Dreamer of the year (Arcade Edition)

Sleep, Eat a Gamer, Game, repeat?

240 for a mega drive flashback!

Aren't those the crap yokes you'd see in Argos and Lidl that have rubbish emulation? Pretty sure the Mega Drive Mini was still for sale fairly recently for anyone who wanted one (must update the ROMs on mine!)

AT Games made them or something?

whats worse about this is that it looks like someone’s buying it?

a 1 slot, a box and 3 easy to get games €400

Yep I sold to a member here for 200, nice flipping ......

Wow, that’s bad form.

even if you say the games are worth €20each (that’s generous as all 3 are on eBay right now for €10each with 0bids and minutes left on auction) that would still not raise the price from €200 to €400

!!!! Jesus, not cool. Not even two weeks ago.

I really cannot stand that kind of ****.

I've always tried to abide by the first offer first person to deal with rule - however if the first offer comes from someone I don't want to sell to then I won't sell to them. I hope nobody would feel obligated to sell to someone they didn't want to deal with. I've dealt with enough loons on adverts over the years to now vet who I meet up with from the internet to do a deal with. In fact on a few occasions I've actually withdrawn the ad rather than have to sell to to the person with the first offer.

How about something like the following? I know it leaves a bit open to interpretation, but I think we're all grownups here and by and large, have been able to operate in the sales forum without too much issue over the years.

"The First person to make an OFFER on thread is the first in line - please follow this rule as it is a cornerstone of the boards.ie sales forums.

However, do remember that ultimately, the Seller has final choice on who to deal with"

"If a seller is not interested in moving them onto someone who will only flip them, then perhaps they should say so in their initial post." - For me that goes without saying. This isn't a binding contract situation, I'm prioritising forum regulars ahead of anyone else, and if I choose to jump to 2nd or 3rd in line to do so, so be it. It's my stuff, I choose who to sell it to. People can dispute it all they want, but at the end of the day, it's a forum for us to escape dealing with the masses.

Personally I'd go with:

"First in line with an acceptable offer, has priority. However, sellers can exercise discretion towards who they conduct sales with - this is a forum for Arcade & Retro forum regulars after all. Feel free to join in the main forum and contribute, show your collection, get involved, etc. We don't take kindly to resellers availing of our community prices here, and turning them into an opportunity to make profit, so don't get upset if a seller chooses not to conduct a sale with you."

A big thumbs up on this. Hopefully this brings this forum and the marketplace back to life a little bit, feels that since the big boards changeover things have got a bit quieter.

There is such a difference to me between someone that flips something after a few days to just make profit and someone that decides to move on at a later point. It's always interesting to see people giving a bit of the history when they decide to move things on. How many items being sold here have had 3 or more owners that are/were regulars here. People are always going to have to move things on, numerous reasons, lack of space, lack of use etc but it's always great to see a glimpse of it's life post sale in a random post (for those that attend the beers this is likely more obvious and likely a large part of the conversations).

Harrower on Adverts is Burzum here by the way.

Pretty sure everyone has already gone to the marketplace archive and seen the thread for it 🤣

Well it was moreso the Sharp MZ700s for sale, dont see them too often.

I have a bunch of Raphnet PCBs that turn Super Famicom controllers into GC controllers! Time to make a killing!

Pretty sure he bought that on adverts for way less. Can't remember the exact price but maybe 600. Some mark up

I wouldn't say they can tell you 😂 it's not me btw, my trolling adverts account for nuked a while ago

Been a while since I've seen that checkered floor too

Gotta get more cash for black and white tiled floors somehow! :D

I think Darth Maul in that 2nd pic needs some Viagra

Madman. You can still pick them up new in smyths for half the price.

https://www.adverts.ie/other-toys-games/arcade-1up-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-cabinet-with-riser-never-used-unopened/26703875

I'm starting to think Adverts deserves a thread all of its own.