Craigslist people, are they serious?!??

[tubeway]

I almost have to wonder if there are uninformed people actually buying these overpriced systems? I mean, think about it. If you're some yuppie that works full time and is fairly ignorant of online sites such as ebay, and you want an original Nintendo system, where are you going to look? Sure, you could check thrift stores, garage sales, and so on, but what if you don't want to deal with the legwork? You're aware of Craigslist, so maybe you'll go there?

In my area, original Nintendo systems actually don't show up all THAT often on Craig's List. Maybe once a week. If that particular system is priced high, and it's the only one you see, and you're ignorant of what old games sell for, paying $100 for an "antique original Nintendo" might actually seem like an okay deal.

So. Yeah. It's almost tempting to just post an ad and see if people are actually interested.

[Ye0ldmario]

When you're asking $150 for a nintendo with a bad case of blinkeritis you're out of line in my eyes.

[Gameguy]

Here's an overpriced NES system, way overpriced. System with 5 sport/common games for $175.
http://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-NINTENDO-ATTENTION-NES-COLLECTORS-W0QQAdIdZ119721623


NINTENDO ***ATTENTION*** NES COLLECTORS
Price: $175.00

**** NES ***
NINTENDO ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
C/w 2 controllers & DUCK Zapper
GAMES
Super Mario Bros. w/ Duck Hunt
Super Mario Bros. 3
Golf
SNK TOUCHDOWN FEVER
SUPER BOWL

[mobiusclimber]

Here's one: http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/tag/1207586982.html

PSP = $100
PS2 = $50
Too lazy to list your games = epic fail!



ps2 and psp 4 sale 17 games must buy both - $400 (chehalis)
Reply to: ---
Date: 2009-06-05, 5:33PM PDT


playstation2 slim mand playstation portable for sale 16 games for the ps2, two memory cards and two controllers. psp has one game. call --- must buy both

[Cornelius]

Rule #65 for posting on CL: If you find yourself typing up a justification for your price, it is too high!

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/tag/1207931131.html



Game cube 4 games and a g3 extra controler - $300 (st.paul )
Reply to: sale-rv3zs-1207931131@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-06-06, 1:57AM CDT


i bought game cube the day it came out wainted in line a midnight at bestbuy thought it was going to be great but the truth of the matter is i played it (1) time and it has been sitting since when it came out it was 399.99 just for the console and i got 4 games to go along with it 1. starfox adventures 2. starwars 3. turok and number 4. eighteen wheelers and i got the extra controler the g3 black in color which at the time was 60 bucks but with time means less price which sucks but in total with all purchased at the time it was almost 700 bucks so all im asking is half or best offer it is basicly brand new i litteraly used it the night i bought it and that was it i hate the controls so i don't want it to take up space anymore so the closest to 300 wins good luck and thanks

James

[mobiusclimber]

Rule #65 for posting on CL: If you find yourself typing up a justification for your price, it is too high!

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/tag/1207931131.html

Not to mention talking about how much the item you're trying to sell "sucks."

[Ye0ldmario]

Please just stop talking. Maybe if they all had boxes.
http://maine.craigslist.org/ele/1179682619.html

that guy sent me an email and asked me if i was interested but his grammar and spelling was horrible. He copied and pasted the same exact thing in an email message to me. I don't know if he wanted 120 for everything or only certain things.

He told me he lived in massachusetts, wonder why he posted in maine?

[Ye0ldmario]

http://nh.craigslist.org/sys/1200253376.html

Bullshit.

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

http://nh.craigslist.org/sys/1200253376.html

Bullshit.

Why was this ad bad? I guess you don't believe their story.

JY

[Ye0ldmario]

because alot of these ads end up being someone either messing around or someone looking for free things to sell

kinda like the guy who will gladly take away your LCD television for FREE, but won't accept VCR's.

[mobiusclimber]

Yet another for the file marked "Idiots Who Email Me Wanting Something For Nothing":



its worth 30 max the game s are free now online


This is in response to an ad I have up for a Dreamcast, a Light Gun, a Fishing Reel controller, several controllers and VMUs, and 10 or more games for $100. The console & controllers alone are worth more than $30, and if you think games aren't worth any money b/c you can d/l them from a shady rom/iso site, well... fuck you.

[mobiusclimber]

Yet another stupidly overpriced console, this time a Gamecube for $100: http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/1209492547.html



selling nintendo gamecube (seattle white ceter)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reply to: -----
Date: 2009-06-07, 6:15AM PDT



im selling my gamecube cuz i dont play it no more its still new it comes with even thing

ok
i want 100$ for the gamecube the reason i want a 100 $ for it is cuz its still new and it comes with a memory card and a controller oh and ac adapter and stereo a/v cable

i all so have some games for it

if u want all the game then its 32$ for all the game

if u want one by its self

dragonball z budokai 2 10$ for it
need for speed underground 4$ for it
avatar the last airbender 5$ for it
megaman x command mission 10$ for it
evolution worlds 3$ for it

oh and my mom wanted me to put this up to she has a 2Gb flash memory card for a camera its new its has been use
she wants 10$ for it

[Ye0ldmario]

$200 for an NES with 50 games and another case of "i'm to lazy to list out the games, just gonna ask you for more then it's worth though if you don't mind"

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/tag/1210823173.html

[mobiusclimber]

Yesterday, I received the best worst email for an ad ever. I've got an ad up selling Saturn & Dreamcast import games for $20 apiece. I received this email from datsuntruck0778@aol.com (yes I'm including his email address b/c the guy's a jackass):


are you a homosexual ?

Guess it's time to hit up some gay porn sites and get on their email mailing list... with good all datsuntruck's email address of course.

[coreys429]

I've seen your ads, your prices are good.

[Tupin]

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/tag/1210693152.html

Does the DSi even support flash carts? Just another "sell you a bunch of ROMS" scammer.

[Kuros]

Tupin: That whole package cost him about $20 at most. What a ripoff artist.

[Sonicwolf]

100 Dollars for some copier crap? Ridiculous

[Porksta]

I put my Chrono Trigger on CL. Big Mistake. Within 10 seconds I had a guy offering $20 (I guess putting FIRM in big capital letters isn't enough). Here is the kicker - he asked ME to be fair. After all, it doesn't have the box, manual, map, or dust cover, which is half the value right there.

If you are knowledgeable enough to know it came with a map (I didn't know it did) then you know the real value of it. Don't bullshit a bullshitter.

[Dr. Dib]

Here's two Craiglist listings I remember that sort of made me wonder.

The first one was for a Goldstar 3DO for $80 with a couple of games. All games were in plastic sleeves and he mentions that the console can run burned games. This instantly made me wonder how many of the games are legit, but I still considered purchasing it. I later talked to a guy who frequents here and he told me it wasn't worth it. The console kept coming up including one time when it went up to $90! Not sure if it was sold.

The other listing was for a Dreamcast. The console came with a cd of tons of emus and roms and I think he wanted around $100 for it. In the auction he said he could have gotten a lot more on ebay, but wanted it gone fast. I believed the listing until he listed it again with nothing changed.

Then there is this current listing that made me laugh a bit because of how ridiculous the message is:


I have a basically Brand New 80gb PS3. This is the 1 that is backward Compatable with the Old Playstation Games and it also plays Blu-Ray and High Def DVD's as well as regular ones. I have played this about 5 times, and it was purchased in middle February from Best Buy. I still have the original box and all original accesseries as well as 2 controllers.

***THIS IS IN GREAT SHAPE NOTHING WRONG WITH IT, WELCOME TO TEST IT....I JUST NEVER PLAY IT SO I AM SELLING IT...YOUR WELCOME TO TEST IT OUT***

I am asking $340 OBO CASH ONLY...LOCAL PICKUP...or I will meet somewhere for $10 extra...

Again THIS IS CASH ONLY...LOCAL PEOPLE ONLY....NO I WONT MAIL IT TO AFRICA FOR PAYMENT ON PAYPAL....NO I WONT ACCEPT A MONEY ORDER IF I SHIP IT TO OREGON....DONT BOTHER SENDING THAT GARBAGE IM NOT A RETARD.

If you think my price is high, your welcome to go on amazon and ebay and buy it used off there for $350 with only 1 controller.

And if you want to send me an offer of $250 dont waste my time.

And if you want to trade me a bunch of junk, no thanks.

I will only accept a trade as a partial trade if its an Iphone, or a playstation 2, or ps2 or xbox 360 games

[Ye0ldmario]

I haven't had much luck selling anything on craigslist lately even good stuff for under 20 dollars. It's like there's only sellers and no buyers anymore. It takes me like 2 weeks to sell something and sometimes it STILL doesn't sell. That's how bad it is out here. Last year I sold stuff within MINUTES of posting it. Now, it takes forever!

Of course the only emails I do get are from people saying "I want it, when can I pick it up", I provide a good time, and I never hear back from them. "Does it work with this?" or some other question, and nothing..........poof.......

I don't understand this nonsense. All these emails and leads that go sour. In all my time of doing craigslist I never did this to anybody.

I never bothered and wasted a sellers time, told them I wanted an item and then ignored them after a few emails.

CL makes me sick to my stomach because of these people......

[Ye0ldmario]

Unless your selling an 80GB playstation 3 for 25 dollars or a brand new DS Lite for 50 cents, forget it. Craigslist is dead.

[Sonicwolf]

eBay can be considered dead for value buyers nowadays. Its a smelly scumhole of gratuitous price gouging when gives assholes around at thrift shops, flea markets and garage sales ridiculous ideas of what things are worth. Craigslist is a victim of this.

[darkslime]

eBay can be considered dead for value buyers nowadays. Its a smelly scumhole of gratuitous price gouging when gives assholes around at thrift shops, flea markets and garage sales ridiculous ideas of what things are worth. Craigslist is a victim of this.i buy cheap in lots on ebay and then sell individually for higher prices. same with craigslist.

[mobiusclimber]

I haven't had much luck selling anything on craigslist lately even good stuff for under 20 dollars. It's like there's only sellers and no buyers anymore. It takes me like 2 weeks to sell something and sometimes it STILL doesn't sell. That's how bad it is out here. Last year I sold stuff within MINUTES of posting it. Now, it takes forever!

Of course the only emails I do get are from people saying "I want it, when can I pick it up", I provide a good time, and I never hear back from them. "Does it work with this?" or some other question, and nothing..........poof.......

I don't understand this nonsense. All these emails and leads that go sour. In all my time of doing craigslist I never did this to anybody.

I never bothered and wasted a sellers time, told them I wanted an item and then ignored them after a few emails.

CL makes me sick to my stomach because of these people......

Craigslist is really getting worse and worse, mostly b/c the economy sucks AND there's a lot more people migrating from Ebay to CL. I don't blame anyone for jumping the sinking Ebay Titanic, but most of these people seem to think that high BIN prices will work on CL. If you haven't been w/ CL for four or more years, spend some time getting to know the place before jumping in w/ crazy ads.

I've been stood up a lot more lately too. One woman actually called and said she was leaving her house and would meet me in 45 minutes, then never showed up! Another had me wait an hour when I got off work, and this person was SELLING something, not buying. WTF?!

Still, there are lots of deals to be had on CL. It's just not that great a place to buy anything anymore.


eBay can be considered dead for value buyers nowadays. Its a smelly scumhole of gratuitous price gouging when gives assholes around at thrift shops, flea markets and garage sales ridiculous ideas of what things are worth. Craigslist is a victim of this.

I actually think Ebay has been a pretty great place to pick up stuff cheap lately. Ignore the BINs, for the most part, and snipe all the people who still think putting games on Ebay for 99 cents is a good idea. Granted, those people are getting less and less frequent as more and more good games get snipped for next to nothing. There's just no one using Ebay anymore. It's also pretty painful for the hardcore collector, I'd imagine. Used to be you could get pretty much any game ever made. Now, since there just aren't many people buying on there, a lot of people have either found alternate places to sell their copy of NWC or CTCW and just don't even bother w/ Ebay, or they're keeping it. Prices are down across the board, just about, so most people not in need of instant cash are going to hang onto their super rarity until the prices go back up.

[Breetai]

I put my Chrono Trigger on CL. Big Mistake. Within 10 seconds I had a guy offering $20 (I guess putting FIRM in big capital letters isn't enough). Here is the kicker - he asked ME to be fair. After all, it doesn't have the box, manual, map, or dust cover, which is half the value right there.

If you are knowledgeable enough to know it came with a map (I didn't know it did) then you know the real value of it. Don't bullshit a bullshitter.I wouldn't pay more than $20 for a cart-only Chrono Trigger. :)

[hellfire]

nintendo genesis http://columbus.craigslist.org/ele/1213685422.html

[Ye0ldmario]

then you have people asking to mail stuff and deliver stuff 30 miles away, for a $10 item? screw that. The money would be gone already from gas.

I'm gonna have to start using ebay again i guess, or the newspaper. The newspaper is golden. Everything I advertised on the newspaper, sold, usually the same day, for my asking price. The person calls, get directions, comes over, pays me takes the item and leaves. No lowballers, nigerian scammers, flakes or any of that crap you get on craigslist.

I remember when craigslist was still an obscure classifieds website, back then, only the serious people and legit folks who priced stuff right would use it. Now that's it's mainstream, all the tire kickers are on it, and being "FREE" doesn't help either.

If you had to pay to post on craigslist, we wouldn't see so much of this overpriced crap.

[ryborg]

eBay can be considered dead for value buyers nowadays. Its a smelly scumhole of gratuitous price gouging when gives assholes around at thrift shops, flea markets and garage sales ridiculous ideas of what things are worth. Craigslist is a victim of this.

I love when people say this on forums and others read and believe it, because that just means that are more bargains for me. If you can't find good deals on ebay, sorry you suck at searching.

[Ye0ldmario]

Ebay is booming with buyers and sellers and deals to be had.

I was talking about craigslist being the dead site.......

[Sonicwolf]

I love when people say this on forums and others read and believe it, because that just means that are more bargains for me. If you can't find good deals on ebay, sorry you suck at searching.

Im saying that the chances of more people joining in on the overpricing is pretty high. People tend to be greedy when it comes to things like that. Value buyers will be paying more and more except when the buy from the really caring and respectful sellers who believe in giving the customer good service and not gouging their eyes out. The big problem is that people at thrift stores and everywhere else that want to make money look for the high prices and believe them inflicting this upon those interested buyers.

[Ye0ldmario]

in other words, when one person is overpriced, everyone follows suit.

[Sonicwolf]

in other words, when one person is overpriced, everyone follows suit.

slowly the price gets edged up except for the honest sellers. If someone is selling something for 200 dollars, and its actually worth less than 100, what stopping another person from selling it at 110 or 120 or higher? It may look like a good deal to some and they could easily justify it in comparison to the high prices. Then some other people do it and some dont.

Another problem is it is very easy to get away with this with very rare and hard to find items.

[mobiusclimber]

It all comes down to what people are willing to pay. Two great examples: Ys Book I & II and Dragon Slayer, both for the Turbo CD. Over and over a few sellers keep putting up auctions for these two games w/ $100 BINs. They don't sell. Ever. The few times they've come up as regular auctions, they've gone for $30 or less. No one's biting at the high prices. Eventually, the seller either has to price according to the market or take their ball and go home. Same thing w/ the thrift stores. I've seen em try to get Ebay prices. It doesn't work. Eventually, the color tag goes on sale all the way down to 99 cents apiece. They don't keep merch for longer than a month at any of the chain thrift stores. If it doesn't sell it gets turned over or tossed in the trash.

[Sonicwolf]

It all comes down to what people are willing to pay. Two great examples: Ys Book I & II and Dragon Slayer, both for the Turbo CD. Over and over a few sellers keep putting up auctions for these two games w/ $100 BINs. They don't sell. Ever. The few times they've come up as regular auctions, they've gone for $30 or less. No one's biting at the high prices. Eventually, the seller either has to price according to the market or take their ball and go home. Same thing w/ the thrift stores. I've seen em try to get Ebay prices. It doesn't work. Eventually, the color tag goes on sale all the way down to 99 cents apiece. They don't keep merch for longer than a month at any of the chain thrift stores. If it doesn't sell it gets turned over or tossed in the trash.

When you look at how many Sims 2 expansions and stuff packs there are that are selling well and you tend to lose faith in humanities ability to buy with confidence and have knowledge of true value.

[coreys429]

I hate this word RARE not normally rare thats fine but all CAPS FOR RARE..
http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/tag/1214186531.html
SEGA NOMAD PORTABLE GENESIS GAMING SYSTEM, NOW A COLECTORS ITEM A+COND - $160 (SEATAC)
Reply to: sale-buet5-1214186531@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-06-09, 9:42PM PDT


SEGA NOMAD THE PORTABLE 16BIT GENESIS GAMING SYSTEM, WHICH IS NOW A COLECTORS ITEM & EXTREMELY RARE,
WHEN TURNED ON AND PLAYING, THE SCREEEN IS LIGHTED JUST LIKE A TV SCREEN
IT HAS 2 ADJUSTABLE DIALS
ONE IS TO ADJUST YOUR DESIRED SCREEN BRIGHTNESS
THE 2ND ONE IS THE SOUND VOLUME AJUSTMENT,

ALSO HAS A STANDARD SIZE 3.5 SUB MINI STERIO HEADPHONE JACK FOR USEING HEADPHONE AS TO NOT BOTHER OTHERS WILE IN QUIET PUBLIC PLACES

THE NOMAD IS IN PERFECT CONDITION
NORMALY THE SCREEN FACES ON THESE GET SCRATCHED OVER TIME,..=BUT THIS ONE IS NOT, .INFACT THE SCREEN ON THIS IS NEAR FLAWLESS,

THIS COMES WITH EXTRA ACCESSORIES THAT WERE BOUGHT SEPERATLY WHEN NEW
LIKE
A SEGA GENESIS GAME PAD WHICH IS THE 6 BUTTON NOT THE WIMPY 3 BUTTON,
WITH THIS YOU CAN PLAY 2 PLAYERS =AGINST A FRIEND WITH POPULAR ARCADE FIGHTERS INCLUDED IN THIS DEAL,
I JUST REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN EVEN PLAY 2 PLAYER PAC-MAN, AND MOST ALL THESE OTHER GAMES AS WELL,

COMES WITH AC WALL POWER SUPPLY,

ALSO COMES WITH THE OPTIONAL NOMAD TO TV RCA ADAPTOR WHICH WILL ALLOW YOU TURN YOUR SYSTEM AND TV INTO A REGULAR ARCADE,
BUT YOURS IS THIS WAY YOUR MORE ADVANCED THEN THE OLD LIMITED ONE GAME HIT WONDERS OF THOSE BIG MACHINES,

#1 TODAYS TV SCREENS LOOK MUCH BETTER THEN THOSE OLDER ARCADE MONITORS
#2 YOU CAN PLAY AS MANY GAMES AS YOU HAVE CARTRIDGES & WHAT EVER NEW CARTRIDGES YOU CAN COLLECT,
#3 TAKE THIS WITH YOU ON THE GO, =PLUG IT INTO YOUR CARS CIGARETT LIGHTER, OR RUN ON 6XAAA BATTERYS OR BUY A RECHARGABLE PACK,

THERES ACTULY MORE GAME PLAY THEN ALL THOSE YOU'R SEEING PICTURED, =AS ONE OF THE CARTS HAVE 6 FULL GAMES ALL ON ONE CARD=THE SIX-PAC
THEN OF CORSE ALL THOSE OTHER YOU CAN SEE PICTURED,
3 OR THE POPULAR FIGHTER GAMES
4 OR 5 ARE ORIGONAL SONIC CLASSICS ONE EVEN INCLUDES KNUCKLES
SONIC & TAILS
SONIC 3D BLAST
EARTH WORM JIM,

AND WAY TO MANY OTHERS FOR ME TO LIST RIGHT NOW, ..I MAY ADD THEM LATER,
OTHERWISE YOU CAN ALSO PRITTY MUCH SEE EVERYTHING INCLUDED,

I CAN ALSO EMAIL YOU BIGGER PICTURES THEN THE RESTRICTED SMALL SIZE CRAIGSLIST ALLOWS,

PLEASE Dont Email,
Just Call Me >Greg 253-640-9453 Call for Open Public Meeting Place by Appointment Only,
inless Im otherwise free at the time you Call,

[Ye0ldmario]

Well greg you might be able to get 16 bucks for your Nomad lot, but 160? you're too cute. X_x

[Gameguy]

That Nomad lot isn't too overpriced IMO, there's a ton of games included as well as official AV cables. It's priced more towards the high end, but maybe $130-$140 would be a more reasonable price. Aren't Nomads worth at least $60 by themselves?

[mobiusclimber]

That Nomad lot isn't too overpriced IMO, there's a ton of games included as well as official AV cables. It's priced more towards the high end, but maybe $130-$140 would be a more reasonable price. Aren't Nomads worth at least $60 by themselves?

Nomad by itself is worth $60, but there's nothing else in that lot worth anything. Definitely worth more than $16, but not worth $160 at all.

[Gameguy]

Nomad by itself is worth $60, but there's nothing else in that lot worth anything. Definitely worth more than $16, but not worth $160 at all.
I value games at $5 each, so there's $80 worth of games there. I only see one sports game there, but the rest make up for it(or count the AV cable too).

[Baloo]

Don't forget the controller. $160 is a little high, but it's not outrageous. Like he said, $120-140 would be more reasonable.

[Ye0ldmario]

Some jackass was messing with my ads today. He replied to almost every ad I had up saying "is the _________ still available? thanks, john" Of course I never heard back.

Are there really that many lonely people who have nothing better to do then fuck around with CL sellers all day?

[mobiusclimber]

Some jackass was messing with my ads today. He replied to almost every ad I had up saying "is the _________ still available? thanks, john" Of course I never heard back.

Are there really that many lonely people who have nothing better to do then fuck around with CL sellers all day?

Probably phishing for email addresses for some nefarious purpose. I wouldn't have replied to any of them.

[Wookie]

Some jackass was messing with my ads today. He replied to almost every ad I had up saying "is the _________ still available? thanks, john" Of course I never heard back.

Are there really that many lonely people who have nothing better to do then fuck around with CL sellers all day?

These are most likely bot replies intended to harvest your email address for spamming. When I sell on CL, I always insist that responses include a local phone #, and won't reply to those that don't. Not a perfect solution, but it helps separate the real buyers from the bots & snots.

[mobiusclimber]

These are most likely bot replies intended to harvest your email address for spamming. When I sell on CL, I always insist that responses include a local phone #, and won't reply to those that don't. Not a perfect solution, but it helps separate the real buyers from the bots & snots.

And I tend to not reply to ads that ask for a phone number outright, only b/c I've had bad experiences w/ the nutjobs that post ads on CL. When I DO reply to those ads, I don't give my phone number, but I tend to write enough coherent sentences to show I'm a person w/ questions. If the reply I get back is "gimme yr # I call u" then I just delete the email and forget about it.

[Wookie]

And I tend to not reply to ads that ask for a phone number outright, only b/c I've had bad experiences w/ the nutjobs that post ads on CL. When I DO reply to those ads, I don't give my phone number, but I tend to write enough coherent sentences to show I'm a person w/ questions. If the reply I get back is "gimme yr # I call u" then I just delete the email and forget about it.

I don't hold rigidly to the phone number rule; a response like yours that shows sincere interest would also warrant a reply. But just putting the request for a number in the ad has pretty much eliminated the time wasting 'is xxx still available?' messages, and I still sell almost everything I list.

[Kuros]

Bah to you Craigslist naysayers. I still find deals on CL and I still sell on CL pretty well.

[Chainclaw]

Stupid prices:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ele/1215973773.html
$150 for a Gameboy SP. The SP was never $150, ever. This is clearly a crazy person.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/1212592656.html
$100 for an O2. You can't even give these things away, I don't know where this price is coming from.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ele/1212512390.html
Someone's still selling a flashback 2 for $100. The stupid here is overwhelming.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/skc/ele/1216949292.html
Nintendo Wee. $450.

Weird stuff:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/clt/1208851789.html
No price, but the "if I can get my husband out to the garage" line makes me think she carts him around in a wheelbarrow.

Cool stuff:
http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/1212533816.html
You don't see complete kits for old arcade boards very often. The price seems a little high to me, but I also don't really care for full kits.

[Ye0ldmario]

seems like an awful bother to go through to get an email address

I ask for phone numbers too, but you gotta be careful, I got prank calls on my cell phone one day all night, i had to shut my phone off because it woke me up, and my number was brand new at the time, but i only posted it on CL to sell something

i did a reverse lookup on the phone numbers and sure enough they were all local

[chrissylas]

yeah, I really hate letting people have my phone number. I sold something to a guy on Craigslist and he proceeded to text me no less than 10 times that day to ensure that our meeting was still on, he sent me 15-20 emails as well.

Yeah, no thanks.

[mobiusclimber]

yeah, I really hate letting people have my phone number. I sold something to a guy on Craigslist and he proceeded to text me no less than 10 times that day to ensure that our meeting was still on, he sent me 15-20 emails as well.

Yeah, no thanks.

Yeah that's another thing, I make sure everyone knows text messages cost me money and that I won't be texting back & forth with them. I hate that nonsense. I'm not a tween girl. Keep your sexting to yourself, k thnx.

[coreys429]

yeah, I really hate letting people have my phone number. I sold something to a guy on Craigslist and he proceeded to text me no less than 10 times that day to ensure that our meeting was still on, he sent me 15-20 emails as well.

Yeah, no thanks.

I have the problem with some people with my number. I bought a turbo grafx from a guy, he called a few days later asking if I wanted to buy the coleco he had. I was like nope. He called again asking if I could find Castlevania Symphony of the Night for under $20. Again I was like no I can't get that for that price. A few days later again he called asking whats a good price range for an NES with 10 games. I told him like $50 or so, then he asked would I want to buy it for that much. I told him I don't make my own prices like that. :pimp:

[Gameguy]

I replied to an ad on craigslist, but it was just a pain to deal with the seller so nothing became of it.

Here's the ad;
http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/yrk/ele/1214331033.html

Selling 200 + SNES Games - $1
Selling everything for 500$

less than 3$ each. Less than 15% are sports games. Leave a contact #

It sounds decent enough, but none of the games are listed so I asked the seller what the were.

Here's what was said;

Me: Do you have a list of all of the games? Are the labels in good shape? Do any of the games come with the original boxes and instructions? I'd prefer working out the details through email if possible, I'm not always available to use the phone. Please let me know, thanks.

Him: none come with boxes or instructions. labels are good shape

Me: So what are the games? Could I have a list of all the games please.

I haven't heard back since, and that was a few days ago. Should I be willing to buy $500 worth of games without knowing what I'll be getting? I really don't think so. I also recognize his email address and I happened to email him a few times before(every time I've contacted him nothing happened, even when he replied to one of my ads wanting to buy something). He's also a member here, anyone remember Cellplanman? He's the guy who bought a ton of games to open a store without knowing anything about games. I guess opening a store didn't work out which is why he's selling everything.
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=125498

[Ye0ldmario]

I've had sellers vanish on me alot of times as well. I don't know what's up with that. Seems kinda shady.

It's like, dude, I'm giving you all this cash for your stuff. Why are you ignoring my emails?

If you ever wanna burn some free time, go on craigslist and try to sell or buy something.

It can't be beat.

[Tupin]

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/tag/1218471431.html

I've never seen prices like that on my Craigslist, I don't know what that guy is talking abou-

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/tag/1218584358.html

I stand corrected.

[Ye0ldmario]

he's right. I see people asking 75 for an NES (one scum bag buys them for 10 and re-sellers for 60), SNES for 50-100, N64 for 70-100 with shit and nothing rare at all, 250 for a fucking gamecube all the time....a GAMECUBE!!! lol....seriously, gamestop sells them for $29.99 and nobody wants them, who's gonna pay $250?

drinking water must be polluted

[Tupin]

Best tap water in the country around here, that must explain all the good deals. ;)

[Ye0ldmario]

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tag/1218273562.html

LOL

[Sonicwolf]

http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/tag/1218273562.html

LOL

So the Genesis is called a "Sega" and the 32x is Sega's equivalent to a game genie? And that price! God.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/tag/1220512681.html


ps2 very good condition and have all the wires with 2 contorlers and 1 memory card (8 mb).

with 14 ps2 games.
-final fantasy X
-the goldeneye: rogue agent
-total overdose + bonus dvd lara coft tomb raider
-the primal
-nano breaker
-medal of honor: rising sun
-medal of honor: frontline
-medal of honor: european assault
-acecombat 04
-the getaway
-deus EX the conspiracy
-madden 2001
-corvette
-primal
-enter the matrix


Oh man thats terrible. 300 Bucks for just THAT?

This is just as bad:

http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/tag/1218809470.html


Wii with sensor bar, 2 controllers, charging station, nunchuk, Wii Sports with accessories, Tiger Woods 2009, Super Mario Galaxy, Wii Fit with Balance Board. Used about 10 times.

600 Bucks

[Porksta]

Found this one funny, selling a 360 with a faceplate as a limited edition Gears of War Xbox:

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/ele/1220860882.html

[NoahsMyBro]

Free N64 with a stuck reset key, but with an amusing description:
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/zip/1221745592.html

[mobiusclimber]

There's a whole, billion page topic full of amusing Craigslist ads in the forum right below this one (What's It Worth?).

[edit: mods moved from Buy/Sell/Trade forum.]

[Sonicwolf]

Free N64 with a stuck reset key, but with an amusing description:
http://newjersey.craigslist.org/zip/1221745592.html

That was amusing. Sounds like someones childhood falling apart before their very eyes.

[coreys429]

I hate to email the person that Atari isn't worth this much:
ATARI VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM PLUS GAMES - $150 (silverlake/everett)
Reply to: sale-v4d4r-1222045678@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Date: 2009-06-15, 2:08AM PDT

atari comes with two games and one controller. has been sitting in storage for over a year. needs power supply cord.
http://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/ele/1222045678.html

[Sonicwolf]

Is 150 dollars the standard going horse-shit Atari VCS price rate now?

[mobiusclimber]

Around here I see Ataris going for super cheap. Dunno about a VCS tho (and I don't know enough about Atari to know precisely what that even is).

[coreys429]

My basic price for a Atari 2600 is $40 with like 20 games 2 joysticks. Once in a while I place one on ebay and usually they have a higher price but I prefer selling local.

[mobiusclimber]

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ele/1214785856.html



Dreamcast w/lots of games - $35 (Ballard)
Reply to: see below
Date: 2009-06-10, 9:46AM PDT


Dreamcast w/3 controllers, 3 memory cards,
and these games:
tomb raider 2 Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2
Re Volt
NFL2K1
Speed Devils
Demolition Racer (theres two more games i found)

OH WOW! All those games!!! When I email the seller I'l have to ask if he'll help me carry them out... Might have to see if my buddy can lend me his truck too. No way it's all gonna fit in the hatchback.

[Atarileaf]

Around here I see Ataris going for super cheap. Dunno about a VCS tho (and I don't know enough about Atari to know precisely what that even is).

Must be nice. Around here Atari's are expensive:

http://windsor.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-video-games-consoles-ATARI-2600-W0QQAdIdZ135798706

$70 for a loose vader with controllers, no games.

[Ye0ldmario]

I have yet to see somebody selling a dreamcast "bundle" WITHOUT a binder full of burned games.

If I want burned dreamcast games, I'll buy a spool of discs and do the whole process myself. You're not fooling anybody.

[HyperDuel]

I found many rare Laserdiscs via Craigslist (including a Japanese LD player). Good times.

[GOLDEN KEYS]

a couple weeks ago i saw an ad from a guy selling a few nes games...

he had battletoads and castlevania and wanted $25 each for them. he wanted $15 for astyanax and $10 for some sports game. all were cartridge only.

i thought that was pretty ridiculous. im guessing he priced them according to how much he liked them.

[darkslime]

So, I posted an NES for $50 on cl, and have some interest:


would you accept $30?for the Nintento

I said something like no, the lowest I will go is $45.

DO YOU HAVE THE GUN? IF YES TO GO GET IT

I said I have a zapper, where would you want to meet

WELL I LIVE LA CHOLLA AND RIVER AND YOU WERE DO YOU LIVE? SO YOU ACEPT $45 THE LOWEST?

then he emails me this faster than i can reply to his last email:

DO YOU STILL HAVE THE NINTENTO NES?

he then emails me this faster than i can respond to the last two emails


DO YOU STIL HAVE THE NINTENTO NES? IF YOU DO PLEASE CALL ME THIS IS MY PHONE#xxxxxxxxxx

I'm not sure if I want to call him, but probably will because I want to make a sale.

[Tupin]

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/bar/1223451827.html

Why not trade a video game system for 10 carnivorous fish? LOL

[coreys429]

I just had a guy call me. I bought some things from this guy before though this was an odd call. He has a Super Nintendo, Dreamcast, N64, and games for all. He's willing to sell to me for $10 because they are a dime a dozen....this seems odd to me. Any thoughts on dealing with this type of call?