General Arcade and Retro Chat - Insert Coin -

TrustedApple wrote: »

Does anyone here be looking at done deal for video games?. I try to hold in the laughter at the prices that people be looking for things.

Ps3 fat with 4 games 200 euros.

Ds lite with 2 games 80 euros.

Wii with 6 games 110 euros.

Vita with a game 160 euros can get a new one for that price ha ha

What do people be smoking?

I think there are people who genuinely have no idea what things are worth.
They bought these things for their kids, said kids get bored and so the items are sold.
They tot up the prices, thinking of what their local Gamestop charges and ask for the same, reckoning "why not?".
They are totally unaware of the real world price these things fetch, and the lack of response usually leads to edited advertisements and revising prices downwards.
I don't think they are really taking the p1ss though, they are just ignorant.

Now, there are those who have a massively inflated notion of their goods' worth, and we saw it recently with the Vectrex for €700, since revised south to closer to €500, still too much.
This seller thinks their goods are instantly worth a packet because it is old, and so retro and so fodder for the hipsters out there that are just too cool to play Uncharted 4 and would rather something rarer than the average bear next to their ancient Pye TV set.