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Atari 400 w/31 games, controllers, box, and manuals - $200 (Pomona)

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Hmm ... A little pricey I would say. The boxed 400 is nice. Lots of common A8 carts, a few nice ones, some doubles.

 

Anyway, thanks for posting this so we can look at it!

 

I check the Los Angeles CL from time to time as well as the Fresno one. Most everyone just wants too darned much for their junk but it's always worth a look.

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Price actually terrifically bad and very craigslisty. I think craigslist is for people too dumb to understand pricing items on the netterwebs.

 

A setup that had better carts than this sold recently on eBay for $41, which I would have valued at $90.

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The picker shows have really jacked up people's expectations of what "vintage" electronics (and really vintage anything) are really worth, cash-wise. Sure, there's more people into the hobby then ever before. But still--when I see a loose NES console with no games listed for "$200 firm" on craigslist, I just have to shake my head and mutter a curse against those stupid shows like Storage Wars. Sure, no one has to buy these at the ridiculous prices. But the sad truth is, these stupid-priced listings have the effect of artificially buoying prices overall as people are "educated" when they see these ridiculous listings to think that those are the going rates. Sort of the same way most antique shops seem to have started pricing their stuff according to the highest BIN they can find on eBay. Ridiculous. About time for a vintage videogame crash, I'd say.

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The picker shows have really jacked up people's expectations of what "vintage" electronics (and really vintage anything) are really worth, cash-wise. Sure, there's more people into the hobby then ever before. But still--when I see a loose NES console with no games listed for "$200 firm" on craigslist, I just have to shake my head and mutter a curse against those stupid shows like Storage Wars. Sure, no one has to buy these at the ridiculous prices. But the sad truth is, these stupid-priced listings have the effect of artificially buoying prices overall as people are "educated" when they see these ridiculous listings to think that those are the going rates. Sort of the same way most antique shops seem to have started pricing their stuff according to the highest BIN they can find on eBay. Ridiculous. About time for a vintage videogame crash, I'd say.

 

I blame the show "American Hoggers"...

 

...just because. :D

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