Atariboy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Only a fool would buy them three months ago and wait until now to try to unload them in the hope that Nintendo was lying and Christmas shoppers would make the price balloon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tep392 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Not $20 profit at that point. You still have tax (8% here for instance, which means we're now at $14 profit), if you're selling on Ebay you'll have to give Ebay 10% of what you made off the sale (Which means you paid $12, leaving you with a $2 profit), and then Paypal is 30 cents plus 2.9% (Which means if you took say $130 including shipping, you paid Paypal $4.07, leaving you $2.07 in the red). And that's not counting gas, time, extra insurance out of your own pocket to cover the full value of the item, etc. You lose money on the deal at $100. Not sure why a scalper would ever sell at that point instead of just taking their receipt and returning it for a full refund, but some appear to be doing it on Ebay for some bizarre reason. I happened to find one last month at my Target, which never has them in stock so I grabbed it for myself. I initially thought I might just resell it, but after doing the same math in my head, realized it just wouldn't be worth the time and effort. So it's attached to my TV now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Start working at home with Nintendo! It's by-far the best job I've had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, ----------> https://brickseek.com/product/nintendo-nes-classic/61 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recycled Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Tons of these things on Amazon without anyone budging under around $129. I wonder if it will hit retail next month? If so, I may get one. I won't pay a penny above retail though. If not, oh well. They can keep them as far as I'm concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Only a fool would buy them three months ago and wait until now to try to unload them in the hope that Nintendo was lying and Christmas shoppers would make the price balloon. Right because Nintendo has such a great reputation on delivering their product to keep up with demand. The nes classic totally met demand, the switch totally met demand, this snes mini totally met demand on launch. Nintendo putting forth the effort to release more snes minis is NOT conventional for Nintendo at all. Nintendo is losing mad support and as such they are only now listening. This is NOT normal Nintendo behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Right because Nintendo has such a great reputation on delivering their product to keep up with demand. The nes classic totally met demand, the switch totally met demand, this snes mini totally met demand on launch. Nintendo putting forth the effort to release more snes minis is NOT conventional for Nintendo at all. The difference this time is they publicly stated in mid September there will be dramatically increased supply, and advised to not pay scalper prices. Tons of articles out there about this, and we all read and commented on them at the time. e.g. https://www.destructoid.com/reggie-on-snes-classic-don-t-pay-scalpers-stock-dramatically-increased--460387.phtml Question is whether anyone chose to believe Reggie or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Start working at home with Nintendo! It's by-far the best job I've had. Last Wednesday I got a brand new BMW since getting a check for $6474 this - 4 weeks past. I began this 8-months ago and immediately was bringing home at least $77 per hour. I work through this link, ----------> https://brickseek.com/product/nintendo-nes-classic/61 Lol, scalpers are in the same character class of people who don't hold doors open for elderly folks entering stores. Not illegal, but definitely d-baggy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Nintendo keeps up with demand pretty well. Switch readily available. They just don't do it that well right out of the gate. NES Classic they clearly didn't expect to keep going. They've gone from a marketing gimmick to a full fledged product line that could expand to the N64 and wherever else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 I thought Reggie had some brass doing that and felt he probably was stating facts because it would horribly blow up in their face after the NES mess. When they came out with the production increases more than once, then threw the NES returns summer 2018. Nintendo had the Switch blow up on them more than expected and don't deserve to be hung out on that one. The NES original run that was blind raging stupidity though so that's fair game I hope they make better on a half year from now or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Only a fool would buy them three months ago and wait until now to try to unload them in the hope that Nintendo was lying and Christmas shoppers would make the price balloon. Don't argue with Iceman Logic™. You will never win. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Don't argue with Iceman Logic™. You will never win. You can win all you want. Your opinion is yours and my opinion is mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Anytime you bulk buy a product to scalp, is spinning the roulette wheel. Sometimes you win, others you lose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 Anytime you bulk buy a product to scalp, is spinning the roulette wheel. Sometimes you win, others you lose. Nah, you always lose. The respect of your fellow man that is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperofLindblum Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 My local GameStop had gotten in several SNES classics so I picked one up for me. I'm thinking of going by tomorrow morning and getting another one. I have a possible friend interested, but they haven't gotten back to me. Anybody interested in buying it off me at cost plus shipping? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schizophretard Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I keep running into them at ThinkGeek at two different malls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godslabrat Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 My local GameStop had gotten in several SNES classics so I picked one up for me. I'm thinking of going by tomorrow morning and getting another one. I have a possible friend interested, but they haven't gotten back to me. Anybody interested in buying it off me at cost plus shipping? If you still have it after Christmas, hit me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Best Buy last night (friday) had two SNES classics sitting on a table near the front. This was around 7pm or so, so they'd been sitting probaly since morning. If it's taking all day to sell out stock put out in the am, this is a good sign imo that supply is slowly satiating demand. The few stragglers who haven't picked one up yet really aren't looking hard enough. Third time I've walked into store midday or later and seen stock available, not even looking for them. Switches are stocked regularly at Walmart and elsewhere. After the Christmas frenzy dies down, it should be possible to find the classics easily if they continue supplying early January restocks. Be patient folks,and please don't feed the scaplers. They can sit on them till kingdom come, or resell them at a loss minus fees. Also looking forward to the N64 announcement next year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradhig1 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Got on today at Super Target in Olathe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Be patient folks,and please don't feed the scaplers. They can sit on them till kingdom come, or resell them at a loss minus fees. This is not even possible. Most places allow a 90 day return on unopened items. Release date was 9-29, you could wait till after Christmas and still get a refund. I guess for people who purchased on-line it would be more feasible but not for in store purchases, especially when places like Target gave you gift receipts lol. It was really a no lose gamble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Time and gas money are non-refundable. Even if scalpers are able to return consoles to the store for a full refund, they're still out $$$. They basically did work for free. Time spent driving around could have been spent earning an hourly wage at a real job. Like Kosmic said, don't feed 'em. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Like Kosmic said, don't feed 'em. I'm already full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Truer words were never spoken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Just on the last page, he tried to argue the exact opposite... These were sold almost 3 months ago. Target had a 2 week return, other than that you would have to take a gift card. Wal-Mart would likely give you a hard time returning them since they were never really sealed and you can't prove it is unopened. I would imagine after a month or so these are hard to return anywhere. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keepdreamin Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Just on the last page, he tried to argue the exact opposite... and I thought I was on ignore. who knows.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icemanxp300 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Just on the last page, he tried to argue the exact opposite... Whether you can get cash back is the hard part. You can most definitely get a gift card and if you shop there anyhow it's not that big of deal. My first post was giving a reason as to why they may sell at lower cost which would be not being able to get cash. My 2nd post was responding to taking a loss, which getting a gift card is not really a loss. Nice job reading between the lines though and taking one thing I said out of context and making it apply to something completely different. Here take a star, you earned it for your grand detective work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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