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    You listed PMC (now separate from the controllers) at a starting bid for exactly what I had offered you for it alone outside of ebay and said you weren't interested in splitting it up...which is exactly what you did for the random ebay bidders. Could have avoided the fees and passed it on to an AA collector. Ehhh...I'll pass now. Good luck on the "bay".

    Yes, the starting bid of what you "offered", and now it is over what you offered, which is often the case when people make offers.

     

    I've been selling on Ebay for well over 10+ years, and I often like to give everyone a chance to bid on items, especially rare items like these. Sometimes I open auctions "high" to gauge interest and see what the going rate is, or how much interest there is.

     

    How would it be if someone made an offer before yours for $100 and I accepted it?

     

    Would that be fair to you? Then you would say I would have given you $200, and that's great, maybe someone else will pay $300, I don't know. If I made it a BIN at $200, and someone else bought it, then I think you could complain, but as it is, it's being offered to the highest bidder with an opening bid of $200, not a BIN.

     

    I may have paid more than that when I bought it years ago, should I now sale it for less to you, simply because you contacted me with an offer? I'm sorry that you don't find me selling my own items the way I want as "fair", and I'm sure anyone who buys this will be a collector as well, so why are you more entitled than some one else?

     

    I have 100% positive feedback, with 150 in the last month alone. So I think I'm more than fair to the customers I deal with. You are not a customer, as you have not bought anything, so I don't owe you anything. Please don't paint me in a negative light, simply because you feel slighted becasue I wouldn't sale an item to you for what you offered.

     

    If anyone here doesn't like what I'm selling, or thinks the price is to high, don't bid and move on. Why do people feel the need to make smart ass comments, or give advice that was never asked for in the first place. This is an auction thread, I have some auctions, so I listed them here. Nothing more, nothing less.

     

    Chris

  7. Posted · Edited by thegamesnotoveryet

    Hi guys/gals, as I state in my auction listings, I've recently been hit with some HUGE car repair cost, and due to it being the holidays, it couldn't have happened at a worse time of year. Anyways, I'm selling off some of my more rare gaming items to help get back above board, and help out with the holidays.

     

    I really hate to sell these controller sets, as they are truly great works of art, as well as being functional controllers that shows a great love and passion for these classic systems and games.

     

    Doubledown Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man Controller Set for the ColecoVision:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2223443962441?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=222344396244&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    Pac-Man Collection Game(Yellow Cart Version) for the ColecoVision:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2223443912211?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=222344391221&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    Mario Bros. Game(Red Cartridge Version) for the Colecovision:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 2223443981381?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=222344398138&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    Yurkie Mario Bros. Controller Set for the ColecoVision:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 3223580627281?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=322358062728&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    Vitual Boy Homebrew & Flashboy Game Lot:

     

    eBay Auction -- Item Number: 3223580661921?ff3=2&pub=5574883395&toolid=10001&campid=5336500554&customid=&item=322358066192&mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]

     

    Chris

  9. Posted

    My poster arrived today, and it's an A+++ piece. Excellent quality from top to bottom. It really does look like a promotional poster that would have been shown or displayed at trade shows, or electronic retailers back in the early 80's.

     

    This will be a nice show piece in my home for years to come. Now if only someone could actually make the unreleased tabletops on the poster as well, one can dream right? LOL

     

    If anyone here has any interest in these classic Coleco tabletops, don't miss out on this very limited poster, it really is very nice.

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    I received my book today and the print is really really bad.

    WOW, that is absolutely terrible. How can a business take funds to produce a product and take so little "pride" in what they ship out to customers? I don't want to blow this out of proportion, but this is borderline robbery. Shame on this printing company.

     

    Chris

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    Excellent, I look forward to hearing when that happens. Also, do they print these to order? Otherwise, even if they do get new machines, who knows what the end user may get if they have inventory sitting around. Thanks Again!

     

    Chris

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    I appreciate it. There are a few tweaks that we are going to do going forward that will hopefully alleviate the cropping/printing issues.

    So will any improvements be made that will help this current volume, or will these "fixes" only be for future volumes?

     

    Like I said, I love to support projects like this, but unless some kind of improvements are made for this current issue, I doubt I would rebuy it. And with out having this first volume, I doubt I would buy the later ones.

     

    Chris

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    Still think quality control should be at the printer. I'm assuming whoever is binding the books should be looking at the pages.

     

    Phil

    I completely agree, but if they aren't doing there jobs at the printer, someone should be calling them on it and making corrections, especially for a book that cost $50. If the printer is unable or unwilling to fix these issues, they should not be used, PERIOD.

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    Fingers crossed :).. now on with what you thought of the Atari VCS Encyclopedia, if you haven't acquired it yet..why not?.. :)...have a good one

     

    Darren.

    I did buy a copy, and I commented at the top of page "7" and then some. It's a very good book, but my copy had some serious production issues(pics posted). I have Derek's Master System Encyclopedia, and found that to have zero issues. So to have a very similar book in regards to size and price, I can't justify getting another one until the "Major" issues my copy had are confirmed "fixed". It was a night and day difference between the two books.

     

    The matte finish of the pages was fine with me, as was the layout and content. What wasn't OK, was the terrible cropping issues in my copy, as well as some severe print problems where several pages had faded 1-2" stripes running down the length of the pages.

     

    It seems as though the fading may have been isolated to just my copy, but the cropping was not, and I found that very annoying. I buy any and all books of this nature, as I want to see more books come from established authors, as well as others who get the bug to put out something cool. I don't think any of these books are made for the money, as I don't believe there is much to be made, simply for the "niche" market of these kinds of books. So to see such "labors of love", I'm always happy to support them at any price.

     

    So I'm hoping at some point, my issues are confirmed fix, but until then, at it's current price, I can't justify buying another one.

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    Hiya Hyperboy, without derailing or going off the subject of Derek book within this post, I am indeed being working on a Coin-op book since 2012, but due to work and other commitments it was put on the back burner for some time, but I have now returned to it to hopefully start a crowd fund raiser for It later in the year hopefully, but if you want to see more, click here! for more information which explains delay and other antidotes :)

     

    Thanks for the interest.

     

    Darren.

    WOW Darren, your Arcade book looks killer. Sign me up like yesterday! LOL I really hope you can make it to the finish line on this project, as it looks like one of the better Arcade books I've ever seen. Keep up the good work.

     

    Chris

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    Hey everybody, sorry for my lack of responses lately. I've been on the road for work so my time has been short. Plus internet service in rural Kansas leaves a LOT to be desired.

     

    Thegame, I'm sorry that your copy turned out like that. it does indeed look like you got a bad printing on it. The copies I have received so far has been good, but it looks like the printers dropped the ball on that one. Hopefully Amazon will be able to get that resolved for you.

    I'll for sure try and get another one through Amazon, as I really do like the book, but the printer should really pay closer attention to the books and the quality being put out. I've had fanzines where the page layouts where printed and cut better than what my current copy shows. The faded stripes on my pages is hopefully an isolated issue that I'm looking forward to not have in my replacement(fingers crossed).

     

    I'll wait a little bit before I put in for a replacement, so maybe the printer can take notice of these current issues and address them. I would really hate to get another copy with the exact same problems(or worse), as my current copy.

     

    Thanks again for offering this book, even with the flaws, I'm glad to see fans not giving up on physical publications of this nature. Sadly, not everyone takes the time and effort to put forth the quality such books deserve, but it's all about one book at a time I suppose. Hopefully the printer will step up and fix some of these basic issues.

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  17. Posted · Edited by thegamesnotoveryet

    So is the cropping issue not normal then? If so, you may want to contact the printer and tell them to start some quality control, as it doesn't seem isolated at this point unless me and PLH are in the minority.

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    All of the pages in my copy are curiously cropped. At first, I thought my copy was a misprint, but now I am thinking it is the layout. Seems to me there should have been a bit more "bleed" around the edges as every page has lost about 1/8" at the top, but then the outermost edge is trimming off part of the page number once we get into the triple digit pages. If it was only the top, I would say it was an alignment issue; however, as it is two edges of each page, I recommend the layout allow for more of a bleed margin in further editions.

     

    Not to knock the project, as it is clearly a labor of love, but what surprised me the most about the printed version is it is on matte paper instead of glossy. The images of the book on the homepage of AtariAge make it appear to be glossy, but the actual matte paper used results in low-contrast images--a washed out look where some similar colors close together are at times nearly indistinguishable from each other. The paper is soaking up so much ink, in fact, that I find the text is blurred just a hair and I find it tiring to read at length. Another recommendation for the additional volumes in the series.

     

    Once again, I am trying to provide constructive criticism here. It is not as if I regret buying volume 1. I think this is a great idea and these are only my observations and changes I would recommend for volumes 2 - 4.

    I agree^

     

    My left to right, isn't to bad, as I don't have any clipped issues there. Although a few pages come close, all my cropping is top to bottom. I also have an issue where some pages seem to be printed off when the ink was low, or some other issue as there is white faded bars down several pages(see pics).

     

    Yeah, I thought the pages would be glossy as well, but I don't mind the matte finish, as it tends to lend it's self more to the nostalgia of the subject matter. A book this size with glossy pages would cost loads, so I understand the reason for a lesser quality of paper.

     

    Sadly, my copy seems to have some serious "printing" issues, and I'm going to have to return this copy and reorder once these issues are sorted out. I also have the Master System Encyclopedia and it has none of the issues I see here.

     

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/uwa7bz71yp40r81/AACpmLgeXsC9DemNRkVYgobwa?dl=0

  19. Posted

    My copy just arrived, and it's very cool, but I do have a question? Several of the pages are off center, and the text at the top of some of the pages is cut short. Did I get a bad print, or is this normal in all issues? For 20 dollars, I wouldn't really care, but at $50, this should be a little bit better quality overall. Good book in general though, thanks for the efforts.

  23. Posted

    Educational sets? Do tell...

    The Light Pen sets are educational software, as they are designed for drawing, animation, and music creation. I guess in this day and age, stuff like that would be considered edutainment, but back in the day it was just called "educational".

     

    This way, we could talk our parents into buying games under the pretense that we just weren't playing games, but we where learning at the same time. LOL

  24. Posted

    Do any of the Vectrex games you listed come with overlays? Your descriptions don't mention this other than they are complete.

    The games I have listed are homebrew, after market games, and a few educational sets, and no overlays where ever produced for these items. All of the original Vectrex games released came with overlays, and a few certain homebrews over the years(none of which I have listed).

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