Crimefighter Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 What the heck is Meebzork??? Doesn't look like anything new here though... http://www.shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=31839885 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Currently at $2,260. Unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 http://www.atariprotos.com/5200/software/meebzork/meebzork.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 So these protos are worth what say $100 a pop? Looks like someone is paying a g note too much. But then again it is goodwill so they might be righting it off for taxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I wonder what the two A8 carts are that are flipped over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoundGammon Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 Gotta pay that CEO of Goodwill his millions in pay! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Can someone read all the dates? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 It'd suck whoever bought them and dumps them only to find there's no new dump at all, all the proto binary matches existing dumps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Pole Position is "rev H" Centipede is "rev A" Ball Blazer is 2/29/84 Meebzork is 5/18 Rescue on Fractus is 2/29/84 Xevious is 11/9 Pengo - can't tell Dig Dug is 171 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supergun Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Unbelievable. For that kind of stupid money, I'm ready to toss my 5200 protos on eBay too. They're common as crap, and not worth much at all, but to see those kinds of prices, screw it. I have a couple dozen, so I guess I'd be looking at several G's. Hells to the yes... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Unbelievable. For that kind of stupid money, I'm ready to toss my 5200 protos on eBay too. They're common as crap, and not worth much at all, but to see those kinds of prices, screw it. I have a couple dozen, so I guess I'd be looking at several G's. Hells to the yes... I think the fact they are on goodwill's site might have something to do with the inflated price. I sure hope so anyhow cause that price is nuts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Pole Position is "rev H" Centipede is "rev A" Ball Blazer is 2/29/84 Meebzork is 5/18 Rescue on Fractus is 2/29/84 Xevious is 11/9 Pengo - can't tell Dig Dug is 171 Pole Position is "rev H" - No idea. I've never heard of a revision H before. All the Rev A's I've run into are the final versions though. Centipede is "rev A" - Final Ball Blazer is 2/29/84 - Almost final. This is going to still have the name on the splash screen Meebzork is 5/18 - This is the final version of the first version. AKA the 'shooting' version. Rescue on Fractus is 2/29/84 - Same as Ball Blazer Xevious is 11/9 - AFAIK this versio hasn't been dumped, but it might be the one from the old Sean Kelly multicart since I never could find a date for that one. Pengo - can't tell Dig Dug is 171 - Final There's really nothing interesting in this lot, at least from a new version perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimefighter Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Someone bid it up...that's for certain. The starting bid wasn't that much. Rev H - that could had been an A and just sloppy penmanship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmbe Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 So these protos are worth what say $100 a pop? Looks like someone is paying a g note too much. But then again it is goodwill so they might be righting it off for taxes. They can't completely write it off on their taxes. They are buying something, not making a direct donation of money. When you buy something from a charitable auction, you can only claim a deduction for the amount you paid over the fair market value. For example, if the fair market value is $100 and you buy it at an auction for $75, there is no charitable deduction allowed. If the fair market value is $100 and you pay $200, you can deduct $100. Enough of the tax lesson. They're paying too much. Must be nice to have money to spend recklessly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 They can't completely write it off on their taxes. They are buying something, not making a direct donation of money. When you buy something from a charitable auction, you can only claim a deduction for the amount you paid over the fair market value. For example, if the fair market value is $100 and you buy it at an auction for $75, there is no charitable deduction allowed. If the fair market value is $100 and you pay $200, you can deduct $100. Enough of the tax lesson. They're paying too much. Must be nice to have money to spend recklessly. Value of these could be taken at the price of say $100 to $200 as a system & games lot so they get a $2k write off. Someone looking to write these off would surely have no issue doing math like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I gave up shopping the Goodwill site some time ago. The prices there are beyond ridiculous. I see a couple of the same buyers on there over and over buying much of the retro gaming items for insane amounts. I guess if you can legally manage to write off some portion of the purchase it makes a little more sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 There has been speculation that Shopgoodwill bids up their own auctions. There has been a worker that has admitted to bidding on items, but was not clear why. They are so ripe for a class action lawsuit about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atari181 Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 There has been speculation that Shopgoodwill bids up their own auctions. There has been a worker that has admitted to bidding on items, but was not clear why. They are so ripe for a class action lawsuit about this. This has been documented many times. I used to buy on the site regularly, however that was many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooter83 Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 That is right. Years ago I bid up a rubber chicken from a coin sites charity auction . Paid around 680.00 and was able to write off 620 . Reason being the chicken was a 5.00 item and the coin value was estimated at 55.00 in flatend out coins. Money went to a good cause. I got a tax writ off and my tax guy was like what the hell seeING in the write offs 1 rubber chicken. They can't completely write it off on their taxes. They are buying something, not making a direct donation of money. When you buy something from a charitable auction, you can only claim a deduction for the amount you paid over the fair market value. For example, if the fair market value is $100 and you buy it at an auction for $75, there is no charitable deduction allowed. If the fair market value is $100 and you pay $200, you can deduct $100. Enough of the tax lesson. They're paying too much. Must be nice to have money to spend recklessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 5200 stuff is going up, good for the protos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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