+stupus Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Checkers is expensive as its the only intellivision game to depict a stoned teenage Bill Gates contemplating eating a red checker. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, stupus said: Checkers is expensive as its the only intellivision game to depict a stoned teenage Bill Gates contemplating eating a red checker. ... and the Mattel version shows David Letterman advertising for the Red Circle Knight brand of underarm deodorant. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 6 hours ago, sixersfan105 said: A CIB Checkers auction just went for $85. Seems the Sears interest is waning a bit. This would have brought more a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Atari_Bill said: Seems the Sears interest is waning a bit. This would have brought more a year ago. I think commons have climbed slightly in price. I used to find them for $5-10 all the time. Checkers did go a little lower than I thought it would. You may be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I did some research last night. Preliminary rarity findings... Easiest to find: Space Armada Poker and Blackjack Star Strike Space Battle Sea Battle Space Hawk Football Auto Racing Night Stalker Hardest to find: Hong Kong Night Stalker Backgammon Checkers Roulette Snafu Basketball Soccer Bowling Hockey Frog Bog Tennis Utopia One disturbing finding is the number of games I could find only from HappiestSellerEver! Most of the commons they had listed were priced $40-90 and they had multiple copies of many of them listed. Kinda like they were trying to corner the market. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 hours ago, JasonlikesINTV said: I did some research last night. Preliminary rarity findings... Easiest to find: Space Armada Poker and Blackjack Star Strike Space Battle Sea Battle Space Hawk Football Auto Racing Night Stalker Hardest to find: Hong Kong Night Stalker Backgammon Checkers Roulette Snafu Basketball Soccer Bowling Hockey Frog Bog Tennis Utopia One disturbing finding is the number of games I could find only from HappiestSellerEver! Most of the commons they had listed were priced $40-90 and they had multiple copies of many of them listed. Kinda like they were trying to corner the market. You hit the nail on the head there. That’s his M.O. He picks something and goes all in buying everything he can find and then tries to flip them at ~10x what he paid. He’s big into the Sears Intellivision games right now as well as Channel F Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 5 hours ago, JasonlikesINTV said: One disturbing finding is the number of games I could find only from HappiestSellerEver! Most of the commons they had listed were priced $40-90 and they had multiple copies of many of them listed. Kinda like they were trying to corner the market. Yup, much like @Atari_Bill just said, happiestsellerever is a total joke. I've also spoken to him about his absurd pricing and he *claims* he's not in control of it because he operates on consignment. I don't believe that for a second. I always just avoid that seller at all costs and buy from more reasonable sellers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 1 hour ago, sixersfan105 said: Yup, much like @Atari_Bill just said, happiestsellerever is a total joke. I've also spoken to him about his absurd pricing and he *claims* he's not in control of it because he operates on consignment. I don't believe that for a second. I always just avoid that seller at all costs and buy from more reasonable sellers. I don’t believe the consignment story at all. I’ve tracked his buying over the last several years and I know his buying practices. I can’t tell you how many items I’ve seen him pick up and within a week re-list at laughable prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSRSteve Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Atari_Bill said: I don’t believe the consignment story at all. I’ve tracked his buying over the last several years and I know his buying practices. I can’t tell you how many items I’ve seen him pick up and within a week re-list at laughable prices. For example, he bought all of my signed NIS Space Spartans when he saw them well over a year ago (got three, I think) then jacked up the price from $25ish to $129.95. That got him banned from buying from me. In return, I cannot buy from him using my BlueSkyRangers ID. All I need to make more is NIS Space Spartans...... Edited September 22, 2020 by BSRSteve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+stupus Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Yep, consignment story is garbage. He has been flipping for years. And he rotates thru diffetent rare items trying to make these artifical pricing markets to inflate price. Buying up every copy of things and jacking the price 2 to 3 times the high end. He used to mainly do it to atari but the last couple years he is all over doing it to many consoles. Even getting into more niche stuff like channel f and arcadia and even arcadia clones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 8 hours ago, stupus said: Yep, consignment story is garbage. He has been flipping for years. And he rotates thru diffetent rare items trying to make these artifical pricing markets to inflate price. Buying up every copy of things and jacking the price 2 to 3 times the high end. He used to mainly do it to atari but the last couple years he is all over doing it to many consoles. Even getting into more niche stuff like channel f and arcadia and even arcadia clones. Ah yes, I recall coming across this seller a lot when I was building up my Atari collection a few years back. At the time I was in the market for Tapper for 2600 CIB, he had a couple of listings for $220 and I wound up purchasing elsewhere for $50. As evidenced by his many of his current listings, he's doing the same with Sears Intellivision and several other consoles now, too. Maybe the angle at which he places the boxes in his pictures adds value? ? In any event, I'll be biding my time on the Sears titles! Are there any Intellivision vendors that anyone would recommend to try for Sears titles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humblejack Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 1 hour ago, sixersfan105 said: Ah yes, I recall coming across this seller a lot when I was building up my Atari collection a few years back. At the time I was in the market for Tapper for 2600 CIB, he had a couple of listings for $220 and I wound up purchasing elsewhere for $50. As evidenced by his many of his current listings, he's doing the same with Sears Intellivision and several other consoles now, too. Maybe the angle at which he places the boxes in his pictures adds value? ? In any event, I'll be biding my time on the Sears titles! Are there any Intellivision vendors that anyone would recommend to try for Sears titles? A good way to find games is to post your want list here on AA and let members who have them contact you. I have most of the common games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colormesticky Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I'm still after Sears Frog Bog and Snafu, for the record. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, colormesticky said: I'm still after Sears Frog Bog and Snafu, for the record. A Sears Frog Bog sold on eBay yesterday for $20. I bought one three weeks ago on eBay for $10. They pop up from time to time. Snafu seems to be much harder to find (I'm still looking, too). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Once upon a time: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 @JasonlikesINTV outside of the top sale (which probably had a bidding war jack it up), all of the others are right in line with the $85 sale from the other day. So looks like value hasn't changed much in the past two years. oh or do you mean the sheer frequency of sales/listings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+JasonlikesINTV Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 A little of both, though those were a few years ago. More recent sales were slightly higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Gotcha, that's definitely interesting to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 Somebody got a good deal on Backgammon in a Sears lot w/a boxed Super Video Arcade earlier this month: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254704512242 Also a good deal on a lot with Roulette last week, too (unclear if complete, however): https://www.ebay.com/itm/333712658822 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 hours ago, sixersfan105 said: Somebody got a good deal on Backgammon in a Sears lot w/a boxed Super Video Arcade earlier this month: https://www.ebay.com/itm/254704512242 Yes they did! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Atari_Bill said: Yes they did! ? Lol was it you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, sixersfan105 said: Lol was it you? Yeah, i got lucky with that one as it wasn’t labeled Intellivision. I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t even had a chance to open the package with it I got earlier in the week. I’ll check it out tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BBWW Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Still looking to finish off my sealed Sears set. I have all of the more common ones sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted October 6, 2020 Author Share Posted October 6, 2020 For anyone looking for Sears Intellivision games, I recommend dropping Mike a line at Collector's Cards and Games. His email is collectorscardsandgames@gmail.com. He has several and for good prices. I just got Roulette from him for $20. More common games are cheaper. Depending on how long your list is, it could take him a week to get back to you, but all in good time, right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+sixersfan105 Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share Posted October 18, 2020 I won a Sears Checkers CIB on eBay earlier this afternoon. Only $61. Further evidence that perhaps the Sears interest is waning a bit. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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