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NEC PC-Engine/SuperGrafx => PC Engine/SuperGrafx Discussion => Topic started by: neokellyzero on December 21, 2007, 04:01:48 PM
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I've been looking to get back into PCE gaming ever since I got out and I finally broke down and bought a core grafx and super CD-Rom setup. I think this was a steal for what's included, but I could be wrong-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220183175948&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=012
Looking forward to being part of a great community again-
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Shit, that's a great deal. Too bad he doesn't list what games those are.
Welcome to the forum, BTW. Glad I could help make that a reality. :wink:
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Welcome to the pile
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That looks like a really nice lot for the price too!
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That's possibly the cutest thing I've ever seen.
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yeah..unbelievable great deal. i wonder where he got that stuff for that cheap?
and don't you forget to register your new collection on www.pcedaisakusen.net (http://www.pcedaisakusen.net/) ..thanks :D
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That's just not right Kitsunexus... If that wasn't edited (which I assume it was) it would be officially a f*cked up thing.
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That's just not right Kitsunexus... If that wasn't edited (which I assume it was) it would be officially a f*cked up thing.
I don't think it's edited. And besides, if it isn't, they didn't kill the cat, they just put the sign there. Whatever the case may be, I LOL'd. :lol:
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After a moment of shock I laughed too, that's how I know it's f*cked up.
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I'm a(n) uber cat lover, but..i LOL'd
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I've been looking to get back into PCE gaming ever since I got out and I finally broke down and bought a core grafx and super CD-Rom setup. I think this was a steal for what's included, but I could be wrong-
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=220183175948&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=012
Looking forward to being part of a great community again-
:o Wow, thats an amazingly sweet deal ! ! !
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Nice grab there.....hope you get some good games and not a bunch of crappy filler.
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Damn... Even if the games are filler that's a spectacular deal just for the hardware. I have got to get myself a SuperCD Rom unit somewhere.
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Not to be alarmist on this, but that very same exact auction/picture ended on Yahoo JP a couple of days ago. And if I remember correctly sold for more. There were also more pictures there for that auction showing the games. If I hadn't cleared my auction list I could put the auction up here (no way I can find to search completed auctions on Yahoo JP).
What's more is that seller's other "bulk" listing right now was also exactly used in a Yahoo JP listing just this past week. In that auction there's a Bonk 3 and Star Parodia and an Arcade Card Pro and I know I bid on it around that $95 range they're currently selling it for. In other words, I don't remember what it ended at, but I know they're not making any money on either auction.
I hope this story ends well for you, but please be cautious with this one.
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watch this guys other auctions, there is a game bundle which also contains an arcade card pro, but can't spot out a bonk 3 cd.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pce-BULK-OF-CARD-CD-GAME-CHEAP-Imported-Japan-Mint_W0QQitemZ220183171566QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
he also got only 4 feedback which are positive, but he loaded up a big bunch of games recently, which means he is very very new to ebay.
http://stores.ebay.com/missugame
so somebody knows one of the recent buyers in personal?
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watch this guys other auctions, there is a game bundle which also contains an arcade card pro, but can't spot out a bonk 3 cd.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Pce-BULK-OF-CARD-CD-GAME-CHEAP-Imported-Japan-Mint_W0QQitemZ220183171566QQihZ012QQcategoryZ4315QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
he also got only 4 feedback which are positive, but he loaded up a big bunch of games recently, which means he is very very new to ebay.
http://stores.ebay.com/missugame
so somebody knows one of the recent buyers in personal?
Bonk 3 Hu. There was no japanese Bonk 3 CD. The Bonk 3 is right next to the 1 and 2.
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uh sorry, my miss. thougt you was talking about the bonk 3 cd (US only) in the post before, since you wrote bonk 3 :oops:
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If the auction was real (which i know we all hope it is really) I am very jelous, especially for the price :shock: i can't get a hold of a supercd alone for like 4 times that :(
I really should see if anyone has a spare one they could see me :-({|=
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Not to be alarmist on this, but that very same exact auction/picture ended on Yahoo JP a couple of days ago. And if I remember correctly sold for more. There were also more pictures there for that auction showing the games. If I hadn't cleared my auction list I could put the auction up here (no way I can find to search completed auctions on Yahoo JP).
What's more is that seller's other "bulk" listing right now was also exactly used in a Yahoo JP listing just this past week. In that auction there's a Bonk 3 and Star Parodia and an Arcade Card Pro and I know I bid on it around that $95 range they're currently selling it for. In other words, I don't remember what it ended at, but I know they're not making any money on either auction.
I hope this story ends well for you, but please be cautious with this one.
Wasn't some other eBay Turbo scammer just silenced yesterday? Damn, how many like vintage videogames? You'd expect to see them involved with sports memorabilia, not Turbo stuff.
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Everytime I have the money for a NEC console there isn't one for a reasonable price. Everytime I find great deals I don't have any cash...So for once I had cash and I was the high bidder on an auction...however about an hour before it would end something happened...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=320195949326&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=011
The seller ended this listing early because the item is no longer available for sale.
This item or one like it has been relisted.
Huh? So my bid of 11 dollars and the person's bid before me of 10 dollars were erased. And then the seller relisted the console right away for 60 dollars buy it now :shock:
I contacted ebay about it but I have only recieved a responce telling me they know I contacted them.
I would urge you all not to buy from this dishonest person. Their shipping is crazy high too, I wasn't going to pay more than 15 dollars with the shipping considered.
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Wow, that's some extremely shady shit.
I can't preach enough to people to just avoid eBay at all costs. I've said it a million times before. 99% of the sellers on there are in the business of trying to rip you off as much as possible within the boundaries of the law. And sometimes beyond that even, as the video I posted yesterday alluded to.
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Damn it seems like alot of the scam artist are coming out of the wood work lately,for any thing on the TG16/PCE.
Either on the consoles or for the games that matter.
Glad i've never dealed with that seller then.
Still most of the times i've stuck with the ones that treat ya right.
These days i rarely take chances on sellers i'm not sure about.
Next time missa if your not sure about the seller..you can all ways ask 'here for the info.
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Not to be alarmist on this, but that very same exact auction/picture ended on Yahoo JP a couple of days ago. And if I remember correctly sold for more. There were also more pictures there for that auction showing the games. If I hadn't cleared my auction list I could put the auction up here (no way I can find to search completed auctions on Yahoo JP).
What's more is that seller's other "bulk" listing right now was also exactly used in a Yahoo JP listing just this past week. In that auction there's a Bonk 3 and Star Parodia and an Arcade Card Pro and I know I bid on it around that $95 range they're currently selling it for. In other words, I don't remember what it ended at, but I know they're not making any money on either auction.
I hope this story ends well for you, but please be cautious with this one.
Thanks for the concern on this- I had a few reservations on this becuase of all the reasons mentioned here, but I feel pretty good about this transaction so far-
I had several communications with the seller prior to purchase-
I've yet to send payment. I've asked for a list of titles included and the seller is ok waiting payment until I've had time to look that over.
Thanks for lookin out and i'll let you know how it goes-
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Damn it seems like alot of the scam artist are coming out of the wood work lately,for any thing on the TG16/PCE.
Next time missa if your not sure about the seller..you can all ways ask 'here for the info.
There have also been a lot of 3DO scam artists lately too...I don't get it though because the Wii has to be a lot more profitable to scam people with. I have only had 1 problem seller ever that I was not able to at the least get all my money back from...I'm very, very persistant with crap sellers.
The one time I was scammed it was for a US copy of Elemental Gearbolt which was supposed to be:
CD - Near Mint
Origional Packaging - Mint
Origional Manual - Mint
What they sent me was a scratched CD with a bunch of gunk on it. No CD case at all, the CD was placed into a mailer and just sent! Eventually ebay made them agree to send me the origional packaging and manual and they sent me a photocopied manual and nothing else. Ebay they asked me to return the CD to them and that I would get a refund after that. Then ebay told me I should have registered the package and because I didn't, I wouldn't get a refund. So I ended up with an image of the game on my HD and nothing else. I am really upset at ebay for it since they didn't tell me to register the package until after it had been over a week since I was told to send it (and already had mailed it).
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http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OLD-STOCK-IMPORT-PC-ENGINE-CORE-GRAFX-II-SYSTEM-JP_W0QQitemZ320198814037QQihZ011QQcategoryZ62054QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
OMG, the seller of the Core Grafx II just ended the auction for 60 dollars and upped it to 99 dollars...WTF?
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rolf..nice :lol: but the shipping costs still set on US $60.00. nice man!
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What the hell is going on? I thought once you had a bid, there was no going back to change things...
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I don't think that they can change any prices once someone bids, but they can still end and relist with changes.
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If there is still plenty of time left on a auction you can kick bids. If you don't like the bid amount or what the seller is doing then just find a different seller. There are other reliable sellers on there like Toshi at Dream Stars and Hit Japan.
As for sending Gearbolt back to the seller,not to be mean,but if the guy was acting shady and ripping you off then proof of shipping back should have just come as instinct since it was likely the seller would claim it would have not arrived otherwise. Ebay is in the right on that,as you couldn't prove you shipped the item back. I guess everyone has to have their first bad experience though so they can learn how to prevent it from happening in the future.
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I don't think that they can change any prices once someone bids, but they can still end and relist with changes.
Yes they can if they ask ebay to do it. I wasn't the only bidder on the auction. You also cannot relist in the last hour (the last 24 hours actually) without ebay doing it manually.
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If there is still plenty of time left on a auction you can kick bids. If you don't like the bid amount or what the seller is doing then just find a different seller. There are other reliable sellers on there like Toshi at Dream Stars and Hit Japan.
As for sending Gearbolt back to the seller,not to be mean,but if the guy was acting shady and ripping you off then proof of shipping back should have just come as instinct since it was likely the seller would claim it would have not arrived otherwise. Ebay is in the right on that,as you couldn't prove you shipped the item back. I guess everyone has to have their first bad experience though so they can learn how to prevent it from happening in the future.
I am actually a large customer of Hit Japan, and I have ordered from Dream Stars too, but Dream Stars costs a lot more money that Hit Japan so I usually only try to get rare accessories from them. Although my tranactions with Hit Japan have not been without some frustrations, like ordering a game and only getting 1 of the CDs, then having to argue with them for nearly a week that it is actually a 2 disc game. Still they have been willing to negociate prices and shipping with me and that's a big plus in my book :clap:
Anyways, I told ebay flat out that I didn't want to mail back the game to the seller because I didn't trust them and ebay told me if I didn't mail it out right away that they would not let me get a refund. I was totally ignorant at this point in my life that ebay would screw me as well as a scammer/seller would. All ebay did was admit to me they didn't know why the worker didn't tell me to do that (since she never told me to in the logs) and that the next time this happens I should register the mail. ](*,)
I had already had to pay the origional shipping, the shipping to get the photocopied manual, and they expected me to pay to ship it back to the seller (I would not get any of this money back). I shipped it as cheaply as I could. According to US law anyways I should not have to mail anything back for a refund because any item under 500 dollars of value which is mailed to you, which you did not order, you may keep (because it's legally yours). Since I did not order a loose, poor condition disc of elemental gearbolt nor an illegally photocopied manual they would belong to me and the person who sold me the game would still have to send me what I ordered. However how often do you think people will take people to court for matters around 30 dollars? Ebay should have been able to tell this is a scam type of practice. After this happened I didn't use their service for over a year or two.
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I wish you the best of luck with this auction, but it ain't looking good. If you overlay the auction photo for the auction that Tatsujin posted, you'll see that the stack of games is identical to the pile of games in your auction (minus the loose HuCards). Good luck, you'll need it.
Then ebay told me I should have registered the package and because I didn't, I wouldn't get a refund. So I ended up with an image of the game on my HD and nothing else. I am really upset at ebay for it since they didn't tell me to register the package until after it had been over a week since I was told to send it (and already had mailed it).
Sounds like you learned the hard way that Ebay (and PayPal) require that everything be shipped with delivery confirmation. Few sellers ever send me my stuff registered or confirmed; they're lucky that I'm not a douche (well..... I am a douche, but not a lying douche), or I could claim that they didn't ship and they'd be shit out o' luck.
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Update- The seller contacted me and gave me a tracking # about a week ago and told me that it would come in two packages. The first would have the Super CD-ROM(and hookups), multitap, and all of the games with cases. The second would have the rest. I got the 1st package today and everything looks OK so far. The unit has some scuffs and was a little dirty, but I'm ok with that. The only thing that kind of sucks is dude didn't pack super nice so a small piece if the unit broke off. I'll get some pictures up later today-
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Update- The seller contacted me and gave me a tracking # about a week ago and told me that it would come in two packages. The first would have the Super CD-ROM(and hookups), multitap, and all of the games with cases. The second would have the rest. I got the 1st package today and everything looks OK so far. The unit has some scuffs and was a little dirty, but I'm ok with that. The only thing that kind of sucks is dude didn't pack super nice so a small piece if the unit broke off. I'll get some pictures up later today-
Ouch,yea post pics for sure when you get time.
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Well I used some oxy clean and the system cleaned up pretty nice- still a few scuffs and a little fading, but nothing too bad-
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/CIMG0007.jpg)
I super glued the broken piece back on, but you can still see the crack upon close inspection- now I'm just waiting for the coregrafx II so I can fire it up-
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/CIMG0008.jpg)
(http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/CIMG0009.jpg)
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Congratulations. Frankly I'm amazed you got anything out of that transaction (it just looks too good to be true , and then D-Lite's findings of the same picture on another auction site = RED FLAG). I hope to god that second box actually comes. You may consider opening a Paypal dispute before it's too late.
I also found it a little suspicious that the seller, when asked if the CD player worked, was like "I'll tell you next month!" knowing full well the Buy It Now would be snapped up fast.
hey, that's how it goes. After 15 or so years of buying / selling online I've been burned more than once. Everybody makes mistakes - especially at first. The golden rule applies here, too : patience.
OMMMMMMMM OMMMMMM OMMMMM :lol:
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Yeah- I still have some concerns, but I've got another 2 weeks to file a dispute, so I'm giving the seller the benefit of the doubt. I've been doing online transactions for about 5 years and have yet to be burned as a buyer. This is probably the most unestablished seller I've ever dealt with, but the risk to value on this was too good to pass on. He sent 36 games with the super cd-rom, and has been real apologetic about the delay, so I'm hoping that the second shipment will be along soon. If it does come I'll give the seller positive feedback even though it took forever to get. $180 shipped is a hell of a deal...
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Yeah- I still have some concerns, but I've got another 2 weeks to file a dispute, so I'm giving the seller the benefit of the doubt. I've been doing online transactions for about 5 years and have yet to be burned as a buyer.
You obviously never bought from Bullseye Video Game Collectibles.
This is probably the most unestablished seller I've ever dealt with, but the risk to value on this was too good to pass on. He sent 36 games with the super cd-rom...
36 games?!? Man you got a sweet deal. Don't even stop patting yourself on the back for this one. Are they good games?
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Well,if the laser is dead it can be replaced. It snot a hard one to find and its dirt cheap,so dont worry too much.
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36 games?!? Man you got a sweet deal. Don't even stop patting yourself on the back for this one. Are they good games?
Most of it's filler, but there's a few good titles in there-
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/CIMG0011-1.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/CIMG0010.jpg
The real cool thing is that there should be another 15-20 games(loose HuCards) that come with the 2nd package- I'll let you know how that goes-
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Sweet, there are some really good titles in there.
On the other hand, it's not too late to throw out that Momo game.
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Awesome news on the stuff! Very happy this all worked out for you.
The more I think about it, it sounds like the seller had buyer's remorse. He bought it and then decided to sell right off, probably due to money or something as such, hence the buy it now and the auction before the seller probably even had the goods.
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Awesome news on the stuff! Very happy this all worked out for you.
The more I think about it, it sounds like the seller had buyer's remorse. He bought it and then decided to sell right off, probably due to money or something as such, hence the buy it now and the auction before the seller probably even had the goods.
I was thinking that too since its taken so long to get the deal finished.
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Nice. Especially nice superglue job. You can barely notice.
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The more I think about it, it sounds like the seller had buyer's remorse. He bought it and then decided to sell right off, probably due to money or something as such, hence the buy it now and the auction before the seller probably even had the goods.
I'm almost sure that's what happened- the 2nd package just got delivered and it came from Japan rather than HK. This package had a coregrafx II, 4 controllers, and 20 loose Hucards in it. Now to test it all-
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I went through and cleaned everything up-
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/hardware.jpg
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u115/neokellyzero/hucards.jpg
Couple of duplicate HuCards, but I'm not going to complain-
There is a issue with the coregrafx, but outside that everything else works-
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What kinda issue?
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The coregrafx is pretty much screwed- check my thread in the repair section and you see what I mean-