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Anyone have dealings with customs seemingly randomly picking a price for an item to try get more vat off you, have a box being held just has two gamecubes japanese with few games, label on the box shows the prices I paid and postage costs.

I have updated customs with the paypal statement and pictures of the auctions to verify that the prices listed on the package are the actual prices I paid etc.

Was chatting with them on the phone and they said they are awaiting an updated price list and similar items that have come in before they can give me an answer on if they will be charging more vat or not, chap on the phone seems to have been looking the prices up on ebay and quoting buy it now pal version prices on the games / consoles, when I explained to him there is a difference in price between pal systems/games and jap system/games, fobbed me off and said this is how its done which I don't believe.

I tried to get through to a more senior person but was told non available at the minute, do I just bite my tongue and pay what they say or is there anything more I can do if I dont accept the extra vat they want me to pay.

After posting I realised this is more for general thread than new gets, apologies.

Yeah I forwarded all info, exact paypal payments, the matching auctions from yahoo, receipts from the proxy site, just waiting on a call back from a more senior customs official to go through this with.

What happens if I don’t pay the Customs Charge by the “pay by date”?

If the Customs Charge is not paid by the “pay by date” the item will be returned to the sender.

https://www.anpost.com/customs

These seem like a good idea considering the state of things at the moment.

Picked this up on ebay earlier in the week; box is in really good condition considering it is cardboard rather than the usual plastic hard-case offering for most Sega Megadrive titles. Even came with a box protector which was nice. Only downside is the manual being in French but a) I can read & speak French, b) it's a platform game so it's not going to be super complex requiring a manual to explain, and c) in any case, I am familiar with the game from its C64 incarnation.

A pretty depressing haul over the week. First time I've bought anything retro-related in a long time. The games are whatever, but hey, the more the merrier... eh? .... 😭

Pet hate about buying used games is the non-inclusion of manuals. I have never understood the notion of throwing away anything the game comes with. I can proudly say that every game I ever bought new in my life has never had a manual go missing. Wear and tear, absolutely, but it's still in the box. That being said I really need to find a fresh manual for Flashback - mines is almost destroyed.

This is also the first time I've bought a loose Mega Drive game and I don't like it 😑

The only time I'll buy a game without a manual is if a complete version is significantly more expensive. My copies of Moonwalker and Splatterhouse 2 on the Mega Drive are missing manuals but were a steal compared to complete copies, although looking back those are games I'd like to have complete.

I hate listings that are just box art and little to no description so I don't know if it has a manual or not.

Yeah I'm looking forward to giving it a go myself - heard good things.

Super Skidmarks! The sequel to Skidmarks on the Amiga, looks like that was only released on the Amiga's and Mega Drive. Great games, I would rate it above Micro Machines because of the '3D'ness (thats a word right?)

Full throttle....did the first game only have partial throttle?

New grabs this past week.

Managed to get myself an insert for my loose copy of Tiny Toons. I already had an aftermarket blank case so that was convenient. All I need now is a manual. Finally I can sit it with the rest of them.

I also bought NHL93 after realising I was missing it from my collection of NHL games on the MD.

And finally, I managed to get a sealed copy of ISS Deluxe.

I don't know if it's factory-sealed (the seller seems to be selling a few of these sealed copies) but it looks brand new just by looking at it up close. Not a mark on it - nothing out of place. If this is used, then they've definitely fooled me. I won't be opening it to find out anyway.

Saw a good few titles on The Rage's website so thought I'd go in and have a look, lots of window shopping potential with cheap games I've never played but unfortunately most of them were missing manuals, I had about 15 games in mind. Was hoping to pick up the likes of Galaxy Force 2, Space Harrier etc.

Very little selection on the shelves, their website isn't always accurate but I saw some games pop up and sell out so I asked and most of the stuff is in boxes behind the til due to space. It was a bit awkward with them bringing boxes out one by one and me checking for manuals but they were sound about it.

Still, nice to go and have a browse and pick up some random games.

Unless it requires the console to be flashed/modded, I couldn't find a thing.

I'm surprised at how much of their stuff is beat up in general compared to eBay. Window shopping generally doesn't disappoint but it's a game you want then it seems there's a 90% chance it's missing a manual or in rough shape and you'll be leaving empty handed.

I was even willing to spend €60 on Night Warriors Darkstalkers Revenge on the Saturn because of how little I was getting but even that was missing a manual. Probably for the best that Tech Romancer or Gigawing were outside my window shopping budget.

Still, the prices are pretty good and there's a decent selection. Funny enough the stuff missing manuals was mostly pretty good condition.

Do you have to patch the disc image and then burn it to disc maybe?