+Atarius Maximus Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 This guy wants $10,000 for a "bulk of video games", and doesn't list what games he's selling? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&item=800184924 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap5750 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I just placed my bid!!!! Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I routinely bid on auctions that have: Seller with (0) feedback Seller with shades Vague Titles Even more vague description (Bulk of Video Games) No pictures No shipping terms listed and $10,000 opening bid. This seller has obviously done his research very well, and has really thought this through. He should be commended on a job well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Someone found the E.T. burial grounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 I'll sell you a 'Bulk of games' for only $5000!!! Even though the package is thesize of a cart, trust me, it's a bulk... Maybe he meant to say he was auctioning a 'BUNK' of games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 The guy has no idea what he's doing. I tried emailing him just for the fun of it to see if he could give me a list of the games/systems. His email reply was that it was a LARGE number of games for many different systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 You just don't understand eBay lingo :wink: See, one bulk equals four bushels. And a bushel is 2 heaps. A heap is approx. 6 stacks and so on. Its a pretty exact science, so go easy on this guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap5750 Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 What's really funny is that the "BULK" or "HUGE LOT" usually ends up being less then 10 carts. Half of these result in multiple copies of Combat, Pacman, Asteroids and Video Pinball. To me, HUGE means way more then 100 possibly close to 200 or more. And BULK could mean anything, but generally to me it indicates there are quite a few, but that there are also few distinct titles. Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 The seller probably just finished watching Antiques Roadshow and thinks he is sitting on $1,000,000 worth of Combats and ET's!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atarius Maximus Posted November 12, 2002 Author Share Posted November 12, 2002 The seller probably just finished watching Antiques Roadshow and thinks he is sitting on $1,000,000 worth of Combats and ET's!!! I've never actually seen Antiques Roadshow before. Was there a show featuring an Atari 2600 that was appraised at $1000 or something? Someone please fill me in. AM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 It was a small piece, and the host of the show was playing Pac-Man of all things, and they had a few commons and a quadrun on the show... I don't remember what they said they were going for, but it has had a detrimental effect on classic gaming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 What's really funny is that the "BULK" or "HUGE LOT" usually ends up being less then 10 carts. Half of these result in multiple copies of Combat, Pacman, Asteroids and Video Pinball. To me, HUGE means way more then 100 possibly close to 200 or more. And BULK could mean anything, but generally to me it indicates there are quite a few, but that there are also few distinct titles. Cap Yes, Cap, you have to adjust. So here's the eBay equivalents "Stack" => 2-4 carts "Huge Lot" => about 3 Stacks (12 carts max) "A Ton" => 2 Huge Lots (probably 15 to 20) "One Heap" => A Ton and half ( 20 something carts) "A hunk" => no carts, just a hunk,hunka of burning love "bushel" => two Heaps "one bulk" => four Bushels "mountain" => 50 Bulks "an ocean" => 100 Mountains --- applies only to O'Sheas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted November 12, 2002 Share Posted November 12, 2002 Yes' date=' Cap, you have to adjust. So here's the eBay equivalents [list'] "Stack" => 2-4 carts "Huge Lot" => about 3 Stacks (12 carts max) "A Ton" => 2 Huge Lots (probably 15 to 20) "One Heap" => A Ton and half ( 20 something carts) "A hunk" => no carts, just a hunk,hunka of burning love "bushel" => two Heaps "one bulk" => four Bushels "mountain" => 50 Bulks "an ocean" => 100 Mountains --- applies only to O'Sheas This is priceless! The official conversion chart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 You would have done quite well in medeival times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap5750 Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Al should create a new forum for faq and that definately should be in it! Cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Are you implying eBay is medieval? You'll get no arguement from me Oh, I forgot to include the term "Mother Lode"! Its a very common eBay "unit". http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&item=801310537 Now where can I work it in Hmm more than "Huge Lot" and less than a "Bulk"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Are you implying eBay is medieval? You'll get no arguement from me Oh, I forgot to include the term "Mother Lode"! Its a very common eBay "unit". http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&item=801310537 Except that he spelled it Mother Load. That at least is a pretty cool auction of Atari 8-bit hardware and software. The auction at the top of this thread would have made me spit my milk out, had I been drinking any at the time. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Are you implying eBay is medieval? You'll get no arguement from me Oh, I forgot to include the term "Mother Lode"! Its a very common eBay "unit". http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&item=801310537 Now where can I work it in Hmm more than "Huge Lot" and less than a "Bulk"? Measurements during the Middle Ages were spelled out in ways similar to the list you created. I think your list would have done a lot better than Medeival systems of weights and measures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted November 13, 2002 Share Posted November 13, 2002 Are you implying eBay is medieval? You'll get no arguement from me Oh, I forgot to include the term "Mother Lode"! Its a very common eBay "unit". http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&item=801310537 Except that he spelled it Mother Load. That at least is a pretty cool auction of Atari 8-bit hardware and software. ..Al A lot of stuff, but nothing really rare. Worth $500, though. Heh, yeah, I now auto-translate eBay misspellings, You know -> lable means label. Arari , Cartrage etc. Don't even notice them anymore Weirdness -- If you multiply the numbers in my units list, you get 4*3*2*1.5*2*4*50*100 or 1,440,000 carts/ocean . Pretty close to the remaining O'Sheas stock! Eerie, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
80's.man Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 I think I have one of those $1000 atari's I will sell to the first 1000 callers right now. 1-800-IAM-IDIOT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 It was a small piece, and the host of the show was playing Pac-Man of all things, and they had a few commons and a quadrun on the show... I don't remember what they said they were going for, but it has had a detrimental effect on classic gaming. I think there's a few silver linings to it, no matter how grossly inaccurate the pricing for common games was in that episodes: 1. People will think twice about throwing away old Atari stuff (possibly saving some genuine rarities in the process). 2. People will spend more time looking for old Atari stuff (possibly discovering some genuine rarities in the process). 3. People will be dissapointed by not getting high amounts of money, and the market will be flooded by lots of cheap Atari games at some point. All in all, not a bad thing. BTW the new av rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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