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Atari 7800 NIB Sold for Nearly $1,000?!


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Is this auction from a few weeks back to be believed? $985 + shipping?! It appears to be complete with all inserts and it's an A1 unit. It has the first-run (purple with checker box) manual, but the later iteration box. This just seems, I don't know, maybe $700 or so beyond its value, unless I'm missing something?

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Vintage-Atari-7800-Electronic-Arcade-Video-Game-Console-System-NEW-IN-BOX-/192895450472?hash=item2ce976fd68%3Ag%3AzpkAAOSw8kFcuQjK&nma=true&si=wD26bMChdQY5vi21h40iB9LxpI8%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

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That second place bidder looks to have shill bid the fuck out of that auction. Smells pretty fishy to me.

 

I had something like that in an auction that just ended for me. Same guy placed like 15 bids but didn't win. I assure you that wasn't someone I knew shill bidding it up. That stuff backfires.

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For supposedly being NIB, that one controller has a great of crud on it. How would that even happen?

That's a good point - hadn't caught that. Unless it's the lighting playing tricks? I agree that it looks like crud, though. It would appear that both controllers do have the plastic coverings over the nameplates. NIB also must be taken with a grain of salt because obviously all of the components have been taken out of the box, etc. Who knows...

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I found a new in box 7800 (newly listed) a few days after this one. It isn't complete... but other than a few manuals/inserts, it hasn't been used from the looks of it. Listed at BIN for $75. Nabbed it right away, within 10 minutes of being listed.

 

I checked all the completed listings I could find and I didn't find any boxed,never mind new, Atari 7800's for a $75 BIN. You care to share the link?

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