Just... Bad, Turbo Ebay Auctions (Not Gouging)

[Lost Monkey]

These listing are what inspired me to create this thread.  I'm not sure what the seller was trying to accomplish here.  Either way, I know there was some PhotoShop cutting going on.  The end result is still terribly bad.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Andre-Panza-Kick-Boxing-TurboGrafx-16-1991-cart-only-/230855601217?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item35c010ec41

Looks like he is scanning them on a flatbed scanner.

[FiftyQuid]

Looks like he is scanning them on a flatbed scanner.

Ah, that makes sense.  Why go to that trouble?  If you just have the card and there is nothing wrong with it just grab an image off Google.

[Lost Monkey]

Looks like he is scanning them on a flatbed scanner.

Ah, that makes sense.  Why go to that trouble?  If you just have the card and there is nothing wrong with it just grab an image off Google.

He wanted to show off the grime in the little grippy area?

[Black Tiger]

The mail order store I bought SFII' from bitd also offered Duo/PCE/Turbo cord swapping. Nec and TTi never did. TZD might have, but that's like saying the only way to get a Turbo game in a bubble envelope through the mail bitd was "factory direct".

[storino03]

looks more like he used a scanner to scan the game, and didn't bother cropping the actual item from the white/empty space.

[sadikyo]

I've noticed that seller's pictures before when I was purchasing some GB games.  Especially for those, there is the tiniest little GB game in the corner.  Apparently he hasn't heard of the 'crop' button.

Or he's an evil genius and his odd way of doing pictures is actually getting him more sales. 

My guess would be the former, but who knows.

[FiftyQuid]

piehole69 just put up a bunch of listings.  Could someone please tell me why sellers won't answer questions?  I want to see a photo of one of his listing and I get this if I try to contact him;

"We're sorry we couldn't find an answer for you. Unfortunately, this seller is not able to respond to your question. We suggest reviewing the item again to see if your answer is in the seller's listing."

The description is a one liner that could mean anything, but I can't ask questions?  Why do Sellers sell this way?  Laziness?  Why wouldn't they want more people interested to drive up the price?

[FiftyQuid]

Upside down pics.  Really? 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Order-of-the-Griffon-TurboGrafx-16-One-Time-Listing-No-Relists-Low-Price-/280987239715?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item416c250523

[Necromancer]

And a $15 value on the 'professional' custom case. 

[vestcoat]

Ebay conventions I hate:

*"Professionally cleaned." What the hell does this mean? Did they send it to the "Doc" of fix-a-system-plus fame? Did they take the cart to an Authorized Nintendo Repair Center?

*"This listed has ended because the item is no longer available." Words can't begin to describe my contempt for pussies that cancel auctions to sell privately.

*"like new" loose carts + stock pictures. Ebay condition criteria should be abundantly clear to everyone by now. I don't care how glossy that label is, if it's loose, it must be graded as "acceptable."

*Sellers that speak in the first person plural: "sorry, but we're out of stock" or "sorry, we made a mistake." Sure, this is believable when the seller's feedback is in the tens of thousands and they have hundreds of items listed at any given time, but most of this deceitful, responsibility-abdicating gobbledygook comes from idiots with a dozen games for sale. I refuse to believe that a seller with less feedback then me has a team of employees and a serious business.

[FiftyQuid]

@vestcoat - How do you feel about people using the word "collection" for an auction like this;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbo-Grafx-16-Collection-Must-See-/110960376538?pt=Video_Games&hash=item19d5c0fada

Hello, this is my entire Turbo Grafx-16 collection. 1- consoles, 2 games.

He makes it sound enormous. 

[vestcoat]

@vestcoat - How do you feel about people using the word "collection" for an auction like this;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turbo-Grafx-16-Collection-Must-See-/110960376538?pt=Video_Games&hash=item19d5c0fada

Hello, this is my entire Turbo Grafx-16 collection. 1- consoles, 2 games.

He makes it sound enormous.  

That's OK. This is the part that cooks my noodle:

I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO END THE LISTING AT ANT TIME.

At least it's not an auction.

[HercTNT]

Find the ones that say "New Other". It could refer to a game that taken from a box but otherwise unplayed. It could refer to a new video card pulled from a system that was unused. It is being used by lots of people to sell stuff they reconditioned and attract them to there auction with the word "NEW".

[FiftyQuid]

Here's one by our buddy Canada. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280987871771

He steals a graphic from spida1.  Duh...

[vestcoat]

Here's one by our buddy Canada. 
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280987871771

He steals a graphic from spida1.  Duh...

WTF. Sells two games as a "lot of 5". Can't even spell "available."