retro game cases

[TheRetroVideoGameAddict]

Well, like I said before that nobody seemed to catch is thatthis guy discounted me hheavily for buying in bulk with a 25% off deal for contacting him personally and not using FeeBay. He told me he would discount further should I buy in bulk again so I will take that into account on my next order.

[wiggyx]

If I had paid 7.50-10 per case, then it would have cost a fortune.

Well, like I said before that nobody seemed to catch is thatthis guy discounted me hheavily for buying in bulk with a 25% off deal for contacting him personally and not using FeeBay. He told me he would discount further should I buy in bulk again so I will take that into account on my next order.

I caught it just fine.

[Loganm187]

I caught it just fine.

Even if the guy discounted them 50 percent it would be a huge rip off still... Some people.

[fluid_matrix]

I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing this as a huge ripoff. I give the guy kuddos for marketing them and selling them, as he's making a pretty decent profit. In fact, if I only needed 1 case, maybe 2, I might purchase them. But, if you're casing everything you own, you're just throwing money to the wind that could be spend on more games.

[wiggyx]

Not to mention that he's profiting from all the hard work of the members on TCP while not contributing anything to the community, like all the leaches that download and sell covers from the site.

[ProjectCamaro]

He is making an absolute killing off you. I have purchased several 100 universal game case boxes to do my own cases. My old printer stopped working so I had to buy a new printer and even after all that I am still WAY under what he's charging you for the cases. Obviously do whatever makes you happy but you are paying much, much more than you would for doing it yourself.

Not to mention that he's profiting from all the hard work of the members on TCP while not contributing anything to the community, like all the leaches that download and sell covers from the site.

That's a huge problem in my opinion. I do not have the ability to create covers myself and I do use TheCoverProject.net for my covers but I won't date try to make money off other's hard work. That's just not right.

[Sneak613]

Not to mention that he's profiting from all the hard work of the members on TCP while not contributing anything to the community, like all the leaches that download and sell covers from the site.

^^^ This.

I have contributed a few raw scans (some rare ones) over the past year or so at TCP, and just shake my head when weeks later I see that same cover has suddenly become available for sale on eBay. Coincidence? Seems unlikely.

[Trebuken]

Couple thoughts.

I thought OfficeMax and such would not print these due to copyright reasons? I guess that may depend on the store and whether they enforce it.

I have only bought one of these cases; I am not sure it was from the ebay store discussed here, but I am sure it was produced roughly the same way.

I would only buy these for a game I consider 'must be cased not to protect it'. A game that costs more than a few bucks. In my case it was a reproduction of Secret of Mana 2. I have a substantial RPG collection so in my mind it needed a case. Also, it seems to me that these cases add to the value of the cart/game by almost $10, thought not nearly as much as the original box/manual combo would.

My hope is to find a local spot to print, rather than fighting with the price of ink and make my own except when it is worth buying one.