Refurbished NES Systems as well as NES System Repair

[RyanDG82]

As a bit of a side hobby of mine, I am currently refurbishing NES systems. I have several available and am willing to sell them at $20 a piece (that includes shipping unless you are international). If you are interested PM me.

Furthermore, if you have a system that currently doesn't work, and you don't feel like paying the full $20 that I am asking to get a new refurbished one, PM me and describe your problem, and I may be able to help you out when it comes to refurbishing your system.

I am able to repair several facets of the NES, not just the 72-Pin connector, so even if you aren't suffering from a blinking problem (as everyone does at sometime), but rather something else, let me know.

Thanks,
Ryan

[chadtower]

Nice... any type of warranty with it? I'm not looking for anything big, just your word that if it still blinks you'll be good for it.

[bobdrywalls]

could i give you a loose final fantasy III for a refurbished nes system?

[RyanDG82]

I can't offer any money back as a warranty, but if it does blink out within 90 days, I will replace it as well as compensate you for shipping. Not quite a money back guarantee, but my own personal project would be at that point to get you a working system to replace the one that did not work.

[RyanDG82]

I'll think about that Final Fantasy 3... Let me know though, does its battery still work?

[dsullo]

Not trying to steal your thunder or your sales. I also repair the NES Units and sell them as a sort of hobby. Its great that people still love to play the NES games. I still love CONTRA!! Anyway the tough part of giving a warrenty is that their are 2 variables here.
1 NES System with the Connector
and
THE Games the buyer has.

Even if the system is refurbished with a new connector, if your games are filthy,dirty and dusty they may still give you problems. If you fail to clean them thoroughly and remove the years of grime, you will still have the blinking problem. So if you refurbish your system ,then take the time to clean all your games.

Long Live the NES!!!

[chadtower]

Sometimes even that doesn't work. I took an nes, completely cleaned the board/case/connections, replaced the connector with a 'new' one I bought off ebay, and then individually cleaned my nearly 100 games. Still, it blinks like it's looking into the sun... :(

[dsullo]

In my many repairs , I have run into a few connectors that just don't work. they may look perfect, but soemthing is not right. I have a supply , so I just try another and it usually works fine.

Also you should clean the part of the board where the connector sits, that part is usually pretty dirty and dusty

[chadtower]

Did clean the contacts... I used alcohol on the pins and then used compressed air on the board itself. No luck. I figure that if this seller says he has some units that he knows work and will stand behind them, then for $20 shipped that's a damn good deal considering the new connector is $10 itself.

[dsullo]

your right that is a good deal

[RyanDG82]

The reason why that I am not afraid of offering that bit of a warranty (even with the consideration of a dirty game) is that I am doing a bit more to the system than just replacing the 72-Pin connector. Sometimes I go as far as cleaning out and replacing the entire board. If a game is dirty and that has caused a system that I have sold to blink, it is easy enough replaced and repaired or even just cleaned, as well as at that time, I can give that buyer the heads up to let him or her know that the game has caused the system to blink out. It's not that much to ask I don't think to get a little trust from a buyer.

[RyanDG82]

Oh, and as a bit of clarificatoin, this is for only the system deck. There are no controllers or cords provided with the $20. If you are interested in adding controllers and cords, I have some relatively new ones that I will be willing to throw in with the system at an increased cost, depending on what you need. Most of the controllers have been opened as well as cleaned thoroughly with their buttons being replaced. I have just a few sets of controllers and cords though, so keep that in mind.

Thanks again.

[chadtower]

It's not that much to ask I don't think to get a little trust from a buyer.

Nope, and I gave you enough trust that I sent you $20!

:-D

[bobdrywalls]

I'll think about that Final Fantasy 3... Let me know though, does its battery still work?


pardon my ignorance, but does that mean that if the battery works the game plays? well the game does play and its in pretty good shape.

[RyanDG82]

Basically, does the game retain its saves? Does it save the game alright, as well as maintain that save after shutting off the system?

[bobdrywalls]

well, i think the ff3 is sold to another member on the dp board. sorry. but i do have final fantasy I and i could throw in a loose t&c surf design for nes. interested?

[chadtower]

How can anyone refuse a loose T&C Surf Design?

LOL

[Reverend JagDiesel]

Something else to try, when replacing the 72 pin...
Use a clean pencil eraser to clean the connections on the board, then alcohol. The eraser picks up alot of crap that the alcohol misses. Its an old trick I learned working on Ataris...

[RyanDG82]

The pencil-rubber trick does work well, but the best is a good ol' fashion can of air, Super Contact Cleaner, and a face mask to protect yourself from the toxic fumes you will be squirting into the Ozone.

Don't you love knowing you are doing your part to deplete the environments natural resources. :D

[RyanDG82]

one bump and then it dies.

[chadtower]

What is super contact cleaner? I have a couple NES that are just very stubbornly clinging to not working well.

[RyanDG82]

It is an industrial strength cleaner used to clean a lot of random stuff, including electrical contacts. You can sometimes find it in the automotive section, but unfortunately, for the most part, it is no longer being sold wide-market.

[TokenGamer]

super contact cleaner is getting harder to find. i recently stocked up on it and after i bought it all, the retailer jacked up the price! that may be why it's getting harder to find... the price skyrocketed and retailers don't want to sell it because the profit margin is too low.
also, the post office refuses to deliver dangerous chemicals. you would have to smuggle it inside of something else to send it through the mail.

[chadtower]

FYI... I bought one of his 'reconditioned systems'. The connector is as loose as I've ever seen. I tried for an hour to get it to work with about 25 different clean nes games. Not a single one worked even once. I have been ripped off.

[RyanDG82]

Before accusing me of ripping you off, I told you that I would do everything I could to get you a system that works, and considering that the first complaint that you have made about your system not working is on this thread, it has sort of caught me off guard. If the system didn't work, why not let me know first before you claim that you have been ripped off. There may have been an honest mistake made in the shipping of your system, and if that is the case, it is easily remedied. There is a natural progression or order of things that should be followed before accusing someone of ripping you off, and it seems that instead of trying to follow that order, you have immediately jumped the gun and have claimed that I have ripped you off. Realize that in the business world, if you have a complaint against a product, the first step usually is to contact the person who sold you the product and let them know what exactly is going on. Considering that you have instead tried tarnishing my selling record here, it makes me a bit leery of you as a buyer. Check your PM and let's see if we can get this resolved in a way that we don't have to resort to petty posts on a messageboard spamming this forum. I appreciate a prompt response.

[chadtower]

I did PM you. The reason I bought your unit, as stated in that PM, is time and convenience. I work 12 hour days and have two small kids and have NO time for things like this. I have several nonworking NES units I could have spent time diagnosing but instead paid you to do it for me. Whether it's an honest mistake or intentional really isn't relevant to me (though it is to the forum) because the end result is the same here. I have dealt with many people here and every one of them would likely confirm that I am a very reasonable guy. This deal in particular, because I wasn't really paying for an NES but for the work required to surely repair an NES, has made me pretty angry since the NES I received is completely nonworking. Shipping a $12 unit back after paying to have it shipped here just isn't something I want to do.

[RyanDG82]

Please check your PM again and avoid posting on this thread. I really don't want to discuss things here, and just so you know, despite the fact that before I claimed there would be no money back and just a system that works, you have been refunded your money via your form of payment. Furthermore, you did PM me before, but considering that you posted on this thread first, it makes me leery as I stated due to the fact that you probably should've contacted me before claiming you were ripped off (as I said before). We all have full time jobs, we all have families to take care of, and none of us have time for this. Whether it is an honest mistake or intentional should be relevant to you especially when the buyer/seller market is concerned, and especially when you did not even try to contact me before claiming that you were ripped off. I tested the systems that I have sent out, and this is the only one that I have ever got a complaint against, so, odds are, that this was just a one time occurence that I have rectified by refunding your money. Let's let it end now.

[chadtower]

I acknowledge the refund. It is still pending for clearance of funds.

I don't care if you've sold to 500 people, the fact that you went out of your way to assure me you would send a good unit, then sent a bad unit, is all I know. I still recommend against buying from you though I no longer consider it a ripoff. Just a bad item. There is no way you tested this unit before it was sent as it clearly doesn't work. I played with it for a full half hour earlier and didn't get a single instance of a game working.

[Half Japanese]

Not that this is any of my business, but the seller does seem like he's trying to be reasonable. There is always the possibility that your item may have been damaged in the shipping process. I'm not taking sides here, but that's just how it looks to me. Your complaints are the equivelant of me going to Gamestop, buying a faulty NES (they're $50 used there, for reference), getting it home only to find I've bought a dud, then complaining loudly without ever attempting to call or go to Gamestop and see if they're willing to let me exchange it or give me a refund. Go to the source first, then if that becomes a fiasco, then raise hell publicly.

[TokenGamer]

about 2 years ago i sold an nes to a gamer through ebay. i fix them up really good and test them not once but twice, one week apart and still had a similar problem.
i went on vacation for 2 months (noted in auction) and buddy got the nes and claimed that it was totally useless. while i was enjoying my vacation, he tried to contact me but since i wasn't getting the communication he left negative feedback and the whole nine yards!
when i got back, i contacted him immediatly and advised him to send the console back and i would swap it for another and cover shipping. when i got it back, i decided to test it to see what had happened to it exactly. none of my hidden security marks were tampered with, none of the internal parts were missing or swapped with bad parts. when i plugged it in it clearly didn't work.
this is the funny part...
i made sure my tv was on channel 3 and looked on the back of the nes and saw it was set on channel 4. i switched it back to 3 and it worked flawlessly. i sent him the exact console back and an envelope full of old stamps to make up the cost of shipping. what a moron.
a few weeks later i emailed him asking "how is the new one working?" he replied saying it was fantastic and that the old one was really bad compared to this new one. i laughed my head off!!! i had to tell him what happened so i emailed him back with the details of what i did. he emailed me back the next day. the email was 2 pages worth of "the impossibility of that happening" since he had spent countless hours and hours trying to work out the problem.
i never bothered to email him again. i can understand how a man's pride can be hurt over something that dumb but the fact of that matter is that it can happen to anyone. no one is perfect.
i'm not suggesting that is the problem with the unit mentioned in this thread but it could be something equally simple that could easily be overlooked. i like to think that the better man would admit his mistake and take it like a man.