Holy crap on a cracker! Gotta love ebay!...or hate it!

[geise]

I had the chance to buy this game back in 94 when Babages was clearing out all of their Turbo Duo stuff.  I didn't have a lot of money on me and I really wanted Dead Moon since I never imported it.  I was able to grab Dungeon ExplorerII, Valis 3, and Dead Moon for the price of Dynastic Hero.  I have no idea why but those games were around 12 bucks a piece and Dynastic Hero was still 49.99.  I think it was because they just got the game in but were still trying to get rid of most of the Turbo stuff.  Even if I had the game I wouldn't sell it for that price.  I probably wouldn't sell it at all.  I wouldn't want to see it land on ebay selling for crazy amounts of money.  I bought Sapphire when it first came out and it's in near mint condition.  I still will never sell it!  Not because it's the most amazing game ever, cause it's not.  It's just I sold a couple other games that were really rare and I sold them at a reasonable price.  Two games were Keio Flying Squadron and the other was the Japanese version of Alien Soldier.  I knew they were worth a good deal but it didn't seem right to sell them at the prices I see them.  All 3 of those games landed back on ebay as buy it now for crazy amounts of money.  At least 2 times what they spent on them.  I think my Alien Soldier is still on ebay as a buy it now for 249.99.  I would honestly give a rats ass if this guy just had it and was trying to sell it.  It's the fact that it came from TZD inventory that makes it a slap in the face.

[vestcoat]

I'd guess they took it down due to pressures from the community. Just a guess....

Aaron did make the website, maybe he still has some influence.

[nat]

More serious gouging by these jokers:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Turbo-Grafx-Duo-BEYOND-SHADOWGATE-Factory-Sealed-NEW_W0QQitemZ330210207915QQihZ014QQcategoryZ62053QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/Turbo-Grafx-Duo-SUPER-AIR-ZONK-Factory-Sealed-NEW_W0QQitemZ220199686924QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62053QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

[nodtveidt]

Yeah, those are again way too high. Super Air Zonk usually gets $250, not $400. I don't know about Beyond Shadowgate though, but my guess is that it's at least twice the normal price.

[SNKNostalgia]

These guys must suck at life to be able to do this. It is the only way one could live with their self doing this.

[BigT]

This is why a monopoly is bad.

Red frog seems to be practically the only seller who has factory sealed versions of these games.  Heck, I bet that even they have only a handful (1-3) of each title as it is.  There is no competition to drive prices down.

I think they have overestimated the market value of those games by ~$100 or so, but they are free to charge what they wish... as a business, their goal is to make money after all, so maybe they'll get lucky.  They did take a risk by laying out money to purchase TZD's inventory.  Unfortunately for them, the market for obscure USA turbo games is not exactly booming.

It's not personal, guys.

[nodtveidt]

It's not personal really, but when your "labor of love" so to speak is being shystered like this, it sure feels like one. I don't think they completely understand the TG16 market though; if they did, they'd be selling the more uncommon games for a bit less money.

[nat]

Beyond Shadowgate goes for about $70 now for an unsealed copy. I can't imagine having the shrinkwrap adds almost $300 to the value.

These clowns obviously bought the TZD inventory with the idea they'd be able to "cash in big" on all the "poor Turbo suckers" out there. It's appalling because not only are they over charging on this stuff, they are pricing this stuff higher than I've ever seen in my life and not just by a small margin, either. Dynastic Hero for almost $1,000? Beyond Shadowgate and Super Air Zonk for $400? Please.

[MurderDate]

considering they got it all at a wholesale cost (who knows?  could be something like $2 a game?)  if they had any decency (or any sense?) they would just start the auctions at $9.99  and let the chips fall where they may.  I am sure they would still make a boat load of money.

[FM-77]

Is this all you ever do here? Complain about Ebay sellers. Why do you care? It's not going to change anything anyway. If you think it is too expensive, don't buy it.

[Necromancer]

Second sign of the apocalypse - I find myself agreeing with FM-77.

[MurderDate]

woah you guys are both so completely and utterly cool I can't stand it

[geise]

I just started this topic to show the idiocy of this ebay store.  I wouldn't think anyone would pay this much for a sealed copy.  I sure wouldn't and even though I have over a 100 original cd games I wouldn't be considered a "collector".  A collector wouldn't open a game.  They must preserve it with all their might.  That is the only type of person that will (in their right mind) be paying this much for a game.  I went ahead and downloaded the US verison of Dynastic Hero to play on my Duo.  It was free and I didn't have to give my money to a$$holes like this.  Oh and what do you know...I bought the Wii VC version to support Hudson.  After all buying games is all about supporting the company.  I feel Hudson deserves my money for taking the time to put these games on VC.  Screw this high ebay gouging crap.  Yeah it's not the original, but I can still play it 100%

[SignOfZeta]

Is this all you ever do here? Complain about Ebay sellers. Why do you care? It's not going to change anything anyway. If you think it is too expensive, don't buy it.

I also agree with this.

[MurderDate]

Ebay is the main market for this stuff , and is a very real part of most every Turbo Grafx enthusiast/collector's lives.  Ebay sucks up your time and money - but guess what , there really isn't another place for your average person to find the games. There's no reason why we should be asked to not discuss the platform in which probably 90% of us get our games.

Yeah,  I won't bid if I don't like the price, and you shouldn't read the thread if you don't like the topic. This thread has the word "ebay" RIGHT IN THE TITLE - my advice to the three of you  would be to not bother reading a thread if you don't think you'll be able to tolerate it's contents without lashing out like that.  There's no reason for it. Anyone who thinks you all are cool / superior because you've got better things to talk about (like what?) on the TurboGrafx board, in the market place section, in the thread about Ebay is seriously confused at the very least.

Something is upsetting Necromancer - he gets real pouty and lashes out on here all the time..