SOLD
Thank you to everyone else that supported my thread. :redcart:
As the title states, I'm selling off my copy of Gimmick for Famicom. The game is in very nice shape, with little apparent wear. The label is still glossy. Manual is in excellent shape. Box has some mild wear, notably at the top of the spine with what appears to be some slight discoloration.
Price is negotiable, and includes shipping within the US. Int'l shipping would be +$30, as I only ship overseas on pricey items EMS (w/ full insurance and tracking). Please be aware of that if you live in a country with high customs duties.
I'm open to trades or trades+cash, but my list is very specific:
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance GBA SP set, mint
- Dragon Quest flyers and posters (PM me for specifics, as I have quite a few of them already)
- Doki Doki panic handbill
- Square-button Famicom CIB, mint
- 3DS Zelda-edition CIB, new or mint
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No offense mate, but if people are saying it's going for about $300 on ebay and YAJ, why would they buy it from you for more? It's not like there's loads of money floating around. I mean, people on here cut each other deals, but they're not stupid. You can't really just expect to pull well over $100 more than the going rate of a rare cart. It's kind of rude, if you ask me.
Well in his defence, he states that the price is negotiable. My guess is that this is the amount of money he would ideally like to receive for the game. I see nothing wrong with that, and would rather list at $400 and then take a best offer of $300 than list too cheap and realize later that I was raked over the coals during the sale.
I think it is very important to give people deals, and I try to give a deal here and there. With rare items though, it becomes a difficult situation. I have some items that I would not take less than $100 for, just because they are rare and I would rather keep them in my collection than sell them for less. Maybe he just values his game at $400, and maybe someone here is willing to pay it?
FCGamer - it's not serious, it's just a piss-take from another thread, he's just being petty about it. Haggar was looking for Gimmick for a low price and got called out on it.
Quote from: L___E___T on October 29, 2012, 11:33:26 am
FCGamer - it's not serious, it's just a piss-take from another thread, he's just being petty about it. Haggar was looking for Gimmick for a low price.
Hehe, good to know mate. :) I just get frustrated when people jump on others about prices sometimes though - if something doesn't sell for a price, then the seller can decide if he or she wants to lower the price or not. ;) But thanks for letting me know about haggar's intents with this one bro.
Quote from: mikehaggar on October 29, 2012, 09:04:12 am
No offense mate, but if people are saying it's going for about $300 on ebay and YAJ, why would they buy it from you for more? It's not like there's loads of money floating around. I mean, people on here cut each other deals, but they're not stupid. You can't really just expect to pull well over $100 more than the going rate of a rare cart. It's kind of rude, if you ask me.
Price is about correct and there is not so many Gimmick's floating around. Why so much fuss about Gimmick price, when noone complaining about golden Punch Out, for example?
I don't like this price driving. Seller stated price and even allowed OBO. All clear.
L_E_T's got the right of it. The guy's just being a jerk. Pay him no mind. I know I'm certainly not, since I got several free bumps out of it ;D
I'll do mikehaggar a favor. Here's the completed listings for Gimmick in the last couple of months.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320975053671 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/320975053671) September 08, 2012. Cart only. $211.49 shipped from Japan to US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/320977508431 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/320977508431) September 12, 2012. Cart only. $170.49 shipped from Japan to US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110952552499 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/110952552499) September 17, 2012. Cart only. $215.00 shipped from Japan to US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280954385028 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/280954385028) September 06, 2012. CIB. $336.00 shipped from Japan to US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110949345237 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/110949345237) September 16, 2012. CIB. $350.00 shipped from Japan to US.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/280953735544 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/280953735544) September 16, 2012. CIB. $404.70 shipped from Japan to US.
Current copies of a cart or CIB on eBay? Zero as of October 29, 2012.
Last copy seen on eBay? September 17, 2012.
So let's see... You come in here with your first post and ask to pay $100 for a cart that is going for at least $70 more. After being told you're lowballing people, you up your lowball by $20, which is still really low. You blame eBay ???
I put my CIB copy up for sale at the top end of the verifiable range of prices with a best offer option, knowing and willing to negotiate with a reasonable buyer. I list all condition issues, post plenty of pictures, and haven't actually argued with anyone about my prices.
I mean, I see what you did there with copying my post and turning it back on me, but it's just a poor, poor attempt to troll. If you're going to call someone out on something, at least do it when they deserve it. Not, y'know, when they're spot on with their sales policies and pricing history. 8)
Also, still available. Bump :)
I'm also with Epic_Lotus on this one.
These days 400$ seems like a reasonable price.
It's his good (and it's a very much sought after item), so he can set the price. I don't see any problem with it even if he asked 500. If there's no buyer, he can't sell it of course, but if somebody's willing to pay that price, good for both parties!
Good luck with the sale!
Well averaging it out...
CIB shipped from Japan to US:
- $336
- $350
- $392 (changed this price to reflect airmail shipping)
That's an average of $359.30
Based upon the current market $400 with local shipping included seems pretty spot on. I imagine if someone offered something of $350 and over the seller would seriously consider the offer, so any potential buyer is only paying the going market rate.
Quote from: Frank_fjs on October 29, 2012, 10:42:16 pm
Well averaging it out...
It's like average temperature of patients in a hospital - some has fever, but some already in the fridge and average is 36.6. Cheapest was beginning of September and
nothing appeared during October. Price is going up and according to prices for some other carts i would not predict, where is maximum.
Quote from: 80sFREAK on October 30, 2012, 01:02:47 am
some has fever, but some already in the fridge
LOLOLOLOLOL ! I must remember that ;D ;D
So much trolling here. It's like 'yall got NintendoAge in my Famicom World. Must be Halloween factor...
Ah don't take my post as a troll, I just really loved that metaphore ;D
Sorry I don't have anything to say on topic.
Still cheaper than Air Raid... and a better game to boot! ;D
Quote from: egg_sanwich on October 30, 2012, 07:43:17 am
Still cheaper than Air Raid... and a better game to boot! ;D
Lol, funny but true. ;D
Here are the facts. (And just because I'm a new member, it doesn't make anything that I write any less relevant).
1) People have the right to make any offer they choose for buying and selling. If I don't find it at the price I wanted, it's my loss. And if you can't sell your gimmick at your price, it's your loss. The market determines what price is fair and what isn't. Lotus started out by getting into MY thread where I was trying to find Gimmick, and decided to call me rude in the thread for making my offer. Why? I don't know, maybe you felt threatened at me possibly finding Gimmick for cheap when you were about to try to hawk yours for $400 on the same forum. After all, if I happen to get lucky and find something cheap, how could you sell yours a month later for way more? Do you see how painfully ironic it is that I was called rude by you for offering a price for a game, but you aren't rude for getting into my thread and spewing negativity at me? By posting in my thread and insulting me, you were out of line first. It doesn't really matter if my original post WAS too low of an offer for Gimmick. It is rude and inconsiderate to go into somebody else's thread and derail it with your opinion when it wasn't asked for. Yeah I was rude to you. Because you were first. It doesn't even matter how much you want to charge or how little I wanted to pay. But if you want to go there...
2) Your rudeness aside, if you really want to get petty and talk about facts regarding sales figures (even though it doesn't change my first point whatsoever), why not state the complete facts? Just using ebay huh? I've seen these "informed" folks on ebay pay $100 for gimmick REPRO's (clearly stated as such), which are readily available for $45 new. Very convenient to list the high price point comparison to your sale. So I guess YAJ doesn't exist when comparing prices? A CIB Gimmick just ended about 2 or 3 weeks ago on YAJ at around 19000 yen, a whopping $162 under your "gracious" sale offer of $400. Even throwing shipping and proxy fees, it would probably still be more than $100 less than yours. There are more. They get snatched up quickly, but they are there. Why not factor that into your so called average? Oh right, you're trying to prove I was out of line and you weren't. Even without some of these low listings in the last month or two at YAJ, you were still $41 above the average according to Frank. You gave me shit for offering $100-120 for a loose game that people said went for around $150. Yeah, that's really worth getting into my thread and giving me shit. But yours is fine. Does anybody else smell the bullshit?
Let's recap: You claim I'm a jerk for posting in your thread while you were trying to sell something at above market value: That is true! Unless I posted in here to say I wanted your game for $400, I was being a jerk, because that's the thread topic. However.....I only did it because you were a jerk first for doing the same exact thing to me. Quite a way to welcome a new member. And if you aren't honest (or mature or intelligent) enough to admit that, then there's nothing else I can do about it.
drama queen. why not PM him if you have a problem instead of airing out your dirty laundry in his sale thread. If no-one wants it for $400 then I'm sure his price will change. Don't like the price then don't buy it. From what I've read in alot of the posts in this thread everyone agrees with his pricing accept you.
We'd all like Gimmick for less but thats just not likely to happen... especially on a forum where everyone is a collector. We're lucky to get the deals we do here from each other as we all know what stuff is worth.
Drop your attitude and don't dump on peoples sale threads.
Butthurt politics are butthurt. I think it comes down more to attitude, Epic's original post started off with 'no offense but' and then made a point, it was a note with an opinion and instead listening you just bit back, so it doesn't bode well.
For what it's worth, $100-120 is too low for loose and $400 is too high for CIB in my opinion, but it's the difference in attitude and way you carry yourselves that people notice and sets you both apart. In my opinion. Add to that people kinda know one of you and the other don't and it pretty much explains the general sentiment.
Man, I just don't even know where to go with this. The "facts" that mikehaggar is spouting are just so much opinionated nonsense. I reported the post because I think he's just being inflammatory at this point.
I've started and erased several rebuttals to his points, but I think anyone actually paying attention is smart enough to make the right conclusions anyways.
The supposed "shit" I gave him can be easily referenced here:
http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=8491.0 (http://www.famicomworld.com/forum/index.php?topic=8491.0)
If you read that and find my posts to be out of line, please by all means feel free to never deal with me. If you have any questions regarding my hundreds of positive trading experiences, I'm more than happy to reply to PM's for more details. I'll state upfront that I have 5 positive feedback so far here on FW, 214 positive feedback on NintendoAge, and 253 positive feedback on eBay. I am 100% on all sites, with not a single negative feedback.
So, if after over 450 positive transactions, there's a concern that I'm actually difficult to deal with in transactions, feel free to let me know why.
Edit to add: Thanks to those jumping in to defend my thread and its sales policies. I definitely appreciate the support :)
Quote from: mikehaggar on October 30, 2012, 10:18:26 am
Here are the facts. (And just because I'm a new member, it doesn't make anything that I write any less relevant).
1) People have the right to make any offer they choose for buying and selling. If I don't find it at the price I wanted, it's my loss. And if you can't sell your gimmick at your price, it's your loss. The market determines what price is fair and what isn't. Lotus started out by getting into MY thread where I was trying to find Gimmick, and decided to call me rude in the thread for making my offer. Why? I don't know, maybe you felt threatened at me possibly finding Gimmick for cheap when you were about to try to hawk yours for $400 on the same forum. After all, if I happen to get lucky and find something cheap, how could you sell yours a month later for way more? Do you see how painfully ironic it is that I was called rude by you for offering a price for a game, but you aren't rude for getting into my thread and spewing negativity at me? By posting in my thread and insulting me, you were out of line first. It doesn't really matter if my original post WAS too low of an offer for Gimmick. It is rude and inconsiderate to go into somebody else's thread and derail it with your opinion when it wasn't asked for. Yeah I was rude to you. Because you were first. It doesn't even matter how much you want to charge or how little I wanted to pay. But if you want to go there...
2) Your rudeness aside, if you really want to get petty and talk about facts regarding sales figures (even though it doesn't change my first point whatsoever), why not state the complete facts? Just using ebay huh? I've seen these "informed" folks on ebay pay $100 for gimmick REPRO's (clearly stated as such), which are readily available for $45 new. Very convenient to list the high price point comparison to your sale. So I guess YAJ doesn't exist when comparing prices? A CIB Gimmick just ended about 2 or 3 weeks ago on YAJ at around 19000 yen, a whopping $162 under your "gracious" sale offer of $400. Even throwing shipping and proxy fees, it would probably still be more than $100 less than yours. There are more. They get snatched up quickly, but they are there. Why not factor that into your so called average? Oh right, you're trying to prove I was out of line and you weren't. Even without some of these low listings in the last month or two at YAJ, you were still $41 above the average according to Frank. You gave me shit for offering $100-120 for a loose game that people said went for around $150. Yeah, that's really worth getting into my thread and giving me shit. But yours is fine. Does anybody else smell the bullshit?
Let's recap: You claim I'm a jerk for posting in your thread while you were trying to sell something at above market value: That is true! Unless I posted in here to say I wanted your game for $400, I was being a jerk, because that's the thread topic. However.....I only did it because you were a jerk first for doing the same exact thing to me. Quite a way to welcome a new member. And if you aren't honest (or mature or intelligent) enough to admit that, then there's nothing else I can do about it.
Aren't those Gimmick "repros" on eBay just pirates made in the basements or workshops of various (mostly US and Canadian I believe) people?
New week bump!
Up :)
Might help to try and cut someone a deal. At $400, they might as well buy it off ebay for the same price. The only difference selling here is that the seller will not pay $47 in ebay fees. good for the seller and bad for the buyer.
"OBO" = Or Best Offer. He's not fixed at $400.
Quote from: lordloss on November 13, 2012, 09:13:19 am
Might help to try and cut someone a deal. At $400, they might as well buy it off ebay for the same price. The only difference selling here is that the seller will not pay $47 in ebay fees. good for the seller and bad for the buyer.
How exactly is it bad for the buyer if the seller doesn't have to pay ebay fees?
It's bad for the buyer in terms of the saving of fees that isn't split at all.
80s Freak - I thought the $7 was the payapl fee? $40 being the 10% from eBay?
Quote from: 80sFREAK on November 14, 2012, 05:34:08 am
Quote from: L___E___T on November 14, 2012, 05:29:02 am
It's bad for the buyer in terms of the saving of fees that isn't split at all.
80s Freak - I thought the $7 was the payapl fee? $40 being the 10% from eBay?
Buyer pays $400 on ebay or here, what is the difference for buyer?
Also BUMP :)
Yup, that is how I look at it as well. Either way buyer pays $400, only the seller makes out better here.
If the seller was a buddy of mine or whatever, then I would be happy for him if he or she were to make more money on it, even if it cost me the same amount. I mean, fellow collector getting a few more bucks or ebay getting a few bucks, where would you prefer your dollars to go?
If I buy an expensive item from eBay, I always offer to deal outside of eBay and through paypal to save the 10% fees.
Of course my offer reflects that, so buyer and seller benefit and eBay get the paypal fees still.
But of course that's against eBay rules. (Not that I care. ;D eBay has enough money)
It's not against their rules, but they advise against doing those kinds of deals in their policy. Even if it is against their rules, that means little when they pick and choose which rules and which instances they enforce. They remove things like famicom converters but leave sellers making a fortune from compiled Dreamcast ROMs on disc, despite several e-mails alerting them to these sellers. They also don't give a damn about GBA pirates/fakes.
My point is, when their rules get broken but they make money in the meantime, they turn a blind eye, so I have no qualms working with sellers to take discussions off eBay where necessary. Their fees are so high this is rarely an issue for me and many sellers are happy to work out a mutually better deal.
Just to update, my copy of Gimmick has been sold. Thanks to everyone that supported my sale thread (and to the buyer :) ).