Video Game Resellers EXPOSED!? RUINING Game Collecting?!

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• CO

  @ColonialSun-mg6tq · 2 years ago

  Over the last few years game collecting has gotten so out of hand and the part that is crazy is that rare games are not the ones being flipped at a fast rate anymore it’s popular games that sold millions of copies like Pokémon games

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• YM

  @YMY9 · 2 years ago

  What you dont realize is that even the casual sellers on fb market will base their prices on how much the resellers are listing them. Especially when those resellers have a platform and their listing are at the top results when searching for prices online. They dictate the market

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• LO

  @LoneWolf1985BK · 2 years ago

  Alan wake remastered selling for $80 new on eBay when stores were selling it out at $20-25 is insane.

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• DA

  @darrentg6 · 2 years ago

  I haven't sold my collection, but the reseller shenanigans/sky high retro prices + emulation handhelds have all completely decimated my desire to acquire any more retro games.

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• LE

  @leeokami22 · 2 years ago

  Trust me, not everyone welcomed resellers with open arms. There's a difference between resellers and people like Phoenix taking advantage of the videogame community. Let's not even get in on the scam of his app. Heckin Steve explains it well, bad behavior of resellers need to be called out

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• SH

  @SH33PD06 · 2 years ago

  Sooner or later all bubbles burst.

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• CS

  @CSRamone · 2 years ago

  Every collecting market goes through this. Right now, people with little to no interest in the genre of video games, are purchasing and selling. Eventually, this will slow down or even stop. I hope that there aren’t too many people falling victim to some of these inflated prices. However, “buyer beware” should never be forgotten. <br><br>I have been collecting for over 20 years. It’s the thrill of the hunt for me. Whether it’s antique shops, flea markets, 2nd and Charles, half price books, or even the occasional brick and mortar game store, there are deals to be found. There is still fun to be had in this hobby. There always will be.

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• IM

  @imairwrecked3599 · 2 years ago

  I got into collecting late so the sticker prices are not a total shock because it’s more or less what I’m use too. However some stores are definitely out of hand. Others don’t even put the good games they have on the shelf and sell those to Amazon ect. It is a rip off honestly; however one that many including myself will pay for even subconsciously and consciously knowing we are paying to much for old games.

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• CC

  @CCTV6832-x9d · 2 years ago

  When I was a middle schooler in the 00s you could go to a flea market or a goodwill and pick up some SNES cartridges for a few bucks a pop, and you&apos;d find some good stuff too! Not just sports games. It wasn&apos;t the console gen I grew up with but I got into it because it was a fun and cheap way to get to play some great games. But this hustle grindset mental illness has affected everything. It&apos;s been pretty bad for a while, and the only thing I collect anymore is books, but yeah there&apos;s something I find really crass and unpleasant about people like Phoenix Resale. Nothing but dollar signs in his eyes.

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• GA

  @gamerzhd2 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m a gamer, not a collector. &nbsp;I&apos;m always in the process of getting new games, and getting rid of old ones. &nbsp;I do buy retro games, but only to play. &nbsp;If I&apos;m not playing them, it&apos;s only a matter of time until I get rid of them. &nbsp;I&apos;ve never seen the point in having shelves of games just sitting there unused.

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• IV

  @ivanvargas2425 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4-8_kFFt3s&amp;t=592">9:52</a> I picked up snatcher locally for $80 in early 2023

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• SA

  @sandman8920 · 2 years ago

  Absolutely! I find it hilarious when I go on eBay and something is listed as rare but there’s literally a hundred to choose from and all at extortionate prices of course!

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