+sixersfan105 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 We should have pooled together our collective resources and purchased a ton of the remaining inventory down there before the country went to total shit! I hope the games survive all the mayhem (and as many people as possible, too, of course)! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 ...did I miss something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 ...did I miss something?The country is in chaos/civil war. Sad to see. And I related it to Atari in a semi-related way. I am a little worried about all that stock, not gonna lie. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 The country is in chaos/civil war. Sad to see. And I related it to Atari in a semi-related way. I am a little worried about all that stock, not gonna lie. Oh well. Best melted the pokeys. That is a capital offense in most states I am in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Oh well. Best melted the pokeys. That is a capital offense in most states I am in. Bradley would never! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 We should have pooled together our collective resources and purchased a ton of the remaining inventory down there before the country went to total shit! I hope the games survive all the mayhem (and as many people as possible, too, of course)! Its tempting, but there is literally no govt there right now and hoping to get mail out of their is a crap shoot, I honestly don't know you'd ever get the shipment or the seller will just say it must've been lost and keep the money and sell them again later. You might have a better chance of buying stuff out of North Korea. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Its tempting, but there is literally no govt there right now and hoping to get mail out of their is a crap shoot, I honestly don't know you'd ever get the shipment or the seller will just say it must've been lost and keep the money and sell them again later. You might have a better chance of buying stuff out of North Korea. Yeah, I hear you. At this point, I'd definitely shy away from any purchases from Venezuela...That would be the day, seeing "ships from North Korea" on eBay 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I just bought some 8-bit stuff from Venezuela. Right now it is showing that it is at a FedEx facility in Caracas. Hopefully it makes it. The only thing I have I had not make it was also the most expensive thing I ever bought from down there, a new in box VCS adapter for the 5200. Unfortunately the mistake was due to FedEx here in the States as they told me it was both left on the porch and signed for at different times. I never did get my money back for that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 I just bought some 8-bit stuff from Venezuela. Right now it is showing that it is at a FedEx facility in Caracas. Hopefully it makes it. The only thing I have I had not make it was also the most expensive thing I ever bought from down there, a new in box VCS adapter for the 5200. Unfortunately the mistake was due to FedEx here in the States as they told me it was both left on the porch and signed for at different times. I never did get my money back for that one. Good luck; I hope your 8-bit stuff arrives safely. Big A8 fan. That's the worst, when it says it was delivered on tracking but wasn't delivered to you - tough to get your money back through the "Money Back Guarantee" at that point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Oh well. Best melted the pokeys. That is a capital offense in most states I am in. Bradley would never! Right... twas O'Shea's who ended up scrapping much of their inventory: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/211002-is-the-venezuala-source-bigger-than-the-osheas-source/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Right... twas O'Shea's who ended up scrapping much of their inventory: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/211002-is-the-venezuala-source-bigger-than-the-osheas-source/ Ok them then. They were the evils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Kaboomer Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Point of reference: I purchased a few games out of Venezuela 2 months ago and received them. Took about a month. That was then, but who knows now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 That country has gone through a lot worse in the past and this stockpile of games made out just fine. The $5 Ikari Warriors & Motorodeo's are here to stay. Unless multiple warehouses got bombed or burned to the ground there is nothing to worry about. The starving people and overall chaotic madness to their current widespread state sure is though. I'm personally way more worried about getting humanitarian aid into South America and not worried one bit about getting some shitty old atari games out of it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gorfcadet Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Showing my ignorance. Where is a good place to order said cheap games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mitch Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I'm not sure why this is in the 7800 forum. As far as I know they are only selling 2600 and A8 games, not any 7800 ones. Mitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 I'm not sure why this is in the 7800 forum. As far as I know they are only selling 2600 and A8 games, not any 7800 ones. Mitch Hmm thought I've purchased some 7800 games from down there in the past. Could be wrong. Feel free to move it if its placement in the 7800 forum is upsetting you haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Hmm thought I've purchased some 7800 games from down there in the past. Could be wrong. Feel free to move it if its placement in the 7800 forum is upsetting you haha There hasn't been any 7800 games in the warehouses or court seized item sales show up anywhere online to date. I wish there was though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaybird3rd Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Moved to Classic Gaming General. (There's plenty of non-Atari merchandise down there waiting to be liberated, too.) I was fortunate to pick and choose what I thought was the best from the Venezuelan stashes early on. I did it mainly so I could get a hold of those items before other collectors scooped them up, but having heard firsthand accounts from a colleague who recently moved to the US from Venezuela, it was also clear to me that the situation there was only going to get worse before it got better. Those who are only just looking into picking up those items may now be too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckwalla Posted February 25, 2019 Share Posted February 25, 2019 Freaking shame. I never bought from the seller but they always responded to questions quickly. Dictatorships need to be banned from this planet, somehow..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thag Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 I got a mint A8 Curse of Ra out of there just before it all went to hell. Obviously, I'm far more concerned about the people and I hope sanity is restored soon, but I feel good knowing I rescued at least one little piece of Atari history from the madness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I bought some sealed Turbografx games out of there a few years ago. They seemed to have Fantasy Zone and World Class Baseball, and not much else. Also, they used to have those Tron joysticks. TONS of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing Lazers Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 I bought some sealed Turbografx games out of there a few years ago. They seemed to have Fantasy Zone and World Class Baseball, and not much else. Also, they used to have those Tron joysticks. TONS of them. They had more not so long ago. I bought a sealed Blazing Lazers just a few years ago from Venezuela. It took a while to arrive but it got here intact. I wish I had purchased more, but more than a few posts about US Customs destroying packages put me off from doing so. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Where can I buy these Venezuelan games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 (edited) My stuff came in this week just fine. Unfortunately I am not the uber humanitarian that Shawn is, so I was quite pleased that I received the stuff I paid for. Edited March 1, 2019 by jeremiahjt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Showing my ignorance. Where is a good place to order said cheap games? Where can I buy these Venezuelan games? Tron, More Tron, Even More mr_retrogamer noobcyborg Disclamer - I haven't bought from either of those (or from anyone in Venezuela) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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