Osbo Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 That's one of the most stupid TV shows ever to be aired. <p> "YUUUP!" - Seriously though, that would be totally awesome if a treasure trove like this showed up on Storage Wars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Things always comes out in bunches. A commodore 128D never hit ebay in a long time. I put mine up, and 3 more popped up on eBay with ending dates before mine. All not tested except mine. Now, a C128D is a lot more common than this, but this kind of thing happens. They try to draw the crowd away from the big auction to cash in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Hey, lucky me; I've got THREE NES-001s. (Did he actually call it a DS, though? ) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Hey, lucky me; I've got THREE NES-001s. (Did he actually call it a DS, though? ) I believe he did. Quite the man purse he carries around too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I saw that one. The bloke thought he could get $40,000 for an NES that didn't work. I laughed my butt off!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) The press continues. I just saw another huge traffic spike on GameGavel tonight and discovered where everyone was coming from. So far over 21,000 views for the Air Raid auction on GG. Lots more to come now that IGN has picked it up. http://www.ign.com/a...yes-big-profits Keep on the look out for a couple more very rare and desirable items, one of them for Atari collectors and one for Nintendo collectors, hitting GameGavel later this week! Edited October 31, 2012 by Parrothead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 http://www.ign.com/a...yes-big-profits "A recent copy of Air Raid, without box or manual, sold for over $30,000." So much facepalm in this thread today, between this and that tool from Storage Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Keep on the look out for a couple more very rare and desirable items, one of them for Atari collectors and one for Nintendo collectors, hitting GameGavel later this week! Nintendo collectable? A gold Nintendo World Championships cart? Thor's Championship Mario trophy? That thing would look sweet on somebody's mantle... Edited October 31, 2012 by stardust4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) I wanted to give you all a heads up that I received an email from the highest bidder asking to have his bids retracted citing financial issues. We've made the adjustments and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place bidders were notified of this situation. Edited October 31, 2012 by Parrothead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Private Joker Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Shouldn't all his bids be removed then? I know they don't matter at the moment, but you never know. eBay is very bad in those situations because when someone retracts his highest bid, all the others stay in and the auction ends on the second highest bidder. This means that even though the previous high bidder doesn't want the item, he still forces the other people to pay his second bid price... That is not so in this case, but still he remains in there with a few bids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobLammle Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 So, basically the high bidder won the eBay auction and can't afford two copies... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) We did remove all the highest bidders bids above the 2nd and 3rd place bidders. Rick63's high bid at the time was $15,750 so we are just $300 over that with the current bids in place. Shouldn't all his bids be removed then? I know they don't matter at the moment, but you never know. eBay is very bad in those situations because when someone retracts his highest bid, all the others stay in and the auction ends on the second highest bidder. This means that even though the previous high bidder doesn't want the item, he still forces the other people to pay his second bid price... That is not so in this case, but still he remains in there with a few bids. Edited October 31, 2012 by Parrothead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 That is my guess as well. So, basically the high bidder won the eBay auction and can't afford two copies... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 So, basically the high bidder won the eBay auction and can't afford two copies... The high bidder that cancelled his bid did NOT win that ebay auction! I did! Rick 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The high bidder that cancelled his bid did NOT win that ebay auction! I did! Rick Congratulations! ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Congratulations! ..Al Thanks Al! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) I had a bad feeling that the eBay auction would hurt the sale on GameGavel. It sucks that this happened, but at least the seller was honest enough not to wait until the end to retract and/or artificially inflate the price. I bid on an eBay auction once on a one-of-a-kind item (hand constructed mod) with a max bid of $80. It wasn't video game related, but it was one of my other niche hobbies which has a much smaller collector pool (twisty puzzles, eg Rubick's cube type logic puzzles with often exotic geometries). The current high bid was ~$30 bucks, and I placed a single max bid of $80. This raised my price to ~$50, and I would have won the auction, had I not been sniped in the last minute. I don't know if I fell victim to shill bidding or not, but the auction was won for $81. A couple days later, I received a "second chance" offer of $80 from the seller who informed me that the winning bidder had retracted his bid. I reluctantly accepted his offer, but ultimately ended up paying $30 more for the item that I would have if the bloke who retracted his bid hadn't placed it to begin with. I am glad that GameGavel cares enough about people to remove any offset created by the offers. Hopefully we get more bids in the final day, hour, minutes of bidding. That said, it would still be cool to see a new Atari record set by this auction. That is another problem with eBay. You never really know if these some of these record-breaking $20,000-$40,000 NES actions were actually completed sales or not, unless the buyer or seller comes forward and publicly says so in a forum. Edited October 31, 2012 by stardust4ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The press continues. I just saw another huge traffic spike on GameGavel tonight and discovered where everyone was coming from. So far over 21,000 views for the Air Raid auction on GG. Lots more to come now that IGN has picked it up. http://www.ign.com/a...yes-big-profits 60+ coin-ops among which is a nice Discs of TRON environmental cab - daaaaaaamn! I really want one of those. Sigh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 60+ coin-ops among which is a nice Discs of TRON environmental cab - daaaaaaamn! I really want one of those. Sigh. It's the white whale for many collectors. They are out there but... - expensive - hard to transport - will not fit in most houses - more expensive to restore - usually found not working and moderate to heavy damage I totally understand though, I want one too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 60+ coin-ops among which is a nice Discs of TRON environmental cab - daaaaaaamn! I really want one of those. Sigh. You and I both. I will have one of those someday. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number six Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Had a discs of tron environmental. It's cool but its also big and gets boring after you've played it a hundred times. Standard tron has more variety and also a cool cabinet (although admitedly not as cool as an Environmental DOT) Took 4 friends to get it off the back of a pickup truck. It's not an easy one to move, that's for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapetino Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 You and I both. I will have one of those someday. ..Al I certainly want to have one someday too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobLammle Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The high bidder that cancelled his bid did NOT win that ebay auction! I did! Rick Nice! I stand corrected. And congrats on the addition to your collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rom Hunter Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Congratulations, Rick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Yay Rick! That will balance out the other two boxed copies hanging on your wall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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