Official 'COOL ITEM ON EBAY!' thread...

Panic Button · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:57 am Post subject:

Here's a bit of a holy grail item I noticed on ebay.com - Boxed Bandai Space Hurricane:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1.....906wt_1185

6 days to run on the auction!

This is only the 2nd of these I've seen on ebay. The previous one I won myself!

Panic Button · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:11 am Post subject:

A massive bowling game I've never seen before, and quite pricey!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Huge-E.....899wt_1185

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:04 pm Post subject:

That Holographic bowling alley is awesome. If only it was in Australia

Rik · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:22 pm Post subject:

It's a little pricey though... I could probably pick it up in person if I wanted it. Cool

There's another forsale in Ontario, Canada for $80. Considering what it is (large, bulky game), that's probably a better price for it... I don't think it's really a desired collectible.

Sort of like the Mattel Las Vegas pinball machine. Not very common, actually pretty cool... But large and people have trouble selling it for even $100.

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject:

Rik · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:22 pm Post subject:

Found it on 'Canadian Listed', which I assume is a Canadian version of CraigsList or something...

http://thunderbay.canadianlist.....03733.html

Rik

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:59 pm Post subject:

Eggie · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:39 pm Post subject:

Eggie · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:41 pm Post subject:

Dan · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject:

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 6:02 pm Post subject:

blanka · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject:

Rik · Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:28 pm Post subject:

vcoleiro1 · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 1:15 am Post subject:

The other one was also boxed but I think it was missing the battery cover. To be fair $160 is not that bad for it.

This one did pick up after someone posted it, advertising games always inflates the price. I had spotted it before the post about it above and was watching it, so as you could imagine I was annoyed that somone posted it. That doesnt mean I don't condone people posting listings, just as anyone else would have been - annoyed. If the guy had of allowed OS shipping it probably would have gone higher as I would have snapped it up Wink

, as such I had to get a US agent to bid on my behalf and there was no way I could change my max bid with them in the final hour which was very frustrating.

I remember someone posting (Im sure it was the lister but he didn't claim it) a Grandstand Light Games ebay listing on one of the retro sites, it went for $280.
I picked up one boxed (basically NIB) for $60 on ebay about 4 months later.
This happens time and time again, obviously when something is advertised here it's going to get the communities attention. It's a no brainer , advertising raises the prices, thats what it's for.

Panic Button · Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:50 am Post subject:

Sorry vcoleiro1 mate! I've been in the same boat before too... you spot a rare beast on ebay with a low price only for someone to post a link to it here... I think I would have kept quiet and bid on this one too if the seller had offered international shipping! It does annoy me that so many US based sellers won't even consider international shipping, even if you plead with them! It's stupid because they would make more money, but then people are lazy. It's the same with large items which could conceivably be posted, but people don't want the hassle and would be happier selling for a far lower price but with the convenience of local pick up.

The other thing I've found helps with US based auctions is having a seperate ebay.com account and setting up saved searches on it. That way you get alerted to stuff which doesn't have international shipping offered as otherwise this would get filtered out of your local country search results. You can then plead with the seller to consider international shipping. It's worked a few times for me!

As for the outcome of the auction, I would have been happy buying at this price! I know tanatron paid a small fortune for his, and I've seen a BIN boxed version of the game on a Japanese auction site with a price of $500. It's also a pretty cool looking game with the joystick and 3D star wars trench effect. The gameplay and graphics are OK, nothing mindblowing...