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  5. Posted

    So I finally got my copy of this one today - Pretty label too (Thanks to Spendtoomuchonatari)! Anyways, I doubt that I'll be getting the !!!!!! very soon, but at least now I'm in the game. :-)

     

    BTW, can anyone really play the game like the attract screen shows? I mean, he's running around haphazardly and getting the most bonus points I think are possible. If anyone can play like this, I'd love to watch 'em play through a game... kinda like that video that was up a while back of a guy who was playing Frostbite on pure instinct. That was neat!

     

    k

  6. Posted

    I bought myself an SMS zapper (NIB), but was waiting to get the adapter from Rob until after I have a copy of Sentinel to play with the gun. Unfortunately, I keep getting outbid on eBay... Oh, the frustration that is my life. :-)

     

    For now, I guess I'll just have to fire up Barker Bill's Trick Shooting, on the NES, to get my gunfix.

     

    kbye

  11. Posted

    I have two or three Nintendo adapters - Which if I remember right will work. (it's been a few years since I got rid of my Genny). If you are interested, PM me with the Atari games you have for trade.

     

    Oh, and if you aren't interested, I'd say check a local thrift. They usually have a ton of Genesis and NES adapters for like a dollar a piece.

     

    kbye.

  13. Posted

    RCModeler wrote:

    Add in the Ebay listing fee, final value fee, the price of the box, shipping paper, shipping tape, and the guy's gas to drive the thing to the post office.... then no, you were not overcharged.

     

    This is exactly what I was trying to tell you (except reversed) in response to what you were saying about Paypal taking a fee from you for each transaction. By going ahead and paying the fee, you are saving your buyer the trouble of having to do this very thing... It goes both ways. :-)

  17. Posted

    ANOTHER PET PEEVE:  

    - There's no way to display the PayPal logo without credit cards. There should be two separate logos: One for Paypal premiere accounts (credit cards); one for personal accounts (cash only).

     

    You could always make your own. Simply copy down the Paypal logo, modify the graphic (adding "no credit... cash only"... etc), and then display it prominently in your auction (as well as writing clearly in text that you don't take credit). As long as you have it clear in your auction that you won't take the credit card - even through Paypal, then the bidder has no ground to complain.

     

    A simple honest question though... how else do make a payment through Paypal? I have only ever used a credit card. Do you have to send cash to them, and then they forward it to you? Or do you use an ATM or debit card?

     

    :?

  18. Posted

    I don't know why I never have this kind of luck. Even on common carts I bid on, it seems people snipe the auction or bid it way up beyond limits of logic.

     

    Good deal on that Sprintmaster. :-)

  20. Posted

    I'm thinking about adding this to my listing:  

    "PLEASE NOTE: I do not accept credit cards. If you choose to ignore this warning, you will receive negative feedback. No execptions."

     

    No offense, but when I read a warning like this in an auction, there's no way I'll bid. Yah, it's likely that the transaction would still go smoothly if I do bid, but the warning is like a "Beware of Dog" sign in front of someone's house. If I don't have to go up there, I won't! This sort of warning seems more likely to tell bidders that the owner of the auction has a chip on his shoulder.

     

    $2 on a brand-new videogame is not a lot??? I have to disagree with that.

     

    As in the case with this auction, any exceptions should have been printed clearly in the auction itself. Otherwise the owner of the auction should have to eat the losses, consider it a learning experience, and make changes when he relists the auction. It is rare that I will ever bid on an auction that doesn't accept Paypal. I don't own a checkbook (was robbed years ago and refuse to own one). Money orders are a hassle... not only does someone now need to make a special trip to purchase the money order, he must pay an added fee, fill it out, and then purchase postage. Then he'll have to make a trip to the post office to mail the payment off. Time is valuable to most people... the time it would take me to accomplish these things is far more valuable to me than 2 bucks. I cannot speak for the bidder of this auction, my point is that you never know what a person's circumstances are. My opinion is that when the changes are noted after the auction ends or an auction description isn't really clear, it really is the auction owner's responsibility to make things right. If that means relisting, then that's what you've gotta do... just hope you don't get a negative feedback.

     

    Nevermind. I caved in and upgraded my account.

     

    I think you did the right thing here. Since you are offering payment option the way it was written in your auction, I don't think there is any excuse for her not to complete the deal now. :-)

     

     

     

    Just my .02

  24. Posted

    You could get a list of people who want to see the video and then send it around, like the globetrotter cartridge. The only catch to getting to view the tape is that one would be obligated to pay shipping to the next person in line.

     

    Just an idea. And this way no quality would be lost in a conversion.

  25. Posted

    @Nukey: I love Rampart!!!! You might want to check out the famicom version of Rampart as it is much different than the other various ports. While the basics are the same, the characters you use are very different. It's been a while, but I think there might be a quest mode in it as well. I sure wish one of the translation groups would pick up on this one! If you are at all interested, PM me... I'll hook you up with the ROM.

     

    There are several games that I am hooked on in Mame that I never saw in the arcade: The Glob, Anteater, and Foodfight to name just a few.

     

    I grew up sheltered. My mother thought that the dark smokey atmosphere of arcades were the devil's playground for child molesters and such. Incidentally, I really don't have many memories of the earlier titles, except for those that I caught a glimpse of on rare occasions when I sneaked in while she wasn't looking. Of those I remember, but never actually played, Dragon's Lair stands especially. The only early arcade games that I have a good memory of were usually found in well lit department stores - Shopko, K-mart and such. Thus, my favorite arcade games growing up were Megaforce (Starforce for others), and High-speed MsPacman, and Q*bert! :-)

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