I'd buy that for a $: Retro bargains

For over 600 Euro all in you think they'd give you a USB power cable, but they don't. I guess time to order and then forget about it until I see the deduction from my card in February and startt having buyers regret.

i usually buy two of every mini, one to play and one to save unopened, I guess this one will just stay unopened.

Inviere wrote: »

Am I reading that right? €600+ for a mini E2 with an SoC inside it?

Well.....if you were after all the bells and whistles, then yeah, after shipping and duty etc
it's around 630 euro. At least that's what i calculated yesterday, haven't double checked.
Otherwise the unit on its own would be around 180-190.
Ultimately it comes down to how you use it I suppose.......190 isn't too bad for what would become a paperweight for many. But 600 plus is an entirely different proposition with addon controllers for what is still a largely unknown proposition.
I liked the Astro City Mini, but I'm under no illusions that it performs its function just sitting on shelf.

McDermotX wrote: »

190 isn't too bad for what would become a paperweight for many. But 600 plus is an entirely different proposition with addon controllers for what is still a largely unknown proposition.

Agreed, €190 or so is just about ok given the hoops needed to jump through to get one. €600+ though, collectors or not that's just stupid considering what you're getting.

o1s1n wrote: »

600 is a big chunk out of buying a real one!

Exactly!

Not sure if this is the right thread. My eBay account is registered as being a uk one as I have an address in England as well as here. I did that as it helped sell things because the British customers bid more than when they saw it located in Ireland.

Anyway the point of this post is that I received an email from eBay a couple of days ago telling me that I'll be automatically charged extra vat on items less than 150 pounds that go outside the UK now. They put in the email that you have to be careful because if you don't package it right the buyer could end up being charged twice.

Point of this post is they make it seem like it will be a spin in the hole so the few sellers that would post to Ireland may give up after the 1st of July. Hopefully not, but when I read it my thoughts were I'll only sell to British customers now so if I thought that no doubt others did too.

Edit: actually probably wise copy and paste the relevant parts of the email:

Hello andrew,

From 1 July, and in line with new legislation, eBay will collect VAT on all goods which are sold through eBay and shipped to buyers in the European Union (EU) with a consignment value up to EUR150. eBay will collect VAT on all sales to private individuals, regardless of seller status. eBay will declare the VAT collected under our Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) number.

As EU customs need to identify if VAT has already been paid for EU imports, eBay’s IOSS number needs to be shared electronically with carriers. In cases where eBay has collected VAT and the goods are shipped from the UK, you are responsible for sharing eBay’s IOSS number with your carrier. Failure to share eBay’s IOSS will lead to buyers paying VAT again on delivery. Note that the Post Office systems do not accept a manually provided IOSS number.

DaveyDave wrote: »

Am I right in saying we will have to pay VAT on everything below €22 now? If that's the case, are we still working on a trade deal with Japan? Wouldn't want to pay VAT on all the €2-5 'used software' that I get from there.

Its the extra few euro which AnPost will charge to collect the VAT on the €2-5 which will make it not make sense

Dublinandy3 wrote: »

Not sure if this is the right thread. My eBay account is registered as being a uk one as I have an address in England as well as here. I did that as it helped sell things because the British customers bid more than when they saw it located in Ireland.

Anyway the point of this post is that I received an email from eBay a couple of days ago telling me that I'll be automatically charged extra vat on items less than 150 pounds that go outside the UK now. They put in the email that you have to be careful because if you don't package it right the buyer could end up being charged twice.

Point of this post is they make it seem like it will be a spin in the hole so the few sellers that would post to Ireland may give up after the 1st of July. Hopefully not, but when I read it my thoughts were I'll only sell to British customers now so if I thought that no doubt others did too.

I went the opposite way, I stopped shipping to the UK completely. There's a much bigger market in the EU combined than there ever was in the UK for me personally.
I often get messages asking if Ireland is still a member of the EU. It's a major selling point if people know they're not going to get caught for customs duty, especially on the more expensive games.

Hadouken!

Going to be listing a load of gear for sale over the next while on adverts.

Just stuck up an AES that has some graphical glitches that someone might be able to fix.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/neo-geo-aes-console-with-some-graphical-glitches/24503866?utm_source=email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=AdCreated

Lasted about 30 minutes :D

Btw, what good sites with retro bargain offers do you know. adverts ie and anything more? Is buyer somehow protected on adverts if seller is no playing fair play?

To be honest like 1 out of every 10 things I see on adverts has an alright price ( and it's usually a listing by someone here)

Recently saw a copy of streets of rage with no manual for €30. Checked eBay and regularly sells for about £20 with no manual. Prices are really gone insane

I paid €37 for it pre-Covid CiB and that was the going rate around 2019. High enough price for a common enough game.

Yeah, I have also impression that the prices of retro equipment are insane. I'm curious if it's only temporarily and in 2,3 years they will be much more reasonable or is that a long perspective trend. I have theory that we usually look for things we remember from our childchood. Ex. me I'm interested in Atari stuff but probably guys being ex. 10-20 years younger will look in some time for ex. Playstation stuff and noone will want to buy Atari in some years.

Could you guys give an estimate of the value of a working Sega Multimega (aka Mega CD) with over 10 discs incl Sonic and Batman?

Thanks for the info.