. I saw krik's mapper "C" code for SFII, only a few lines... So, you've got the needed RAM here and the cart is fully interfaced, I think Arcade support should still be possible with a software upgrade - hacked ROM or OS upgrade.
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Oh crap.
I missed the first round and now this one too.
aaaaa........
Grrr. missed out.. maybe next order. :x
Ah f*ck it. I'll add you both. But now I'm done. No more slight guilt trips people, that works on me too easily, lol. This is it for the list of people. However, Black Tiger I'm not sure if you wanted in or not. So let me know and I'll include you since you responded within that first page.
I believe I have everyone on the list and the quantities/usb option listed as well. If I messed up, let me know now!
I emailed krizzxkxkx about having a few usb and the rest without. Figure it shouldn't be a problem, but I just want to be sure.
Chat buddies can always get on whenever. They have special priority :wink:
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Ah f*ck it. I'll add you both. But now I'm done. No more slight guilt trips people, that works on me too easily, lol.
NO TUCCI YOU FORGOT ME! What happened to jo bros' for life?!?! :cry:
I'm kidding don't add me! :)
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Oh crap.
I missed the first round and now this one too.
aaaaa........
Ah f*ck it. I'll add you both.
Oh wow! That's super kind! Thanks!
I believe I have everyone on the list and the quantities/usb option listed as well. If I messed up, let me know now!
Small addition then: I'm EU based and I'd like the USB option as well.
Thanks again!
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Thanks so much for doing this for us jtucci31. It's a huge undertaking on our behalf :D
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Ah f*ck it. I'll add you both. But now I'm done. No more slight guilt trips people, that works on me too easily, lol.
Wow, you are awesome, thanks for squeezing me in there.
I would be interested in getting the USB added on as well.
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Ah f*ck it. I'll add you both. But now I'm done. No more slight guilt trips people, that works on me too easily, lol.
NO TUCCI YOU FORGOT ME! What happened to jo bros' for life?!?! :cry:
He doesn't deserve the jo crystal...
Hey! I edited my post. I deserve the jo crystal. It's a part of me now.
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I don't want in on the group buy, but am interested in buying an unwanted V1 TE without usb if anyone is upgrading and doesn't need it.
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Thank you very much for organizing this jtucci. : )
-Thomas
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I want's mine with a usb. :) Thanks again for doing this for all of us!
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Thank you jtucci!
Also anyone, what does the USB port do exactly? The store page just says for developers. I suppose you can always add the usb port to one later? Looks like the solder pads are there.
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First of all ... thanks jtucci for organizing this! :D
I wonder if he could work on the Arcade memory mapping and either upgrade the TE's OS or with a hacked System 3 ROM to do it! I was gonna ask him about it - something tells me it's not too late to implement. I saw krik's mapper "C" code for SFII, only a few lines... So, you've got the needed RAM here and the cart is fully interfaced, I think Arcade support should still be possible with a software upgrade - hacked ROM or OS upgrade.
I've responded in the Turbo Everdrive v2 thread, since it doesn't really relate to the group-buy.
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19093.msg407556#msg407556
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Now I will be able to see if my covers will work with the new version.
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Ah shoot. I swear I skimmed the list to see if elmer was on it, but I guess I plumb dumb missed it.
Yeah, as long as three are allocated for myself, elmer and Bonknuts, then all is good. Thank you so much!
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Thank you jtucci!
Also anyone, what does the USB port do exactly? The store page just says for developers. I suppose you can always add the usb port to one later? Looks like the solder pads are there.
Just lets you go in microSD to USB mode - if you frequently wanna write new ROMs on the SD card and don't wanna keep ejecting/reinserting it all the time, then it could be useful. If your PC doesn't have a SD card section and just USB slots, then it'd be useful for older PCs in that regard or you can just buy a cheap SD to USB device. I've seen 'em for as low as $6 bucks at Microcenter.
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Now I will be able to see if my covers will work with the new version.
Covers would be great fro these, if someone could 3d print a run of them. I noticed the deluxe version has a black cover to protect the pcb. I'd buy one to go with the TED for sure if it were available.
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Now I will be able to see if my covers will work with the new version.
Covers would be great fro these, if someone could 3d print a run of them. I noticed the deluxe version has a black cover to protect the pcb. I'd buy one to go with the TED for sure if it were available.
If only someone could 3D print them....if only..
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=18949.0
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I love these usb/sd things. Got a bunch of them a while back for $2 each shipped on ebay. Gotta love the chinese for cheap trinkets like this.
(http://www.bonpal.com/img/usb-card-reader-616.jpg)
Yeah, I love those Chinese sellers and the exchange rate with their currency. Enjoy it while it lasts. Just had a microHDMI to HMDI cable for $2 bucks that arrived the other day and a 10 ft DVI to HDMI for $4 bucks, that's with shipping!
Anyhow, giving Krik $10 or $15 for a USB connection isn't worth it and it's nice he made it optional for most who won't need it. A homebrew developer will keep compiling a ROM and overwriting the old one if he/she wants testing on real NEC hardware, so it makes sense for them to have USB support for quicker rewrites versus popping out that microSD card repeatedly.
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Now I will be able to see if my covers will work with the new version.
Covers would be great fro these, if someone could 3d print a run of them. I noticed the deluxe version has a black cover to protect the pcb. I'd buy one to go with the TED for sure if it were available.
There is no deluxe version. Some stores just like to dress up flashcarts and charge a crazy premium for them.
Several people have already made 3D printed and misc physical covers for the original Turbo Everdrive.
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Now I will be able to see if my covers will work with the new version.
Covers would be great fro these, if someone could 3d print a run of them. I noticed the deluxe version has a black cover to protect the pcb. I'd buy one to go with the TED for sure if it were available.
There is no deluxe version. Some stores just like to dress up flashcarts and charge a crazy premium for them.
Several people have already made 3D printed and misc physical covers for the original Turbo Everdrive.
Cool. I saw the one on stoneage gamer but didn't realize that the covers were readily available. Thanks for teh heads up!
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Thank you jtucci!
Also anyone, what does the USB port do exactly? The store page just says for developers. I suppose you can always add the usb port to one later? Looks like the solder pads are there.
Just lets you go in microSD to USB mode - if you frequently wanna write new ROMs on the SD card and don't wanna keep ejecting/reinserting it all the time, then it could be useful. If your PC doesn't have a SD card section and just USB slots, then it'd be useful for older PCs in that regard or you can just buy a cheap SD to USB device. I've seen 'em for as low as $6 bucks at Microcenter.
Thanks. Honestly that hardly seems worth the extra $15, at least to me. I guess if I change my mind I'll order a usb port from mouser and solder it on.
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Now I will be able to see if my covers will work with the new version.
As for shells: Mounting holes located in same points, but components layout around holes is different. Probably old shels will fit, but i not sure on 100%
Krikzz just confirmed (http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=2670.msg29529#msg29529) for me that v2 PCB mounting holes are exactly the same as v1, so v1 3D shells are probably fine.
For anyone needing a shell, both jelloslug and cjameslv sell their sexy 3D printed TED shells here on the forums.
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Thanks. Honestly that hardly seems worth the extra $15, at least to me. I guess if I change my mind I'll order a usb port from mouser and solder it on.
A realtime 2-way connection with a PC can also be used for accessing files on the PC and printing debug messages ... but again, that's the kind of stuff that crazy developer-types do, not regular sensible folks that just want to play games.
Another potential use would be to fulfill some people's desire to have a way to save the PCE backup memory to a file. That's pretty easy to do with the USB connection to a PC ... and much harder to do if you've got to write a file to the SD card in a way that works with different SD card sizes/formats.
If you were ever thinking about adding USB later on, then you'd also need to solder on the surface-mount FTDI fifo-to-usb chip as well as the actual USB socket.
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Ok so, this time around the discount works a bit differently. He is taking 20% off of any orders $800 or more. We are way above that, but that means the discounts are a little different. I'm awaiting an email from krikzz to confirm how that works. Just to be sure.
Here is what we are looking at:
Non-USB Everdrive orders in the US
$70 shipped
USB Everdrive orders in the US
$81 shipped
USB/Non-USB Everdrive orders outside CON US
Depends. Will have to chat with separately.
Last time I shipped them in small flat rate boxes. Sure, it's a big box for such a tiny thing, but I knew I wouldn't want my everdrive shipped in some bubble mailer/envelope. Hope that's ok with everyone. No one seemed to mind last time (at least I think). I make sure to package them up real good and safe.
With that, I also want to double check I have everyone marked correctly for what they wanted.
USB Orders
elmer x3
BigusSchmuck
Pokun
ultrageranium
Warbucks
International Orders
Pokun (Ukraine)
Let me know if all of this is correct and/or satisfactory enough. PM's will go out soon enough once I get confirmation from krikzz and confirmation from the people listed.
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USB Orders
elmer x3
BigusSchmuck
Pokun
ultrageranium
Warbucks
International Orders
Pokun (Ukraine)
Let me know if all of this is correct and/or satisfactory enough. PM's will go out soon enough once I get confirmation from krikzz and confirmation from the people listed.
Hi jtucci31,
I'm an international order too! (Netherlands)
USB order incl. shipping to EU without discount would normally be $99, so anything cut from that would be very much welcome.
Now I'm wondering something though. If the card is shipped back to the EU from the US, there is a risk for it being taxed upon re-entrance. I do not know for Ukraine but the Netherlands is quite awful at dealing with person to person gift imports (even if marked under the €45 value threshold, set by European laws). They often apply the 20% VAT + €13 admin fee on top, regardless (I have one current 30€ gift taxed sent from Japan with SAL taxed like this, currently in appeal).
Do you think it would be too much asking krikzz to ship the EU orders separately to avoid customs nightmare? Maybe that's an acceptable request if it's just Pokun and I, given the total quantity ordered is quite large? What do you think?
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Oh yeah tax, I didn't think about that. $81 is above the threshold. Small packages like this are usually not checked though and if you mark it as GIFT and value $15 or something maybe it's ok. If Krikzz could deliver it to us separately it would be great though.
USB Orders
elmer x3
BigusSchmuck
Pokun
ultrageranium
Warbucks
International Orders
Pokun (Ukraine)
Let me know if all of this is correct and/or satisfactory enough. PM's will go out soon enough once I get confirmation from krikzz and confirmation from the people listed.
Although we have the same colours on our flags I'm from Sweden and not Ukraine. :wink:
I have no problem that it's in a sturdy box as long as the total price doesn't exceed $98 which is what it would cost for me if I order USB-version from Krikzz.
Thanks a lot for all the trouble Jtucci!
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Ok so, this time around the discount works a bit differently. He is taking 20% off of any orders $800 or more. We are way above that, but that means the discounts are a little different. I'm awaiting an email from krikzz to confirm how that works. Just to be sure.
Those prices are excellent--about $20 less than ordering directly from retrogate :D
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With that, I also want to double check I have everyone marked correctly for what they wanted.
USB Orders
elmer x3
BigusSchmuck
Pokun
ultrageranium
Warbucks
International Orders
Pokun (Ukraine)
Let me know if all of this is correct and/or satisfactory enough. PM's will go out soon enough once I get confirmation from krikzz and confirmation from the people listed.
I just wanted to give you a heads up that I'm in Canada.
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Let me know if all of this is correct and/or satisfactory enough. PM's will go out soon enough once I get confirmation from krikzz and confirmation from the people listed.
Yep, you've got my order right ... 3 USB-equipped TED2's for me, please.
Thanks!
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If there is a 2nd round I'm In.
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For those of you that missed out, keep watch next Black Friday in November. He does Black Friday discounts and you'll be able to get it cheaper than this group buy by say $5 bucks - assuming he does the same thing this year. I got the full SD2SNES for $167 shipped with shell - far better deal than the group buy at the time. It's $205 now with shell+shipping per individual.
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Is it too late to upgrade the one I asked for to usb? I would love to contribute to homebrew projects in the future, and would like to have the option available if possible. If not, no worries. Thanks so much for putting this together, it is really appreciated!
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If there is a 2nd round I'm In.
Haven't sent out PM's, so I'll just throw you on the list. Working on that right now actually. So it's no big deal.
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Yay, I had $82 left in Paypal funds, didn't have to do a funds transfer from my checking! Money was gifted in a flash! Let's hope this group buy goes as well as the last time! Good looking out, jt! So at $70 versus $84 if you go solo, we save $14 bucks each except for those USB guys. Kinda sucks, but krik did raise the wholesale price by $3.20. Last time, 10+ orders cost $60, but with a 20% discount instead, with 10 orders it goes $63.20. Regardless, still a great deal in terms of value for your money.
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PMs are going out now, so please pay immediately to make jtucci31's life easier!
I just sent the gift payment for my two TEDs.
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Yay, I had $82 left in Paypal funds, didn't have to do a funds transfer from my checking! Money was gifted in a flash! Let's hope this group buy goes as well as the last time! Good looking out, jt! So at $70 versus $84 if you go solo, we save $14 bucks each except for those USB guys. Kinda sucks, but krik did raise the wholesale price by $3.20. Last time, 10+ orders cost $60, but with a 20% discount instead, with 10 orders it goes $63.20. Regardless, still a great deal in terms of value for your money.
Yeah it works differently this time, which sucks. This was about the best I figured for what I'm planning to do/work with. Still a discount though. Hope it's still satisfactory enough.
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PMs are going out now, so please pay immediately to make jtucci31's life easier!
Just sent mine! :wink:
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Payment sent! Thanks!!!!
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Moolah sent. Thanks, juicy!
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Payment sent! Thanks!
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Payment sent, thanks so much! Now some homebrew crew - hit me up to make some art please! ;)
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Payment Sent!
Thanks again :D
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Payment sent! Thanks again for organizing this. : )
-Thomas
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Monies have been wired.
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I paid last night. Thanks again jtucci31
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I sent it pony express...
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When can we expect to see these at our doorsteps?
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Sent!
Sorry everyone for delays, jtucci31 was helping Pokun and I avoiding double taxing of the TED upon EU re-entrance. All sorted now.
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Paid! Sorry everyone for the delay.
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I was waiting on just a few more, but I have now placed the order! Check back here for updates in the coming weeks as I will be waiting for tracking information and such. Thanks everyone for quick and easy payments, things went pretty smoothly. :)
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I was waiting on just a few more, but I have now placed the order! Check back here for updates in the coming weeks as I will be waiting for tracking information and such. Thanks everyone for quick and easy payments, things went pretty smoothly. :)
Couldn't be more amped jtucci31, thanks so much for putting this together. I owe you a Pepsi if you ever come down to San Diego!
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Hi everyone,
TL;DR: I'm one of the group buy participant, not the organiser, and I just received a bunch of everdrive today.
I have some good and bad news.
Good news: My TED has arrived today.
Bad news: pic related.
(http://kuri.mu/~aymeric/img/uh-oh.jpg)
[ul][li]4 USB TED[/li][li]7 regular TED[/li][li]1 unknown (looks like a GB cart)[/li][/ul]
I have no idea why I am receiving what seems to be a small part of the group order. There are no invoices or letters, nothing.
jtucci31?
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Goddamnit, they f*cked up.
I requested they send one to you and the other international order. Now this is a pain ](*,) ](*,)
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Questions before deciding on best strategy to solve this mess:
- Do you know where is the rest?
- Is the GB cart a mistake?
- Were you given any tracking info for the parcels?
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No it's a Game Gear everdrive that someone requested. I'll have to go sift through my emails. I know I was given some tracking, but this just makes no sense.
I said that I wanted only one everdrive sent to specific locations, the rest to me. Maybe I f*cked up. Or they did. Shit happens.
I'll PM you later today when I get more time and can sort this out. Stay patient please :)
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Thanks for looking into that!
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Excel is your friend. =)
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All your base belong to ultrageranium.
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To misquote Moltke the Elder ... "no plan survives contact with the shipping department"! :roll:
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All your base belong to ultrageranium.
Haha truth!
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At least you didn't have to pay tax. :D
Ah I guess they screwed up so it's up to them to fix it. I'm way from home for a while, I wonder if the rest of the Everdrives are waiting in my postbox...
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That's funny, I didn't have 17 ED's show up at my door. Just one.
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No EverDrive at my doorstep yet :(
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That's funny, I didn't have 17 ED's show up at my door. Just one.
Huh? You got one delivered to you?
Ah I guess they screwed up so it's up to them to fix it.
Yes, ideally I'd like them to arrange for some pick-up by a shipping company of their choice.
I'm way from home for a while, I wonder if the rest of the Everdrives are waiting in my postbox...
Yeah I thought about that, given that my parcel only contains an arbitrary sub-quantity of all the TED/ED ordered.
Let's wait and see what jtucci31 managed to figure out.
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Hi everyone,
TL;DR: I'm one of the group buy participant, not the organiser, and I just received a bunch of everdrive today.
I have some good and bad news.
Good news: My TED has arrived today.
Bad news: pic related.
(http://kuri.mu/~aymeric/img/uh-oh.jpg)
[ul][li]4 USB TED[/li][li]7 regular TED[/li][li]1 unknown (looks like a GB cart)[/li][/ul]
I have no idea why I am receiving what seems to be a small part of the group order. There are no invoices or letters, nothing.
jtucci31?
Oh f--k!!!!! ... So something REALLY had to go wrong this time... :/
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At least you didn't have to pay tax. :D
Ah I guess they screwed up so it's up to them to fix it. I'm way from home for a while, I wonder if the rest of the Everdrives are waiting in my postbox...
I would not be surprised if they are, with the way this is going
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I know everyone is like aww f*ck, but im sure you can get it resolved! So just keep us up to date.
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I haven't even bought a sd card yet so waiting a little longer isn't a big deal.
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I know everyone is like aww f*ck, but im sure you can get it resolved! So just keep us up to date.
Yes, it will definitively get resolved, no doubt about that. It's a bit quiet here but PMs are being exchanged to find a solution. :)
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ROLF. Just buy the games.
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ROLF. Just buy the games.
Yeah, buy those translated carts and homebrew roms! Oh, wait............
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Thanks for the updates everyone. I'm sure it will all get straightened out in the end and I don't mind waiting a bit longer for it to arrive. I appreciate you all working together to get it all sorted out.
-Thomas
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At least you didn't have to pay tax. :D
Ah I guess they screwed up so it's up to them to fix it. I'm way from home for a while, I wonder if the rest of the Everdrives are waiting in my postbox...
Just got an email back from them. Pretty sure the other half will be at your place.
They sent some email (thay I never got) concerning shipping details, and instead of waiting for confirmation to see what the deal was, they split the order in half and shipped it to you two. Just PM me when you get the package, I'll work it out with you. You won't have to pay, I promise ya that.
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UPDATE: a package with 9 TED (v2) arrived today at my home. I sold them locally for $80-100. I have 2 left. Funny thing is, I never ordered these items.
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Am I the only one that kinda wishes Joe just limited this to US orders like last time ? ... Attempting to have krik direct some orders to Europe to save on shipping costs instead of just giving him *one* address to send the total wholesale order to like he's used to led to this... I know it's krik's f--k up and on a $1,XXX+ order it's not very excusable, but yeah, I would've said no to Euro orders... You think about it, most orders you do in business transactions, there's simply one buyer shipping address for the seller to deal with so no atypical, multiple shipping addresses/instructions to deal with, etc... It should've been a simple request, I get it, but yeah, you're throwing the seller off with 3 addresses on one order... Anyway, I'm just being grumpy. :/
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Am I the only one that kinda wishes Joe just limited this to US orders like last time ?
No I'm with you. Just didn't want to say anything. I'm Ok with extra wait though; I just hope it doesn't end up costing extra.
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Am I the only one that kinda wishes Joe just limited this to US orders like last time ? ... Attempting to have krik direct some orders to Europe to save on shipping costs instead of just giving him *one* address to send the total wholesale order to like he's used to led to this... I know it's krik's f--k up and on a $1,XXX+ order it's not very excusable, but yeah, I would've said no to Euro orders... You think about it, most orders you do in business transactions, there's simply one buyer shipping address for the seller to deal with so no atypical, multiple shipping addresses/instructions to deal with, etc... It should've been a simple request, I get it, but yeah, you're throwing the seller off with 3 addresses on one order... Anyway, I'm just being grumpy. :/
Your right and i agree with your whiny ass. We should have had 2 separate orders. I think that was on alot of peoples minds but no one wanted to say anything, not like we can do anything about it anyway now. Going forward though...
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Hello NightWolve, SephirothTNH, cjameslv, and of course all of you stuck in this conundrum,
You are completely right. US and EU orders should not be mixed. This is precisely the reason why jtucci31 inquired about the possibility to split the orders. If this would not have been approved by the seller, Pokun and I agreed with jtucci31 that we were out of the deal.
Technically, and logistically speaking, these were in fact 3 orders that had to be honoured.
How we ended up in this mess, and how we will get out of it, is being actively discussed.
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It won't cost any of you extra, I know that. I'm sorry for this mess-up. I feel very guilty, I thought this could be done smoothly. I sadly won't be getting much help from krikzz on any of this, so matters are in my own hands. I assumed responsibility for this sort of thing when I said that I'd do this group buy, so it's no issue to me. I just know that it sucks that you guys have to wait a little longer to get them.
Bear with me please. I'm doing my best and trying to get this sorted out as smoothly as possible. Ultrageranium has been very helpful and accommodating with all of this as well, thankfully. So there shouldn't be all too much to worry about aside from an extended wait time. Which I feel very bad about.
I'll admit, shouldn't have f*cked with the system that worked in the previous group buy. Now I know.
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Krikzz is the one at fault rushing with the order like that.
And I agree that group orders over several continents was a bad idea, it was a good lesson though. I'm not entering any more group buys anyway. Paypal also stole a big chunk of the discount so I'm happy if this ends the same as the normal price.
I will go home early and check my postbox then get back to you.
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Jtucci31 = brave soul.
I know everyone will be patient and understanding.
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Not just brave, generous too. He was already gifting some of the shipping cost to us. This mix up will add to it unfortunately since it sounds like krik doesn't wanna take responsibility... Well, I don't mind the wait, but learning that krik just randomly split the orders like that made me very nervous. Seems his English is good enough to get by most of the time I guess, just not this time.
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It won't cost any of you extra, I know that. I'm sorry for this mess-up. I feel very guilty, I thought this could be done smoothly. I sadly won't be getting much help from krikzz on any of this, so matters are in my own hands. I assumed responsibility for this sort of thing when I said that I'd do this group buy, so it's no issue to me. I just know that it sucks that you guys have to wait a little longer to get them.
Accidents happen and while in hindsight it would have made more sense to have done this in two orders perhaps, I don't think you should feel guilty about it. You were trying to do us all a favor. We recently had an order where someone like you who was trying to do a favor for the MSX community was trying to work with a shop to create new keyboard membranes for Panasonic MSX machines. He worked so hard to try and get the orders processed and get everyone a fully working membrane, but there were issues and now pretty much the cost of all of the membranes will need to be refunded to those who paid for them (or partial amounts if the shop honors a lower price for a non-perfect one) and it's a huge hassle for him to now have to deal with. So I definitely want to tell you that I really appreciate what you are trying to do here very much.
While I would prefer if it didn't cost me more to get it, if it helps things out I don't mind paying a little more for my order if need be to offset the extra shipping expense that will have to be paid. Consider it a handling fee. There may be others here who feel the same way. Please let me know if you think this offer would help the situation.
-Thomas
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Now I don't feel so bad about shipping someone's printed parts to the wrong address in another country once....
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I'm sorry to hear this is happening, and it makes it feel more like a lose lose than a win win, which I hate. If there is anything I can do to help, please PM me. I am not rushed to receive it, it's all for fun and the fun can wait - no worries :)
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Seems his English is good enough to get by most of the time I guess, just not this time.
I honestly think that is a part of the struggle. You can tell when communicating with the people in the shipping department that their English is a little spotty. That doesn't really help my cause.
Oh well, shit is getting sorted out.
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Seems his English is good enough to get by most of the time I guess, just not this time.
I honestly think that is a part of the struggle. You can tell when communicating with the people in the shipping department that their English is a little spotty. That doesn't really help my cause.
Oh well, shit is getting sorted out.
I think that I had read somewhere that he was no longer running the store or really involved in it much. I know he used to personally reply if you had a question about your order, but i'm pretty sure he delegated that to someone else now.
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OK just to let everyone know, the rest of the Everdrives seems to have safely arrived in my postbox. We are currently discussing it via PM.
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Hi everyone,
I just posted to Joe the 7 TED, 3 TED+USB and 1 EDGG that were sent to me.
Tracked, insured, everything.
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Awesome, things are starting to go in the right direction this morning.
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Just wanted to say I'm grateful for the updates. Looking forward to playing once everything gets sorted!
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I took out one with USB and sent the rest of the Everdrives to Jtucci. 7 non-USB and 3 with USB. That should be all of them.
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So that is were my TED with USB went...
One day it will make it to my house.
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Once everyone get's theirs I will test fit one of my everdrive covers and see how well it fits.
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Well lets hope Monday brings us some news!
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Did you get the other order from ultra at least, Joe ??
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Package number 1 of 2 has been received! I'll be working on these today and tonight and get them shipped out first thing tomorrow.
Thanks to Pokun for your cooperation
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Package number 1 of 2 has been received! I'll be working on these today and tonight and get them shipped out first thing tomorrow.
Thanks to Pokun for your cooperation
Could we get a tracking number? Just asking as I might be moving here soon..
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I'll get everyone tracking numbers. I'm just going to go down my list that I have. So if you have to wait until the next package for yours to be sent, I'm sorry.
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You can put mine at the end of the list, as I give zero f*cks about waiting.
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You can put mine at the end of the list, as I give zero f*cks about waiting.
Same here. The wait has forced me to try to beat the few games I have. Whatever makes things easier and keeps people happy :)
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yea I don't mind waiting toochi!
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I'll get everyone tracking numbers. I'm just going to go down my list that I have. So if you have to wait until the next package for yours to be sent, I'm sorry.
That's fine. I really appreciate you doing this for us.
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Ditto on the waiting part. I have plenty to keep me busy. I do not need the everdrive immediately. The impatient Nancy ' s can have theirs first.
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1st batch of shipments have just been dropped off at the post office. Box 2 has arrived at my house as well, so the last set of shipments will go out tomorrow! We're getting close people!
Also thanks to ultrageranium for your help and cooperation, much appreciated.
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I'm glad it arrived safely.
Although I already got my Everdrive I had hardly any chance to play around with it. Everything I tested worked with it though.
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I've never used an Everdrive before, are they easy enough to set up? Is there a tutorial out there, and a recommended site for the game d/ls?
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WHEW!!! So we're gonna be cool. BTW, will krik cover the re-shipping costs for you, Joe, or did he let you eat that yourself ? Screw up a $1,XXX order like that, he obviously should. Imagine if the receivers weren't honest as well and with him probably not knowing what went where, this could've gone worse....
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Thanks for the updates.
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WHEW!!! So we're gonna be cool. BTW, will krik cover the re-shipping costs for you, Joe, or did he let you eat that yourself ? Screw up a $1,XXX order like that, he obviously should. Imagine if the receivers weren't honest as well and with him probably not knowing what went where, this could've gone worse....
I don't want to speak for tucci but he mentioned previously (unless something changed) krikkz n staff left him out to dry on this. I was actually thinking about buying a few more everdrive's for my collection but after seeing the way they treated Joe on this major purchase I have put off buying them.
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The rest of them have been shipped out today! I'll PM everyone tracking numbers later today.
In regards to the poor customer service, yeah it blows. I never really asked for any type of compensation or anything. Primarily because I felt like it would have been more of a hassle than it was worth since they didn't seem to really care outright that they had made a mistake with the shipping. I was thinking about writing some sort of letter of complaint to the place, just so that this sort of thing doesn't happen to anyone else and that they don't act so carelessly next time. It is what it is, and we got it all sorted out.
Once again, sorry for the delays. I did my best to ensure you guys wouldn't need to throw more money at this than necessary. I think we did alright in the end :)
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The rest of them have been shipped out today! I'll PM everyone tracking numbers later today.
In regards to the poor customer service, yeah it blows. I never really asked for any type of compensation or anything. Primarily because I felt like it would have been more of a hassle than it was worth since they didn't seem to really care outright that they had made a mistake with the shipping. I was thinking about writing some sort of letter of complaint to the place, just so that this sort of thing doesn't happen to anyone else and that they don't act so carelessly next time. It is what it is, and we got it all sorted out.
Once again, sorry for the delays. I did my best to ensure you guys wouldn't need to throw more money at this than necessary. I think we did alright in the end :)
Thank you, again, for all your hard work in organizing this! :D
I'm really looking forward to getting to play with the TED2's extra memory.
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Maybe we should all just mail Krikzz' Everdrive store and complain. He really screwed up and if he doesn't care about a bunch of his customers he shouldn't hope to sell a lot more products in the future to us.
I always argued that the Famicom version Everdrive was better than the NES Powerpak mainly because of the price and the support (Bunnyboy never updates the Powerpak, while Krikzz do update his Everdrives) but I've also seen how his attitude towards customers can be. After this incident, my opinion about him has certainly taken a blow.
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thanks tooch
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Getting mine today if I don't miss the postman after 5-6 pm. He typically leaves a missed-delivery note if nobody is at the door... They don't ever ring the bell and I noticed with my last shipment (a new fish tank filter), he had prewritten the note but because I came out to the door and asked about what I knew was out for delivery, he said he'd go to his truck to go get it... :/ Anyway, good they've all been shipped out and this is almost over with.
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Hi jtucci31,
I got in the mail today. Thanks very much! It's been fun testing it so far. Started a game in Neutopia II and was able to reload a save game off the card. Next I guess I'll see what this expensive game, Magical Chase is all about. :)
-Thomas
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I received my ED 2 (09) in the mail today as well. Thanks Tucci!
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(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/07/10/91222de255ef291a251596f0d26c7503.jpg)
Weeeeeeeee, thanks jtucci and everyone else who helped out!
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In case it helps anyone with setting it up, I learned that there can only be a maximum of 25 pages in each folder directory, so at least in my case I was able to split up a GoodPCE archive as follows:
A-E
F-N
O-S
T-Z
Having a lot of fun with this so far. Is there a comprehensive list anywhere of fan-translated HuCard projects available anywhere?
-Thomas
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Protips:
1) First make sure the region switch is where it's supposed to be, either PCE or TG-16. Mine was set to PCE, and when I tried to boot it on my US TurboExpress I got just a black screen... I forgot all about the region issue and I wound up reinserting it a few times at first thinking I got a bad one...
2) Download the BIOS (as it will instruct you upon startup), unzip the folder "TBED" and save it to the root of of your microSD card.
http://krikzz.com/pub/support/index.php?dir=turbo-ed-v2%2Fos
http://krikzz.com/pub/support/turbo-ed-v2/os/turbo-os-v1.zip
3) Fetch your ROM collection of course, copy to root, or you can PM Bernie, me, etc. for a link to a full one prepared by Bernie some time back.
Well, mine seems to be in working order. Only a 7 week wait between the time I paid and received it. ;) Anyhow, enjoy!
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I got mine today as well. Thanks Jtucci!
Anyone know if you can use the same sd card for multiple everdrives. It seems like it should work no problem. Anyone tried?
He typically leaves a missed-delivery note if nobody is at the door... They don't ever ring the bell
I have this same problem. If it won't fit in the mailbox they just put a slip in there and I have to drive up to the post office.
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Anyone know if you can use the same sd card for multiple everdrives. It seems like it should work no problem. Anyone tried?
Yeah, I guess you could but not worth it. They're cheap enough and ejecting/inserting all the time on a PCB like that is extra wear/stress each time, so not worth it if you ask me. One cheap 1GB microSD ($1-$3 bucks) here is all you need and just made dedicated for this Everdrive.
If it won't fit in the mailbox they just put a slip in there and I have to drive up to the post office.
Yeah, I've had to drive over a few times this year, last was for my new 5.5" Android phone. Once this happens, signing the paper for a redelivery just seems like another set up for a missed delivery all over again. Looks like it's part laziness on their part, trying to save on workload, etc.
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Mine showed up in mail today, thanks. I'll put it through a workout tonight!
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Mine arrived this morning, woohoo thanks so much jtucci! I am going to try and load it up and test it today :)
I need to get in touch with some home brew devs now, and see if I can get a good testing setup to look at art on the system using this usb port :)
Thanks again - beyond excited!
Update:
Works great on my Turbokon region modded duo-r! I don't want to take my turbo out and test on that, but this serves the purpose I need for sure! I tried a few roms, and they play exactly like my official retail games. This is really the closest thing to real without breaking the bank - as my first Everdrive / rom loader experience - super impressed!
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There's just one small little thing that's driving me absolutely crazy. I- and II-button functions are swapped in the menu! ](*,) What's the deal with that? Every single PC Engine game I played uses II-button for cancel (except when a mouse is detected in some games) but Krikzz just had to go and do everything backwards.
The Famicom Everdrive is also like this but at least it has an option to swap the swapped functions of A- and B-buttons to the standard layout again.
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Hey got mine yesterday, thanks a lot for doing this! Now to play some fan translated games on my Duo. :)
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Just got my TED today, thanks again.
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Got mine thanks Jtucci!
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got mine as well toochi thanks!
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I am still waiting as well..
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I am still waiting as well..
Mine hasn't arrived. WTF?
Bite me
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My friend at work got a TED recently and it looks like it's DOA. He says some others from that batch are tardy too.
GOOD LUCK GUYS.
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he probably didn't apply the OSUPDATE
mine works fine
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he probably didn't apply the OSUPDATE
mine works fine
I doubt that. It actually says "OS file not found" if you try to use it without os.pce in the TBED folder.
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My friend at work got a TED recently and it looks like it's DOA. He says some others from that batch are tardy too.
GOOD LUCK GUYS.
Tell him to make sure he switched the PCE-TG16 switch appropriately... I fell for it myself... It was on PCE from the factory, I have a US Express, so when I loaded up my SD, I got nothing but a black screen... I kept removing it, blowing on my Express, a few times before I finally remembered that shit... If I can fall for that, anyone can. Also, links/info again:
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=19095.msg412724#msg412724
http://krikzz.com/pub/support/index.php?dir=turbo-ed-v2%2Fos
http://krikzz.com/pub/support/turbo-ed-v2/os/turbo-os-v1.zip
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Mine was also on PCE setting. I don't have a TurboGrafx though so it was no problem.
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he probably didn't apply the OSUPDATE
mine works fine
I doubt that. It actually says "OS file not found" if you try to use it without os.pce in the TBED folder.
might have a cheapo SD card they all don't work. cheap china ones are known to have issues. I got a cheap 8GB Kingston works great on my N8 and TED
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I have his TED to try when I get home from work. he's got a region modded duo-r that he just got from teh doujins, so it should be fine.
TOO BAD HE AINT A BIG MONEY HUSTLER THAT JUST BUYS SRS REAL SHIT ONLY
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Didn't he get it just for Santatlantean and Reflectron? That's what mine's slated for. :mrgreen:
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Speaking of which, I picked it up last night after work. It was delivered Saturday, but the mailman forgot to leave a notice. ](*,)
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oh there is issues with some region modded systems. I forget the specifics but theres that....
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oh there is issues with some region modded systems. I forget the specifics but theres that....
Yeah
That seems to be his issue. But, that seems kinda lame. The GameOfYou card works fine with those don't it?
and he's got a pro as f*ck DD region mod.
His things worked for me, but I don't have region mods.
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Ah, so it was the region mod. You could try to change the voltage supply source. Solder a wire directly to the 5V regulator output leg to get the maximum power and send it to the region mod circuit if it currently taps voltage from the video output area. That helps for some cases, if not, that particular region mod implementation is just not agreeable with TE.
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I thought the issue were related to those that used electronic switches and the timing at power on could be causing issue? That is the 8 data busses weren't set when TE tried to perform function with the console?
Mechanical 8 pole switch doesn't seem to cause the issue. They don't draw any power other than some extra wires requiring an additional milliamp or 2 to go through
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Just got mine in today, and it works perfectly. Thanks to all the guys that posted up tutorial steps and tech help, ended up making the setup really easy.
...and of course, thank you so much jtucci for setting this up and taking care of everything; it's been a pleasure to be included in the buy!
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I thought the issue were related to those that used electronic switches and the timing at power on could be causing issue? That is the 8 data busses weren't set when TE tried to perform function with the console?
Mechanical 8 pole switch doesn't seem to cause the issue. They don't draw any power other than some extra wires requiring an additional milliamp or 2 to go through
Yeah, there are a few region mod styles/circuits, but the one that needs a 5 Volt supply is the one that I'm thinking of. Problems with other types of flashcarts were solved when tapping the voltage from the best source, right from the output leg of the 5V regulator.
Keith mentioned details on the different styles here:
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=18315.msg387358#msg387358
And according to BlueBMW, some chips have a 5VDC regulator on them, in which case, it's better to tap the incoming 10-12 VDC from the power cable:
https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9333.msg162146#msg162146
Seems people are having trouble with this new Everdrive on a US TG-16 as well, but in the case of Arkhan's friend, it's a region-modded Duo-R so that rules that out.
Well, personally, I'd get just rid of the region modding if there's no solution and just stick with the TE - might as well preserve the HuCard collection now.
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Just got mine in today, and it works perfectly. Thanks to all the guys that posted up tutorial steps and tech help, ended up making the setup really easy.
...and of course, thank you so much jtucci for setting this up and taking care of everything; it's been a pleasure to be included in the buy!
Just wondering if that system happened to be a US Turbo Grafx 16...
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Looks like almost everything else is going smoothly now (thank god). Thanks again for being patient everyone. I still wouldn't mind doing more in the future. I was thinking maybe a "whatever everdrive you want" group buy since the discount is for money amounts now.
But that's for a later date. :)
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Looks like almost everything else is going smoothly now (thank god). Thanks again for being patient everyone. I still wouldn't mind doing more in the future. I was thinking maybe a "whatever everdrive you want" group buy since the discount is for money amounts now.
But that's for a later date. :)
Thanks again!
My 3 arrived just fine ... but I've been too busy to actually try them out, yet.
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Just got mine in today, and it works perfectly. Thanks to all the guys that posted up tutorial steps and tech help, ended up making the setup really easy.
...and of course, thank you so much jtucci for setting this up and taking care of everything; it's been a pleasure to be included in the buy!
Just wondering if that system happened to be a US Turbo Grafx 16...
I'm using it on a Turbo Express. First thing I did was change the region toggle switch from PCE to TG-16.
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Just got mine in today, and it works perfectly. Thanks to all the guys that posted up tutorial steps and tech help, ended up making the setup really easy.
...and of course, thank you so much jtucci for setting this up and taking care of everything; it's been a pleasure to be included in the buy!
Just wondering if that system happened to be a US Turbo Grafx 16...
I'm using it on a Turbo Express. First thing I did was change the region toggle switch from PCE to TG-16.
Thanks. If you have a US Turbo console, be sure to test it as it seems that several of us are having issues with the TEDv2 on it.
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I test drove mine over the weekend and found it works, but I have to fiddle around with the RX's power switch to keep it from hitting the sd card. Such poor design means I'll probably be using the ol' neo flash cart more often, or maybe I can shave down the sd card a bit.
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I test drove mine over the weekend and found it works, but I have to fiddle around with the RX's power switch to keep it from hitting the sd card. Such poor design means I'll probably be using the ol' neo flash cart more often, or maybe I can shave down the sd card a bit.
Yes I have the same issue, I have to hold the SD card completely inserted for the power switch to slide across the card properly. It hitches on the SD card otherwsie, and I wondered if I just had a slightly off centered board or something, but the design does seem prone to this hiccup.
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Oh, so he didn't quite get good universal placement for the microSD slot for all the many iterations of NEC hardware...
I almost thought it's not just for the RX - looking at my TurboExpress just now and the green mold of the power switch to hold the card in, it's like RIGHT THERE, it almost could touch the microSD card, I thought it was! Barely avoided putting pressure on it. Yeah, he needed to have moved that IC behind it more to the center, then he could've done the same for it... Or, he could've moved it and the reset button a little closer to the USB front center and that would've been good enough...
Sigh, so a minor slot placement issue there, major no-compatibility issue with US TG-16s, he screws up $1,XXX+ orders if more than one shipping address is added with special instructions, etc... And he didn't pull the lever on going for Arcade Card support though he considered it... All in all, a little disappointing... :/ It's fine for me given my Express and Duo (the TG-16 I won in a contest broke on me in the 90's), and the bizarre order mix-up is forgivable since it worked out, but I'm sure there are others expressing far worse buyer's remorse right now.
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...but I'm sure there are others expressing far worse buyer's remorse right now.
Yup.. mine is pretty much useless to me...
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...but I'm sure there are others expressing far worse buyer's remorse right now.
Yup.. mine is pretty much useless to me...
As someone who does not have a large library of games, has never owned a flash card, and is interested in starting to develop for the system, I am the opposite of remorseful. I am so excited to get some more free time and really dive into some games I thought I would never play on actual hardware :)
For the record, my console is a Duo-R. I have not unpacked my TG-16 to test it on, once I got a Duo I packed away my TG as a backup.
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...but I'm sure there are others expressing far worse buyer's remorse right now.
Yup.. mine is pretty much useless to me...
As someone who does not have a large library of games, has never owned a flash card, and is interested in starting to develop for the system, I am the opposite of remorseful. I am so excited to get some more free time and really dive into some games I thought I would never play on actual hardware :)
For the record, my console is a Duo-R. I have not unpacked my TG-16 to test it on, once I got a Duo I packed away my TG as a backup.
That poor TG-16 :(
You have to pull it out and play a few times a year, at least.
Thank you.
:)
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...but I'm sure there are others expressing far worse buyer's remorse right now.
Yup.. mine is pretty much useless to me...
As someone who does not have a large library of games, has never owned a flash card, and is interested in starting to develop for the system, I am the opposite of remorseful. I am so excited to get some more free time and really dive into some games I thought I would never play on actual hardware :)
For the record, my console is a Duo-R. I have not unpacked my TG-16 to test it on, once I got a Duo I packed away my TG as a backup.
I had a US Duo - but I like the aesthetic of the TGCD combo better so I sold my Duo... now I have to go back to RF if I want to use the TEDV2...
I have been thinking about getting a JP Duo or Duo-R though...
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...but I'm sure there are others expressing far worse buyer's remorse right now.
Yup.. mine is pretty much useless to me...
As someone who does not have a large library of games, has never owned a flash card, and is interested in starting to develop for the system, I am the opposite of remorseful. I am so excited to get some more free time and really dive into some games I thought I would never play on actual hardware :)
For the record, my console is a Duo-R. I have not unpacked my TG-16 to test it on, once I got a Duo I packed away my TG as a backup.
That poor TG-16 :(
You have to pull it out and play a few times a year, at least.
Thank you.
:)
Oh it will see the light of day again. It's my backup right now, I try to have a daily driver and a backup, incase I flub up my daily driver I can keep playing if needed. I grew up with that turbo, so it's cozy getting a rest with the new Duo-R does the heavy lifting :)
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Gotta love people taking advantage of tucci's group buy generosity to flip this stuff on ebay. Truly sad...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Turbo-EverDrive-V2-2-TurboGrafx-16-PC-Engine-Custom-Shell-8GB-SD/321809395098?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131017132637%26meid%3D0c2788b70daf4a039cd76b0a9031b61b%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D321809395098
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shitty shitty thing to do. and the listing makes no mention of the thing being built like crap and buggy. tuc...this is why you should only deal with respected members. too many scammers take advantage of somebody trying to do something nice.
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That price is crazy
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That's my auction and it isn't from the group buy. I got two grou- buy TED's and one is permanently connected to my Duo and the other is in my PCE. I use them for testing the Everdrive packs that I maintain. Below is my big order of TED's direct from Krikzz.
Also, I listed the auction $79, the exact price of a TED from retrogate.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/3t33ysfkp/20150723_224307.jpg)
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Cool it's an auction, crazy bidders lol
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That's my auction and it isn't from the group buy. I got two grou- buy TED's and one is permanently connected to my Duo and the other is in my PCE. I use them for testing the Everdrive packs that I maintain. Below is my big order of TED's direct from Krikzz.
Also, I listed the auction $79, the exact price of a TED from retrogate.
(https://s18.postimg.cc/3t33ysfkp/20150723_224307.jpg)
you seem to be selling a bunch of EDs with custom shells on ebay and some casual appareal.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/house-of-bliss/m.html?item=321809395098&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562
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Oh, I see, you added a cover and rolled the dice with an auction. Guess word hasn't gotten around to those big spenders though about its problems with US TG-16 consoles and what not. :/ You got them $63 each (+$5 S/H) then wholesale (whole order of 10 for about $680?), but yeah, that's what every other retailer is setting the markup to, $79.
EDIT: Wait... Well, upon further review, I do not like this reseller... Thumbs down... Because if I bought from him and I ever found out the link to retrogate's store, I would be pretty f--king pissed I paid $170 (and counting) cause I fought in an auction for something available at retail for consistent price, even with the $20+ plastic shell... He is effectively withholding information, no links to krik... That's what it is... Have to call it like it is... This method knowingly relies upon low-information big spenders and their ignorance...
I would contact the top bidder right now if I could... I don't like it when I get ripped off, don't like to see it happen to others either.
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Oh, I see, you added a cover and rolled the dice with an auction. Guess word hasn't gotten around to those big spenders though about its problems with US TG-16 consoles and what not. :/ You got them $63 each (+$5 S/H) then wholesale (whole order of 10 for about $680?), but yeah, that's what every other retailer is setting the markup to, $79.
EDIT: Wait... Well, upon further review, I do not like this reseller... Thumbs down... Because if I bought from him and I ever found out the link to retrogate's store, I would be pretty f--king pissed I paid $170 (and counting) cause I fought in an auction for something available at retail for consistent price, even with the $20+ plastic shell... He is effectively withholding information, no links to krik... That's what it is... Have to call it like it is... This method knowingly relies upon low-information big spenders and their ignorance...
I would contact the top bidder right now if I could... I don't like it when I get ripped off, don't like to see it happen to others either.
Except I didn't mark anything up. I started the auction at $79. So you don't like me because people bid up my auctions. OK... I actually make tons of information freely available online, whether it be how to make 3D shells or the SD card setups themselves so you can hardly blame me for a lack of info online:
[ul][li]How to make an $11 3D printed shell[/li][li]How to modify V1 shells for V2 - the only explanation online[/li][li]Complete SD card setups - Google SmokeMonster (These are copy and paste setups that have dozens of hours invested in finding verified sources for roms that are TED-compatible. This required testing every single game because TED is quite picky about headers) [/li][/ul]Also, I received a response from Krikzz about the v2.2 fiasco today and he has a fix ready but we'll have to return our v2.2s to him to have the FPGA re-flashed. If you need this update, send your TEDs back to him using this form: http://krikzz.com/return_form.txt
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Also, I received a response from Krikzz about the v2.2 fiasco today and he has a fix ready but we'll have to return our v2.2s to him to have the FPGA re-flashed. If you need this update, send your TEDs back to him using this form: http://krikzz.com/return_form.txt
That's good news! :D
But I'd kind of like KRIKzz to actually confirm this fix on his own forums ... where this news hasn't been posted, yet.
Then it'll be interesting to see which sacrificial-lamb actually sends theirs off first, and then reports back whether the fix is fully working.
I'd like some brave soul with both a TG16 and a TGCD to actually confirm that it works.
AFAIK, krikzz only received a TG16-by-itself from StoneAgeGamer in order to track down the problems.
Anyway ... I suspect that it will be less of a "re-flash", and more of a "re-place" ... those FPGA chips are only one-time-programmable.
So his repair guy is almost-certainly going to have to remove the old FPGA and replace it with a new one.
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Also, I received a response from Krikzz about the v2.2 fiasco today and he has a fix ready but we'll have to return our v2.2s to him to have the FPGA re-flashed. If you need this update, send your TEDs back to him using this form: http://krikzz.com/return_form.txt
Then it'll be interesting to see which sacrificial-lamb actually sends theirs off first, and then reports back whether the fix is fully working.
I'd like some brave soul with both a TG16 and a TGCD to actually confirm that it works.
AFAIK, krikzz only received a TG16-by-itself from StoneAgeGamer in order to track down the problems.
Anyway ... I suspect that it will be less of a "re-flash", and more of a "re-place" ... those FPGA chips are only one-time-programmable.
So his repair guy is almost-certainly going to have to remove the old FPGA and replace it with a new one.
I'm sure he'll post something soon since it seems to be a really big issue for us US people. I sent mine back to him today for repair, so I guess that I'm first.
What's weird is that my TED v2.2s seem to work fine with my TG16, PCE, Duo, and Turbo Expresses. Is the problem only related to when a CD unit is attached?
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That's a shame. I didn't know they were one time programmable. So no in the field reprogramming like we got to do with the NESRGB.
I probably wont return mine for "reprogramming."
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What's weird is that my TED v2.2s seem to work fine with my TG16, PCE, Duo, and Turbo Expresses. Is the problem only related to when a CD unit is attached?
I've not seen any problem reports with the basic PC Engine, Core Grafx, Core Grafx II, Super Grafx or Turbo Express ... or with any of the Duo systems.
But I have seen reports of problems with ...
[ul][li]Core Grafx with Tennokoe 2[/li][li]Core Grafx II with Tennokoe 2[/li][li]Core Grafx II with SuperCDROM[/li][li]TG16 with TGCD[/li][li]TG16 with TurboBooster+[/li][/ul]
The TG16-by-itself has had variable luck. KRIKzz has said ...
During development i tested cart with core grafx, pce+cd-rom2, super grafx and pal tg16, this i all what i have. All carts v2 working fine with all my systems. But day ago i got U.S. tg16 from stoneagegamer, he reported about problems with tbed v2 on this console. I tested few carts and found that some working fine with this system, but some other works with glitches or even not boot at all.
If your carts have all been working on your TG16, then you've been lucky!
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That's a shame. I didn't know they were one time programmable. So no in the field reprogramming like we got to do with the NESRGB.
I probably wont return mine for "reprogramming."
I think it's not reprogramming via update file on SD card but rather reprogramming via JTAG connector and not everyone has access to the right one. I don't think Krikzz is willing to share the source for the chip, only the firmware for updates.
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That's a shame. I didn't know they were one time programmable. So no in the field reprogramming like we got to do with the NESRGB.
I probably wont return mine for "reprogramming."
I think it's not reprogramming via update file on SD card but rather reprogramming via JTAG connector and not everyone has access to the right one. I don't think Krikzz is willing to share the source for the chip, only the firmware for updates.
Yes I'm aware of all this. It's moot Anyway since the chip is one time programable.
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Maybe the OTP model of the FPGA used is cheaper, I don't know, but it does suck that everyone with problems will have to send the everdrive to him exclusively... with no way to download a fixed configuration for the FPGA to reprogram it "at home" for users with the tools and knowledge to do so.
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That's my auction and it isn't from the group buy. I got two grou- buy TED's and one is permanently connected to my Duo and the other is in my PCE. I use them for testing the Everdrive packs that I maintain. Below is my big order of TED's direct from Krikzz.
Also, I listed the auction $79, the exact price of a TED from retrogate.
Wait I don't get it. So you were in on this one yet also got yourself everdrives? I'm just confused :-k
If you wanted to sell it for it's actual price, then you should do a BIN. Or offer links to the actual site or explain where it comes from in the description. I agree with NW, it's playing off of their ignorance.
From the description of your, now sold, TED:
Turbo Everdrive v2 with 3D Shell & 8gb Micro SDHC
This is the newly released v2.2 Turbo Everdrive. V2 is a complete redesign with instant game loading and other improvements.
The Turbo Everdrive is brand-new and is tested and works perfectly. It has a custom printed 3D shell and an 8GB Micro SDHC card. The card is flashed with the latest Turbo Everdrive OS, and is completely setup with everything ever released for both the Turbografx-16 and PC Engine. Also included are tons of homebrew, translations, and more. It's fully setup so you can just plug it in and play.
The 3D shell snaps on and off, and has a functional reset button. It also has cutouts for the SD card and PCE/TG16 switch. I modified the 3D shell to fit the V2 Everdrive and TurboDuo. Unlike some of the 3D shells available, this one is fully compatible with the TurboDuo/PC Engine Duo (picture 5) and TurboExpress/PC Engine GT (pictures 6 & 7). The Turbo Everdrive will ship in its OEM anti-static bag.
You just make it sound like including a $5 mini sd card with all the roms and custom case is worth the extra $200 they are paying. I just don't get this at all. *shrugs*
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Wait I don't get it. So you were in on this one yet also got yourself everdrives? I'm just confused
I paid in on the group buy and then ordered a box of TEDs from Krikzz for my eBay store about a month later.
You just make it sound like including a $5 mini sd card with all the roms and custom case is worth the extra $200 they are paying. I just don't get this at all. *shrugs*
I started the auction at $79, the exact price of a TED. Where it ends up is completely in the buyer's control.
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Holy shit, someone paid 359 US for something worth about 100 bucks. :-&
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wow that is absurd. I am a little torn on how I feel about this one.
On the one hand who ever won this auction, and the 7 others willing to pay more than $130, are idiots and deserve to be separated from their money. A few years ago I was selling a used bari sax mouthpiece. It was nothing special and retailed for about $50 new. I listed it at $25 and was shocked, but happy, when it ended for $75.
On the other hand, holy crap, that's three times what this thing is worth. And I'm pretty sure it's not legal to sell roms on ebay. I don't know how SmokeMonster doesn't feel a little dirty after this level of ripping someone off.
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I started an auction at retail and it turned into the bidding war to end all bidding wars. I do feel torn about it. It's the bottled water paradox.
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I'm a bit torn as well. It's preying upon the ignorant, I guess, but how did these f*cktards even find ebay if their googlefu is so weak?!?
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I would have considered high buy-it-now listings or what SAG does as preying on the ignorant. Starting an auction at retail though is just that.
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I'm sure you didn't expect it to go quite this high, but there's no question that you were hoping for high bids from people too stupid (or too lazy) to find the roms and cover on their own.
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I'm sure you didn't expect it to go quite this high, but there's no question that you were hoping for high bids from people too stupid (or too lazy) to find the roms and cover on their own.
That's the point that I and NW were trying to make. But his response is continuously just, "I put the bid at this, and it went for this".
Also for the record, I don't really care if any of you sell your ED's from this GB. You bought it so you can do what you wish. But selling it for butttons of money is another thing. I'd hope you don't try to rip people off inadvertently or intentionally.
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And you keep repeating that I'm both psychic and preying on people by starting an auction at retail.
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I don't mind the profiteering so much, as nothing came from pcefx, anyone with a modicum of intelligence can put together such a package on their own, and he's not trying to sell 'em here at the discounted price of only $350 (DrOJ deals, brah!).
And you keep repeating that I'm both psychic and preying on people by starting an auction at retail.
Sure, man. I'm sure you bought a case of 'em with hopes of selling at cost or maybe even losing a little money after fees. :roll:
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Ok, I'm the world's worst person because I did plan on making at least 20% in order to pay off upgrading all of my Turbo Expresses. I can guarantee you that I'm not psychic though.
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To upgrade all of my Everdrives I meant. I have them for almost every console they're made for, so buying a wholesale order seemed like a good way to get mine at discount and sell the extras and help make up the costs.
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Thats pretty brutal that you even mentioned the loaded SD card in the auction. Should have just thrown that in the box with no speak of it in the listing.
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Thats pretty brutal that you even mentioned the loaded SD card in the auction. Should have just thrown that in the box with no speak of it in the listing.
Something tells me it wouldn't have fetched that much without it.
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Thats pretty brutal that you even mentioned the loaded SD card in the auction. Should have just thrown that in the box with no speak of it in the listing.
Something tells me it wouldn't have fetched that much without it.
Exactly.
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Thats pretty brutal that you even mentioned the loaded SD card in the auction. Should have just thrown that in the box with no speak of it in the listing.
Something tells me it wouldn't have fetched that much without it.
Exactly.
EXACTLY EZACY
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https://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=9407.4440
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Oh, I see, you added a cover and rolled the dice with an auction. Guess word hasn't gotten around to those big spenders though about its problems with US TG-16 consoles and what not. :/ You got them $63 each (+$5 S/H) then wholesale (whole order of 10 for about $680?), but yeah, that's what every other retailer is setting the markup to, $79.
EDIT: Wait... Well, upon further review, I do not like this reseller... Thumbs down... Because if I bought from him and I ever found out the link to retrogate's store, I would be pretty f--king pissed I paid $170 (and counting) cause I fought in an auction for something available at retail for consistent price, even with the $20+ plastic shell... He is effectively withholding information, no links to krik... That's what it is... Have to call it like it is... This method knowingly relies upon low-information big spenders and their ignorance...
I would contact the top bidder right now if I could... I don't like it when I get ripped off, don't like to see it happen to others either.
Except I didn't mark anything up. I started the auction at $79. So you don't like me because people bid up my auctions. OK... I actually make tons of information freely available online, whether it be how to make 3D shells or the SD card setups themselves so you can hardly blame me for a lack of info online:
[ul][li]How to make an $11 3D printed shell[/li][li]How to modify V1 shells for V2 - the only explanation online[/li][li]Complete SD card setups - Google SmokeMonster (These are copy and paste setups that have dozens of hours invested in finding verified sources for roms that are TED-compatible. This required testing every single game because TED is quite picky about headers) [/li][/ul]Also, I received a response from Krikzz about the v2.2 fiasco today and he has a fix ready but we'll have to return our v2.2s to him to have the FPGA re-flashed. If you need this update, send your TEDs back to him using this form: http://krikzz.com/return_form.txt
No, I stand by everything I said - it's accurate. You paid the wholesale rate, so you got 'em at $63 each plus shipping just like we did with the group buy. Your markup is no better than anybody else by starting it at $79 except that you added the plastic shell which is a $11-20 value (depends) - so it's more defensible of a markup, that's fine! And the full copy+paste ROM collection is freely available by us here and elsewhere, so that really shouldn't have added more value. However, it's your *intentional* omission of information that is the problem!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Turbo-EverDrive-V2-2-TurboGrafx-16-PC-Engine-Custom-Shell-8GB-SD/321809395098
So now the auction is over and a big-spending fool dropped $359 (because of his competitor counterpart fool - 2 or more fools) all because of ignorance, lacking information in your auction and so forth... You did prey on them, it was not in your interest to refer them to where these items can consistently be purchased at the same price and where to go for a plastic cover... So yeah, thumbs down on you... This is my polite "reseller roast" BTW, I don't want nullity accusing me of being a conductor on a hate train. ;)
At another level, you don't want krik seeing the results of these big-spenders cause then he might just decide to say, "Well, these PCE guys got fat wallets, I guess I can raise my prices some more and they'll pay out like they should..."
Anyway, congrats on a $359 big win!
EDIT: I guess it does beg the question, why did you waste Tucci's time by joining our group buy ?? That's another shipment he had to make, and another slight loss on S/H he took being generous to PCE/PCEFX members... He was already taking a loss shipping to us being a nice guy by $1-2 bucks each, and that was before the whole mix up, which added more shipping costs to him... In other words, he charged nothing for his time, but also donated some to shipping costs. I guess you got the reselling idea later, but still, you wasted his time and money on a buddy deal for yours...
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You don't need an 8 GB microSD card though, that's wasteful, a 2 GB is overkill as well, and that's only $1 with shipping from China or $2-3 bucks retail at say a MicroCenter or other computer stores... But yeah, plenty of low-information big-spending nuts to cash in on it seems... :/
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billygoins is his eBay ID ? Heh. Quite a character that ole wmac... I recognize his writing in the listing details, guess it's him. ;)
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I expect the same answer from SmokeMonster yet again, "I just listed the auction at $79" :roll:
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Which he said is not a markup, but it is! Heh. Anyway, that's not the criticism, that's everybody's markup after paying $63 each at wholesale rates when ordering 10+. He added a microSD card and a plastic shell, so his $79 resale markup starter is very good! However, the deliberate omission of information in the auction is where the issue lies! So once this $359 auction "winner" finds out that he could've purchased it for $79 retail right from the source, and that plastic shell is anywhere from $10 to $25, he's gonna be pretty pissed!
SmokeMonster is a predator of low-information big-spending fools and I also don't get why he wasted Tucci's time on the buddy deal for one flashcart from our group buy... If the auction linked to krik's shopping website, then all bidders would've had access to more information about the product's features as well as what it consistently retails for. But if he did that, he risked them not paying out like the fools that they are... So yeah, thumbs down!
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f*ck the buyers. If they're too stupid to use google, they deserve to get raped.
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I also don't get why he wasted Tucci's time on the buddy deal for one flashcart from our group buy...
He actually bought two everdrives from Joe
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People bid up my item, and you blame me. I get that.
Which he said is not a markup, but it is!
I said about ten times that I started the auction at retail, which is 20% over wholesale. If I say it again jtucci's head is going to explode.
If the auction linked to krik's shopping website, then all bidders would've had access to more information about the product's features as well as what it consistently retails for.
"Krikzz.com" appeared front and center in three of the auction's pictures and literally every Google search for Everdrive takes you to their source.
He actually bought two everdrives from Joe
You don't even bother to read my posts, you just want a monster. I'll be it. Martyr me.
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People bid up my item, and you blame me. I get that.
What info you choose to omit (as well as include) in an auction/sale can be just as important to maximize profit.
Which he said is not a markup, but it is!
I said about ten times that I started the auction at retail, which is 20% over wholesale. If I say it again jtucci's head is going to explode.
I'm referring to what you told me. You said this:
Except I didn't mark anything up. I started the auction at $79.
If I buy it at $63 wholesale, then resell at $79, that is a $16 markup. However, you include a plastic shell and microSD card, so compared to other resellers and krik himself, that's a good deal starting off... My criticism is NOT in your markup, so nevermind that. It's the omission of links, further info, etc. and thus relying upon some ignorance of potential bidders and it got you a very nice result from a profit standpoint...
"Krikzz.com" appeared front and center in three of the auction's pictures and literally every Google search for Everdrive takes you to their source.
There's no linking to him or further information in the listing. It's merely coincidental that krik printed his website on the flashcart and you have to zoom in to see it. You wouldn't have added the link for the bidder if it wasn't there of course. Nothing about the cheapness of the plastic shells is linked to or mentioned either, so the bidders could've thought that made it as valuable as they were willing to pay. They also might've thought it's hard to collect ROMs which many will give away for free, etc. So yeah, you profited on a lack of information and ignorance on the bidders...
My rating for you is still... Thumbs down. ;)
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You don't even bother to read my posts, you just want a monster. I'll be it. Martyr me.
I did read your post, how do you think I know you got two? Regardless, I was correcting NightWolve since he mentioned you only purchased one in the group buy. Just wanted to keep the facts straight for you
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SmokeMonster:
You are slimy. I don't like you. Why?
Because you prey on ignorance.
You know who preys on ignorance?
a$$holes. Douchebags. Car Salesmen.
IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND, considering what a sleazy, unctuous car-salesman you are, BUT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOMEONE reflects more on YOUR ETHICS than on another's stupidity.
ANYONE WHO EXCUSES your selling practices is also a douchebag (sorry guys) because whether or not a buyer is ignorant/stupid is IMMATERIAL, because I judge a seller by the seller's actions.
I am sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings, but you are clueless if you think you can excuse a$$holeRY by blaming the ignorance of a buyer.
JUDGE A PERSON BY HIS/HER ACTIONS.
I practice what I preach: that is why I've called many of you douchebags.
I am also melting at the public pool (Jesus it is an inferno out here) and I am feeling particularly trollish/angry.
My kids don't want to go home. So I am just gonna get crankier
And crankier.
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Hahjahahhahhjaj. If only that were creamy and cold, it would be so refreshing now!
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I wouldn't say a sleazy used car salesman is entirely analagous, as he's not turning back the odometer or otherwise misrepresenting what's for sale.
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I wouldn't say a sleazy used car salesman is entirely analagous, as he's not turning back the odometer or otherwise misrepresenting what's for sale.
Oh, that distinction doesn't matter: I can tell what a person is like, ethically, based on the pattern of their actions and (in this case) selfish motives. SmokeMaster is not much different than the slime who try to scam the elderly, preying on their ignorance. See my example below :)
FOR EXAMPLE: Imagine that the buyer backs out of the deal. Does this somehow make the seller LESS of a douchebag?
ANSWER: Hell no. The seller is still a douchebag, because he absolutely would have proceeded with the transaction, had it been possible.
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And if there was only one bidder and it sold for $79, would he be the same douchebag? Or what if he sent it out with a blank SD card and a cover made out of an old matchbook cover, would it still not matter? You make no sense.
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It's the general sin of omission that you see by resellers for me. I grew up hating resellers in my teens because I live near a small Korea town section which also has many Indian wholesale businesses that would let me shop there illegally. One business that deals in hand tools sold me 24" pipe wrenches for $10 flat while at the local Ace hardware the markup was $79 bucks... Those wrenches were very useful to me and got me out of jams many times, so I was very thankful. I also used to hang around a resale shop having befriended the owners, one of which was shady, so I watched the "buy low/sell high" method at work for a long time... Just as an aside, I don't have the personality to do that kind of living, it makes me feel icky...
Anyway, to your point, since he omits much in his listing, it's an indicator that he wants a bidding/buying population as uninformed/ignorant as possible because that equals more payoff. That reflects on his character as a reseller. I think a truly honest/forthright reseller should've linked both to krik and info on the plastic shell in the listing, etc. Less omission and more information instead. So then regardless of the outcome, one bid for $79 or crazies ending it at $359, I couldn't levy any criticism against him - it'd be all at the bidders...
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And if there was only one bidder and it sold for $79, would he be the same douchebag? Or what if he sent it out with a blank SD card and a cover made out of an old matchbook cover, would it still not matter? You make no sense.
Like I said, it is not difficult to discern a person's ethics, given the info we have.
I am not going to concern myself with every gradation of douchebaggery when the general category "douchebag" is sufficient.
I, of course, am not preventing you from distinguishing the lite-,minor-, medium, major-, ultra-, etc. gradations of douchebaggery.
They are all douchebags.
Or, if you prefer—"slimy", as in "unethical"...
As in...I can't trust you. You crossed the line. It doesn't matter if only your selfish little toe crossed it, but you did something that an ethical person would not do.
You see?
I don't use douchebag lightly.
I don't use a$$hole lightly, either.
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There was nothing unethical about my auction. I put a nice package together, listed the auction at the correct price, and lots of people bid the hell out of it past. Anything else that you add to the interpretation is your own personal baggage.
If anyone wants to buy the two group buy v2.2s that I got, they're yours for $65/shipped (what I paid). I'll also include a free V2-fitted 3D printed shell for them (no SD card). This is simply out of respect to jtucci, who was generous enough to put it together. I don't want anyone to feel like I took their place in the group buy because I later went on to place my own wholesale order. PM me if you want one or both of them.
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There was nothing unethical about my auction. I put a nice package together, listed the auction at the correct price, and lots of people bid the hell out of it past. Anything else that you add to the interpretation is your own personal baggage.
If anyone wants to buy the two group buy v2.2s that I got, they're yours for $65/shipped (what I paid). I'll also include a free V2-fitted 3D printed shell for them (no SD card). This is simply out of respect to jtucci, who was generous enough to put it together. I don't want anyone to feel like I took their place in the group buy because I later went on to place my own wholesale order. PM me if you want one or both of them.
YOUR SELLING PRACTICE is unethical:
(1) YOU WERE SELLING ROMS, and don't try to claim otherwise.
(2) YOU PREY ON IGNORANCE, and don't try to claim otherwise.
(3) I could go on, but I'll stop.
Own up to it. I have more respect for someone who is honest about their selling tactics and motives than someone who tries to make up bullshit.
I will still condemn your slimy tactics, but at least you are not pretending to be an honest, ethical seller.
FOR THE CONFUSED:
There are many industries/selling practices that I find unethical, yet they are still completely "legal" in the United States, at least.
I ABSOLUTELY ABHOR when sellers prey on a person's FEARS, INSECURITIES, IGNORANCE, etc. (diet/exercise programs, get rich quick infomercials, herbal supplements, etc etc)...
...you can imagine what I think of people involved in marketing products aimed at children...
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you don't own the roms
you cant sell them period even if you "include them at no cost!"
your damage control sucks you should have stuck to the story where you wanted to break even with everdrives by flipping them with your shells and stickers. That's a good excuse. You trying to come up with an answer for every attack reveals more your motive in the first place.
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You trying to come up with an answer for every attack reveals more your motive in the first place.
I haven't changed any story, and responding with the fact that I started an auction is tiring everyone.
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I'm a martyr and I don't care what you a$$holes think, but I'm gonna argue with you and defend myself until the cows come home..... and then I'm gonna yell at the cows!
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Or I'll just respond politely like usual.
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There was nothing unethical about my auction.
That's just plain intellectually dishonest.
you don't own the roms
you cant sell them period even if you "include them at no cost!"
your damage control sucks you should have stuck to the story where you wanted to break even with everdrives by flipping them with your shells and stickers. That's a good excuse. You trying to come up with an answer for every attack reveals more your motive in the first place.
Yeah, as Ope points out, throwing the ROMs into the mix to up the value by convenience factored into the result of a bidder who may not know how easy they are to obtain, etc.
In some sense, you did not do much different from most resellers. Withhold/omit/don't bother to put all the facts on the table. It's like that new app about buying cars and its selling point that you should know what the car dealership paid for the car that you want when you walk in before you attempt to do business with a car salesman and barter if possible. All of that information is something they would prefer you don't know and to just "trust" them...
You don't stand for a more educated public because there's more money to be made by cashing in on ignorance/lacking information/etc... I prefer to see resellers of the mindset of say, "My prices are the best, I will beat my competitors pricing, I provide all possible information when I sell or auction something, I want my customers to be happy doing business with me and not be left with a sour taste afterwards, etc."
When I sold my V1 TurboEverdrive on Facebook, I put everything on the table. I said it's like new, its only had a couple of hours of usage playing HuZero on my Express, and the reason I'm trying to unload it is because krik revealed he's developing V2 with faster load times and possible Arcade Card support, etc.! I provided a link to his shopping website to make sure that was seen because some people have paid more by buying it from the shopping websites of resellers like StoneAgeGamer (though I think they matched krik's retail price now, nevermind the Deluxe version pricing which is an attempt to add further value), etc.
So, having put all the info on the table, the buyer knew everything, stated he was fine with the slower load times of this old version, and he wanted to save a few bucks from buying a totally new one, etc. I also gave him Bernie's ROM pack and guided him on set up, so it all went smooth. All that for ~$70 bucks minus $5 on shipping. Took a loss, but that's OK, so did Tucci giving buddy deals and later galam and BlackTiger donating to me meant I got V2 free anyway, thus no complaints on my part!
Anyway, the point is, that buyer can never come back to me and say, "Hey NightWolve, you screwed me! You suck, I'm glad X.X.XSEED screwed you too!" No, I didn't, I put everything on the table, relevant link for existing retail from the manufacturer source, reason for reselling, that it was working fine 100%, only a few hours of usage, etc.
Your crazy bidder on the other hand, assuming he visits krik's website some day and finds the $79 retail for it, and later finds the various plastic shells that work with it for $11-$25, he's gonna feel like a jackass... $359!!!!!!!! He and 2 others it appears were somehow desperate and bid it up to that crazy amount... I would love to question him to find out what it was, was it the ROMs, was it the shell that he thought was so valuable, what was it ??? But, we'll never know, and it's not your interest to inform him of his ignorance.
So yeah, nothing I read changes my rating for you. It is still...thumbs down!
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It's my plan for the remaining TED auctions that I have to sell to add direct links to krikzz, remove the roms from the equation, and link Sculpteo and the 3D files. They're off for updating from krikzz now so the TG16 issues will be off the table as well.
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Your intentions are clear. Just maximize your profit and include a system!
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Maximizing profit is not my intention. I've also just requested that krikzz refund my TED wholesale order when he receives them instead of returning them to me with the TG16 fix.
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Maximizing profit is not my intention any more. Now that I've been found out I've also just requested that krikzz refund my TED wholesale order when he receives them instead of returning them to me with the TG16 fix.
Fixed. :wink:
(Late to the party, I know. I'm trying to catch up on all the fun threads I missed out on!)
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(Late to the party, I know. I'm trying to catch up on all the fun threads I missed out on!)
:lol:
I still don't have an Everdrive... sign me up for this raffle!
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I miss Wmac. Where is he. I would love to play cat balls while scratching my own balls! Call me CYA BUD!
CYA BUD except wash your damn hands already (BOMB MY THREAD!) :)
Thinking about going for 3rd round complete US TURBO US in few months! LOL! Next year maybe haha!
CYA BUD!
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I miss Wmac. Where is he. I would love to play cat balls while scratching my own balls! Call me CYA BUD!
CYA BUD except wash your damn hands already (BOMB MY THREAD!) :)
Thinking about going for 3rd round complete US TURBO US in few months! LOL! Next year maybe haha!
CYA BUD!
Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And a necro post steel balls bumpadoo in honor of wmac's return.
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CYA BUD except wash your damn hands already (BOMB MY THREAD!) :)
Thinking about going for 3rd round complete US TURBO US in few months! LOL! Next year maybe haha!
CYA BUD!
Oh wow, so this is what DarkKo was talking about with this nutjob suddenly returning... Looks like I'm still living rent-free in his retard brain. What an awkward necro and random hijacking of a thread for his lame insult and taunt of already considering to rebuy the NEC library again.
P.S. You're still a deucebag, and still unfunny! Kill yourself...
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Kill yourself...
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