Quote Originally Posted by DreamTR View Post
Yeah honestly this works both ways.

You complain you can't find Secret of Mana for $10, why? If you want to find amazing classics for $10 and resell them, it's for your own "needs", so it should not carry over to your hatred to game stores for doing research.
I used bad examples. I shouldn't have mentioned flea markets and cheap prices.

As a collector of course I looked for cheaper stuff elsewhere, but if I needed something at a classic game store, I would pay market value.
No you wouldn't. You would probably pay twice or three times the market value. That's what my claim is based on.

Complaining about not being able to find crazy deals on stuff at classic game stores is kind of wtf....

Trying running one and then having to pay someone 30% of their value for stuff and see how they react to that, ....
That's my point. These stores can't really profit unless they have something else going for them. The only way for a classic gaming store to stay afloat is to charge ridiculous prices, like $45 for Mario All-Stars.

I'm pretty fair on pricing and I have tons of 50 cent cheap crap bins and $1 boxes, but I am selling every single Mario/Zelda popular title at market value because they always sell at those prices and I pay decently to bring them in. No point in changing it...

It's like the guy who was complaining our Final Fantasy VIII for PS1 was $17.99 CIB

Him: You can buy it new on Amazon for that!
Me: Go ahead and buy it on Amazon then!

We're also here for convenience you know...stores have that luxury and there are fewer and fewer these days for such a thing.
And what's market value for those Zelda games to you? My guess is you probably charge over market value. That's what I've found the majority of these stores to do.