Mindfield
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Nice. It'd be a shame if they didn't work. Great price though -- two drives and one box. And a SuX212, the autistic stepchild of 1200 baud modems.
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Damn, that's sweet. Why he didn't sell the CC and Kroko separately is beyond me, but hey.
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Shame that wasn't a sixer -- that's one gorgeous box -- no creases, rips, tears, and only the most minor shelf wear. Even so that's centerpiece-quality, heavy sixer or not.
The games not so much -- corner creasing.
Of course, knowing eBay there's an equal chance this got shipped with a label slapped right on the box.
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why cant someone just email the new owner ??because no one knows who the new owner is.
Did the auction have a private bidder list?
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Got my stuff in the mail a couple days ago -- sweet!
Al -- you should've auctioned off one of those Qbs, just to see where it'd go.
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Were there some retractions or cancellations or something? It fell back down to $11...No, Trench killed the BIN
When I saw it, the BIN had already been killed and it was up over $103. Hence my initial comment.
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Were there some retractions or cancellations or something? It fell back down to $11...
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Looks like someone tried to clean off some label coxing and just stripped the shine right off'n it. Meh. It's gone way too high now -- even if that game was mint.
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God some goodies for the gadget head available here, as well as a bit of spare computer bits.
Please note:
- All prices are in US funds, since I post to multiple forums and seem to deal mostly with US folks.
- Prices do not include shipping, which is based on location and preferred shipping method.
- Payment by PayPal only, but will accept E-Mail Money Transfers within Canada. Cash on pickup also works if you're within driving distance of Brampton, Ontario.
- Everything here is in perfect working condition unless otherwise stated. I try and describe everything to the best of my abilities, but if you have any questions not answered here already, please PM me before committing to any purchases.
- Prices listed as "firm" are ... well, firm. They are the lowest I'm willing to accept for them. I feel my prices are pretty durn good though.
Okay. Enough with the boilerplate. On with the geeking.
Apple iPod 4th Generation 20gb MP3 player - ultimate bundle
Just bought this recently, used, from someone who's just as anal about keeping his stuff in good condition as I am. This is an excellent bundle with all the perks. The unit is in very good shape, with some minor scuffing on the front, a few hairlines on the back and very little wear on the clickwheel. It works perfectly. This bundle includes:
- iPod 4th gen 20gb player (white) in very good shape
- Original Apple inline remote with next/ff, previous/rew, volume+/-, play/pause, hold switch and clip to fasten it to clothing or cord.
- Original Apple iSkin, translucent, with fitted plastic screen guard
- Original Apple earbuds with foam covers
- Original Apple USB to AC adapter
- Firewire cable
- USB 2.0 cable
- Belkin Digital Camera Link -- allows you to use your iPod as an external storage drive for your digital camera. (More information and camera compatibility chart is available here)
- Aftermarket USB/Firewire dock with tray adapters for 1G-5G and iPod Mini units. Includes original packaging.
- User manual, iTunes CD, and all original packaging.
Asking US$225 firm
Olympus m:robe mr500i 20GB MP3 player/picture viewer/digital camera
Look at this thing. Just look at it. This thing just oozes sexy-cool. 20gb of storage, awesome touchscreen, smoky chrome bezel, and digital camera? Dayum. Unfortunately it has a few deal-breaking flaws, such as the unusually long time to switch tracks (particularly in shuffle mode), relatively low battery life from its rather paltry 1100mAh LiIon battery (approx. 4 hours, screen off, 50% volume) and low output volume if you use high-resistance headphones (60-ohms or greater). The latter can be solved with the addition of a portable amp (listed below). The battery life can also be improved by finding an acceptable replacement battery (1G/2G iPod batteries work! Get a high capacity 2000mAh 1G/2G iPod battery and you're all set). Not much can be done about the track switching times, but if that's not a big deal then you can get yourself a nice high capacity MP3 player cheap. Cosmetically the unit has a few scuffs, but by and large has been kept in good nick -- I always kept it in a leather camera case. Olympus recently got out of the MP3 player market (as of October 2005), but there's a great independent support site here.
Here's what comes in the package:
- Olympus m:robe mr500i MP3 player. Features a very sweet VGA-resolution (640x480) touchscreen display with high contrast ratio, 20gb of storage, built-in 1.2mb digital camera with white LED light (good for closeups). The only button on the unit is the power/display button; everything else (including taking snapshots) is controlled via the touchscreen.
- Olympus m:robe dock. Contains AC and proprietary USB connector ports.
- Two-piece AC adapter
- USB 2.0 cable
- Original m:robe earbuds (not pictured; never used -- they're a bit uncomfortable, but I have small ears)
- Inline backlit LCD remote with next/ff, previous/rew, volume +/-, Add to Favourites, play/pause, tag info, and hold switch.
- User manual, setup manual, m:trip software CD (looks & feels a lot like iTunes), and all original packaging.
Unit originally retailed for C$399.99.
Asking US$120 [ SOLD! ]
Boostaroo Revolution portable amp (white)
I'm a bit of an audiophile, and being forced to use relatively cheap headphones on the m:robe (listed above) in order to achieve acceptable volume levels bothered me. I wanted to use my nice Denon 60-ohm monitors on it. Enter Boostaroo. They make really small portable amplifiers. Their most common and inexpensive models are only designed for 15-30ohm headphones though, but their newest product, the Boostaroo Revolution, was designed for the real audiophile. This thing, which is a bit bigger than a standard Bic lighter, was designed for higher resistance drivers in the 60-300ohm range. It provides up to a 12dBa boost (approx. 4x the volume) for up to two headphones simultaneously (via two output jacks) with a THD of less than 0.1%. It also provides virtual surround sound via an internal DSP. Another side-benefit of the Boostaroo is that it can be used on any audio device to boost sound while keeping the volume low on the player, thus extending battery life.
Thing is, I ended up getting the iPod (listed at the top) just a few days after my Boostaroo Revolution arrived, so I've only put about two hours of use on it. It's very literally almost brand new. The only potential downfall of the unit is that it uses unusual batteries: Two AAAA (quadruple-A) cells, which you can't find in any conventional store. You'd probably have to go to Batteries Plus or some other place that specializes in that sort of thing. Fortunately, you won't have to for quite some time, as I'm including two six-packs of brand new Energizer AAAA cells, in addition to the two that came with the unit. That's enough for about 120 hours of use. (Each set of two lasts about 20 hours' worth of play)
The unit also comes with two male-to-male headphone adapters and original packaging.
This unit currently retails for US$79.99 and is largely only available from Boostaroo themselves.
Asking US$60 firm
256MB PC133 SDRAM
One double-sided stick of RAM. Micron chips. Pulled from a working unit that was recently upgraded to DDR.
Asking US$15
Samsung SV1021H 10.2GB hard disk
5400RPM, ATA100. No bad sectors. Pulled from a working unit that was recently upgraded.
Asking US$10
Please PM me with (serious) offers/orders. Lowballers will be ignored. If an offer is made and I don't hear from you for a few days I will assume you don't want it and offer it to whomever is next in line.
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Probably rather high for commons, very high for loose carts (unless they're rares which deserve the protection of boxes and tracking) And if you plan on shipping outside the US you won't likely get many international bidders, since priority would be at least double that. (I'd personally never pay $15+ for 10 loose carts ... or 10 boxed for that matter) You'll probably also find that a lot of people want just plain Jane shipping methods for economy's sake -- which is understandable if what you're buying isn't worth much to begin with.
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Something is not rightDonkey Kong (66)
Donkey Kong Junior (1)
this guy has OCD or sold all the good stuff and this is the junk!
Under what circumstances is DKJr not junk?
(Sorry... didn't like the 2600 port at all)
Yeah, that'd be the ultimate "store credit" lot. Or for a homebrewer who wants a closed full of shells.
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Does PayPal have different User Agreements for people in different countries? The PP UA I'm familiar with explicitly forbids such surcharges.AFAIK the surcharge thing is a legal issue within the US rather than an EULA clause, though it is mentioned in the EULA:
No Surcharges. Under Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express regulations and the laws of several states, including California, merchants may not charge a fee to the buyer for accepting credit card payments (often called a "surcharge"). You agree that you will not impose a surcharge or any other fee for accepting PayPal as payment. This restriction does not prevent you from imposing a handling fee in connection with the sale of goods or services, as long as the handling fee does not operate as a surcharge (in other words, the handling fee for transactions paid through PayPal may not be higher than the handling fee for transactions paid through other payment methods). -
They've had that stockpile for, what... like 10 years or more? And still going strong.
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just added a nice Lot of 97 Game Manuals for the 2600
So go a head and Bid
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Plus he commits the big no-no in his payment instructions of saying that anyone paying with PayPal is subject to an increase of 4% on the auction value.It is only verboten to levy a surcharge for PayPal payments by sellers in the US. Outside the US it is acceptable, though likely to drive away bidders, or at least make them think twice about using PayPal.
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I don't have many homebrews (just about a handful) but I'm working on it. I love that there is still an ardent indendent cadre of developers still writing games for our ol' girl. That's what keeps it fresh and exciting.
ObNote: 2006 is a numeric anagram of 2600. Welcome to the year of Airta.
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Admit it. You set a reminder in your PDA specifically for this date, specifically to respond to this thread. You so crazy, NE...
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I swear, Luiz spends more time making his packaging than collecting carts.
That's not a complaint of course. His packaging rocks hard. I have to wonder what customs makes of it tho...
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Good chance.
For that price it had better come with some authentic Freedom Fries.
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In all likelihood you'll get it, it won't be the real Atlantis II, you'll complain, and get a response like, "No, no, the 2 meant 2nd copy!"
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Jesus. I mean ... just ... jesus.That guy needs three feet of good ol' boot up his ass.
And yes, power sellers are often the worst. They're too busy to do anything properly and they don't give a damn about negs; they amount to spitballs as far as affecting their overall percentage goes. He'd better give a full refund, and none of that "send it back at your expense" bullshit, nor "refund less shipping." You got useless crap in the mail and it's the seller's fault, so you shouldn't be out a dime.
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I was in the same situation a few weeks ago. Won an auction for a PS2 game and the picture in the listing showed the original, first edition version. However, I received the Platinum edition of the game which i wasn't too happy about. Also tried to make my point to the seller but he wouldn't/didn't understand. "It was the same game alright?". Since i did get a game and it arrived very quickly i left a neutral. (but i noticed other people had also left neutrals/negatives in the mean time because they received a Platinum edition too).Actually I had that happen when I bought No One Lives Forever 2; I was sent the "gold edition" re-release, which comes with cheaper packaging and an online-only manual, despite the fact that he displayed a standard edition in his auction. His excuse was that he thought it would save on shipping because the gold edition was lighter. (Sure... about 2oz lighter, which at best is a $0.50 difference in shipping cost) I would have appreciated a choice. I still left him positive since it was still brand new and he did seem at least partly contrite. I have since bought a couple PC game lots that among other things included several sealed copies of the first release of NOLF2 so I can't complain.
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Well, I don't want to give a neg; I try and reserve those for total screwovers. I got (sort of) what was listed, just not exactly what was depicted, which (as A.J. so ideally pointed out) was the deceptive part. I also don't want to be deceptive in my own practices in tricking him into leaving feedback first by promsing anything but a neg but then leaving a neg anyway. That would just be lowering myself to his level for a different purpose. I am seriously considering a neutral though. At least then I satisfy the positive part of the transaction (received package; items in good condition and work) while warning others of the negative part (product not as described; deceptive listing practises). I'm not going to bother with the DVD -- not unless he wants to be a dick by leaving a retaliatory neg or neutral (I paid promptly, holding up my end of the bargain without incident, so I certainly don't deserve one) I may also point the guy to this thread in case he still thinks he's right.
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Okay. Here's the thing.
The auction lists the games and (to little point) how many CDs each game spans. The image shows frontal shots of the game boxes. No other information is given, just a list of the games, claims of "mint" condition, and a picture featuring box shots.
My expectations: 8 complete boxed games. Not too big a stretch there I suppose.
What I received: 8 original games in paper sleeves. And a copy of a Family Guy Season 2 DVD with a custom paper CD label. No boxes. One manual (Driver) stuffed into the CD's sleeve. Mailed in a small padded envelope for C$7.07 (plus taxes) -- or around US$7.00 including taxes.
The purpose of the experiment, which asked what you would have expected to find in the package (not what you think I actually received), was the argument I was having with the seller in E-Mail.
My contention: Deceptive auction listing. Complete boxed games were implied, not loose CDs in sleeves. And the whole Family Guy bit was complete bunk (lost the first disc? It's pirated FFS, burn another one!) but I didn't really care about that. Pretty clear, right? In eBay terms, "item significantly not as described" (or in this case portrayed would be a better word). Now I'm pretty eBay savvy so I know sometimes you have to ask the stupid questions to weed out the morons who may be describing one thing and actually selling another, but as there was an image here showing the boxes for the same 8 games he was selling the natural conclusion would be that I'd get 8 boxed games. Seemed clear enough to me that there wouldn't be any significant surprises.
The seller, however, doesn't seem to have all his gray matter in order. His contention is that what I received is exactly what his auction listing said I would receive, no more and no less. Now, if you want to go by the exact letter of the listing (and completely disregard the image) he's right. The image however is the key here. If there wasn't an image my first reaction before even deciding to bid would be to ask if the games were complete because the text alone doesn't describe enough to draw any helpful conclusion as to what you'd actually get if you won. The image obviated the need for me to do that however, so bid I did.
After some bandying back and forth he still insists absolutely nothing was wrong.
My arguments and his general responses go something like this:
I did not completely receive what was being listed in the auction (no boxes)
He bought them like that. In paper sleeves. From a store. No jewelcases, boxes, anything like that -- he bought them in unsealed paper sleeves. (That is to say there is no adhesive on the sleeves; they're the normal paper sleeves you buy in packs of 100 from computer stores, with the little tab in the back to tuck the flap into) They are "second releases" according to him. (Meaning budget re-releases) Show me when budget re-releases were ever sold like that. Ever. Outside of compilations, cereal boxes, video card bundles and Asia, I mean. (Even in compilations there a box that goes with them, and for cereal boxes the paper sleeves are always sealed with adhesive)
Your auction listing was deceptive for showing an image of boxes that were not included and, according to you, don't even exist.
No it wasn't.
Yes it was.
No it wasn't.
(ad nauseum)
The Family Guy DVD was a burned copy.
It was a gift. Don't complain.
(This was not even a point of contention, though I brought it up, and I told him I didn't even really care about that, but he answered anyway)
You overcharged significantly on shipping.
[crickets]
(I had accepted shipping when I won, I just wanted to know his excuse. His shipping was probably not wholly unreasonable for shipping outside of Ontario or to the US and when working out shipping you typically pick the furthest destination within the given country as a general shipping price, but shipping is like half when shipping within the same province, and the honest thing to do would have been to lower shipping because I'm local)
Basically, his argument boils down to being completely honest because he only specified exactly what was coming in the auction, and that failing to mention the things it did not come with does not constitute a lie of omission.
I'm not going to bother arging with the guy anymore. It's like bashing my head in with a dumbstick. I wasn't asking for my money back, it's not even worth taking up with PayPal. It just bugs me when a seller screws me over not because he's a scammer, but because he's a walking bag of dumb.
And yes, I saw the feedback before I bid, but with so few feedbacks you can't really use it as a useful guideline as to the veracity of the seller.
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Cuttle and Krokadile and 2600
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Well, that was just strike two, but he probably just needs money. Which he'd probably get more of if he parted them out. Still, someone's going to get a nice little haul.