The cheapness of some people is unbelievable

[OldAtarian]

Was just perusing ebay and stumbled on a Sunnyvale heavy with a few games and all the original heavy sixer controllers for $40 BIN and can you believe this...THERE WERE PEOPLE MAKING LOWER OFFERS FOR IT! Is $40 really out of line for something like this? I don't think it is.

[horseboy]

Was just perusing ebay and stumbled on a Sunnyvale heavy with a few games and all the original heavy sixer controllers for $40 BIN and can you believe this...THERE WERE PEOPLE MAKING LOWER OFFERS FOR IT! Is $40 really out of line for something like this? I don't think it is.

 

No. That is a decent price. You can't jump to the "cheap" conclusion right off the bat though. I will use myself as an example. I have 4 or 5 heavy sixers right now. I don't need another one, so I would not pay $40 for a loose one. I would however pay $20-25 for one though. If I saw it, I might make a low offer. IMO, the Best Offer button is there to be used.

[OldAtarian]

Was just perusing ebay and stumbled on a Sunnyvale heavy with a few games and all the original heavy sixer controllers for $40 BIN and can you believe this...THERE WERE PEOPLE MAKING LOWER OFFERS FOR IT! Is $40 really out of line for something like this? I don't think it is.

 

No. That is a decent price. You can't jump to the "cheap" conclusion right off the bat though. I will use myself as an example. I have 4 or 5 heavy sixers right now. I don't need another one, so I would not pay $40 for a loose one. I would however pay $20-25 for one though. If I saw it, I might make a low offer. IMO, the Best Offer button is there to be used.

 

The games and manuals that come with it, even though not rare, you could probably get $20 just for those alone, and that's a conservative guess. There's guys selling the heavy sixer paddles for $75 and the CX-10 joysicks for $40-$60 each now, too. $40 for the lot should be one of those deals that you just jump on without even thinking.

Edited October 7, 2010 by OldAtarian

[phaxda]

How much was shipping?

[horseboy]

I can't find this auction you speak of.

[OldAtarian]

How much was shipping?

 

$15

Edited October 7, 2010 by OldAtarian

[OldAtarian]

I can't find this auction you speak of.

 

Because I bought it already.

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250704685415

 

The Indy paddles look newer but I've got a set of older ones of those on the way already, so no big deal.

Edited October 7, 2010 by OldAtarian

[Michel]

How do you recognize heavy sixer paddle?

I have paddle with my heavy sixer but i don't know if they are authentic or not.

[OldAtarian]

How do you recognize heavy sixer paddle?

I have paddle with my heavy sixer but i don't know if they are authentic or not.

 

They have the Atari logo on them instead of the word "paddle".

[Michel]

Thanks for the information!

Shit i don't have the right pure paddles...

Maybe one day i will buy that

[SpaceDice2010]

That was a nice score. I took a gamble on this one -

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250702653991

 

As I said, it is a gamble. I was tired when I put in the bid. But, for $35 who knows.

Edited October 7, 2010 by SpaceDice2010

[OldAtarian]

That was a nice score. I took a gamble on this one -

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250702653991

 

As I said, it is a gamble. I was tired when I put in the bid. But, for $35 who knows.

 

yeah, that one looks to be more of a gamble. There's a lot that is unclear from the photo and the little information the seller put in the listing. That one I'd lowball, but with clearer pics and a better description, I'd go higher if I had to. Some people take really crappy pics so I pass on a lot of them. I might lose out on a hidden gem some of the time, but it's better than getting burned and ending up with a light six that the seller described as a heavy because he didn't know any better and took a lousy picture of it.

[horseboy]

That was a nice score. I took a gamble on this one -

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250702653991

 

As I said, it is a gamble. I was tired when I put in the bid. But, for $35 who knows.

Looks like a light to me. The Combat isn't a gatefold.

[SpaceDice2010]

It probably is. But for $35 I am not going to loose any sleep over it considering that I don't have a boxed light sixer anyways.

[horseboy]

Maybe it is a heavy. That pic is pretty crappy. Hard to tell.

[OldAtarian]

Maybe it is a heavy. That pic is pretty crappy. Hard to tell.

 

That's what I hate about crappy pics. If they're dark, have shadows on them, slightly out of focus or taken from more than a foot or two away it can make it impossible to really see the bezel clearly enough to determine whether it's a light or heavy.

Edited October 7, 2010 by OldAtarian

[SpaceDice2010]

Hard to tell really. Crappy pics drive me crazy especially when I am looking for the later date label variation. But, he did say in the questions that it was made in the US and gave the serial number. I will let you know when I get it. It was a gamble worth $35 shipped for me as it does look like a clean Atari and the box does not look all that bad. Plus, I don't have a boxed light sixer and $35 shipped for one of those is not all that bad.

 

I did grab this last night...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 290484767407 just for the simple fact that I wanted some of the red labels w/ manuals. My eyes are getting bad and these pics drive me nuts.

[OldAtarian]

Hard to tell really. Crappy pics drive me crazy especially when I am looking for the later date label variation. But, he did say in the questions that it was made in the US and gave the serial number. I will let you know when I get it. It was a gamble worth $35 shipped for me as it does look like a clean Atari and the box does not look all that bad. Plus, I don't have a boxed light sixer and $35 shipped for one of those is not all that bad.

 

I did grab this last night...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 290484767407 just for the simple fact that I wanted some of the red labels w/ manuals. My eyes are getting bad and these pics drive me nuts.

 

Been there, done that, have stacks of worthless commons that I can't get rid of as a result. Buying a bulk lot just for one or two carts is almost never as good an idea as it first sounds especially when you've done it a few times. I won't do it anymore for anything less than an R8.

 

Those guys who make up those packages know exactly what they're doing. That rare cart isn't in the lot by chance. They throw it in there because they know somebody will pay big bucks for the lot just to get the rare and then the disposal of the commons falls on someone else's shoulders.

Edited October 7, 2010 by OldAtarian

[eegad]

Was just perusing ebay and stumbled on a Sunnyvale heavy with a few games and all the original heavy sixer controllers for $40 BIN and can you believe this...THERE WERE PEOPLE MAKING LOWER OFFERS FOR IT! Is $40 really out of line for something like this? I don't think it is.

 

 

Sounds like the deal I picked up last month - on a random day I was on ebay and decided to see what Atari items had auctions ending in the next few hours. Saw a heavy sixer (which turned out to be in truly excellent condition, though it was hard to tell from the posted photo), with original sticks/paddles/power supply, plus 20-some games. Starting bid price was $30; shipping was $15. There were zero bids on it. So I bid the $30, figured what the heck. Nobody else bid, so I got it. Good deal!

[ApolloBoy]

Been there, done that, have stacks of worthless commons that I can't get rid of as a result.

Have you considered sending them to Al to be turned into homebrews?

[zylon]

I've acquired 3 h6ers in the last 2 months for prices ranging $10 to $20. There's just more of them for sale than are wanted by collectors/users. I bid on them if they're cheap since I can't leave some poor Sears system homeless.

[OldAtarian]

Been there, done that, have stacks of worthless commons that I can't get rid of as a result.

Have you considered sending them to Al to be turned into homebrews?

 

Never! That would be tantamount to book burning!

[Pioneer4x4]

Been there, done that, have stacks of worthless commons that I can't get rid of as a result.

Have you considered sending them to Al to be turned into homebrews?

 

Never! That would be tantamount to book burning!

NO, you have it wrong, it is like hiding a Playboy inside a Car and Driver cover!

[SpaceDice2010]

Check this one out...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 230500529019

 

I don't get it at all.

[Trinity]

That was a nice score. I took a gamble on this one -

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250702653991

 

As I said, it is a gamble. I was tired when I put in the bid. But, for $35 who knows.

Looks like a light to me. The Combat isn't a gatefold.

 

 

It's a heavy.