+MrFish Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 1 hour ago, Atari8guy said: I have a Speedscript cart, that I made myself, extremely rare. It's value? 5 bucks. No way dude. You can get at least $399.15 for that on Ebay. You have to think BIG! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 35 minutes ago, MrFish said: You have to think BIG! Exactly! White Glove it!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+slx Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 10 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: Love this one. Not only asking an astronomical price for this 600XL bundle, the listing title says with 8 x games, but in reality it only has 3...the listing contradicts itself!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355984811142 It's the game variations, stupid. If Atari could claim 112 games for Space Invaders, why should anyone not follow their lead and restrict himself to counting mere hardware incarnations rather than the multitude of games accessible through the SELECT button? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reifsnyderb Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 (edited) 10 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: Love this one. Not only asking an astronomical price for this 600XL bundle, the listing title says with 8 x games, but in reality it only has 3...the listing contradicts itself!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355984811142 Don't be too critical, it does come with an Atari 1010! Edited August 26 by reifsnyderb 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 7 minutes ago, reifsnyderb said: Don't be too critical, it does come with an Atari 1010! Anybody wants one, I'll beat that price by 50% 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+kheller2 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 15 hours ago, Beeblebrox said: Love this one. Not only asking an astronomical price for this 600XL bundle, the listing title says with 8 x games, but in reality it only has 3...the listing contradicts itself!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355984811142 Perhaps he is including variations of a game, just like 2600 carts! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 12 hours ago, MrFish said: Haha... It just shows, if it's rare enough and is a good enough piece of software, it can hold value. It's just a loose cart too. Try getting your hands on a boxed copy. Value is better determined by what people will pay for something, not what people are asking for it. Although eBay currently has a number of Star Maze cartridges up for sale (including one CIB!) at very high asking prices, none have recently sold- suggesting that sellers are checking out the rarity and therefore asking premium prices, but in fact there is low demand for this cartridge and its value is therefore not what they think... It's that old 'price = supply vs demand' thing! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGB1718 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Hey, lets get a cartridge, print a label and put the word PROTOTYPE on it, seal in a tatty poly bag and ask for silly money https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145937345112? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacka013 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 I might offer £10 for the cartridge, but I'm sure I have a Pac man hidden away somewhere. I'll need to check. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 5 hours ago, TGB1718 said: Hey, lets get a cartridge, print a label and put the word PROTOTYPE Most real prototype carts I've seen from Atari have the name of the tech it was intended for on it. That label is dot-matrix without a speck of aging. And why would a prototype not meant to be sold to the public have a warranty? 🤪 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drpeter Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 This one is exceptional for postage 😱 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houdini Posted September 10 Share Posted September 10 How about $149.00 for some Untested Original (copied) Masters? Just because someone writes it on a diskette sleeve does not make it so. I might buy it just for the "IRISH" brand diskette though. ☘️ https://www.ebay.com/itm/186675706937 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted Sunday at 05:39 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:39 PM Yes. People on eBay are a bit crazy. The only way they’ll stop asking for ridiculous amounts of $ is when we stop encouraging them. https://www.ebay.com/itm/116333283501?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=d09x7VdARf2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=vGa3hq3TSji&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reifsnyderb Posted Sunday at 06:06 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:06 PM 26 minutes ago, sramirez2008 said: Yes. People on eBay are a bit crazy. The only way they’ll stop asking for ridiculous amounts of $ is when we stop encouraging them. https://www.ebay.com/itm/116333283501?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=d09x7VdARf2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=vGa3hq3TSji&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY It does come with 8 cartridges... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaibitgfx Posted Sunday at 06:41 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:41 PM What is Atari Writer worth newly sealed, I have a box of them from the factory, the box is opened, the boxes inside are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bent_pin Posted Sunday at 06:54 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:54 PM 12 minutes ago, khaibitgfx said: What is Atari Writer worth newly sealed, I have a box of them from the factory, the box is opened, the boxes inside are not. I've been paying $30-50 each in box. I'd go $60 each for sealed ones plus some for shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted Sunday at 06:55 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:55 PM 13 minutes ago, khaibitgfx said: What is Atari Writer worth newly sealed, I have a box of them from the factory, the box is opened, the boxes inside are not. If they're shrinkwrapped, they contain "air" from the 80's... could be worth tens of thousands. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted Sunday at 06:57 PM Share Posted Sunday at 06:57 PM 50 minutes ago, reifsnyderb said: It does come with 8 cartridges... https://www.ebay.com/itm/196655286384 Woah... Same guy... same price... but only holds three! What gives? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaibitgfx Posted Sunday at 07:48 PM Share Posted Sunday at 07:48 PM 51 minutes ago, Tillek said: If they're shrinkwrapped, they contain "air" from the 80's... could be worth tens of thousands. Silly, but you never know someone might nuts enough to pay extra for an 80s fart out of an Atari box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tillek Posted Sunday at 08:16 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:16 PM 27 minutes ago, khaibitgfx said: Silly, but you never know someone might nuts enough to pay extra for an 80s fart out of an Atari box. So now we're all imagining all those guys at Atari farting in the boxes before they go into the shrink-wrap machine. We should totally start doing that for the people in 2075. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaibitgfx Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:23 PM (edited) That's the ticket, laddie... Edited Sunday at 08:23 PM by khaibitgfx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted Sunday at 08:37 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:37 PM You can still buy new in the box AtariWriter from Best and B&C, fairly cheap too. There are other online sources as well. I wouldn't pay any of the prices people mention or put on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaibitgfx Posted Monday at 05:37 PM Share Posted Monday at 05:37 PM 20 hours ago, _The Doctor__ said: You can still buy new in the box AtariWriter from Best and B&C, fairly cheap too. There are other online sources as well. I wouldn't pay any of the prices people mention or put on ebay. I left ebay about 12 years ago when prices where liveable, left due to skyrocketing shipping costs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DavidMil2 Posted Monday at 10:31 PM Share Posted Monday at 10:31 PM I left eBay several years ago myself. I left when they wanted direct access to my bank account so they could deposit or withdraw any money that I made or spent from selling or buying on eBay! Nobody takes money out of our bank account (I'm not even sure how much longer the wife will let me do it!). DavidMil2 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sramirez2008 Posted Monday at 11:26 PM Share Posted Monday at 11:26 PM On 9/22/2024 at 1:57 PM, Tillek said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/196655286384 Woah... Same guy... same price... but only holds three! What gives? 3 or 8, doesn’t matter. These are all common carts. Even on eBay, you’ll find several sellers asking $5-$10 per cart. You can also find most of these at any Classic Game shop that carries Atari carts. As for the Case, it’s not a rare item. I have a couple myself and have never seen anyone ask this much for this particular item. Then again, it’s the Sellers asking price, doesn’t necessarily mean that he/she will get what they’re asking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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