Ed Oscuro
11-24-2003, 05:15 PM
After a legendary wait (starting on September 6th), I finally got (most of?) my order. They had promised me "two Famicom games of our [meaning their] choice" to make up for the wait, but they didn't show up (I had also said they weren't so important).
Keep in mind that all these items cost me $661.97 after S&H; before S&H, $613 (and it seems they're listing complete Sharp Twin Famicoms for $245 now, where I'm using a figure of $297 in my before S&H) and that I'm not sure if one title was ordered at all (it didn't show up, and in any case they've dropped the price a few bucks on that one, too):
Sharp Twin Famicom -- complete
Well, this one hasn't been used at all that I can see. There's some writing on the warranty (I believe it is one) but everything else, including the controllers, are still wrapped up. The bad news is that they sent me the wrong color Famicom. This (http://www.gamechoice.com.hk/navigateProduct.asp?product_id=545#) is what I ordered, and this (http://www.gamechoice.com.hk/search.asp?product_id=546) is what I got (though it looks better, especially the controllers, than in the pic. What's the big issue here? Well, aside from the fact that I actually had a color preference, I don't see information about that other style too often. Though I couldn't say for sure, I had the feeling it's a less common style of machine.
$39 each:
Shadow Dancer, Golden Axe, Phantasy Star IV. Phantasy Star's box, in particular, is very well used, worn on the edges in fact. The contents are in perfect shape...but the box really isn't.
$55 Rent a Hero
Doesn't show up on my order anymore, but I'm quite sure I ordered it. Could be wrong, though.
$199 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
I'd be fine with this one if there weren't scuffs all over the damned cartridge. The box and other materials are there (though of course the mini poster, if one came with this game, is missing) and in perfect shape...but the cartridge is a sorry mess, and there's waterspots as if somebody dragged a wet cloth across the back to try and clean it up. The shiny golden-yellow-greenish sticker is still on the cartridge and the labels seem fine...but the plastic surface on the front is scuffed up. Would you pay that sort of money for this?
All said and done, I'm not terribly happy with this. The quality of items from GameChoice is hit-and-miss: One day you buy a game and only get a cartridge, the other you buy a game and it's never been used. Dealing with them, however, is very expensive compared to other outlets, and waiting two and a half months for them to find an item they listed "in stock" is ridiculous.
I do not believe I'll be ordering from them again, and I would advise anybody who is considering an order with them to look other places first and to only order one item at a time, as their website is obviously not up to date.
Keep in mind that all these items cost me $661.97 after S&H; before S&H, $613 (and it seems they're listing complete Sharp Twin Famicoms for $245 now, where I'm using a figure of $297 in my before S&H) and that I'm not sure if one title was ordered at all (it didn't show up, and in any case they've dropped the price a few bucks on that one, too):
Sharp Twin Famicom -- complete
Well, this one hasn't been used at all that I can see. There's some writing on the warranty (I believe it is one) but everything else, including the controllers, are still wrapped up. The bad news is that they sent me the wrong color Famicom. This (http://www.gamechoice.com.hk/navigateProduct.asp?product_id=545#) is what I ordered, and this (http://www.gamechoice.com.hk/search.asp?product_id=546) is what I got (though it looks better, especially the controllers, than in the pic. What's the big issue here? Well, aside from the fact that I actually had a color preference, I don't see information about that other style too often. Though I couldn't say for sure, I had the feeling it's a less common style of machine.
$39 each:
Shadow Dancer, Golden Axe, Phantasy Star IV. Phantasy Star's box, in particular, is very well used, worn on the edges in fact. The contents are in perfect shape...but the box really isn't.
$55 Rent a Hero
Doesn't show up on my order anymore, but I'm quite sure I ordered it. Could be wrong, though.
$199 Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
I'd be fine with this one if there weren't scuffs all over the damned cartridge. The box and other materials are there (though of course the mini poster, if one came with this game, is missing) and in perfect shape...but the cartridge is a sorry mess, and there's waterspots as if somebody dragged a wet cloth across the back to try and clean it up. The shiny golden-yellow-greenish sticker is still on the cartridge and the labels seem fine...but the plastic surface on the front is scuffed up. Would you pay that sort of money for this?
All said and done, I'm not terribly happy with this. The quality of items from GameChoice is hit-and-miss: One day you buy a game and only get a cartridge, the other you buy a game and it's never been used. Dealing with them, however, is very expensive compared to other outlets, and waiting two and a half months for them to find an item they listed "in stock" is ridiculous.
I do not believe I'll be ordering from them again, and I would advise anybody who is considering an order with them to look other places first and to only order one item at a time, as their website is obviously not up to date.