Complete Magical Chase

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8151564637&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

any guesses how high this one will go??
and look who the lead bidder is, Mr. Henretta himself.. as usual

[stuffedmonkey]

Man I hate that guy. What is he doing with all of them? It's like in his basment he has a shoebox filled with 30 copies of magical chase!

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i think about 6 of us should find out where he lives, take a road trip, steal em all, split em up and sell the extras to whoever has been wanting to get a copy and cant because of this guy.

[imanerd0011]

Is he buying all these because he is trying to corner the market? That wouldn't make much sense considering all the money he would have to spend to do so. I say someone emails him and asks him what the F*$K is up?

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Is he buying all these because he is trying to corner the market? That wouldn't make much sense considering all the money he would have to spend to do so. I say someone emails him and asks him what the F*$K is up?
thats what alot of people think hes attempting to do, im sure if you emailed him it wouldnt do any good, not even worth the time because he probably wouldn't even answer the email.

[udisi]

funny thing is it's not even complete, i mean yes it's still a nice auction and has the box and manual, but this game came with the cheap plastic insert not a case:)

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7 days and 15 hours and already 30 bids, and up to $255... i think we may see this one go higher than any copy has ever gone before..

[Geddon_jt]

I agree with you guys about this Andre guy - he sucks in a big way. Not sure there is anything we can do about it, except make sure he pays TOP DOLLAR every time.

Thought I would also point out - this is probably the 6th Magical Chase that has popped up in the last couple months. Anyone else notice that there have been more of these for sale than normal lately? I guess you can chalk it up to the holidays, but there are other Turbo games that havent been seen for sale or on ebay for many, many months.

[udisi]

definitly has been more lately... for the last couple years you'd see maybe 2-3 losse magical chases a year... already this year, we've seen 3 complete and 1 sealed magical chase amongst probably 6-7 losse copies. this year has been good to ya if you've been looking for a copy. btw $255 ain't bad yet. I'd suspect this copy to go around $400....The box for this is such a bitch to find it does usually double the price of the game.

[Balloon Fight]

Herreta is definitely trying to scoop as many as he can up so they'll be worth more in the long run. All I know is that I hope marioallstar wins. :)

GO Marty!

[rhiohki]

Herreta is definitely trying to scoop as many as he can up so they'll be worth more in the long run. All I know is that I hope marioallstar wins. :)

GO Marty!

Honestly, if he's trying to scoop them up only via ebay just so that they will be worth more in the long run doesn't make any sense. Production run for this game is unkown but for him to make a real dent in the market value of this game, he would have to have a majority of the production run.

Let's just guesstimate that the productio run is in the upper thousands for this game. He would be searching for years on ebay to get a majority share of this game. I am assuming ebay is his only tool, but there are other outlets to get games...pawn shops, thrift stores, swap meets, garage sales....

Yeah, it's rare, and it may be a better bet to search ebay than a yard sale, but doesn't anyone remember the Circus Lido fiasco? If there is a warehouse full of them laying somewhere, which I do highly doubt but you never know, he's just throwing his money out the window. Think about it. Looking at what he's won before, he's paying sometimes 1.5 to 2 times the value for this game in incomplete forms, only to what?...Re-sell to POSSIBLY get his money back. Not even make any profit.

The principle to make any profit in the buying and selling of goods & services is to what......buy low, sell high. In this case, sell for more than what you paid. So I don't really know what Andre is trying to accomplish....

[Promophile]

When I was an active seller in the D&D / LoTR PnP RPGs there was a guy who would bid on EVERY auction for a few specfiic items. He would place the same bid on all of them, raising the price of the items. Basically he was trying to control the market, but it didn't work exactly. He got people pissed at him because he raised the cost of the item. What we found out is that he was using some program that caluclated the average sell price of the item, then he bid just under the average. This caused the average to go up, and eventually he just gave up after he raised the average to ungodly levels.

[Balloon Fight]

Herreta is definitely trying to scoop as many as he can up so they'll be worth more in the long run. All I know is that I hope marioallstar wins. :)

GO Marty!

Honestly, if he's trying to scoop them up only via ebay just so that they will be worth more in the long run doesn't make any sense. Production run for this game is unkown but for him to make a real dent in the market value of this game, he would have to have a majority of the production run.

Let's just guesstimate that the productio run is in the upper thousands for this game. He would be searching for years on ebay to get a majority share of this game. I am assuming ebay is his only tool, but there are other outlets to get games...pawn shops, thrift stores, swap meets, garage sales....

Yeah, it's rare, and it may be a better bet to search ebay than a yard sale, but doesn't anyone remember the Circus Lido fiasco? If there is a warehouse full of them laying somewhere, which I do highly doubt but you never know, he's just throwing his money out the window. Think about it. Looking at what he's won before, he's paying sometimes 1.5 to 2 times the value for this game in incomplete forms, only to what?...Re-sell to POSSIBLY get his money back. Not even make any profit.

The principle to make any profit in the buying and selling of goods & services is to what......buy low, sell high. In this case, sell for more than what you paid. So I don't really know what Andre is trying to accomplish....

I never said it made any sense, but I'm sure thats what he is doing. He's trying to get multiple copies of this game and hope thats there's a long drought of them on ebay. Then he'll unload 2 a year or so and make money back. Of course I don't think this will ever happen. It is a rare game, easily the rarest in the TG16 library, but there will never be a large drought of it, imo.

[LazingBlazers]

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL X10!!!

I have this one in my watch list, and just now saw the current price and who was the high bidder! I had to come here... but I see it's already been done.

Here's the deal on andre_henretta:

He's be bidding on Magical Chases as long as I've been buying games on eBay... and that dates back over 4 years. He's been winning them on a regular basis, too. Look at his feedback. He just won a LOOSE one from gupster2 for $460. $460!!! LOOSE!!!

There is only one thing that you can do to stop this:

BLOCK HIM. I did. There will never be any of that insane mumbo jumbo on any of my auctions.

I now speculate that he's building a huge Magical Case TurboChip out of a bunch of regular sized Magical Chase TurboChips. Maybe it is for his Magical Chase Amusement Park that I once speculated that he was building. Or maybe he's building a giant scoreboard from Magical Chase games to use when he sets the world record high score for playing his 37 copies of Magical Chase simultaneously?

Let me know what you think. LOL

Also, 3 or 4 years ago Magical Chase was easy to find on eBay... once a month plus... between $75 and $100. Maybe there are more popping out of peoples' closets, or the old buyers are now selling? Just a thought.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Herreta is definitely trying to scoop as many as he can up so they'll be worth more in the long run. All I know is that I hope marioallstar wins. :)

GO Marty!

;) :snipersmile:

I know one thing. If I lose to this guy he is getting a nasty email from me, I hate hoarders so badly.

[stuffedmonkey]

Typing the ebay ID into google yields a listing from another game site:

Andre Henretta andre_henretta@hotmail.com Greensboro, NC Turbografx-16, TG-16 CD & Sega Master System


Tried to look up the phone number using that info - no luck :)

[LazingBlazers]

Typing the ebay ID into google yields a listing from another game site:

Andre Henretta andre_henretta@hotmail.com Greensboro, NC Turbografx-16, TG-16 CD & Sega Master System


Tried to look up the phone number using that info - no luck :)

Yeah, I saw that too a while ago. I figured maybe he had a website or something. May be none of my business, but that might be going too far. Even people with strange peculiarities can do what they want to, but that's just my view.

[Griking]

There is only one thing that you can do to stop this:

BLOCK HIM. I did. There will never be any of that insane mumbo jumbo on any of my auctions.

If you were a seller of this game why in the world would you want to block him from bidding? It seems like all he does is raise the selling price of the game. Block him? If I had a copy that I was selling on eBay I'd probably email him to let him know and hopefully get him involved in the bidding.

[LazingBlazers]

There is only one thing that you can do to stop this:

BLOCK HIM. I did. There will never be any of that insane mumbo jumbo on any of my auctions.

If you were a seller of this game why in the world would you want to block him from bidding? It seems like all he does is raise the selling price of the game. Block him? If I had a copy that I was selling on eBay I'd probably email him to let him know and hopefully get him involved in the bidding.

Yeah, sounds kind of stupid, hey? But some peoples' money just isn't any good to me.

[FlufflePuff]

I'm not sure I agree with the "raising demand" theory. At some point, the game is going to get too expensive for most people to buy it. If this guy reaches that point, he's going to have to start unloading them for less than he paid. He might make a few bucks, but his buying/selling should be like a parabolic curve. He pays more and more to buy and hoard the games. When he first starts selling them, he'll get a lot, but as he releases more, the average price he gets will fall. He might make a few bucks off the whole deal, but he'd make more money off the interest of that money in a savings account. My guess is that he's some eccentric lotto winner who just wants to own them all. So far his resources seem unlimited, and unless he's using a fake account or selling them at a business, he hasn't released any of the ones he's hoarding. He's just going to drive up the coast, gloat, and sit back in his chair made out of Magical Chases.

[Kamino]

There is only one thing that you can do to stop this:

BLOCK HIM. I did. There will never be any of that insane mumbo jumbo on any of my auctions.

If you were a seller of this game why in the world would you want to block him from bidding? It seems like all he does is raise the selling price of the game. Block him? If I had a copy that I was selling on eBay I'd probably email him to let him know and hopefully get him involved in the bidding.

Yeah, sounds kind of stupid, hey? But some peoples' money just isn't any good to me.

Good idea, John. I've got his ass blocked too.
Griking: It's not always about the money. In this case, it's about the fact that some people are really after this game. I'm sure there's a game that you've chased for months or years. Some of us would like that hunt not to end with you selling your car to pay for the game, or to be outbid at the end by andre_henrietta who is having a wank all over a pile of tg16 boxes.

[Howie6925]

I dont know if anyone checked his feedback but he $460 for a loose magical chase game. @_@

[Kamino]

my condolences to Marty who lost by 5 dollars.
EDIT: Why the hell did you put in your bids so early, man? snipe to win, bid to lose.

[Lost Monkey]

my condolences to Marty who lost by 5 dollars.
EDIT: Why the hell did you put in your bids so early, man? snipe to win, bid to lose.

Schveit in the fack are you talking about?

There's still plenty of time for Marty to come through...

[Kamino]

my condolences to Marty who lost by 5 dollars.
EDIT: Why the hell did you put in your bids so early, man? snipe to win, bid to lose.

Schveit in the fack are you talking about?

There's still plenty of time for Marty to come through...
DOH i thought it was over
MARTY: Don't even think about bidding again till the end..if you want to beat andre, you gotta be good

[Lost Monkey]

DOH i thought it was over


Phew! I thought you had some kind of vision.... :P

[Kamino]

DOH i thought it was over


Phew! I thought you had some kind of vision.... :P
no, i really want andre to lose.
He CAN be beat. seen http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38955&highlight=insane HERE

[Lost Monkey]

DOH i thought it was over


Phew! I thought you had some kind of vision.... :P
no, i really want andre to lose.
He CAN be beat. seen http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38955&highlight=insane HERE

Ha! I actually bid on the auction LazingBlazers won there...

(already had Magical Chase though.. just speculatin' - I'm not Andre Henretta or anything..)

[Kamino]

DOH i thought it was over


Phew! I thought you had some kind of vision.... :P
no, i really want andre to lose.
He CAN be beat. seen http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38955&highlight=insane HERE

Ha! I actually bid on the auction LazingBlazers won there...

(already had Magical Chase though.. just speculatin' - I'm not Andre Henretta or anything..)
...YYOU! YOU ARE ANDRE!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[LazingBlazers]

LOL That's funny you brought that thread up. Yes, Andre will come back at the end though. Luckily, he placed a wannabe "snipe" with a couple of minutes left. I placed mine with 23 seconds... I can do better, but I wanted the chance to bid again.

What's this Monkey? You guys have the Canada - Carolina Connection going down? LOL

[MarioAllStar2600]

Don't worry, I am still in the running for this game. It seems like this guy is willing to fork out more cash then me. But I have a pretty high number in my head. ;)

[Kamino]

Don't worry, I am still in the running for this game. It seems like this guy is willing to fork out more cash then me. But I have a pretty high number in my head. ;)
dude andre must be a millionaire. he's gotta be a rich CEO or something.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Don't worry, I am still in the running for this game. It seems like this guy is willing to fork out more cash then me. But I have a pretty high number in my head. ;)
dude andre must be a millionaire. he's gotta be a rich CEO or something.
No, I beat hes not that wealthy. I be you he lives ina little house, and spends all his cash on games so he looks rich He lives in a trailer or some crap probably, he has a new home waiting for him though. Just right now its in magical chase form.

[SoulBlazer]

For a kid you're pretty smart, Marty. ;)

Make the sucker pay! :evil:

[LazingBlazers]

I know this contradicts what I said before, but I wanted to see how far I could take it in a quick search.

Looks like our suspect is 54, married, his daugther went to college, and he comes from a family that seems to have more than it's fair share of intellectuals, or at least more than likely related to them. Now this is all based on hunch, and NOT on facts. If someone actually wanted to spend a lot of time investigating, or pay some money, I'm sure you could find out a lot more.

Makes you feel private yourself, doesn't it?

[Promophile]

I know this contradicts what I said before, but I wanted to see how far I could take it in a quick search.

Looks like our suspect is 54, married, his daugther went to college, and he comes from a family that seems to have more than it's fair share of intellectuals, or at least more than likely related to them. Now this is all based on hunch, and NOT on facts. If someone actually wanted to spend a lot of time investigating, or pay some money, I'm sure you could find out a lot more.

Makes you feel private yourself, doesn't it?

I can just see you hiding in a bush outside his house, spying on him with binoculars, trying to discover what he's doing with all the games.

[LazingBlazers]

I can just see you hiding in a bush outside his house, spying on him with binoculars, trying to discover what he's doing with all the games.

LOL You forgot to add messing with him also. Ringing the door bell, throwing rocks at the house, letting the air out of the tires, stuff like that... if only he was my neighbor.


Oh, and obviously I'm just kidding.





I don't treat my neighbors like that.

J/K

[stuffedmonkey]

Hmmm. He sounds like a perfect canidate for some crank calls at 3am.


me: Hi - Can I speak to Andre?
AH: - mumble.... It's 3am, who the hell is this?
me: It's Deez
AH: Deez who?
me: DEEZ NUUUUUUTS! *click*


Wash, Rinse, Repeat as necessary.

[Bratwurst]

I don't consider anyone very bright to make their ebay ID their full name and then drop references to their location in collectors lists.

[delafro]

I don't consider anyone very bright to make their ebay ID their full name and then drop references to their location in collectors lists.

He wants you to know... it's all part of an elaborate plan to screw with collector's heads...

[Keir]

I think he just likes knowing that everyone's talking about him.

[LazingBlazers]

I don't consider anyone very bright to make their ebay ID their full name and then drop references to their location in collectors lists.

He wants you to know... it's all part of an elaborate plan to screw with collector's heads...

I don't know about that, but I think it's more like old man syndrome where you just enter your real name on computer stuff because that's just the way you do it. I'm sure somebody knows what I'm talking about.

[jonjandran]

I don't consider anyone very bright to make their ebay ID their full name and then drop references to their location in collectors lists.

Now who would use their real name and give out there location also.
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LOL LOL

[Bratwurst]

Now who would use their real name and give out there location also.

Sounds more like a jingle than a full name. :D

[Kamino]

I don't consider anyone very bright to make their ebay ID their full name and then drop references to their location in collectors lists.

He wants you to know... it's all part of an elaborate plan to screw with collector's heads...

I don't know about that, but I think it's more like old man syndrome where you just enter your real name on computer stuff because that's just the way you do it. I'm sure somebody knows what I'm talking about.
yes, it does seem that *some* members of the older generation are unable to come up with an online handle, and simply use their name.
This is fun, I'm going to dig up some dirt on this foo' tomorrow.

[Insaneclown]

That Mr. Henretta bought most of my rare Turbo Grafx games back in 2002. He hoards everything...TG16.

[anagrama]

OK, so the guy has some mad fetish for buying up copies of Magical Chase. Extremely irritating to other collectors, yes, but he's doing absolutely nothing wrong and breaking no laws - eBay is an open marketplace and he's perfectly entitled to spend his money as he wishes.
What possible good does it do to dig around trying to find personal information about him? Other than giving the impression that other videogame collectros are all creepy e-stalkers? Get a grip, people.

[Griking]

OK, so the guy has some mad fetish for buying up copies of Magical Chase. Extremely irritating to other collectors, yes, but he's doing absolutely nothing wrong and breaking no laws - eBay is an open marketplace and he's perfectly entitled to spend his money as he wishes.
What possible good does it do to dig around trying to find personal information about him? Other than giving the impression that other videogame collectros are all creepy e-stalkers? Get a grip, people.

I agree, I guess some people have nothing better to do with their time. :roll:

[jonjandran]

I agree, I guess some people have nothing better to do with their time. :roll:

Or nothing better to do than post +1's on a forum. LOL
J/K

[MarioAllStar2600]

OK, so the guy has some mad fetish for buying up copies of Magical Chase. Extremely irritating to other collectors, yes, but he's doing absolutely nothing wrong and breaking no laws - eBay is an open marketplace and he's perfectly entitled to spend his money as he wishes.
What possible good does it do to dig around trying to find personal information about him? Other than giving the impression that other videogame collectros are all creepy e-stalkers? Get a grip, people.

Yea, this guy is doing nothing wrong. But hey he's still a big dick. :angry:

[anagrama]

Yea, this guy is doing nothing wrong. But hey he's still a big dick. :angry:

Oh, I'm not disputing that :)

What gets me is the way that he's also got to be the highest bidder at all times - as soon as he gets outbid he throws another one on. Can you even begin to imagine how much he would have saved by just sniping them all? Instead, every single time one pops up, he has to contend with people a) desperate for a copy and b) determined to make him pay as much as is possible if they can't win it. The man is an absolute idiot.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Not much to say. Just would like to draw everyones attention to the winning bidder. 8-)

[Lost Monkey]

Not much to say. Just would like to draw everyones attention to the winning bidder. 8-)

Way to go!

Damn, they are goin' for big bucks now.. I guess I should take my complete copy out of that bowl of RGB now.... LOL

[imanerd0011]

WHOA @_@ , they really made you pay for this one! Andre wasn't even the 2nd or 3rd high bidder either. He only bid $325 (I realize that is a TON of money, but it's not that much for him). Maybe he is starting to figure out that paying $400+ for copies of Magical Chase isn't the smartest thing to do, considering he already has 5+ copies. I hope this will give other members the opportunity to win one.

[Griking]

Maybe he is starting to figure out that paying $400+ for copies of Magical Chase isn't the smartest thing to do

Yeah, I guess he decided he'd let someone else overpay for it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but by paying this much for this game aren't you helping him achieve exactly what it is you say he's trying to do; raise the value of the game? not only did he achieve his supposed goal but because of your help he didn't have to spend a dime to do it this time.

Be on the lookout for a thank you email from him any time now.

[SoulBlazer]

But if you want the game, what else can you do?

Imagine there was a millionare who decided to bid on every copy of Stadium Events that goes up for sale on EBay. How else are you going to get the game except to try to win it with a snipe bid? It's the same thing Marty did.

Congrats on the win! To misquote the Soup Nazi, "no games for you!" LOL

[MarioAllStar2600]

Maybe he is starting to figure out that paying $400+ for copies of Magical Chase isn't the smartest thing to do

Yeah, I guess he decided he'd let someone else overpay for it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but by paying this much for this game aren't you helping him achieve exactly what it is you say he's trying to do; raise the value of the game? not only did he achieve his supposed goal but because of your help he didn't have to spend a dime to do it this time.

Be on the lookout for a thank you email from him any time now.

No, I didn't help him at all. I just got the game I wanted. x_x
Honestly, I don't think i overpaid much at all for that game. It is expensive, but I haven't seen one in that condition cheaper. But hey Griking, thanks for the negative comment (as usual).

[number6]

I must admit Griking is getting a little annoying of late. I thought this site was supposed to be for video game collectors not Ebay scam artists, but I digress.

I know all to well the pain of having to pay top dollar for some items you really want on ebay and this game just seems to be in that category. Congrats on the well deserved win Marioallstar!

[Kamino]

Maybe he is starting to figure out that paying $400+ for copies of Magical Chase isn't the smartest thing to do

Yeah, I guess he decided he'd let someone else overpay for it.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but by paying this much for this game aren't you helping him achieve exactly what it is you say he's trying to do; raise the value of the game? not only did he achieve his supposed goal but because of your help he didn't have to spend a dime to do it this time.

Be on the lookout for a thank you email from him any time now.
You'd get a thank you email from me if you stopped pissing on Marty's parade.

[udisi]

Congrates MarioAllStar2600. I was gonna go on this but ended up buying LazingBlazers SCD collection instead. One of these days I'll get my complete magiclal chase.

[Griking]

Hey, I'm sory if I bringing you guys down :roll:

And to MarioAllStar2600, if you think you got a good deal then congratulations.

[max 330 mega]

congrats on beating andre man! youve shown us it is still possible to buy a copy of magical chase!

[Nesmaster]

Congrats on the win! Enjoy the game :D

[Geddon_jt]

Yep, congrats.
Still waiting on a loose one myself.

[Kamino]

let us know how you like the game :) I'm not willing to fork out for this one until i know how it plays!

[rhiohki]

Congrates MarioAllStar2600. I was gonna go on this but ended up buying LazingBlazers SCD collection instead. One of these days I'll get my complete magiclal chase.

so you're the one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LazingBlazers]

Congrates MarioAllStar2600. I was gonna go on this but ended up buying LazingBlazers SCD collection instead. One of these days I'll get my complete magiclal chase.

so you're the one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hell (or should I have said H-E-double-hockey-sticks) yeah! They went to a good home! :)

I never received my thank you email from andre_henretta. WTF?

I doubt it's an aspect of the man wanting you to pay top dollar, I think it's more that he likes them and he will pay for them. But whatever. At the end of the day, who gives a shitte? I do consider him a pain in the butt when attempting to acquire certain games, and I bet that everyone else here making light of it does too. After all, the whole situation is pretty funny.

Congratulations on the win!

[LazingBlazers]

let us know how you like the game :) I'm not willing to fork out for this one until i know how it plays!

Emulation! Send me a message if you need some info. It's a cool game.