Troy_Whelan Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 The menu screen shown above in post #4549 by NIAD shows how the menu system works on the cart being auctioned by me. Troy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Do we want to start making bets on what this will go for? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mega-Rare-Colecovision-Super-Sketch-Complete-/172425648031 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I am just impressed it started at 1 cent instead of 500 bucks or something like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I'm impressed how people jumps so fast in the bid instead of waiting. In 9 hours it almost reached half the price of what I paid for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkat5200 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I say it hits 600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Thats because there are a lot of people that have no idea what they are doing putting bids in. And sometimes it is nefarious but most of the time it is just bad bidders who have no idea how to keep an auction from going crazy. Which I guess that is good for sellers since there are so many of these horrible "special" buyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojay1997 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Thats because there are a lot of people that have no idea what they are doing putting bids in. And sometimes it is nefarious but most of the time it is just bad bidders who have no idea how to keep an auction from going crazy. Which I guess that is good for sellers since there are so many of these horrible "special" buyers. Meh. I don't think high, early auction bids necessarily represent "bad" bidding. If anything it lowers the probability of a side deal as it clearly shows the seller there is a healthy market for the item. It may also prevent crazy bidding at the end. On the downside, it could encourage shill bidding by the seller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Meh. I don't think high, early auction bids necessarily represent "bad" bidding. If anything it lowers the probability of a side deal as it clearly shows the seller there is a healthy market for the item. It may also prevent crazy bidding at the end. On the downside, it could encourage shill bidding by the seller. Agreed. I don't hesitate to bid early and often for something I'm looking for. Been burned by side deals one too many times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+grips03 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 sold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I will never understand where some people get their sense of pricing from... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I will never understand where some people get their sense of pricing from... because they just see high prices things are going for everywhere and really have no idea what any of it is. With the condition of those things they found them somewhere or in a relatives house and have no idea about colecovision at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIAD Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 Not an auction, but I have an NEC PC Pentium 166MHz up for sale in the MarketPlace. Great system for MS-DOS gaming and I used exclusively for transferring file to an from ADAM Computer format. A large CV & ADAM archive resides on the Hard Drive!!! http://atariage.com/forums/topic/215432-niads-sales-thread-colecovision-adam-nec-p166mhz-pc/?p=2808381 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardo1 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I say it hits 600 Looks like you just about nailed it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bartsfam Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Is this a fair price for CV trading cards? I remembered when they were printed a couple of years before and missed out.... http://www.ebay.com/itm/302163132428?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkerieSilk Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I thought so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Colecovision-Knight-n-More-/162310115543?hash=item25ca6fd0d7:g:zjoAAOSw-0xYRhea Unbelievable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmack36 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I would be alright with the developers putting up a certain number copies of their games before they are released so that the developers would be the ones to cash in on the heavy hitters buying the games on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digress Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I thought about this idea. I think what might happen though is someone might dump it and distribute it or make dubious copies anyways and beat you to market. Ultimately it's a free market and people can choose to sell it if they want. I'm kinda proud when they resell. I think the best defense if you don't like it is to put up a permanent supply on ebay at the the original price then they would have to sell it for that same price. I don't mind anyone dumping the game for personal use. Don't distribute the roms though. I put them on the atarimax for convenience but still have the oriiginals on the shelf or in a box. I would be alright with the developers putting up a certain number copies of their games before they are released so that the developers would be the ones to cash in on the heavy hitters buying the games on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoDan Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Colecovision-Knight-n-More-/162310115543?hash=item25ca6fd0d7:g:zjoAAOSw-0xYRhea Unbelievable... One of your kinsmen even. Not one of us ruthless Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bmack36 Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 To be fair it was put up with a starting price of around $50 and not at some ridiculously high BIN. It just got bid up by 2 people back and forth. The seller was also from Canada FWIW (crxchart). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPR Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I would be alright with the developers putting up a certain number copies of their games before they are released so that the developers would be the ones to cash in on the heavy hitters buying the games on ebay. Or even just on eBay at the same time. Not everyone reads these forums or the CV Facebook pages out there. If a homebrew publisher put a stack of 10 copies on eBay at the same time as shipping the initial run, and just left them on eBay to sell through and re-list as long as there is a supply, that would help with the people flipping them at a profit. IMO, if a publisher complains about someone flipping an item on eBay that's a shortcoming of their own because they could at least help control those prices to some extent. They could have avoided it by listing their own product on the site and charging the actual retail amount for it. That ensures that the money is going to the right people and the prices aren't being inflated by a third party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 One of your kinsmen even. Not one of us ruthless Americans. Not one of my Kinsmen. I'm from the other side of the atlantic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 To be fair it was put up with a starting price of around $50 and not at some ridiculously high BIN. It just got bid up by 2 people back and forth. The seller was also from Canada FWIW (crxchart). yes, the starting price was fair. No issue with that. It is just sad for the buyer , i would say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youki Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Or even just on eBay at the same time. Not everyone reads these forums or the CV Facebook pages out there. If a homebrew publisher put a stack of 10 copies on eBay at the same time as shipping the initial run, and just left them on eBay to sell through and re-list as long as there is a supply, that would help with the people flipping them at a profit. IMO, if a publisher complains about someone flipping an item on eBay that's a shortcoming of their own because they could at least help control those prices to some extent. They could have avoided it by listing their own product on the site and charging the actual retail amount for it. That ensures that the money is going to the right people and the prices aren't being inflated by a third party. In fact with the publisher we already thought about that. But the entire first run had been reserved. And we gave the exclusive distribution for US and Canada to Good Deal Game , so the publisher can not put them on Ebay for US and Canada. Next time we will try to improve that and be more prepared. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleconut Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Not one of my Kinsmen. I'm from the other side of the atlantic... Where they speak REAL French, n'est-ce pas? Edited December 14, 2016 by coleconut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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