DeusExMachina Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) Take a look at this Boxed Jedi Arena on Ebay. I hope this is not they way we are headed! These grading companies are getting ridiculous. Pretty soon there will be a grading company for grading companies. Edited April 24, 2007 by DeusExMachina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarimania75 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Take a look at this Boxed Jedi Arena on Ebay. I hope this is not they way we are headed! These grading companies are getting ridiculous. Pretty soon there will be a grading company for grading companies. $150.00!!!!!!!! Thought for sure this would have been an auction by (beep4me) (bargains used and new) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I sure hope not. This is just one of the reasons I quit collecting baseball cards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianoid Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 It's Star Wars! Comes with the Chewy Cloth Cape! MIBSWG999999/1000000A++++++-PRFCT! Must be valuable. We are a subset of toy collectors, but not quite as lame. Most game collectors actually play with their games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Why would you bother grading this?? I could understand if it was worth a few hundred dollars but a sealed Jedi Arena, no matter how mint it is, is only worth a few bucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeusExMachina Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 Look at how much it costs to grade these items! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plaidbrad3141 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Wow. What a waste of money to grade Jedi Arena. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nintendo_Freak Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 In all fairness the game is more geared towards a star wars collector than a 2600 collector. Check out the other items being offered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 i wonder if those 2 offers are under 10$ LOL Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 God forbid I get a very good game instead of near mint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I sold 6 new Jedi's (mint) last year. The ending price ranged from $9.95-$24.95. If I thought that I could have sold them for $150 I would have held onto them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 This guy is just waiting for a Star Wars collector that doesn't know shit about Atari to bite on this one. Putting it at $150 and proffesionally grading it makes it look rare to an unsuspecting Star Wars fan looking for new junk for his collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Perhaps this guy got his pricing from Vintage Stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 If it were the Revenge of the Jedi boxes, now that would be different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarimania75 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Thats CRAZY! The item sold with buy it now! A Star Wars Arcade Sealed doesn't even get that much! I am flabbergasted right now! I guess this one will be on the next www.atari2600.com newsletter as costly mistake. I have 2 of these sealed and both i spent less than $20 on! Tempted to throw one up now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 That buyer is just plain stupid, always research your purchases.....or at the very least do an Ebay search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarimania75 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I guess the seller is laughing at my $20.00 offer all the way to the bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) The seller is freakin brilliant. The guy realized that Star Wars fans are super picky about only getting graded items. In getting his game graded he found a new market for these people. As far as is this a thing to come. Well the fact the guy was able to get $150 for this tells me that atleast with the 4 Star Wars games you can expect this to start happening on a regular basis from here on out. I still think that 97 percent of Atari 2600 games are safe though from getting graded but I do believe it will spread out to these other games so get ready. 1. Star Wars Jedi Arena 2. Star Wars The Arcade Game 3. Star Wars Death Star Battle 4. Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 5. Spiderman 6. Superman 7. Halloween 8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 9. Pete Rose Baseball These are the games that I believe have forever changed because of this auction. Edited April 24, 2007 by homerwannabee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The seller is freakin brilliant. The guy realized that Star Wars fans are super picky about only getting graded items. In getting his game graded he found a new market for these people. As far as is this a thing to come. Well the fact the guy was able to get $150 for this tells me that atleast with the 4 Star Wars games you can expect this to start happening on a regular basis from here on out. I still think that 97 percent of Atari 2600 games are safe though from getting graded but I do believe it will spread out to these other games so get ready. 1. Star Wars Jedi Arena 2. Star Wars The Arcade Game 3. Star Wars Death Star Battle 4. Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 5. Spiderman 6. Superman 7. Halloween 8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 9. Pete Rose Baseball These are the games that I believe have forever changed because of this auction. The buyer was just a dumb ass, sealed Jedi Arena games are a dime a dozen. Anyone can get something graded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 OUCH! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarimania75 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) I couldn't agree more........wait til he sees the next sealed Jedi Arena sell for $15.00 Edited April 24, 2007 by Atarimania75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 (edited) The seller is freakin brilliant. The guy realized that Star Wars fans are super picky about only getting graded items. In getting his game graded he found a new market for these people. As far as is this a thing to come. Well the fact the guy was able to get $150 for this tells me that atleast with the 4 Star Wars games you can expect this to start happening on a regular basis from here on out. I still think that 97 percent of Atari 2600 games are safe though from getting graded but I do believe it will spread out to these other games so get ready. 1. Star Wars Jedi Arena 2. Star Wars The Arcade Game 3. Star Wars Death Star Battle 4. Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 5. Spiderman 6. Superman 7. Halloween 8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 9. Pete Rose Baseball These are the games that I believe have forever changed because of this auction. The buyer was just a dumb ass, sealed Jedi Arena games are a dime a dozen. Anyone can get something graded. You know I thought the same way when the first Atari 2600 with a synthcart and keyboards sold for $130, but to my surprise it is a pretty common thing to see this sell for $149.99 on a regular basis. Also one more thing Crazyclimber. We know this because we have been in the industry for awhile but to a Star Wars fan who only buys AFA this is a pretty rare occurance. I do not think people in our industry will be buying this, I think people in other industries are going to be going after this sort of thing. Edited April 24, 2007 by homerwannabee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I do not think people in our industry will be buying this, I think people in other industries are going to be going after this sort of thing. You make it sound like Atari collecting is some sort of business venture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 The seller is freakin brilliant. The guy realized that Star Wars fans are super picky about only getting graded items. In getting his game graded he found a new market for these people. As far as is this a thing to come. Well the fact the guy was able to get $150 for this tells me that atleast with the 4 Star Wars games you can expect this to start happening on a regular basis from here on out. I still think that 97 percent of Atari 2600 games are safe though from getting graded but I do believe it will spread out to these other games so get ready. 1. Star Wars Jedi Arena 2. Star Wars The Arcade Game 3. Star Wars Death Star Battle 4. Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back 5. Spiderman 6. Superman 7. Halloween 8. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 9. Pete Rose Baseball These are the games that I believe have forever changed because of this auction. The buyer was just a dumb ass, sealed Jedi Arena games are a dime a dozen. Anyone can get something graded. You know I thought the same way when the first Atari 2600 with a synthcart and keyboards sold for $130, but to my surprise it is a pretty common thing to see this sell for $149.99 on a regular basis. Also one more thing Crazyclimber. We know this because we have been in the industry for awhile but to a Star Wars fan who only buys AFA this is a pretty rare occurance. I do not think people in our industry will be buying this, I think people in other industries are going to be going after this sort of thing. I would have took the 15 seconds to do a completed item check, thats how I would have known Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I do not think people in our industry will be buying this, I think people in other industries are going to be going after this sort of thing. You make it sound like Atari collecting is some sort of business venture Fact is 85 percent of my games are loose. And another interesting fact is that all the games I listed I do not have boxed. If this thing takes off with these games I don't see how I stand to gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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