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    For you, Vic-20 lovers

    in Auction Central

    Posted

    Ah... you're selling that. It's in my watch list, because I want the complete Creepy Corridors! I have everything else... so what sort of price would you want for it? :)

     

    Put your maximum bid on it and see.. :D

     

    I recieved very nice side deal offers but I decided to let it ride for everyone's pleasure! ;)

    What do I do? Need advice on buying a stash of Atari stuff!

    in Atari 2600

    Posted

    I'd say there's a price for everything.

     

    When you sell as a lot, you know you will not get the sum of the prices of all individual items.

     

    When you pick random stuff blindly, you can't really assume anything more than the minimum.

     

    85 common games with some boxed = about 50$

    Boxed unworking trackball = 10$

    Empty 2600 box (some people seem to not care about serials so you can always sell that with a random system) = 5$

     

    My first offer would be 65$, and my max 75$. Over that, it's a risk I would not be ready to take for a lot I can't see before making an offer.

    Wrong game!

    in Auction Central

    Posted

    if the seller shipped you the wrong game at their fault' date=' you have every right to be reimbursed for the shipping cost that you will have to pay. and if they reimburse you with paypal, have them add the 3% paypal fee that they will charge you when you get the money. good luck[/quote']

     

    In fact, you can refund payments in paypal, reversing all the fees that have been charged.

    Nice lot

    in Auction Central

    Posted

    Just to let you know if you are interested as I went to my post office to get shipping quotes, shipping to Quebec/Ontario is 8$, for the rest of Canada it's 12$

     

    To eastern US, it's 18$, to western US it's 22$.

     

    This is regular parcel to Canada, Accelerated parcel to the US. Will take up to 12 days for the most distant locations.

    To the Canadian AA members, Tell us your sob stories for $39

    in Contests

    Posted

    Here in Canada we have damn cold winters, everyone knows that. I posted an ad on a web site and a guy called saying he had ultra rare Atari stuff for a deal. I had to be quick, there seems to be a lot of colletors around here, stuff is selling fast in local ads and all... but there were a snowstorm outside.

     

    That the hell, that may be the greatest deal!

     

    So, I put my coat, my boots and my tuque on and get outside in the cold -34ºC (you do the conversion), with the wind that drops the temperature to -65ºC! What the hell, I got clothes to confront that. Walking through 18 inches of snow, after walking for 15 minutes, I lost a boot in the snow.. and in a storm, finding a boot in 18 inches of snow is like a needle in the hay.. so I continued.. the wind was slashing my face and to make things worse, all the route to his house was uphill! After 15 more minutes I was knocking on his door. Finally.

     

    He presented his collection: A vader Atari 2600 with Missile Command and Combat. WOW! How much did he ask again? That was 50$! I know canadian dollar isn't worth much, but it's not that bad! I finally got the lot for a more reasonable 20$.

     

    I had now to go back to my house. Since I had to pass like 30 minutes with this guy, snow had melted so my socks were all wet. Outside, it took a thousandth of a second to freeze. And remember, I have only one boot now. Damn it was cold, the temperature rose a bit but the wind was stronger and in my face now, freezing it hard as ice. I didn't feel my frozen foot anymore, my fingers were unresponsive to my brain commands and my eyes were merly opened. One bad thing was the return path was uphill too, damn it.

     

    I arrived at home finally. Took a day or to to unfreeze and plugged the Atari in... not working! :o I took it outside and threw it as far as I could in the snow, cartridges included.

     

    The next spring, you know what I found when the snow had melted? My f*ckin atari. I smashed it apart before throwing it in the garbage.. that was probably the first time I had some pleasure seeing the garbage truck compacting the trash.. hearing the sound of cracking plastic was suddenly a symphony to my ears. :)

     

    And yes I am in Canada.

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