I'd buy that for a $: Retro bargains

Gradius wrote: »

Perhaps the most annoying thing is that certain charges are made including postage! And then the minimum 10 euro for an post too.

Seriously kills the idea of getting stuff from Japan unless you can get stuff drastically marked down. But then that's a risk too.

I recently bought something from New Zealand and the dude agreed to lower it's "value" to like 20 quid. But now, if the thing goes AWOL or is smashed to bits, I'm left high and dry. Bit nervous about it now.

So, risky or expensive

there was always "less risk"(although junk listing & dodgy descriptions are a bit more prevelant these days, ng aes "expensive games" had been the main one for years to be carefull on so i never had to worry :pac: ) with stuff from japan than private sellers worldwide.
my mindset has changed to factor in those costs and if its still a good price then all good.

Inviere wrote: »

I always felt it's incredibly unfair to apply charges to second hand items. I get it in the sense that if you're buying a brand new item that you could buy here, that they're recouping revenue....but second hand items? Further robbery to apply the fee with postage price included too.

+1 the fees on postage and used goods really bugged me but i've had years to come to terms with it, just

o1s1n wrote: »

Anyone else find that they just never really get stung with import duties though?

I've imported hundreds upon hundreds of items from outside of Europe, most in excess of the import duty free threshold amount and only ever got charged twice. (and they were both in Airsoft guns so not exactly easy to miss!)

not as much anymore ,years ago nothing got pulled, it seems, but over the last 2-3 years I've had more requests for invoices etc than ever and i'm buying **** all these days so puts a real damper on any bargains you think your getting

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I wish. They always **** me over with the insanely expensive stuff.

Still not financially recovered from buying Gimmick from Japan.

noice how much did revenue make off you on that ?

One of the things I did have stopped, had a value of about 250 euro.

They contact me asking for an invoice as they couldn't value it to calculate the tax.

I bought it on Ebay (where prices vary wildly, as you know), so sent them a photo of the completed auction.

The number shown on the final bid may have looked slightly different in the photo to the actual final number bid due to a shine on my screen at the time.

...

Rather amazingly though, they didnt charge me any import duties. :pac:

Couple of nice Trinis on Dungdeal.

Galway for 20 quid

https://www.donedeal.ie/tv-for-sale/sony-tv/24584311?utm_campaign=contentsharing&utm_medium=advertsweb&utm_source=adverts

Westmeath for 40

https://www.donedeal.ie/tv-for-sale/sony-trinitron/24729837?utm_campaign=contentsharing&utm_medium=advertsweb&utm_source=adverts

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

Former friend of the show is selling
http://www.adverts.ie/20558400

Hardly a bargain at €500 though..

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Hardly a bargain at €500 though..

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

No, possibly not.
Unless they normally sell for 1 billion dollars...

Seems yea could get one from the UK for €300 + ParcelMotel - https://ebay.us/OIbJhW
An extra €200 for the convenience of picking it up in Dublin? Prob not worth that

o1s1n wrote: »

Did we learn nothing from the Metroid Prime Trilogy scandal?

Oh do tell!

I

I am going to back track, go with 'Don't mention the war!' and goose step outta here! :pac:

BrownFinger wrote: »

is that someone buying up all the cheap copies from argos then selling them on adverts or something >?

Pyongayng ?

I forgot about that. Thats yet another black mark for him in my book. :P

Threw a few bits on Adverts:

PS3 Games (some nice ones, some meh) - https://www.adverts.ie/playstation/playstation-3-games/20638662

x2 Arcapde1up Cabs (Streetfighter 2 & Rampage) - https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/arcade1up-cabs-x2/20638562

And a hard one to price here, PS3 Resident Evil HD (Asian version, not Japanese) new & sealed. There's only one on ebay.com that I can see, with most being either used or regular Japanese copies - https://www.adverts.ie/playstation/resident-evil-hd/20638550

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I'm disappointed I missed those cabs!

Don't worry I'm pretty sure they'll be relisted in a few days, might be a tad more expensive though.

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Don't worry I'm pretty sure they'll be relisted in a few days, might be a tad more expensive though.

I wouldn't have thought there's much scope left for a price increase is there? 325/2=162.5 each, which I thought was fair but not reseller-bait? Maybe I'm wrong?

o1s1n wrote: »

You aren't factoring in one thing - the numerical multiplier that is being a profiteering scrote.

Once you do that then the sky is the limit when it comes to prices

I tried pricing them on Adverts but there were none (strange really), so I just priced them on what I felt they were worth. I paid €400 for both in that GameStop offer a few years back...so figured a €75 loss over two years isn't bad going.

In all seriousness though, I thought you were pretty on the ball with those prices. They get no use at all in the end, no?

I had a bit of a feeling they might become the new clothes horse in most households.

Zero use whatsoever. They're just a novelty item really. You could put some money into them with better controls, internals, scanlines, etc....but at that rate you'd be as well buying the real thing.

Might be of interest to someone for 50 Euro: https://www.donedeal.ie/games-for-sale/retro-space-invader-table-cabinet-only/25077219?campaign=14

"Retro Space Invader Table - cabinet only"

bmorrissey wrote: »

You just beat me to it i rang him up Saturday evening, not long after you took it away im guessing

Yeah collect on Saturday afternoon so just got in ahead of you

Not exactly a bargain (though there is some Adverts tax applied), but I've listed a CiB Sony Vita which is on firmware 3.60 and Henkaku is installed (jailbroken). It's the 1st gen OLED model too...and comes with an SD2VITA adapter so you can use microsd cards with it....pretty much the ultimate Vita setup!

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/sony-vita-jailbroken-complete-in-box/20796927