The cheapness of some people is unbelievable

[OldAtarian]

Check this one out...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 230500529019

 

I don't get it at all.

 

Yeah, even I don't put condoms on my carts.

 

And $24 is a lot for those. Maybe I should put some of mine up and clear out some space.

Edited October 8, 2010 by OldAtarian

[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.

 

 

It's a heavy.

 

Yes it is. I didn't even see that second pic.

[SpaceDice2010]

Check this one out...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 230500529019

 

I don't get it at all.

 

Yeah, even I don't put condoms on my carts.

 

And $24 is a lot for those. Maybe I should put some of mine up and clear out some space.

 

You know. Maybe if you take 12 common carts and put them in bags then the value goes up. At least the seller was honest about them being R1's.

 

On a more serious note, if Ebay sellers would take all their mint carts of a particular type (like early text label etc) and list them in lots that way, it would probably get more bids. Sellers need to appeal to how collectors collect rather than dump all their crap in one huge pile. Maybe that is why that went for what it did. The buyer may have needed a handful pic labels and didn't want to get a lot of 100 junk carts that he has no need for. Or pay the high shipping to get them separate.

 

I am to the point where I would gladly pay a premium for some early text labels and variations as well as some later pic labels. But, 90% of the time I can't even tell when sellers are selling the carts individually if it's the right date as the pic is so damn bad.

Edited October 8, 2010 by SpaceDice2010

[Pioneer4x4]

I think for my own needs pretty much the same as the comments mentioned in this thread, but I wonder how many people just happen to think of atari for some random reason and go to eBay and buy a system with a bunch of games, and they actually want all the dirt common games since that is what they remember! To the non collector, those bundles are ideal to them.

[SpaceDice2010]

I think for my own needs pretty much the same as the comments mentioned in this thread, but I wonder how many people just happen to think of atari for some random reason and go to eBay and buy a system with a bunch of games, and they actually want all the dirt common games since that is what they remember! To the non collector, those bundles are ideal to them.

 

You really hit the nail on the head. Those of us that collect end up selling Atari systems and without much thought just toss all the extra carts we don't need in the lot. To a non collector they just look over it. We would be probably better off listing a VCS with 20 or so of the most popular common games rather than throwing in the rarer games as well that the non collectors have never heard of. I mean how many non collectors really want to bid on a system with Gopher, Word Zapper, and crap like that.

[tetrode kink]

Check this one out...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 230500529019

 

I don't get it at all.

Why not? That rounds out to $2.23 per cart, including shipping. You could (and people do) pay more for commons. Considering it's eBay, that's really not bad.

[OldAtarian]

Check this one out...

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 230500529019

 

I don't get it at all.

Why not? That rounds out to $2.23 per cart, including shipping. You could (and people do) pay more for commons. Considering it's eBay, that's really not bad.

 

I never value commons at more than a buck a piece and that is taking shipping into account. There are plenty of those deals out there, I just have too many commons already to buy all of them.