Why are aftermarket 72 pin connectors for the NES rubbish?

[Flam]

Evidently there are plenty of crappy replacement pins out there, however, the person who sold me my NES off of ebay must have had installed a higher quality pin connector because my NES had been going 4 years strong

[Gatucaman]

Evidently there are plenty of crappy replacement pins out there, however, the person who sold me my NES off of ebay must have had installed a higher quality pin connector because my NES had been going 4 years strong

Then from what could be seen, most been a "refurbished" old one, since it seems that ALL replacements sucks then.

[Arkanoid_Katamari]

If you've already replaced your connector and threw out the original one, what are you going to do when the new connector breaks? You have to buy a new one to replace it, and you just keep doing it to keep your console running. Then you get bored and fed up and trade it into a store a few months later, and whoever buys it has to buy a new connector to try and fix it, then repeat.

That's why I gave up and just bought a retron system. Idc if the picture isn't perfect, it looks fine to me, and I don't hafta play with the game forever to get it to just work. Also, it doesn't have the stupid deathgrip that those horrible new pin connectors have. Do u know how awful it is to hafta pull that thing out 10 or 20 times to blow on it and retry the game over and over again with that insane grip? It's ridiculous, and it's murder on ur fingerrs.

[Flam]

Then from what could be seen, most been a "refurbished" old one, since it seems that ALL replacements sucks then.

it wasn't a refurbished one, it had a death grip for a while