roadrunner Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 WOW $500 the buyer made out like a bandit! He even saved on shipping too! A rare item like that you can't wait around to bid near the end. You gotta make some early bids to drive up the price some to try to prevent it ending early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbai Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 You gotta make some early bids to drive up the price some to try to prevent it ending early. That only works if someone also bids against you. In a number of cases, the side dealer simply doesn't bid, so the item's bid upon price never increments in the time it takes to strike a deal outside eBay's bid format. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Audiophille are the biggest sucker. I can't tell the difference between a $10 no name computer speaker set from a dollar store from a $1,000 top of the line sound system with $100 monster cables. Not that it helps I am deaf and I can't hear anything above 4KHz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted November 5, 2015 Share Posted November 5, 2015 Holy Shit! That is nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Audiophille are the biggest sucker. I can't tell the difference between a $10 no name computer speaker set from a dollar store from a $1,000 top of the line sound system with $100 monster cables. Not that it helps I am deaf and I can't hear anything above 4KHz. Sorry to hear that. I can still hear to 16khz and at nearly 35, I can still hear those tones that teens are supposed to hear but adults can't. Maybe I'm blessed because the majority of the millenials and iPod generation may have permanently ruined hearing later in life. I do have a very slight tinnitus in my right ear, but my hearing has always been super sensitive nd I try to protect it by listening at sane levels. I have on more than one occasion gone to a club and made earplugs out of spitwads from a bar napkin because the music was deafening. As a child I had a phobia of fireworks and other loud noises. Especially balloons because they could go off with a bang at any moment. 7800fan, sorry for your loss. That's a lot of audio spectrum you're missing. Cymbals. The crinkle of leaves in the fall. The constants "S" and "Z" It has been my experience that once I've gotten accustomed to listening to a properly balanced quality sound system (quality does not have to mean $1000+ expensive) in a home environment, tinny speakers, and especially the ipod booster variety or the embedded "full range" tweeters they cram into flat panel TVs, just grate my ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 So how many REAL Air Raid boxes are their now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Atari Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I was watching this also, and dont live far from the seller. I still don't think this is original, the seller sells and has sold retro gaming stuff, he would know how much it is worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 So how many REAL Air Raid boxes are their now? Not enough to go around... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 I'm over 40 and I can still hear to 20Khz, but that's probably because I've never used headphones with any great regularity. So I can still hear bloody cat scarers and teenager repellent noise makers you can buy and install on the property that are triggered by motion. I can hear MP3 artefacts reasonably easily. It'll probably die down a bit as I approach 50, hopefully! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Man that was a long drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 (edited) Someone came and picked it up,the seller no longer has it. St James Retail? Resides in VIC ... Edited November 6, 2015 by nofrills100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Sorry to hear that. I can still hear to 16khz and at nearly 35, I can still hear those tones that teens are supposed to hear but adults can't. Maybe I'm blessed because the majority of the millenials and iPod generation may have permanently ruined hearing later in life. I do have a very slight tinnitus in my right ear, but my hearing has always been super sensitive nd I try to protect it by listening at sane levels. I have on more than one occasion gone to a club and made earplugs out of spitwads from a bar napkin because the music was deafening. As a child I had a phobia of fireworks and other loud noises. Especially balloons because they could go off with a bang at any moment. 7800fan, sorry for your loss. That's a lot of audio spectrum you're missing. Cymbals. The crinkle of leaves in the fall. The constants "S" and "Z" It has been my experience that once I've gotten accustomed to listening to a properly balanced quality sound system (quality does not have to mean $1000+ expensive) in a home environment, tinny speakers, and especially the ipod booster variety or the embedded "full range" tweeters they cram into flat panel TVs, just grate my ears. Not missing it at all as I never could hear them to begin with. I was born with severe hearing loss and because I could only hear lower frequency, I never learned to appreciate music. So That $10 computer speaker comes in real handy, it saves me a bundle to pay for more video game stuff and computer upgrades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 Is there a connection between Air Raid and radio cables, I'm getting confused what I am reading here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted November 6, 2015 Author Share Posted November 6, 2015 Not really,some people just love to hijack a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 St James Retail? Resides in VIC ... The same guy who lived in Canada huh? How about that You think he told the seller a boxed Air Raid sells for $100 , i'll give you $500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted November 6, 2015 Share Posted November 6, 2015 The same guy who lived in Canada huh? How about that You think he told the seller a boxed Air Raid sells for $100 , i'll give you $500 God I hope it's not him. He'll relist the thing for $80,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy-SNES Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I thought I'd keep you guys update with this one because something's definitely not right here. I have a friend who has been in contact with the seller. The seller has said he found another, and that they belonged to his deceased father in law. He sent my friend pics and hmm, this looks so dodgy. I'm also doubting the original listing. If you compare the cover art from the eBay listing to a GENUINE copy of Air Raid, you can see the artwork doesn't stretch all the way to the edge of the box like a genuine copy. So there's a gap about 5mm from the art to the edge of the box. In the pics he sent my friend, he shows the one listed on eBay (thought he sold it :/ ). You can see the cash Convertors sticker has been lifted and it looks as though it's been moved slightly right in comparison to the one he listed on eBay. The second box (the said second copy he claims to have now found) looks as fake as they come. I don't even have to point out the flaws when compared to a genuine copy. Oh, and this one has a round yellow sticker on it. These stickers were ONLY used by HES (Home Entertainment Suppliers) on their 2600 clamshell games. Ok so I'll let you guys decide. Here are the pics... - Alberts GENUINE copy - The 'first' copy he had listed on eBay - The pics he sent to my friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holy-SNES Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I didn't know this thread was made an hour before mine! Hehe. I would have posted here if I had know. Anyways, I posted an update in my thread RE the seller claiming to have another and the pics. At this stage I'm thinking this was all a set up, including the original listed heh. Link here... http://atariage.com/forums/topic/245300-air-raid-boxed-atari-2600-sells-for-500/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Cade Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 That is one crazy-ass repro! Look at the bat-handle. It looks like it was take from some other toy and glued onto another blue square toy. Very industrious, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Why would there be an Air Raid in Australia anyway? If there was, it belongs to a collector, who paid assloads for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Nice detective work. Crappy repro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toymailman Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Well, now we know what the PAL version of Air Raid looks like. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 It looks like this dummy bought a piece of pvc in the plumbing department at their home depot & spray painted both the cart & pvc(handle piece) & then superglue it to the cart 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 These 2 threads need combined into 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I said from the beginning this was probably fake. I still stand by my take on not buying anything super rare on Ebay, but only from a reputable collector from AA. Phil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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