Crazy Climber Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I offered them the chance for me to verify their copy but they said that they will just ride out the auction. I tried. That's unfortunate, I can't see this doing anything but helping the auction. ..Al I have to level with you guys, if I found some rare "My little pony" or other collectable I knew absolutely nothing about that was worth 30k, I wouldn't let a stranger in my house either to look at it. I would just be way too paranoid. We are talking a LOT of cash here. I might say, meet them in a public place but then I would be terribly paranoid of carrying the thing around. I guess I'm saying I get where they are coming from... That being said, wouldn't some high res scans work? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) The current top two bidders have both been members since 2008/2009 even though they have had no transactions. They didn't just sign up to bid on this auction. And we have verified them. A few of the others are members here. We are watching the bidding and bidders closely, I can assure you all They are probably just paranoid about a stranger coming over. I believe it is real. I'm more concerned about if the bids are real. Edited October 26, 2012 by Parrothead 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattMan Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I signed up for Game Gavel just to bid on the Air Raid auction. Before this auction I have only heard of Game Gavel a handful of times and never even looked at the site before. I've been a member of eBay since 2000 and have 100% feedback and have been very content to stay on eBay for my buying/selling needs. My bids on this auction were for real but unfortunately the price quickly went past my range. Just because noobs signed up for Game Gavel just to bid on this auction doesn't mean the bids were not real. Now that I have become a member of the site it seems pretty cool and I just might start doing more business there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIR-RAID Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 (edited) I am sorry I did not think we needed any more validation after it was given by Albert. If Albert wants to fly out to help everyone verify the legitimaticy we will pay for him to fly out. We have nothing to hide and if anyone feels this is not legit I am sorry and I hope they do not miss out on this awesome opportunity because we would not meet with Wonder007. I let him know we would love to meet him and hand deliver the game personally to him if he is the winner of the auction. Again we are sorry to have caused any questioning or doubt. Edited October 26, 2012 by AIR-RAID 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Some good press starting to hit: Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/10/26/watch-someone-find-a-rare-video-game-that-could-be-worth-30000/ Polygon: http://www.polygon.com/2012/10/25/3555866/the-atari-2600-air-raid-cartridge-a-story-of-serendipity Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5955196/old-video-game-in-familys-attic-turns-out-to-be-extremely-rare-possibly-worth-30000 MentalFloss: http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/148509 Mashable: http://mashable.com/2012/10/24/auction-for-only-known-complete-copy-of-atari-2600%E2%80%B2s-air-raid-hits-11000/ Technabob: http://technabob.com/blog/2012/10/25/atari-2600-air-raid-for-sale/ Geekosystem: http://www.geekosystem.com/air-raid-complete/ VGUtopia: http://vgutopia.com/air-raid-and-4-other-impossibly-rare-video-games/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AIR-RAID Posted October 26, 2012 Author Share Posted October 26, 2012 I signed up for Game Gavel just to bid on the Air Raid auction. Before this auction I have only heard of Game Gavel a handful of times and never even looked at the site before. I've been a member of eBay since 2000 and have 100% feedback and have been very content to stay on eBay for my buying/selling needs. My bids on this auction were for real but unfortunately the price quickly went past my range. Just because noobs signed up for Game Gavel just to bid on this auction doesn't mean the bids were not real. Now that I have become a member of the site it seems pretty cool and I just might start doing more business there. Thanks Matt ! I am glad to hear that hope you get some great games from Game Gavel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I have to level with you guys, if I found some rare "My little pony" or other collectable I knew absolutely nothing about that was worth 30k, I wouldn't let a stranger in my house either to look at it. I would just be way too paranoid. We are talking a LOT of cash here. I might say, meet them in a public place but then I would be terribly paranoid of carrying the thing around. I guess I'm saying I get where they are coming from... That being said, wouldn't some high res scans work? What about Lalaloopsies? LMFAO If it were a rare "My Little Pony" my wife would be buying plane tickets to your place. Those damn things are everywhere in my house. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I have to level with you guys, if I found some rare "My little pony" or other collectable I knew absolutely nothing about that was worth 30k, I wouldn't let a stranger in my house either to look at it. I would just be way too paranoid... I wouldn't even call it "paranoid." To me, it's common sense. I'd be given pause, too, if someone on the internet that I've never heard of wants to come to my house after learning I possess an item of value. And with Craigslist Killers/Robbers and people like that out there, you just never know these days. Of course I'm not saying Wonder007 is that kind of person or would ever do anything like that. I just think the doubters need to keep the situation in perspective. Buying anything on the internet requires a certain degree of good faith. I think we've seen enough to substantiate that good faith. If it were fake, I think that would be evident by now. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I am sorry I did not think we needed any more validation after it was given by Albert. If Albert wants to fly out to help everyone verify the legitimaticy we will pay for him to fly out. We have nothing to hide and if anyone feels this is not legit I am sorry and I hope they do not miss out on this awesome opportunity because we would not meet with Wonder007. I let him know we would love to meet him and hand deliver the game personally to him if he is the winner of the auction. Again we are sorry to have caused any questioning or doubt. Don't worry, they're all just joking around about it -- your cart has more than enough provenance, and as stated, the other items make it pretty apparent this is legitimate. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I am sorry I did not think we needed any more validation after it was given by Albert. If Albert wants to fly out to help everyone verify the legitimaticy we will pay for him to fly out. We have nothing to hide and if anyone feels this is not legit I am sorry and I hope they do not miss out on this awesome opportunity because we would not meet with Wonder007. I let him know we would love to meet him and hand deliver the game personally to him if he is the winner of the auction. Again we are sorry to have caused any questioning or doubt. I am cool with not wanting to meet with me.......I just thought I would be a good person to go because I live 20 minutes away, I own a boxed copy of it, I am a very reputable and respected individual in this hobby and on this website and, lastly, because people have contacted me to verify the game. Let's just move on and see what happens with the auction. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I wouldn't even call it "paranoid." To me, it's common sense. I'd be given pause, too, if someone on the internet that I've never heard of wants to come to my house after learning I possess an item of value. And with Craigslist Killers/Robbers and people like that out there, you just never know these days. Of course I'm not saying Wonder007 is that kind of person or would ever do anything like that. I just think the doubters need to keep the situation in perspective. Buying anything on the internet requires a certain degree of good faith. I think we've seen enough to substantiate that good faith. If it were fake, I think that would be evident by now. If I were them I would be scared that a potential bidder would try to steal it by telling the community that it is fake to prevent competitors from bidding. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBuell Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Some good press starting to hit: <SNIP> Atari linked to the Polygon story from their official Facebook account. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 If I were them I would be scared that a potential bidder would try to steal it by telling the community that it is fake to prevent competitors from bidding. ???? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Well, if Jose is bringing his own copy, I can't see why they would be too afraid. Phil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 What about Lalaloopsies? LMFAO If it were a rare "My Little Pony" my wife would be buying plane tickets to your place. Those damn things are everywhere in my house. hmm, I got to ask this. Does your wife make her own custom ponies? Anyway about your wife's collecting I think it beats being married to a brony. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 hmm, I got to ask this. Does your wife make her own custom ponies? Anyway about your wife's collecting I think it beats being married to a brony. Nope. She buys them from her artist friends though! There are some REALLY talented artists on her website. Too bad they choose 'cheap Chinese plastic horse' as their medium, though, LOL! She doesn't do any of the new stuff, just collects the old 80s MLP stuff. She cannot stand bronies or any of these new pony collectors. Anyway, back on track! LOL So, my speculation is still that there has to be more of these hiding out somewhere. Vacuum molding the cart insert isn't cheap, and molding that cart alone has got to be at least $50,000. There's no way a small company would do something like that and only produce ~25 for samples for distribution, unless they had some sort of special deal like "I know a guy" in the molding industry that provided it on the cheap. I think there's several more waiting to be found by us Atari adventurers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audia4con Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I signed up for Game Gavel just to bid on the Air Raid auction. Before this auction I have only heard of Game Gavel a handful of times and never even looked at the site before. I've been a member of eBay since 2000 and have 100% feedback and have been very content to stay on eBay for my buying/selling needs. My bids on this auction were for real but unfortunately the price quickly went past my range. Just because noobs signed up for Game Gavel just to bid on this auction doesn't mean the bids were not real. Now that I have become a member of the site it seems pretty cool and I just might start doing more business there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audia4con Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 I singed up to Game Gavel for the same reason as MattMan. I maybe have 1 last bid in me but I'm just about out anyway. I haven't been collecting atari long but I'm a serious bidder. I recently bought several games from neo_rg including Gorf, battlesphere, battlesphere gold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 Well, if Jose is bringing his own copy, I can't see why they would be too afraid. Phil Remember that this is happening pretty fast for them, awesome as the whole thing is. They haven't had time to even get a sense of the collecting cummunity as it is represented here, let alone a sense of how respected Jose is in the community. And I cant begin to imagine how many weird PMs and emails they may be getting from all kinds of fringe people telling them god knows what. Having said that, I would love to be having those "problems" right now. :-) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 And I cant begin to imagine how many weird PMs and emails they may be getting from all kinds of fringe people telling them god knows what. 10OUTOF9 AIR RAIDS ARE PROVEN TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BRAIN TORTURE VIA CPUWIZ 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 26, 2012 Share Posted October 26, 2012 10OUTOF9 AIR RAIDS ARE PROVEN TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BRAIN TORTURE VIA CPUWIZ Oh dear, if KMD were to start chiming in on the subject, the OP would run to the hills and never look back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbite Bailey Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 10OUTOF9 AIR RAIDS ARE PROVEN TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BRAIN TORTURE VIA CPUWIZ IS THIS THOERY PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROVEN? OR DO I HAVE TO PROVIDE STATS? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/59...bly-worth-30000 Whoa, from that Kotaku article: Harv Bennet, the man who had the game sitting around in his attic, explained to Polygon that the game never was that good, but the Men-A-Vision representative who'd given it to him to try didn't want it back either, and so he held on to it. Finding a CIB Air Raid AND wrote the Wrath of Kahn!!! :-o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 I would have a dilemma if I ever came across a complete Air Raid. I know it would bring big money and since I'm poor, I definitely need it. But as a collector, I'd want to keep it. Maybe I'd keep the cart and manual and sell the box. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 IS THIS THOERY PSYCHOLOGICALLY PROVEN? OR DO I HAVE TO PROVIDE STATS? Yes, and it causes even more seizures than Japanese Pokemon cartoons. It's great that word is getting out about this. It seems the bids have hit a lul, but all that press can only cause the price to spike higher! Expect last minute sniping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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