games getting overpriced...and turning people into dicks

[esadajr]

to think, not so long ago, a number of us were super happy cause of emulators. Not having to deal with clutter, being able to play everything in one magical device.

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[cr8zykuban0]

damn, what a jerk for not giving you a bro price if he bought it for 20 bucks? i can understand wanting to sell the bundle for a little more than he paid for but 400?? especially to a good friend and with you cables?

man, games can make people greedy

[Necromancer]

lol you come off a real idiot

Learn to use punctuation, capitalization, carriage returns, etc.  Glass houses, brah, glass houses

i did not mean to offend anyone in my first comment.

Too late, douche.

[xelement5x]

i did not mean to offend anyone in my first comment.

Too late, douche.

Hey!  I am a douche and I am offended that you would compare me to that guy.

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[NightWolve]

Heh, what happened to his post ?? Awwwww.

[EvilEvoIX]

Terrible friend.  Very greedy.  Charge him $100 for your cables.

[cr8zykuban0]

Terrible friend.  Very greedy.  Charge him $100 for your cables.

hell yeah, i would do the same thing! very rude of the dude's friend to sell something that you gave me and not give you at least a little cut of the pie.

[KnightWarrior]

It's not just Games, Toys also

I'm done buying Games for now, Ever since I got Mighty Final Fight back...I don't go out much

If I do see something I will pick it up, I don't buy just to resell

[HailingTheThings]

It's not just Games, Toys also

I'm done buying Games for now, Ever since I got Mighty Final Fight back...I don't go out much

If I do see something I will pick it up, I don't buy just to resell

This. Had a bad taste in my mouth for years regarding "friends" and toy collecting pieces of shit in my area. Its why I don't bother with most of the shit anymore if I can help it, but every once in a while, I'm like "Ooh pretty, must get!"

[geise]

I'm surprised so many people on here seem to have friends interested in retro video games. Even the guys who really love video games, don't go any further back than N64/PS1.

LOL. You must be in your 20's or barely in your 30's

[NightWolve]

Yeah, I mean, your friends tend to be in your age group, so that's why it wouldn't be so unusual... Most retro fans on these forums are gonna be people who grew up in the 8/16-bit era starting with NES and moving on to SNES/Genesis/TurboGrafx-16/etc. which would put them in their late 30's now... I'm about to hit 40 myself next month... :/

[crazydean]

Right on. I'll be 27 next week. Although, I remember opening a SNES on Christmas, and all my friends at the time had either a SNES or Genesis. I keep in touch with some of them, but they have no interest in anything that's not new and current.

The retro game scene around here just sucks, so that may be part of the problem. There are a lot of resellers around here, and they make it difficult to find deals. Anytime something good comes up on craigslist, it's gone in under an hour. There are two retro game stores, but you're better off buying from ebay, so why even bother? One of the stores even has a table at the local flea market, so just forget about finding a deal before the store nabs it.

[esteban]

Right on. I'll be 27 next week. Although, I remember opening a SNES on Christmas, and all my friends at the time had either a SNES or Genesis. I keep in touch with some of them, but they have no interest in anything that's not new and current.

The retro game scene around here just sucks, so that may be part of the problem. There are a lot of resellers around here, and they make it difficult to find deals. Anytime something good comes up on craigslist, it's gone in under an hour. There are two retro game stores, but you're better off buying from ebay, so why even bother? One of the stores even has a table at the local flea market, so just forget about finding a deal before the store nabs it.

You are a youngster.

[MrBroadway]

I couldn't understand how local stores who way overpriced their goods could get away with it while there's ebay, but then I learned that a) some can't, and have been in the red for a while; and b) those that do are typically long-standing and have a loyal fan-base of occasional-buyers, those buyers who want a game every once in a while and don't want to deal with online buying. Also, they tend to supplement games with fixing consoles, which seems to be the bread and butter of some of these stores.