flammingcowz Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Have you ever seen something horrible overpriced for sale? Rant all you want about it here. At a flea market today, I saw one place selling atari games. They had a 7800 in a plastic bag for exactly $329.99, and common games for $15 each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Not 7800 related, but a genesis 2 itself, not even an expansion port cover at goodwill for $12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Friday, Local comic book shop. $4.99 for a pitfall 2600. All other commons 49 cents. So I went back today, brought them another copy and they paid me $1 (ha... not bad... but now they have two of them for $4.99) AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rybags Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Local eBay bulk sellers here are now putting lots of generic common as crap 2600 carts up for $15 BIN. Throw in postage (often $5 or more) and there's over $20 for a shitty cart like PacMan or ET. Absolutely rediculous given that you often get bargain bin "Platinum" or 2 year old PC games for $10-$20 in shops, and most private sales of indivudual carts go for under $5 for the common ones and under $20 for the rares. Joysticks and other controllers are a similar deal. While private sellers happily take $5 or less, these store sellers are often asking $25 for a set of paddles and $15 for a single crappy Atari joystick. Then you have the ones selling old as new. Picture of a joystick, and you can clearly see almost all of the orange markings have worn off, yet they claim it to be NIB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Most of the time when I see a 7800 for sale around here, it is bundled with a bunch of common 2600 games and maybe a Pole Position II. The price is usually $60 to $90. Sadly, the console's full power will probably never be tapped again, as the buyer will mistakenly assume it is a 2600. Games are generally cheap enough at $1 to $2 each, and the joysticks go for $5 each. The downside is that you hardly ever see 7800 games in the wild here, and usually when you do they are all common stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdevil Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Most of the time when I see a 7800 for sale around here, it is bundled with a bunch of common 2600 games and maybe a Pole Position II. The price is usually $60 to $90. That's exactly what happened to me the other day. Advertised as a working 7800 with 22 games for 60.00. When I asked what kind of games, 2600 or 7800, all I got was "well, they're all atari games I guess." Turned out to be Pole Position II and 21 common 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 "Only $125" http://detroit.craigslist.org/tag/715815048.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Beard Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 "Only $125" http://detroit.craigslist.org/tag/715815048.html Well, it does come with a microphone. Wait... what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Went to a book store today that had 2600 games. Marked anywhere from 95 cents to 1.95... all rarities 1 to 5, the high priced game... two copies of Space Invaders $2.95 each... I'm guessing someone priced that while enjoying fond memories of the game. It was clearly valued higher for name recognition. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 "Only $125" http://detroit.craigslist.org/tag/715815048.html Well, it does come with a microphone. Wait... what? hey man, don't harsh his buzz, he's from Berkley and that was Abby Hoffman's personal Atari 2600 .... and microphone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 "Only $125" http://detroit.craigslist.org/tag/715815048.html Well, it does come with a microphone. Wait... what? hey man, don't harsh his buzz, he's from Berkley and that was Abby Hoffman's personal Atari 2600 .... and microphone Abby Hoffman? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 (edited) "Only $125" http://detroit.craigslist.org/tag/715815048.html Well, it does come with a microphone. Wait... what? hey man, don't harsh his buzz, he's from Berkley and that was Abby Hoffman's personal Atari 2600 .... and microphone Abby Hoffman? WTF? Abby was a political and social activist in the 60's and 70's and during Woodstock he ran up on stage while the Who was on and grabbed the mic and apparently made Pete Townsend unhappy Edited July 1, 2008 by kroogur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128bytes Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 At $59,000, thread doesn't get more overpriced than this Oh, you mean overpriced 7800 stuff? Never mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 At $59,000, thread doesn't get more overpriced than this Oh, you mean overpriced 7800 stuff? Never mind Holy Shit! dont forget the $7000 shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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