Atari_Bill Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 So this happened today…..????? hope I didn’t overpay at $25 ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/164906665521?hash=item2665340631:g:N5IAAOSwSiBgwiSw 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopy25 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Atari_Bill said: So this happened today…..????? hope I didn’t overpay at $25 ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/164906665521?hash=item2665340631:g:N5IAAOSwSiBgwiSw Seriously ironic that when I opened the home page today it said "Cannon Man is the rarest game for the Sears..." That's a great find. Edited June 15, 2021 by Dopy25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupus Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 5 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: So this happened today…..????? hope I didn’t overpay at $25 ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/164906665521?hash=item2665340631:g:N5IAAOSwSiBgwiSw Wow, so you were the bin lottery winner! 1 of the last 2 sears boxes i need! Lucky, lucky man!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 3 minutes ago, stupus said: Wow, so you were the bin lottery winner! 1 of the last 2 sears boxes i need! Lucky, lucky man!!!!! Yeah, I didn’t think it would actually happen until I got it in my hands today. I was totally prepared to have it “lost in the mail” or some other issue. I never thought I’d get this box. Perseverance occasionally pays off I guess. I can’t say how nervous I was trying to get my PayPal info entered before someone else nabbed it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupus Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Congrats! I can imagine. These deals only pop up once in a blue moon. I have missed a couple that sold while i was checking out lol Glad it didnt get side dealed before they sent it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Wow, I didn’t realize these were going for that much! I have a loose one but didn’t think I had any of the more valuable ones. How much are loose ones going for now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Loose copies don’t really go for that much. The price for this one is completely in the box. The same can be said for Math Gran Prix. You see the game quite often, but almost never see the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitkraft Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 47 minutes ago, Atari_Bill said: Loose copies don’t really go for that much. The price for this one is completely in the box. The same can be said for Math Gran Prix. You see the game quite often, but almost never see the box. What’s your definition of “not that much”? The cheapest in any condition currently on eBay is $119 and the only other sold is $95 loose. I haven’t been watching so I have no other price history to go by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Mitkraft said: What’s your definition of “not that much”? The cheapest in any condition currently on eBay is $119 and the only other sold is $95 loose. I haven’t been watching so I have no other price history to go by. My definition is not that much. Maybe I’m out of touch myself. I expected no more than $40 or so. Of course with the latest price spikes, who knows? edit…looking back, it looks like a loose game was averaging 40-50 until just a couple months ago when it jumped considerably. Edited June 16, 2021 by Atari_Bill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 9 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: So this happened today…..????? hope I didn’t overpay at $25 ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/164906665521?hash=item2665340631:g:N5IAAOSwSiBgwiSw That's about what I paid for Lochjaw back in the day. Seems fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 minute ago, taxman said: That's about what I paid for Lochjaw back in the day. Seems fair. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stupus Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 I paid $1.99 for my loose cannon man at a used game store....its definitely worth more than that but its really just the box on this 1 thats gotten so crazy. Also thats pretty much true for all rhe sears stuff but not as extreme as this title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 4 hours ago, stupus said: I paid $1.99 for my loose cannon man at a used game store....its definitely worth more than that but its really just the box on this 1 thats gotten so crazy. Also thats pretty much true for all rhe sears stuff but not as extreme as this title. Yeah, I’m still puzzled by the recent surge in prices for boxed Sears items. It seems like almost half the Sears library is going $100+ lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donnicton Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 3 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: Yeah, I’m still puzzled by the recent surge in prices for boxed Sears items. It seems like almost half the Sears library is going $100+ lately. It's the pandemic. There has generally been a notable marketwide surge in older game prices since the pandemic started, led by the quarantine setting people to (among other things) start finding ways to pass the time indoors(e.g. video games/nostalgia hunting). Games for other older platforms have only gotten proportionally more expensive - usually the more expensive a particular game already was before the pandemic the more it increased. To name a few examples on the extreme end for other platforms, in only a year Suikoden 2(PS1) jumped from ~$120 pre-pandemic to over $400, Rule of Rose(PS2) jumped from ~$200 to $700-800, Solatorobo(DS) went from ~$100 to ~$500. Atari-era games have always been pretty niche comparatively but I couldn't imagine they haven't also been affected to some extent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 In general yes, the pandemic has caused some of it, but the Sears titles seem to have disproportionately increased greater than most others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted June 18, 2021 Share Posted June 18, 2021 On 6/16/2021 at 11:17 AM, Donnicton said: It's the pandemic. I wonder how prices will be once the dust settles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Maybe a micro crash. Once people realize they spent too much, dug a bit of a hole, then panic they'll sell their crap off when reality hits them they need the money for actual necessities. Not an outright drop like mad, but I could see a retreat to 2019 or below levels as the door swings wide back the other way. Staying up just doesn't seem practical as it's just in sheer abuse territory, and the more random stuff you read on forums, social media, see among people is common bitching about prices, fed up, not bothering anymore, selling stuff, getting ROM running kits or whatever as more and more are just priced out entirely or priced out because they're finding it distasteful. The more you drive out, the harder it is to burn people with asinine prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 (edited) Nolan Bushnell Atari Founder signed Atari Blackjack Booklet Beckett BAS Slabbed This listing is for a signed Atari Booklet by The Father of Video Games, Atari Founder NOLAN BUSHNELL. Considered one of the founding fathers of video games, after all Atari started it all. Also founded Chuck E. Cheese. Offered here is a signed vintage Atari Cartridge Booklet of this classic game. Very Scarce.We went the extra mile here and had this cartridge Beckett BAS certified so there can be no question of its authenticity. Beckett is a premier autograph authentication company. Their authentication is accepted and used by all the major auction houses. Comes slabbed in one of their popular holders. https://www.ebay.com/itm/224503699402 Edited June 20, 2021 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tavi Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I was browsing for Super Action Controllers on eBay, and this listing popped up: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/304036433259?_trksid=p2485497.m4902.l9144 While the Super Action Controller is in pretty rough shape, I do see they have as an unspecified extra controller a Champ CA-340 in with the lot. Which I think is fairly rare to find? It is certainly a bit of a unique item I think, a keypad accessory that allows you to play a Colecovision using a third party 9-pin joystick rather then the original controller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dopy25 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Haha this is grooooosssss. Green? Looks like someone spent too much time smoking and shooting. https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Justifier-GREEN-Sega-Genesis-Light-Gun-Controller-JE510-Konami-1993-RARE-HTF-/203503867425?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 I had that happen on some light blue plastic toys from the 80s, and I had a blue one of those guns for SNES where it just started to do that. IT's nothing to do with smoking, it's the junk in the plastic reacting to UV and some other funk in the environment that twinges the color to look that bad. It's not pretty, it can be fixed with the old retrobriting ideas if it's a huge issue, but selling it as a green gun is a joke. If the gun say were worth $50 I wouldn't pay more than $10-20 tops, because then I'd need to invest in the stuff needed to de-green that and value my time at some level too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a6502 Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 Here is a nice “Vintage Keyboard” [ebay]353568015343[/ebay] https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-ATARI-800XL-Keyboard-Boxed-Untested-/353568015343?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Combat Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 6/15/2021 at 1:03 PM, Atari_Bill said: So this happened today…..????? hope I didn’t overpay at $25 ? https://www.ebay.com/itm/164906665521?hash=item2665340631:g:N5IAAOSwSiBgwiSw You paid way too much! Congrats on that box it’s a reality difficult to find especially nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 31 minutes ago, Captain_Combat said: You paid way too much! Congrats on that box it’s a reality difficult to find especially nowadays. Thanks. Probably the second best pick up I’ve ever had. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 I miss the glory days of a group of members posting on threads like this. Some of usv disliked others but had mutual respect. The banter, friendship, bragging, and helping each other out. Well I am going to try to get it going again. Remember no posting of hidden items in an on going auction. Good BINS you don't want, post. Crow as loud as you want. Let's have some fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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