fsped09 | 223 Moderator · Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I only bought a game or two from them years ago and I wasn't too happy. I felt the price was high and the pictures didn't really do the item justice. But I digress, its sad to see another game site go down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Feisty_Pickle | 244 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Can't imagine why they're going out of business. 2 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 923 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I wonder whats going to happen with PriceCharting then. I preferred GVN but its being starved to death by not being updated or corrected. All thats left is PC. So if JJ goes, anyone gonna step up to the plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 11 minutes ago, guitarzombie said: I wonder whats going to happen with PriceCharting then. I preferred GVN but its being starved to death by not being updated or corrected. All thats left is PC. So if JJ goes, anyone gonna step up to the plate? I spoke with JJ and he said that he will be continuing PC and hopes to have more time to dedicate to it. It also confirmed that he turned down GoCollect's attempt to buy (probably back when they were aggressively buying GVN.) I'm very happy that PC will continue on. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 923 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, jonebone said: I spoke with JJ and he said that he will be continuing PC and hopes to have more time to dedicate to it. It also confirmed that he turned down GoCollect's attempt to buy (probably back when they were aggressively buying GVN.) I'm very happy that PC will continue on. Thats good to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherRebel5150 | 1,055 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 1 hour ago, guitarzombie said: Thats good to hear. 1 hour ago, jonebone said: I spoke with JJ and he said that he will be continuing PC and hopes to have more time to dedicate to it. It also confirmed that he turned down GoCollect's attempt to buy (probably back when they were aggressively buying GVN.) I'm very happy that PC will continue on. That's really good to hear. Hopefully to takes a more aggressive approach to compete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,092 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 They did have Bomberman Second Attack for a good price so I picked that up and a bunch of other low end N64 games that made sense because they have free shipping and the $1 off per game still applies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugfish | 652 Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 38 minutes ago, a3quit4s said: They did have Bomberman Second Attack for a good price so I picked that up and a bunch of other low end N64 games that made sense because they have free shipping and the $1 off per game still applies. Id love to pick up some XBOX titles from them, but we're a long way off so far. Hopefully they drop some prices. Definitely glad to to hear you got a deal... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegularGuyGamer | 2,011 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 12 hours ago, A_Feisty_Pickle said: Can't imagine why they're going out of business. Lol wtf is this? These prices can't be real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Supposedly they are lowering there prices every day. My current strategy is to load up my cart with every moderately priced common cart I want in good shape. I’m just going to wait it out until prices get so low they are ridiculous, if they even get to that point. I might lose 80% of my shopping cart, but that’s cool. If I can pick up 10-15% of the NES library this way with an average cart cost of $1.50, I’ll be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teh_Lurv | 254 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) Edited January 18, 2020 by Teh_Lurv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirVillain | 485 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Ah, right... switch to getting info from PC. Thanks for the reminder. Nothing against JJ, I bought some stuff from them over the years. The lack of pictures was a deal breaker most of the time, though. Unfortunate news overall. Bubble 'dun burst fellas. SELL NOW! (that's a joke) https://www.jjgames.com/item/2593752 $71 for Kirby's Adventure... can't imagine why their sales have slowed. Edited January 19, 2020 by AirVillain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NierAutomata | 23 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Guess Lukiegame's ebay bidding bot wins the match vs JJgames ebay bidding bot in a last round boxing match. But doesn't that also mean JJgames ebay bot won't be raising bids or fighting us for the bids too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExplodedHamster | 404 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 10:17 AM, guitarzombie said: I wonder whats going to happen with PriceCharting then. I preferred GVN but its being starved to death by not being updated or corrected. All thats left is PC. So if JJ goes, anyone gonna step up to the plate? Hmmm, recent sales still show up for me on GVN. What’s not being updated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodysGameRoom | 2,008 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, ExplodedHamster said: Hmmm, recent sales still show up for me on GVN. What’s not being updated? For now it's still tracking sales of games in the database but no new games are being added to the database. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lincoln | 230 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Gvn is also having web site issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 923 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, ExplodedHamster said: Hmmm, recent sales still show up for me on GVN. What’s not being updated? Newer games. Madden 20, NBA 2K20, etc. Should have specified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExplodedHamster | 404 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) Aha, ok, thanks all! Well, there will be no new games soon anyway Edited January 20, 2020 by ExplodedHamster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makar | 1,946 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 On 1/14/2020 at 8:57 AM, A_Feisty_Pickle said: Can't imagine why they're going out of business. On 1/14/2020 at 9:38 PM, RegularGuyGamer said: Lol wtf is this? These prices can't be real. Lol oh but they are. I saw tons of similarly priced games over the lifespan of jj games. Shoot if anyone wants to pay me $300 for a GameCube or $125 for paper Mario, I've got some. What a deal!!! Buy now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,092 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 (edited) I’ve had a bunch of snes commons in my cart for maybe 5-6 days now, don’t see the prices decreasing. Maybe tomorrow? Edited January 21, 2020 by a3quit4s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerfestus | 3,820 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 1 hour ago, a3quit4s said: I’ve had a bunch of snes commons in my cart for maybe 5-6 days now, don’t see the prices decreasing. Maybe tomorrow? I’ve got stuff sitting in my cart and was thinking the same thing. In fact, the $5 off deal is now worse. It’s now 7 games instead of 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Reinhardt | 199 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 You want to see how bad their prices are...look at their Xbox stuff...idk if they increased the original price so it looks like you're getting a deal or not but when you have a grungy game that's maybe worth $5 and the original price was $50 before the sale...yeah there's a problem. The prices are ridiculous. No wonder they're going out of business...that and I've never heard of them...did they do much advertising? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugfish | 652 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, Astor Reinhardt said: You want to see how bad their prices are...look at their Xbox stuff...idk if they increased the original price so it looks like you're getting a deal or not but when you have a grungy game that's maybe worth $5 and the original price was $50 before the sale...yeah there's a problem. The prices are ridiculous. No wonder they're going out of business...that and I've never heard of them...did they do much advertising? Their XBOX games are specifically what I've been watching. 1) The prices are 2-3x Ebay going rate 2) Not one price has dropped since day one As for JJ Games exposure, I only saw them on Ebay and I think most people knew them from Ebay. I struggle to believe SEO is what caused their downfall. I think I used to buy NES carts from them years ago @ $3 off for every 3 carts. Their prices used to fluctuate heavily based on (i think) how many dupes of each game they had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,089 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 This stinks. I know JJ can be expensive like any other game shop but they also sell through PriceCharting and I've found good deals from them on there. Also, I'm pretty sure JJ has been the buyer of some of my lots that I've sold on eBay. Maybe they overpaid for my stuff but I didn't mind. I'm glad to hear PriceCharting will survive, that place needs work. The marketplace on there is great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,397 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 You guys focusing on prices are seeing what's left. Their supposed "clearance" has been underwhelming, but I know at least one person who ordered 100s of games in one final order (possibly @VGCollectaholic but I won't name names). Their algorithm always had wacky overpriced outliers especially for popular stuff in good shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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