the small score's thread

[Tan]

yeah... But... estarland... It shipping... Globally... At... Good... Prices...

I'm sorry, but 20 euro for a harry potter game seems like robbery to me, that's all.

Huh?

$27 USD for a brand new PS2 game is a bad deal? Since when? No PAL copies on eBay, or this eStarland, buyer didn't have to pay shipping or customs or wait a week for it and got to see it in person before purchase. Sounds like a decent small score to me.

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Picked up a box & manual for Twisted Metal 2 for the PC. First time I've seen one of these and apparently quite uncommon. Doesn't have the game disc but is otherwise in great shape plus has the jewel case inside along with the reg. card. Only $5 so I figured why the hell not, I can always complete it later.

[Barracuda]

Picked up:

Sega Multi-Player Adapter - $1.99
Columns (PAL, CIB) - $3.99

Now I need some four player action.

[Sirgin]

I'm sorry, but 20 euro for a harry potter game seems like robbery to me, that's all.

You don't have to decide what is a bad deal or not in my place. I'm an adult and I can make decisions myself. I wanted the game and I find €20 a good price for any game that I want if it's new.

I'll explain it one last time: There's no Goodwill here, no GameStop and nothing else that resembles that kind of shops. A second-hand market does not exist here like it exists in the US.

I have NEVER seen a game from more than 1 generation ago in a store. NEVER. It just doesn't exist here. I've accepted that, I suggest you do the same and be happy that your country has such fantastic stores for retrogame collectors like yourself.

A kid at the register in front of me paid €59.99 for FIFA '09 on the 360. (just to give you an idea) So even though you think that €20 for a new game is an outrage, it's a great deal for me in Belgium. You cannot (or very rarely) find PS2 games below €19.99. It just isn't there.


PS: I've looked up the game on Estarland and what do I find? An NTSC, used version of the game for $14.50. Obviously an NTSC game is worthless to me but even if I could play them, I don't see why $14.50 +shipping for a used game is such a good deal and $27 for a new game is not.

[logical123]

I guess it is just going over my head. Us American's are privvy to being spoon fed games at low prices. The main reason why I was so shocked is because you can get new copies of that HP game for $9.99 new here in the states. $27 for a new PS2 game almost never happens, unless it was just released. All the old stock (like that harry potter game) is at $9.99, $19.99, or (in the case of God of War 2) $29.99.

I guess it is just a whole different world... Solution? Move to the US for 1.5 weeks and buy a ton of cheap games, then ship 'em back. Crazy you say? When I am old enough, I will be doing the same thing, except replace Japan with US. ($22 for SMB + $9 Shipping? NTY!) The trick though is to buy enough games where you make up the cost difference for the plane ticket!

[James]

I guess it is just a whole different world... Solution? Move to the US for 1.5 weeks and buy a ton of cheap games, then ship 'em back. Crazy you say?

Yes, very crazy. Because NTSC games generally don't work on PAL hardware.

[logical123]

[Feechy]

Best score of the year for me! All Atari stuff!

Atari Computer's:

Atari 400
Atari 130XE

Games and performance things for both computers:
Cassete with Deflection and 3D maze on it
Some red cart
Smart Terminal
Joust
Centipede
BASIC Computing Language
Mosaic 64K RAM Select

Other:
Atari 1010 (Cassete Player)
Modem for both Model 2H-003
Shamus Manual
Centipede Manual
Atari 400 Manual
Atari Program Exchange Fall Edition 1983
Atari 1010 Manual
Atari 2600 Manual
Spitfire Ace Manual

Atari 2600 Games:
Enduro
Seaquest
Robot Tank
Laser Blast
Spider Fighter
Keystone Kapers
Venture (CIB)

Intellivision:
Space Attack

Guess how much it all was.

[James]

One cent?

[Sirgin]

I guess it is just a whole different world... Solution? Move to the US for 1.5 weeks and buy a ton of cheap games, then ship 'em back. Crazy you say?

Yes, very crazy. Because NTSC games generally don't work on PAL hardware.

As James pointed out, there really is no way to escape the higher prices here.

I know I could buy NTSC consoles and NTSC games but I don't want to go through that hassle because it's just not worth it.

@Feechy: My guess is: nothing.

[Feechy]

Yeah sirgin's right, found it in the trash at my dad's house! And it works perfectly! Happy I am!

[Sirgin]

Yeah sirgin's right, found it in the trash at my dad's house! And it works perfectly! Happy I am!

My psychic powers never fail me.

[logical123]

 

[Mr. Ksoft]

Another game came in the mail yesterday but I just found out this morning.

[img width=700 height=525]http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m34/MrKsoft/photos/100_3256.jpg[/img]

I kinda wish the name had been left as Thunder Force IV...

[Sirgin]

Looks nice, Mr. Ksoft.

[blcklblskt]

My scores from yesterday's flea market:

Goldeneye 007 (N64, PC, CIB) - $3

Columns - (SMS, CIB) - $1

Metal Arms: Glitch in the System (GC, CIB) - Free   (I didn't even buy anything from the guy.  I asked him the price, and he said I could have it.  I wish everyone was like that  )

Game Boy Pocket (Silver), with Donkey Kong Land (GBC) - $5

and here's a big NES haul:

Dr. Mario (with Manual),
Millipede,
Tetris (Nintendo version),
Double Dragon (beat label),
Double Dragon II (beat label),
Arkista's Ring,
Klax (Tengen),
Pac Man (Tengen),
Alien Syndrome (Tengen),
Skull and Crossbones (Tengen),
Silent Assault (Blue Cart, by Color Dreams),
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (x2),
The Magic of Scheherazade,
Golgo 13,
Renegade,
Gyromite,
Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt,
R.C. Pro-Am,
Crystalis,
Ultima: Exodus,
Paperboy,
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project,
Astyanax,
Mach Rider,
Wrestlemania Challenge,
Friday the 13th,
Phantom Fighter,
X-Men,
and 2 plastic Nintendo NES game cases - all for $40

Nothing on Sunday from the 'market 

I was pretty hesitant on that NES lot for $40, and I couldn't talk him down any lower.  But I saw the Tengen titles and figured 'what the hell' so I bought it.