Basement gold has been found - Sealed stadium events (plus other SE drama!) [Archive] - Page 2

Arkhan

03-02-2010, 12:01 AM

Somebody has a lot of money on their hands. But, who spends almost one million one a game- even one this incredbily rare?

the same kinda people that spend like 750k$ on a bottle of wine at auction.

craziness.

maybe they go spend 2 million$ total and get tanked while playing the NES game. :-D

kupomogli

03-02-2010, 12:34 AM

If there's a thread on this one already, I had not seen it.

There's a thread about Stadium Events in general and this is in the topic. The previous post was made at 9:16, only 30 minutes before your topic was created. It's also, as of right now, the eighth topic down on the first page and it's been over two hours since anyone has posted(counting the locked threads.)

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141879

chandler_455

03-02-2010, 12:37 AM

Notice how less and less rare this game is getting I thought this is what was going on with this game. People got it and looked at it and thought it was stupid and either threw it out or put it away somewhere and when everyone saw that 40k auction They went hey I got this game its rediculous

Poofta!

03-02-2010, 01:11 AM

There's a thread about Stadium Events in general and this is in the topic. The previous post was made at 9:16, only 30 minutes before your topic was created. It's also, as of right now, the eighth topic down on the first page and it's been over two hours since anyone has posted(counting the locked threads.)

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=141879

go away.

Notice how less and less rare this game is getting I thought this is what was going on with this game. People got it and looked at it and thought it was stupid and either threw it out or put it away somewhere and when everyone saw that 40k auction They went hey I got this game its rediculous

times are tough. i think people are selling their copies cause theyd rather have the money. these are indeed rare, no doubt about it.

obviously this auction is just people fucking around. (maybe a couple people just want to fuck around, maybe the seller and his buddies just want to set a record). there was an obvious interested bidder in the game, who was prepared to drop 7k on it.

im curious to know if that 40k amount was ever actually paid. we may end up having the same one or two sealed stadium events being listed and relisted.

Poofta!

03-02-2010, 01:13 AM

double

Ed Oscuro

03-02-2010, 03:55 AM

double
YOU go away.

Anyway, topic's been done to death as the illuminary Mr. Kupo says. No harm done; it's just not needed. Can we have a lock please

GameBoyGeek

03-02-2010, 04:30 AM

Ok the near mill auction yeah that's just ridiculous and its possible that who ever has these sealed copies is re-listing them however I still find it funny that people still think that when a game sells for in this case around a grand that everyone is so quick to jump to auction tampering. Just like with the last copy of F1 pole position for game boy that sold for 637.00 The game was payed for by the winning buyer I have done business with that seller since then. I offered my highest bid in place on it. The seller responded with a nice thank you but that it had already been paid for.

Face it there are people out there that will pay outrageous prices for games. I've done it and just very recently doubled what I payed for it. It happens guys I mean that's just all there is to it. No matter what price guides say or what you might think its worth regaurdless of how long you have been collecting. Just the way of things be it a waist of time money or whatever you wanna call it.

scooterb23

03-02-2010, 08:43 AM

I wouldn't call it a waist of money...that I can guarantee.

Flippy8490

03-02-2010, 09:04 AM

I can't even fathom spending that kind of cash...especially on a SEALED NES game. Sealed games just hold absolutely no appeal to me.

Orion Pimpdaddy

03-02-2010, 09:08 AM

This is the same auction that keeps being posted about. Even Yahoo! got duped into it.

Can you clarify what you mean? Was the Yahoo story incorrect?

neuropolitique

03-02-2010, 09:26 AM

Face it there are people out there that will pay outrageous prices for games.

There are a few nuts that will pay outrageous prices for games. When all of them have a copy there will be no one to sell them to, and the rest of us will be able to buy them for reasonable prices again. So please, hurry.

GrandAmChandler

03-02-2010, 09:33 AM

There are a few nuts that will pay outrageous prices for games. When all of them have a copy there will be no one to sell them to, and the rest of us will be able to buy them for reasonable prices again. So please, hurry.

Hi, I'm GrandAmChandler, and I approve this post.

Hardcore

03-02-2010, 09:39 AM

And I approve the approval.

monkeychemist

03-02-2010, 09:45 AM

Pardon my ignorance but why is this game so ridiculously priced? I thought the gold NWC was the holy grail ...

Shadow Kisuragi

03-02-2010, 09:47 AM

megasdkirby

03-02-2010, 10:24 AM

It's because NTSC Stadium Events is a licensed release that mirrors the grey NWC in availability. There are also very few known CIB copies of the game, and even fewer known sealed copies. Collectors that want to officially complete a licensed set need this game for the collection.

Essentially, think of a sealed NTSC Stadium Events as a sealed gold NWC.

Yeah, but if more and more copies surface, shouldn't the rarity of the item collapse, even if it's temporary?

While it is necessary for a complete NES collection, said collectors need to have their priorities in order. Paying so much money for such a trivial thing is mind-boggling and sad, considering the money should be used for positive, constructive uses, instead of a VIDEO GAME.

And by no means is a video game necessary to live.

IMO

Shadow Kisuragi

03-02-2010, 10:52 AM

I don't want to get into this too much but...

The same can be said for any hobby. However, said hobbies are what keep many people in business and help support the economy. I don't agree with spending $40k on a video game cartridge just to have it on a mantle, but imagine what the person receiving the $40k can do with it.

I'm not spending the $40k on a game - I have other priorities, such as finding a place to live in August. Other people, who have the money to spend (or don't, but decide that they can live with the decision) should be able to spend that money however they see fit.

I also agree that the rarity of the item may be in question now, but I would wait until the counterfeits have been sorted out.

Gameguy

03-02-2010, 11:24 AM

The only true rarities are games that never saw a retail release at all. Anything else is pretty much obtainable. I really think that there's several more sealed copies out there, the copy that sold for $40,000 was still new because the owner didn't have the mat and wasn't overly excited to play it. There has to be other copies out there with similar circumstances, and plenty of people will try to cash in on the current value for it once they dig them out of storage.

GameBoyGeek

03-02-2010, 12:26 PM

Hi, I'm GrandAmChandler, and I approve this post.

It wont happen but it's a nice thought keep dreaming its what America is made of. I agree that the 800,000.00 game is most likely a hoax but it just kills me that the "hard core" collectors cant possibly imagine anything going up to that value even one someone has proof of the sale of said item.

Imstarryeyed

03-02-2010, 12:42 PM

GameBoyGeek

03-02-2010, 12:48 PM

No you are right. The seller has to pay I believe it is 10% of whatever the item sells for.

nectarsis

03-02-2010, 12:57 PM

No you are right. The seller has to pay I believe it is 10% of whatever the item sells for.

Until the VERY probable non paying bidder is entered.

neuropolitique

03-02-2010, 01:00 PM

I am not really an Ebay seller but if I am not mistaken doesnt the seller have to pay ebay a percentage of the winning for posting the auction like 1% or something? I can see a hoax ans a joke blowing up in their faces if that is indeed the case. Someone who does Ebay selling can you correct me if I am mistaken on this? Thank you..

if the winner doesn't pay there is no final value fee. Or rather, it is refunded. As ebay bills monthly it shouldn't be an issue.

It wont happen but it's a nice thought keep dreaming its what America is made of. I agree that the 800,000.00 game is most likely a hoax but it just kills me that the "hard core" collectors cant possibly imagine anything going up to that value even one someone has proof of the sale of said item.

No one has a problem with things going up in value. I would imagine nearly everyone like it when something they own appreciates. It's the rate that prices are increasing that people have a problem with. Eventually there won't be anyone left willing to pay those kinds of prices, and prices will drop. Welcome to comics in the 90s.

Rickstilwell1

03-02-2010, 01:19 PM

I wouldn't be surprised if people are only buying this game because they think if they sell it back on ebay, they have a chance of getting more money back than they paid for it if they set a reserve higher than the price they paid. It's business with rare collectibles.

GameBoyGeek

03-02-2010, 03:07 PM

if the winner doesn't pay there is no final value fee. Or rather, it is refunded. As ebay bills monthly it shouldn't be an issue.

No one has a problem with things going up in value. I would imagine nearly everyone like it when something they own appreciates. It's the rate that prices are increasing that people have a problem with. Eventually there won't be anyone left willing to pay those kinds of prices, and prices will drop. Welcome to comics in the 90s.

I see what your saying but I mean is that really happening right now? I mean think about it this kind of thing isn't happening with most titles for their respective systems only the ones that are truly rare to begin with. I'm not up on what happened with comics in the 90s because I don't collect comic books. Is this exactly what happened?

Lerxstnj

03-02-2010, 04:02 PM

No you are right. The seller has to pay I believe it is 10% of whatever the item sells for.

Here's the rough breakdown on the $41k sale...
10% to Ebay
15% to Paypal (owned by Ebay)
10% to Uncle Sam for income tax

Fees and taxes total: $14350
Net $26650

Sosage

03-02-2010, 04:05 PM

You don't like people knowing how much this is really worth and voicing how completely ridiculous these prices are? *shrug* Okie dokie.

So back on topic: this now makes a NWC worth, like, what? A kazillion boyillion? I should be able to buy a small third world army, including an island with a landing strip, for one undumped prototype then...right?

neuropolitique

03-02-2010, 04:39 PM

Here's the rough breakdown on the $41k sale...
10% to Ebay
15% to Paypal (owned by Ebay)
10% to Uncle Sam for income tax

Fees and taxes total: $14350
Net $26650

on 40k

ebay fees - $620
paypal fees - $1160
taxes - $3800

net $34000

figures are rounded, and assume your 10% tax rate. You would also get a good part of those taxes back at the end of the year.

MASTERWEEDO

03-02-2010, 04:44 PM

Paypal rapes people on those fees........damn eBay..:(

neuropolitique

03-02-2010, 05:04 PM

Paypal rapes people on those fees........damn eBay..:(

I know, he would have been better off selling it for half as much on a site with lower fees.

Ryaan1234

03-02-2010, 05:15 PM

I wouldn't call it a waist of money...that I can guarantee.
So..... would you call it a waste of money, then?

The 1 2 P

03-02-2010, 06:35 PM

Someday there will be a video game that legitimately clears $100,000. But I don't see that happening anytime soon. Then again, I didn't think anyone would pay $41,000 for a game so who knows.

scooterb23

03-02-2010, 07:43 PM

So..... would you call it a waste of money, then?

That, I could get behind.

I also approve the approval of the approved message above.

BetaWolf47

03-02-2010, 08:06 PM

somesortofrobot

03-02-2010, 08:18 PM

Stadium Events must be the greatest game of all time.

GameBoyGeek

03-02-2010, 08:24 PM

somesortofrobot

03-02-2010, 08:45 PM

It has nothing to do with it being "the greatest game of all time" for some it might but that doesn't factor into it. Its quantity not the quantity of the original release but the current existing quantity of the item.

Ah. Well, I could never pay that much money for a game based on quantity. Unless it was, like, the last copy of Sonic 2 or something.

mycarsucks

03-02-2010, 10:46 PM

aaaaaaaaaaaaa

Sosage

03-02-2010, 10:52 PM

what a surprise: the seller got punk'd and relisted. was he really that dumb to think someone would pay that much?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110501811026

Awesome quote:

Im tired of these joy bidders thats not willing to pay and are playing around do you know this is causing me money to list this up. I will only take serious inquiries and offers only now and will not answer anyone with a yellow star rating. The two highest bidders was little kids that are sitting on their butts with pepperoni face pimples that have no lives. Now if you guys want to really make a offer please email me an offer and i will answer as many questions as possible.

Stop sitting on your butts with the pepperoni face pimples. It's now at the less absurd, but still ridiculous in my book, 6K. Snag it!

Shadow Kisuragi

03-02-2010, 11:03 PM

He also added new images to the auction, proving that it's a reseal.

mycarsucks

03-02-2010, 11:33 PM

aaaaaaaaaa

Game Freak

03-02-2010, 11:59 PM

I love how he claims to not take any crap from anyone who's a yellow star, yet he is a yellow star himself.

And it's a reseal...

BobaFettHotep

03-03-2010, 08:04 PM

one of the guys who runs wrestlecrap.com just sold a complete in box copy he found in his basement on ebay for around 10k

BobaFettHotep

03-03-2010, 08:08 PM

if i won the lottery id still have a tough time spending the money to get this game and antone who knows me knows how bad of a spendthrift i am, but knowing me id buy then be like what the hell did i just do than have the biggest case of buyers remorse ever :)

Kitsune Sniper

03-03-2010, 08:11 PM

one of the guys who runs wrestlecrap.com just sold a complete in box copy he found in his basement on ebay for around 10k

And you know what?

That site totally deserves the 10k. :)

PapaStu

03-03-2010, 08:43 PM

one of the guys who runs wrestlecrap.com just sold a complete in box copy he found in his basement on ebay for around 10k

Sold for 9k I thought. Went just before the 13k one that created this whole buzz if memory serves.

PapaStu

03-03-2010, 08:57 PM

I just merged the '$1,000,000 SE' thread into the other SE thread (2 in a week, that crossed over each other in discussion more than a few times).

It'll look a little disjointed and some of the conversation won't line up quite right, but both threads didn't need to be going.

**quick wrapup**
A) A SE shows up in a lot on eBay, sells for 13k gets mainstream press on Yahoo. (Recently before that, another SE shows up and sells in the range of 9k). This creates a huge demand for that 'old' Stadium Events game I used to play on Craig's List and the like, as well as many PAL copies of this game getting listed (and selling for WAY more than they are worth) to capitalize on the 'craze'

B) Another SE shows up on eBay. This time it's sealed and when all is said and done, sells for 41k and gets ALL kinds of mainstream press, including more Yahoo! coverage among other major news media outlets. I don't know if the buyer has come through, but it's not been relisted. The beginning of this thread is about this sealed SE.

C) RIGHT as the 41k one ends, ANOTHER 'sealed' SE shows up. This one people blow out of the water and it ends for over 1,000,000 as it was just shilled to death. People question its legitness in part due to the shrink wrap looking very 'off'. This game gets re-listed due to a NPB (gasp!) and this thread is currently in the 'discussion' of this re-listing as well as the cost of a game and its... 'crazyness' of sed cost.

Game on!

**pushed hockey net back into the street**

BobaFettHotep

03-03-2010, 09:04 PM

it was 9399.99

Shadow Kisuragi

03-03-2010, 09:08 PM

Thanks for the merge PapaStu. It was getting annoying needing to post in both threads about the same exact thing.

The reseal is at $9.5k now. Has anyone gotten any feed back from the seller on where it was purchased originally? I'm interested in seeing what kind of story this person will spin. I'm betting it'll be something similar to "I purchased it from 'someone'..."

To be honest, I don't see a condition listing in his auction except for the description:
"In my posession here is probably the one and last SEAL brand new Stadium Events game on Earth."

If he hadn't stated "new", he could get away with selling a reseal. I wonder if anyone has the balls to purchase it and then file a claim because it's not new?
*looks at bank account* damn...

TonyTheTiger

03-03-2010, 09:13 PM

It's funny just how easy it is to manipulate the market in the short term. I'm sure if even half of the "wow" auctions got some attention on Kotaku there would be short term stampedes for random stuff on a semi-regular basis.

Nothing changed about Stadium Events other than a couple of lucky bastards who got wind of the news and realized just what they had stashed away. But for how many years and over how many threads have people on this site and others talked about the game? All that's really changed is that people in the mainstream picked up on it and now all of a sudden video games have become the new stock market. This is exactly what happened in the 90s with comic books and it happened on a somewhat small scale (and is still sort of going on) with Atlus games.

I wonder how many Sunday afternoon speculators have popped up in GameStops around the country.

Gameguy

03-03-2010, 09:24 PM

If he hadn't stated "new", he could get away with selling a reseal. I wonder if anyone has the balls to purchase it and then file a claim because it's not new?
All that I'm sure of is that he's selling a box for Stadium Events, there could be a copy of Duck Hunt inside with no instructions. I just hope whoever buys it makes sure to open it and find out for sure.

TonyTheTiger

03-03-2010, 09:33 PM

What happens if somebody does file a claim? Wouldn't they have to return the item for a refund? It doesn't sound right that they'd get a full refund in addition to keeping the item.

megasdkirby

03-03-2010, 09:35 PM

What happens if somebody does file a claim? Wouldn't they have to return the item for a refund? It doesn't sound right otherwise.

Reason that if I ever stumble across something like this, I would not use Paypal under any means.

Hell, if it's for an insane amount of money, I would even go there personally with my lawyer!

TonyTheTiger

03-03-2010, 09:39 PM

So you're saying that Paypal allows people who file successful claims to get a refund and keep the item? That sounds really whacked.

MASTERWEEDO

03-03-2010, 10:01 PM

As long as you give paypal a tracking number, i think you do whatever you want.

badinsults

03-03-2010, 10:24 PM

There really only is one person buying all these. I assume he is either crazy or is trying to corner the market. Reminds me of this episode of Goof Troop (http://www.tv.com/goof-troop/lethal-goofin/episode/169229/recap.html?tag=episode_recap;recap).

HappehLemons

03-03-2010, 10:58 PM

Are people putting in fake bids because they think it's a reseal? Those pepperoni face pimples kids!

Famidrive-16

03-03-2010, 11:47 PM

I foresee a possible scenario where Stadium Events becomes the next Tengen Tetris (use to be OMG Rare, now easily obtained). I mean, as someone else mentioned, three in one month? Sealed? Red flags are waving. Is there an accurate print run number?

I think SE *is* a rare game, but I think way more copies of the game exist than what people claim. I don't think it'll end up as overblown as Tengen Tetris was, though.

mycarsucks

03-03-2010, 11:47 PM

aaaaaaa

Lerxstnj

03-04-2010, 12:13 AM

The funniest part about Stadium Events is that it is unplayable!

TonyTheTiger

03-04-2010, 12:52 AM

Gameguy

03-04-2010, 12:59 AM

How many super valuable games are any good? NWC is fun but that's mostly because it's just a compilation of three good games. I always figured that was the great irony of the hobby. The most money for the worst crap.
What about Magical Chase for the TG-16? Isn't that supposed to be a good game? That's one game so far.

megasdkirby

03-04-2010, 08:12 AM

I think SE *is* a rare game, but I think way more copies of the game exist than what people claim. I don't think it'll end up as overblown as Tengen Tetris was, though.

Exactly.

I know more copies exist, but until they surface, it's only a dream.

But man, it would be great finding 50 sealed copies. I would sell one per year and quit my day job!