nofrills100 Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 I got no idea why,maybe a newbie war ? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/34-Atari-2600-games-some-are-very-rare-/151230663655?pt=AU_PC_Video_Games_Games&hash=item23360ccbe7 Most probably the seller bought their own listing by over shilling - it's back on ebay now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 I just saw this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-Large-Lot-Of-15-Boxes-And-Games-CIB-/131113567389?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item1e86fa449d It's a completely normal auction, but the one box made me chuckle quite a bit...look at the "fine print" on the front of the Spider Man box: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 triple-decade is now selling repros of Princess Rescue: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 301099281762 I hope he is being sued. Nintendo of America should also be notified. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 triple-decade is now selling repros of Princess Rescue: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 301099281762 I hope he is being sued. Nintendo of America should also be notified. EVERYONE: Please make sure to report this item to eBay as pirated material. Hopefully if enough of us report it, they will kill this listing and prevent others like it from this seller. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20ohm20 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 triple-decade is now selling repros of Princess Rescue: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 301099281762 I hope he is being sued. Nintendo of America should also be notified. That label looks horrible. The auction should be pulled for that alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 mint-old-treasures? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 301104584958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 EVERYONE: Please make sure to report this item to eBay as pirated material. Hopefully if enough of us report it, they will kill this listing and prevent others like it from this seller. Maybe it worked? The listing has been removed. Hopefully that's the reason it's gone. BTW bennybingo, your Shatnatars are hilarious! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 EVERYONE: Please make sure to report this item to eBay as pirated material. Hopefully if enough of us report it, they will kill this listing and prevent others like it from this seller. I reported this immediately. I'm shocked. Something I reported they actually listened for once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 My wife got me a Lynx for valentines (regreted selling mine years ago and kept going on about it ) and got me an adaptor from amazon for around £8 to go with it. So I go on ebay looking for more games and I come across this insanity! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Psu-Ac-Adaptor-4-Atari-Lynx-1-2-Power-supply-/200609737912?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameAccessories_VideoGameAccessories_JN&hash=item2eb545acb8 Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 My wife got me a Lynx for valentines (regreted selling mine years ago and kept going on about it ) and got me an adaptor from amazon for around £8 to go with it. So I go on ebay looking for more games and I come across this insanity! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/UK-Psu-Ac-Adaptor-4-Atari-Lynx-1-2-Power-supply-/200609737912?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameAccessories_VideoGameAccessories_JN&hash=item2eb545acb8 Unbelievable. Make an offer...it seems that he sold 26 of them already, and I am sure it was not for the buy it now price! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopaybob Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 a lot for a hoser cart http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-Off-Your-Rocker-Super-Rare-Repo-/271405882129?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3f310d1b11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mxyzptlk Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 a lot for a hoser cart http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-Off-Your-Rocker-Super-Rare-Repo-/271405882129?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3f310d1b11 I never heard of this one. I think I will check around for the gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Never opened? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 191083149776 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojay1997 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Never opened? eBay Auction -- Item Number: 191083149776 While it's clearly not mint as listed, that is likely factory sealed. It has glued flaps and would not have been factory shrinkwrapped by Atari. Many 2600 and 5200 games prior to about 1986 that appear on the market shrinkwrapped are not in fact factory shrinkwrapped and they were likely wrapped later by liquidators. Indeed, I have several cases of 1986 Atari 7800 releases like Food Fight that were glue sealed and it was only the later 1987 releases of many 7800 titles that came shrinkwrapped from Atari. Edited February 26, 2014 by bojay1997 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 While it's clearly not mint as listed, that is likely factory sealed. It has glued flaps and would not have been factory shrinkwrapped by Atari. Many 2600 and 5200 games prior to about 1986 that appear on the market shrinkwrapped are not in fact factory shrinkwrapped and they were likely wrapped later by liquidators. Indeed, I have several cases of 1986 Atari 7800 releases like Food Fight that were glue sealed and it was only the later 1987 releases of many 7800 titles that came shrinkwrapped from Atari. Have you seen picture #4? There is a rip in the flap. Such a rip happens when you open the box because the flap is glued. The box is obviously re-sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojay1997 Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) Have you seen picture #4? There is a rip in the flap. Such a rip happens when you open the box because the flap is glued. The box is obviously re-sealed.Doesn't look resealed to me. That looks like the box came into contact with something sharp like a corner of a shelf or a hard object that scraped a deep groove into one side of the middle flap area. Notice that the other side of the middle area is not torn. In fact, this looks a lot like a few of the 5200 games I got from Venezuela where customs poked a metal rod into the box to check for drugs or whatever they check for. The game isn't worth enough for people to be resealing it and frankly, the glue is on the two outer flaps, so those would have been loose rather than the middle if this was a reseal job. Edited February 26, 2014 by bojay1997 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari_envy Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 And I continue to be baffled by how much these reproduction Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre carts command. http://www.ebay.com/itm/390781879360?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Texas Chainsaw Massacre atari 2600 2 versions (Hozer carts) Winning bid: US $107.50 [ 23 bids ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 after I've seen an empty PS3 box sold for 18.5 on eBay, I cannot be surprised antmore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 (edited) Seller htimo-2012 bids on his own items: Space Monster sold in January: http://www.ebay.de/itm/321293277979 Sold in February to the same "buyer": http://www.ebay.de/itm/321312407481 Relisted in March: http://www.ebay.de/itm/321338581027 "Buyer" has 40% bid activity with this seller. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: Edited March 2, 2014 by Andre81 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karokoenig Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 The bastard. I have bought from him as well in the past. Luckily only small crap where it didn't really make a difference. Glad I don't care about the rare stuff and just collect for fun. Andre, would you think it's worthwhile to report this activity to ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari8bitCarts Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Seller htimo-2012 bids on his own items: Space Monster sold in January: http://www.ebay.de/itm/321293277979 Sold in February to the same "buyer": http://www.ebay.de/itm/321312407481 Relisted in March: http://www.ebay.de/itm/321338581027 "Buyer" has 40% bid activity with this seller. :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: It doesn't help to complain, unless the seller isn't making money for eBay. eBay will over looking everything as long as they make a buck. I've provided them with information on other sellers using their other accounts to raise the price and even had the eBay representative tell me that the accounts they were using were in fact pointing to the same seller, but they "sold" a lot and that they'd "look" at what to do. But they also stated they couldn't follow up with me as to what actions would be taken since that is a violation of the sellers privacy, etc. The seller continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre81 Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Andre, would you think it's worthwhile to report this activity to ebay? The best way to penalize him is probably to ignore his listings. So far eBay hasn't cared a single time I reported shill bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopaybob Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHOLESALE-RESALE-LOT-OF-48-NEW-FACTORY-SEALED-ATARI-2600-R-S-VOLLEYBALL-GAMES-/251463591891?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3a8c65e7d3 Is the buyer going to have these graded and relist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-Duel-Gauntlet-Confrontation-Super-rare-/271417744792?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3f31c21d98 ...he owned this for 24 years??? I wasn't aware that CPUWIZ was making these repro carts that long ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 This reseller is too lazy to take new pictures.He's reusing a few of the same ones for the Out Of Control and Death Trap listings.The prices are jacked up much higher too.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Atari-2600-Out-of-Control-CIB-holy-Grail-video-game-R9-nintendo-great-shape-/281282034645Sold for $725 shippedhttp://www.ebay.com/itm/Out-Control-Atari-2600-1983-CIB-Complete-Box-Avalon-Hill-/281275913201?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item417d59d3f1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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