Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

o1s1n

Is there a chance that guy meant to put the ad up for 150? That's the impression I got from his reply to Cidey. Might be a misplaced decimal point.

If not then it's most definitely a case of misplaced value!

o1s1n

o1s1n wrote: »

Is there a chance that guy meant to put the ad up for 150? That's the impression I got from his reply to Cidey. Might be a misplaced decimal point.

If not then it's most definitely a case of misplaced value!

nope.look at his other items
http://www.adverts.ie/memorabilia/rubens-barrichello-ferrari-hand-signed-cap/3408943

CiDeRmAn

Misplaced value alright, in his head!
A grand and a half, imagine how many "80's consoles" that'd buy!
With the wires and everything!

CiDeRmAn

He has finally seen sense and corrected his Arcade machine price down to a far more affordable 1000, or should that be 100.00?

CiDeRmAn

I was trawling the Internet, looking for control panel info when I came across this site, a blog of this guy proudly building and explaining the construction of a monstrosity.
And Oh how do proud he'd is too.
But it's disgusting!
Less is more
And here's the link

L1m1tless

http://www.adverts.ie/4051211 about 5 times the value

the groutch

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/the-sword-of-camelot/4050938

Step 1: Find common as muck disc only game
Step 2: Place ad at crazy high price, claim it's super rare, and hope nobody checks value on ebay
Step 3: Get your mate to put in a shill offer which you refuse
Step 4: Stupid person offers closer to asking
Step 5: Profit

CosmicSmash

the groutch wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/the-sword-of-camelot/4050938

Step 1: Find common as muck disc only game
Step 2: Place ad at crazy high price, claim it's super rare, and hope nobody checks value on ebay
Step 3: Get your mate to put in a shill offer which you refuse
Step 4: Stupid person offers closer to asking
Step 5: Profit

That's pretty low, as you say the person making the offer knows damn well the games is worth a euro at most. Suprised at people who frequent these parts pulling sh1t like that.

Andrew76

Monkeykube wrote: »

Suprised at people who frequent these parts pulling sh1t like that.

Thought those names sounded familiar alright, game hunting buddies it seems. I see Black_Star has put in a reasonable offer.

Hank Scorpio

that is scamming, should be perm banned for that

made a thread about it in the talk to section for adverts, stuff like that really irks me

o1s1n

That's awful scummish behaviour. Is there a link to the adverts feedback thread? (I see the original thread is gone) - would like to see how the adverts moderators handle this.

Dr Bob

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

I was trawling the Internet, looking for control panel info when I came across this site, a blog of this guy proudly building and explaining the construction of a monstrosity.
And Oh how do proud he'd is too.
But it's disgusting!
Less is more
And here's the link

That's a bit elitist eh?
yeah it's boxy , and its using an unchanged X-arcade (as opposed to taking the buttons and sticks out and putting them into something a bit more organic, and yeah ..I hate the controls overkill of 4 x fourways , an analog and a trackball), but the guys put a ton of work into it , and the finish is quite nice.
Each to their own and all that
..

o1s1n

I hate elitism too and any kind of looking down on people, but bad taste is bad taste. This thing is just a perfect example of a bad home build. Look what you're defending, just look :pac:

You could land planes on that CP.

There are no four player games in existence which require that many buttons. It's completely redundant.

Dr Bob

o1s1n wrote: »

I hate elitism too and any kind of looking down on people, but bad taste is bad taste. This thing is just a perfect example of a bad home build. Look what you're defending, just look :pac:

You could land planes on that CP.

There are no four player games in existence which require that many buttons. It's completely redundant.

I see what you're saying
...but I think if you replaced the ginormous aircraft carrier/control panel with something smaller it wouldnt be too bad ..
HE hasnt posted since '05 when he was changinging something monitor wise so hopefully he wasnt zapped by discharging caps on the CRT

CathalDublin

While the quality of work at first looked decent
This is actual tinfoil

and what are all these buttons for?

o1s1n

Dr Bob wrote: »

hopefully he wasnt zapped by discharging caps on the CRT

Maybe he was adding more buttons/sticks and the control panel fell on him :pac:

Yeah as you said, if you were to remove that CP and put on something which didn't extend into neighbouring timezones, it might actually be okay.

Hank Scorpio

Your man who was selling that ps1 game sent me a pm saying he was taking the piss, and a random person placed a bid

Myrddin

What's the going rate for these nowadays, this seems a bit much? - http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/limited-edition-gameboy-advance/3844461

o1s1n

Myrddin wrote: »

What's the going rate for these nowadays, this seems a bit much? - http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/limited-edition-gameboy-advance/3844461

Hahaha, definitely not that much anyway

I would have priced that at €30-€40 max.

CosmicSmash

An empty NES box 50 :pac:
http://www.adverts.ie/4075255

penev10

Myrddin wrote: »

What's the going rate for these nowadays, this seems a bit much? - http://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/limited-edition-gameboy-advance/3844461

I struggled to sell an unboxed one and was happy with the €20 I got in the end.

Myrddin

penev10 wrote: »

I struggled to sell an unboxed one and was happy with the €20 I got in the end.

Yeah pretty much what I thought I bought a boxed one like the one in the ad years & years ago for pittens

CathalDublin

http://www.adverts.ie/nintendo/original-nes-games/4105444?utm_source=email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=SearchAlert

€35 for both lol

Not quite arcade/retro but

http://www.adverts.ie/tv/40-projection-tv/4086757#comment_20400291

KeRbDoG

urbanledge wrote: »

Not quite arcade/retro but

http://www.adverts.ie/tv/40-projection-tv/4086757#comment_20400291

Ick! Old rear projection TV *shudder*

Optimus Prime

Fifa 95 on the megadrive, cart only, bargain at 20 Euro not including post.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/fifa-95-sega-mega-drive/4187456

Myrddin

keithgeo wrote: »

Fifa 95 on the megadrive, cart only, bargain at 20 Euro not including post.

https://www.adverts.ie/arcade-retro/fifa-95-sega-mega-drive/4187456

Yours for a mere £1 on Infideals there not too long ago

L1m1tless

http://www.adverts.ie/4192990 same guy. In fairness its in excellent condition :rolleyes:

o1s1n

CowboyDreams wrote: »

http://www.adverts.ie/4192990 same guy. In fairness its in excellent condition :rolleyes:

Maybe the permanent marker squiggle is actually a signature from someone famous. Sure to add value!

Shapey Fiend

o1s1n wrote: »

Maybe the permanent marker squiggle is actually a signature from someone famous. Sure to add value!

Back when games required imagination. Sure the graphics were primitive but your mind filled in the rest.