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Originally Posted by Indigo_Streetlight Don't hold your breath on this stuff; I noticed a bunch of majorly screwed up TIVs over the weekend and I wouldn't be surprised if half I what I'm sending in will be rejected due to this fact alone. It's a crapshoot, in the past I've seen them accept beat-to-hell discs marked as acceptable and reject cartridge-only games in nice shape marked as acceptable. I'm sending in some minty complete items as well... it's actually become something of a test because I'm wondering if some of these third party fulfilled by Amazon types are hunting for high grades in order to reseal them and sell them as New.

I noticed these too and have sent out some things I had lying around. Considering hitting up a few gamestops as well. All have cases / artwork, 2 missing manuals.
You think these TIV's are a glitch / mistake and prone to being rejected? Already had plans for that free GC I was getting lol.

Here are the pictures I promised of my pickup on Sunday. I'll list all the games after the pictures. If you want the story on how I got them, check out my post yesterday.







Odyssey 2 games:
Computer Golf
K.C. Munchkin
Volleyball
Out of this World/Helicopter Rescue
Cosmic Conflict
Thunderball
Alien Invaders Plus
Ufo
War of Nerves
Football
Blockout/Breakdown
Alpine Skiing
Hockey/Soccer
Pick Axe Pete
Speedway/Spin-Out/Cryptologic
Bowling/Basketball
Showdown in 2100 A.D.
Baseball
The Quest of the Rings
　
Turbo Grafx 16 Games:
Falcon(No Case)
Neutopia II (No Case)
Keith Courage in Alpha Zones(Wrong Manual)
Bloody Wolf
World Class Baseball
Ballistix
World Class Tennis
Ninja Spirit
Dragon's Curse
Dungeon Explorer
Vigilante
Boxing Champions Forever
Final Lap Twin
The Legendary Axe
TV Sports Hockey
Chew-Man Fu(No Manual)
King of Casino(No Manual)
TV Sports Football
Night Creatures
Victory Run

Again, all for 20 bucks

Nice! I love TG lots. I wish I could find more TG games in my area.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast That's not really indicative of value; these discs can usually be had for as little as $15. The most I've seen one go for recently is $40 for a complete copy. I'm surprised the GameShark Pro doesn't sell for more. I mean, it has some compatibility limitations, but that thing was a beast. I used to spend hours hex editing all of my games and submitting the cheats to CheatCC. Man, those were the days...I would really like to see GameShark make a comeback soon.

I thought it indicated the value in the sense that when I sell games it's primarily on Amazon, and that was a screenshot of the prices on Amazon at the time of my post. If you couldn't find things for a better price than the "going rate" often, this site wouldn't exist.

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Nice! I love TG lots. I wish I could find more TG games in my area.

Me too. This is the first I've even seen Turbo Grafix stuff in my area out in the wild, except for last year I think. A local thrift store had the system and keith courage for around 80 dollars if I remember right. Tried to see if it would make it to 50% off day so I could pick it up for under 40, but it was gone by then.

Originally Posted by SaraAB There was a gameshark released for the PS3 from what I understand but I have no idea what happened to it.

There technically was a GameShark, but it didn't enable cheats; it was more of a media manager/player. I believe the last "real" GameShark made was for Gamecube. We have Xploder for the current-gen consoles, but it just uses modded saves rather than actual cheats (and you really don't need to buy Xploder for that). Le sigh. I know most people these days are against cheating, but I for one miss being able to disable/lower random encounters when playing JRPG's.

Originally Posted by GoldFly I thought it indicated the value in the sense that when I sell games it's primarily on Amazon, and that was a screenshot of the prices on Amazon at the time of my post. If you couldn't find things for a better price than the "going rate" often, this site wouldn't exist.

But those aren't the going rates; they are inflated prices from sellers doing a lot of wishful thinking. The going rate is the amount that something actually sells for, which is quite a bit lower (around $15-$40 in this case). If you put your copy up for less, you'll likely have the best chance of selling, but only if it's a reasonable price and/or you attract someone who can't use eBay for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy to see you bring in a nice chunk of change; I just don't expect it to be quite as profitable as you would like.

Originally Posted by Artrigis I noticed these too and have sent out some things I had lying around. Considering hitting up a few gamestops as well. All have cases / artwork, 2 missing manuals. You think these TIV's are a glitch / mistake and prone to being rejected? Already had plans for that free GC I was getting lol.

You're probably okay if the TIV is close to the base value--heck we could compare notes if you want of what gets accepted or rejected. I didn't trade in any PS2, Gamecube, or newer stuff; I was mainly doing ps1 and NES thru n64. What weirded me out was getting $20-30 credit on games that are normally $5-10...the only other thing I can figure is that Gamestop's plans of moving into the retro market are already having some pre-emptive effect.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast But those aren't the going rates; they are inflated prices from sellers doing a lot of wishful thinking. The going rate is the amount that something actually sells for, which is quite a bit lower (around $15-$40 in this case). If you put your copy up for less, you'll likely have the best chance of selling, but only if it's a reasonable price and/or you attract someone who can't use eBay for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy to see you bring in a nice chunk of change; I just don't expect it to be quite as profitable as you would like.

I dunno, the sales rankings on some of those are pretty good. Plus the fact that you can use Amazon credit allows for some of the items to sell higher. Amazon is kind of like a rollercoaster; that bottom listing shows that all conditions have been bought up to that amount, but you can make sales for higher than that amount. Listings can go either way really, the price can tumble when supply temporarily outpaces demand, but also the whole market can shift and suddenly one's camped-out high price will be the new low price.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast But those aren't the going rates; they are inflated prices from sellers doing a lot of wishful thinking. The going rate is the amount that something actually sells for, which is quite a bit lower (around $15-$40 in this case). If you put your copy up for less, you'll likely have the best chance of selling, but only if it's a reasonable price and/or you attract someone who can't use eBay for some reason. Don't get me wrong, I'd be happy to see you bring in a nice chunk of change; I just don't expect it to be quite as profitable as you would like.

I know what you mean. Just because something is listed Buy it Now on eBay for $100 doesn't mean it's actually worth that much. In my case I bought that about a month ago and sold it (on Amazon) a day later for $59.99, the lowest price at the time.



So I agree they aren't worth that much, but in my experience people do actually pay that much.

So let's hope Obiwan456 didn't toss his!

Oops, looks like I got a little mixed up and forgot who actually owns the damn thing. Ha ha.

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$2 total Never too many copies of pick of destiny. Hadn't seen Hex yet, so I figured I'd buy the blu for $1.





$8 total










$10 total for some reason I thought these were worth more.




Paid $9 total. 1st pic all sealed. 2nd pic because they were 25 cent each. 3rd pic better stuff.

Remember kids, I don't have a smartphone or a way to check pricing. I tend to buy sealed stuff if it is cheap. Looks like the Judy Collins CD and the Journey's End are good ones!







More to come...

I want to punch a god damned baby seal every time I see someone get a turbo grafx! I WANT MINE BACK!

Originally Posted by Indigo_Streetlight Don't hold your breath on this stuff; I noticed a bunch of majorly screwed up TIVs over the weekend and I wouldn't be surprised if half I what I'm sending in will be rejected due to this fact alone. It's a crapshoot, in the past I've seen them accept beat-to-hell discs marked as acceptable and reject cartridge-only games in nice shape marked as acceptable. I'm sending in some minty complete items as well... it's actually become something of a test because I'm wondering if some of these third party fulfilled by Amazon types are hunting for high grades in order to reseal them and sell them as New.

I think they fixed it... while I was processing stuff the trade in valued changed. Should have gotten in faster... I did manage to get in two copies of Spyro 3 and two copies of Crash 3 for a combined 91.00 so I guess I can't complain...

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Paid $6 total








FREE:




Random stuff. Paid $2 total tactics does not have the game. 360 controller is complete and working.




Paid $10 total






Mario Golf disc only



My first PSone purchase

yeah im gonna take a wild guess and say that the person you bought all this from was into star wars?

i got a question i was at a garage sale and a guy had these games in a box for the nes. Commando, Bad Dudes, Major Leauge baseball, castlevania, twin eagle, legend of zelda, legend of kage, adventure island 2, captain america and the avengers, the simpsons bart world, and also world and water rage. He wanted $40, but i managed to get them for $25. Do you think i paid to much?

Originally Posted by slowdive21 Random stuff. Paid $2 total tactics does not have the game. 360 controller is complete and working.

Nice score on the N64 mic adapter. I've been trying to get ahold of one of those, but they're not cheap (or at least not as cheap as I would like).

Originally Posted by jeffthebeast i got a question i was at a garage sale and a guy had these games in a box for the nes. Commando, Bad Dudes, Major Leauge baseball, castlevania, twin eagle, legend of zelda, legend of kage, adventure island 2, captain america and the avengers, the simpsons bart world, and also world and water rage. He wanted $40, but i managed to get them for $25. Do you think i paid to much?

Not bad at all. Most of those are worth the standard $2-$5, but Castlevania, Adventure Island 2, and Captain America & The Avengers go for about $10-$15 each.

I wish I could find controllers like that. That's one of the newer models even.

Originally Posted by Tsel I wish I could find controllers like that. That's one of the newer models even.

Yeah, I wasn't sure if it was for an OG xbox or the 360, but then I looked closer and figured it out. It didn't have the cover on the back, but the guy looked around for it. He said his brother traded off a lot of his old stuff and these were the leftovers. He thought I was crazy for wanting the "empty case".

Originally Posted by robwhois Here are the pictures I promised of my pickup on Sunday. I'll list all the games after the pictures. If you want the story on how I got them, check out my post yesterday. Odyssey 2 games: Computer Golf K.C. Munchkin Volleyball Out of this World/Helicopter Rescue Cosmic Conflict Thunderball Alien Invaders Plus Ufo War of Nerves Football Blockout/Breakdown Alpine Skiing Hockey/Soccer Pick Axe Pete Speedway/Spin-Out/Cryptologic Bowling/Basketball Showdown in 2100 A.D. Baseball The Quest of the Rings 　 Turbo Grafx 16 Games: Falcon(No Case) Neutopia II (No Case) Keith Courage in Alpha Zones(Wrong Manual) Bloody Wolf World Class Baseball Ballistix World Class Tennis Ninja Spirit Dragon's Curse Dungeon Explorer Vigilante Boxing Champions Forever Final Lap Twin The Legendary Axe TV Sports Hockey Chew-Man Fu(No Manual) King of Casino(No Manual) TV Sports Football Night Creatures Victory Run Again, all for 20 bucks

Neutopia 2 actually never came with a case. Some TG16 games were just the card with a manual inside the cardboard box, so having just the card and manual is kinda considered complete since almost everyone threw away the outer boxes