Receiving trade stuff with thrift price still on it.....

[The Collector]

does that bother you or not? Personally, i try to remove any stickers price or otherwise (unless its the original price tag on a box for instance). A thrift store price tag I think is kind of tacky to leave on. I'm sure most people know the odds of stuff being thrift bought, i personally dont feel the need to rub the idea of "I paid $.99 = you're paying $20" in anyone's face.

Just my 2 cents.
~bill

[skoldpadda]

does that bother you or not? Personally, i try to remove any stickers price or otherwise (unless its the original price tag on a box for instance). A thrift store price tag I think is kind of tacky to leave on. I'm sure most people know the odds of stuff being thrift bought, i personally dont feel the need to rub the idea of "I paid $.99 = you're paying $20" in anyone's face.

Just my 2 cents.
~bill

Never happened to me. I would never do that to someone. I agree that it is tacky.

[Starcade]

Hah! That's pretty lame of anyone to do that to someone, I agree, very tacky.

[FlufflePuff]

I do everything I can to remove them, unless I think they'll damage the cart. Then I leave them on for the customer to get off. At least if it's damaged that way he/she won't be pissed I sold them damaged merchandise.

[izret101]

I agree with removing them unless it would do damage. I heard using a hairdrier on stickers makes the sticky backs get unsticky because the heat loosens its bond. FYI any one who doesnt want to be tacky.

[Keir]

I do it and it certainly doesn't bother me to have it done to me. The only thing that might bother me is if it were rare and/or valueable and the condition was affected greatly by the sticker and I wasn't told about it. But I don't care if they got it for $0.01 I'm going to trade what I think it's worth anyway. Chances are I got what I'm trading for next to nothing too.

[max 330 mega]

wow i think that might piss me off too... knowing someone got something so cheap, and now just wants to rub it in my face that they made like 18 bucks off of it.

[Bratwurst]

It irritates me more on the general principle of laziness if its in a nondescript area like the ass of the cart, far and away from the label.

[wufners]

I've never traded before, but I think it would bug me a little. It's just the idea that if I were to sell or trade something I would do my best to clean it up and make nice. The fact that someone else didn't would irk be a bit. 'Course, if they're giving me a good deal, then what me worry?

Come to think of it . . . there might be a few tags still on some stuff in my to be traded files.

*slinks off to correct potential hypocrasy*

[SoulBlazer]

On a related question, I sell a lot of games and books that still have original price tags on them -- I never remove them. Would that bother you? Sometimes books I bought six years ago for $15 sell for $40-50 these days.

[The Manimal]

this would make me mad. i clean up my carrts thoroughly before i sell them.... clean connectors, clean casing, etc... no brown junk in the grooves and no dust either. :o

[racecar]

was it on purpose or accidental ?? oh what ever it never happen to me i don't mind that much if it was a good and fair trade/deal...like if some one offer me a copy of chronotrgger for $20 and it has a $o.99 goodwill stickers on it ..i'll actually be greatful for the person..and for me !! but thats just me..
>>>>maybe the person is playing a prank on you ..with the sticker maybe the sticker came off a copy of -air raid- from the thrift store. haha
as long as the trade is fair and square then everybody is happy !!!

[Nesmaster]

wouldnt bother me, i'd just clean it off myself anyways.

[Flack]

I purposely leave the prices on the stuff I'm keeping. I love it when people see "$1.49" written on the front of my heavy sixer.

As for trading items, I would remove the price just because I would be embarassed if I took more money than what I paid for an item.

[FantasiaWHT]

wouldn't bother me... generally I'll ask someone if they want me to try and remove it or if they'd rather do it themselves.

Besides, just because there's a price sticker on it... who says that's how much I actually paid? Could have been there since three owners ago *shrug*

[Ed Oscuro]

I tend to leave stickers on my thrift found carts. Nice to see how much it cost me :)

If it's a sticker that's likely to cause damage upon removal, I'd rather it was left on intact.

What pisses me off MOST is when Goodwill puts wide clear plastic tape over the end of a cardboard box. I've got a bunch of old-to-1998 PC games from there that have this tape on it, and I got a complete copy of Donkey Kong Country in a rather nice box with that over one end. Luckily it came off without any trouble at all, but it's annoying to have to remove it.

[Sph1nx]

I uslly take em off, but if I get any with it it dosen't bother me one bit.

[The Collector]

On a related question, I sell a lot of games and books that still have original price tags on them -- I never remove them. Would that bother you? Sometimes books I bought six years ago for $15 sell for $40-50 these days.

Like I said, if its the original store price sticker, that's different. I honestly would feel a little embarrassed if i sold item X for $50 and accidentally left the $.49 goodwill sticker on it.
I bought a minty boxed O2 from these boards about a year ago and paid about$50, when it arrived I noticed inside was a receipt from the Salvation Army for $4.99. I would just assume not know that LOL . I paid what i felt iy was worth to me, but damn...i wish I would have found it for $5 @_@ .


~bill

[christianscott27]

once in a while i leave the thrift price on items for my own collection just to chuckle at what a good deal i got. i also love seeing price tags on 2600 era games, just so you can think wow k-bay was blowing out rare carts for $1.99!

my peeve is a reverse of this thread -

lets say i found an item worth $100 for $10 and then the person i want to trade it to says "yeah but you only paid $10 for it so i'll give you $50". the way i see it i earn all my amazing deals by being out on the hunt and it shouldnt have any bearing on the items trade value.

[GamerTheGreek]

I do everything I can to remove them, unless I think they'll damage the cart. Then I leave them on for the customer to get off. At least if it's damaged that way he/she won't be pissed I sold them damaged merchandise.

thats a double edge sword. i personally choose to leave any price tags on or labels or even stickers on a game or system and let the buyer take them off especially if its over a paper label or over a easily damagable area, if i get somethign witha 50 cent label and i paid 75$ i dont look at it as 74.50 bonus to tem as much as did i get what i want at the price i want. i dont get botherd if it hasa low price tag compared to what i bought it at. i paid what i thought was fair and or what i thought it was worth. just cause someone bought a 100$ game at 80 cents thats what they thought it was worth and bought it.

[Kamino]

once in a while i leave the thrift price on items for my own collection just to chuckle at what a good deal i got. i also love seeing price tags on 2600 era games, just so you can think wow k-bay was blowing out rare carts for $1.99!

my peeve is a reverse of this thread -

lets say i found an item worth $100 for $10 and then the person i want to trade it to says "yeah but you only paid $10 for it so i'll give you $50". the way i see it i earn all my amazing deals by being out on the hunt and it shouldnt have any bearing on the items trade value.

That irritates me too. "wow, you got a good deal, so help me out" uh, no.

but meh..as far as good will stickers and that goes, i see it as downright lazy to not remove that little square price sticker. i did a few times trade thrift stuff and i did NOT leave the stickers on....

[Aussie2B]

Haha, I've thought of this before too. This summer I bought a ton of brand new guide books for $1.99 each (and usually I got "buy 2, get 2 free" on them), and then I sold many of them on eBay for 20-30 each. I made it a point to remove all the 1.99 price stickers. I did start the bidding at 1.99, though, so when they raised it up high, it was their own choice. :P

[anagrama]

I only leave price stickers on if it's the other way around, and the sticker is for way more than it's current value - I've got a US SNES Sunset Riders cart with a $98 Best Electronics tag on it (can't believe anyone ever really paid that!) and an Australian SMS Great Soccer card with a tag for AU$119.99!

[chadtower]

I don't care either way. Much of the stuff I receive in trade looks like it hasn't been cleaned since 1985 anyway so what's the point in focusing on a sticker.

[TRM]

I find it to be a very tacky practice.

[goatdan]

Very interesting topic!

I don't think it's a bad thing to get a little more off a sale if you know that a certain item is worth more than what you see it for. Hell, the GOAT Store was basically founded on that principal -- What we tend to do is purchase big packages with a ton of doubles in them and break them up for a fair price to people that only want one game. Obviously, I don't see there being any problem with that.

I will however take off any stickers before I sell the items because I don't feel that you can accurately describe the item if there is a price sticker on it. More than once, I have bought items (at thrifts or where ever) and when I removed the sticker, it was found that part of the label had been torn off and the sticker was there to hide that fact.

Since I would personally be willing to pay a lot more for a cartridge with a good label, this would really bother me if I bought something and when I received it (described as, "Great condition!" or something) there was a big sticker on it that was removed to reveal a large blemish in the cart.

If you describe it as having the sticker on it when it is being sold though, I don't really mind. I also don't mind if stickers aren't removed if they are original. The 32X's we have in stock we left the stickers on them because they say $99.99 and then $29.99. We sell them below both of those prices, but it is kind of interesting to see. Considering we sell the systems as in "poor box" I don't feel like it brings down the value in any way.

I've got a stack of 11 SNES games sitting beside me right now actually, and this topic leads into something that I've been worndering. I haven't sold these because they have someone's name printed really large on the plastic parts in black sharpie. The labels are all perfect though. Would you consider this a good condition or poor condition cartridge? Is there any ways to remove the marker without hurting the plastic?

[FABombjoy]

Thrift prices on trade/sale goods: Very tacky

Also tacky:

Continually buying good deals in the B&S forum & reselling them on eBay.

Having your bids cancelled on eBay by a seller because of a side deal, only to see them in the B&S forum a few days later at 2x-3x the original cost.

Expressing interest in a B&S deal, but issuing ridiculous lowball or "gee, all I can spend is $5 for that Adventurevision, but I'd be doing you a favor" type offers.

[izret101]

Just as tacky is when people say i can get it for this x amount less at y store.
I have never sold anything so i can't comment on that side of the spectrum but alot of times people have told me that they could get someone to pay more if they went else were.
I am big on saying "Take it or leave it. If you don't like my offer try and find a better one." I am very fair with my dealings but people always think i am ripping them off. I have been dealing mostly with noncollectors so that could be the problem too.

[ianoid]

If you are upset at someone getting something cheaper than you paid, you probably are a very angry person. People generally only sell things to profit from them (or recoup, occasionally.)

Now, if a sticker can be removed easily, it's fun and recreational! When you start yanking them off in the wrong spots without using the necessary equiptment, well, you might as well leave that sticker in place.

Furthermore, if you are leaving a sticker on in a place that's easy to remove, you are probably comfortable revealing your sources. Which may or may not be a big deal. I don't like to encourage eBay folks to hit the thrifts, so I remove or mangle all stickers. If I'm trading and NES box, I may or may not remove the sticker (of course I'll mention it) so that the recipient can remove it with their own type of care if they so desire.

I think communication is the big issue. I really like how everyone here throws around the term 'tacky' for the first time. Can someone please post a history of the use of 'tacky' in these forums?

-tacky ian

[izret101]

I have some stuff with stickers on it. I bought it from a store who bought it from someone else who bought it from another store.
Lets say i trade you my NES game here with a sticker on it from the late 80's early 90's does that make me tacky?
I don't really think so. I think it is part of the history of that particular game.

I know i said earlier i would remove them, but i only would do that with a newer game that i got on sale. For an example if i was going to sell Mad Maestro i bought it for under 10 bucks. If i get someone to buy it for 50 bucks(god knows why they would) i would remove the sticker.

[SoulBlazer]

I never even thought about the stickers for most of the stuff I sell.

For example, I sold my guide for Star Ocean 2 last year. The book sold on Amazon for $60. When I took it out, I noticed that the Babbages price sticker of $14.95 was still on the cover. I thought, "Well, the buyer knows this book is uncommon and knows how much it originaly sold for" and left it on. I was'nt trying to spite. ;)

Now that I'm selling my Versus FF7 guide on EBay, I wonder about the EB price sticker of $9.99 on the back. But the book ITSELF on the spine has 'Only $9.99' so removing that is'nt going to do any good. :D