DefaultGen | 5,397 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Today someone posted this $35,000 Mario no Photopi on Ebay (and also hyped it up as super r@re in a Wata Facebook group).https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-no-Photopi-Nintendo-N64-Rarest-Mario-Game-Ever-Released-Sealed-Wata-9-2/333738141107?hash=item4db457e5b3:g:xY4AAOSwmC9fc5qB Over the past 2 months, 12 copies were BIN'd on Ebay/Yahoo for $100-400. So you know what, if you think you can buy out every copy of a game and jack the price up $34,500 and some idiot will buy it, power to you. It's not just the blatant market manipulation of a game no one cares about that gets to me though. The copy for sale isn't even complete. It's the inner box of a big box set. A complete copy of the game w/the big box and photo disk: The game market is crazier than ever. Just a reminder not to get caught up with clueless sports card newbies hyping garbage no one actually cares about, even when you see this "sell" for $10,000 on Heritage. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 You know, there are actually a lot of ways to make some serious cash, you just have to be willing to drop your ethics a bit and swindle people out of their cash. There are honestly more than a couple of games that I've noticed this could be done with. Maybe not for $35,000 a pop, but you could probably buy up 2-3 that have sat on eBay for a long time, buy up everything on OfferUp and DK Oldies and then wait a few months and then sell the graded copies as. "L@@K ULTRA RARE!!!1!" for 3-5x times what you paid. But I can't do it, personally. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,397 Posted October 1, 2020 Author Share Posted October 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, RH said: You know, there are actually a lot of ways to make some serious cash, you just have to be willing to drop your ethics a bit and swindle people out of their cash. There are honestly more than a couple of games that I've noticed this could be done with. Maybe not for $35,000 a pop, but you could probably buy up 2-3 that have sat on eBay for a long time, buy up everything on OfferUp and DK Oldies and then wait a few months and then sell the graded copies as. "L@@K ULTRA RARE!!!1!" for 3-5x times what you paid. But I can't do it, personally. Multiple people have actually told me I should stop complaining about newbies and take advantage of them instead because I have the knowledge to know what variants/games I could hype up like this. We were thinking about a Collector's Quest episode where we entirely bought out a rare-ish game, didn't hype it all, and tracked what happened over the course of a year to see how easy it is to manipulate a games market by doing literally nothing, but in recent times it seems unnecessary and we didn't want to lose any community trust. I have too much ethics for this hobby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintegageo | 582 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 @DefaultGenI hope you stopped talking to those people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPX | 1,369 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 I’ve been using the words “market manipulation” several times on this forum. I just want to clarify I wasn’t talking about additional hype or oddities where the seller can get a reasonable profit margin. I was (and still am) talking about the profit margins on some sales that does not compute with the retro games market, graded games market or any other collectible market that’s out there. This OP example being one such example - idiotic, needless and puts collectors off collecting rather than wanting to dive into it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonebone | 1,307 Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 Its a joke no one wants that junk. When you have to try and convince people to buy your item then its artificial and has no staying power. From the Wata perspective it sucks though. But what are you going to do when pepole are subbing everything under the sun to make a buck? You're going to get stuck authenticating some borderline stuff that isn't in your swim lane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIB_Wholesale | 418 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 maybe they love it so much they dont want to sell it unless it's the right price 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brickman | 3,980 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 The description is just as funny as the price. So much stupidity going on since WATA hit the scene. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 This isn't even the rarest official Mario game like it's claiming to be. Super Mario Bros. Special on the PC-88 is extremely rare, but the Sharp X1 version is even rarer. If I'm not mistaken, there's even a couple undumped, official Donkey Kong games for the Sharp X1. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,184 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 ...also last I checked, NWC is a Mario game :V 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foochie776 | 1,051 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 That Wata group is great, I love seeing the same games over and over and all the new investors gassing each other up on their “excellent” investments. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 9 minutes ago, Foochie776 said: That Wata group is great, I love seeing the same games over and over and all the new investors gassing each other up on their “excellent” investments. What get's me is that nepotism can be a powerful force. All it takes is for them to create their own collective bubble, only invite in fellow, naive collectors with deep pockets and, the fact is, their sales will for now on be the one making headlines. I mean, I really don't care if "RARE ERROR L@@K - LJN Wolverine NES with reverse seal", or whatever something "special", sales for $500,000 in 10 years. It'd be comparatively worthless to the rest of us, but they will just keep funneling deep money into their bubble. The only thing that really annoys me is these jokers looking to form these bubbles are spoken to by regular news outlets and they speak like they are experts, while the rest of the collecting masses simply chuckle at their naivety. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,895 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Actually, I got an idea for you guys with protos. You need to get them certified by wata, but have them classified as "Ash Can" copies. You should be able to 10-29x the value of those things over night! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,760 Administrator · Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 I keep thinking "Man I wish I had something worth getting graded" but I'm coming to realize I could get my toenails graded and turn a profit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,091 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 WATA must be making money hand over fist right now with all the people just grading everything they can find to sell. It'll only be a matter of time before they cut out Heritage and have their own marketplace to take a cut on the sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange | 1,700 Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Any time I feel bad about myself I remember there are people adding these Atari and Nintendo games to their “portfolio” while giddily jerking themselves off in front of a group of other people jerking themselves off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 12 hours ago, Gloves said: I keep thinking "Man I wish I had something worth getting graded" but I'm coming to realize I could get my toenails graded and turn a profit. I mean... Are we talking full set of ten tonsils here, or what? Because, interested... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,397 Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 14 hours ago, ThePhleo said: This isn't even the rarest official Mario game like it's claiming to be. Super Mario Bros. Special on the PC-88 is extremely rare, but the Sharp X1 version is even rarer. If I'm not mistaken, there's even a couple undumped, official Donkey Kong games for the Sharp X1. Hey keep those secret, me and Johnny both want SMB Special, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 21 hours ago, OptOut said: I mean... Are we talking full set of ten tonsils here, or what? Because, interested... Why did my autocorrect change toenails to tonsils? Another GREAT yuk ruined by modern technology! Unless... Would you be interested in selling your tonsils also, after having them graded @Gloves? I can start working on my @Gloves fullset, one body piece at a time! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctornick | 419 Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 23 hours ago, OptOut said: Why did my autocorrect change toenails to tonsils? Another GREAT yuk ruined by modern technology! Unless... Would you be interested in selling your tonsils also, after having them graded @Gloves? I can start working on my @Gloves fullset, one body piece at a time! I think I have the capability to safely remove a kidney, just let me know when you're ready for that step of graded Gloves 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 GET IT WHILE IT'S COLD!!! Amazing 90% price reduction on the """"L@@K RARESIST N64 GAME EVAR!!!!!"""" https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-no-Photopi-Nintendo-Rarest-N64-Mario-Game-Ever-Released-Graded-by-Wata-8-5/333765178484?hash=item4db5f47474:g:IV0AAOSwzJFflMHQ Down to only 3,500 USD today! Unbelievable value right there, guys! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,397 Posted November 12, 2020 Author Share Posted November 12, 2020 47 minutes ago, OptOut said: GET IT WHILE IT'S COLD!!! Amazing 90% price reduction on the """"L@@K RARESIST N64 GAME EVAR!!!!!"""" https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mario-no-Photopi-Nintendo-Rarest-N64-Mario-Game-Ever-Released-Graded-by-Wata-8-5/333765178484?hash=item4db5f47474:g:IV0AAOSwzJFflMHQ Down to only 3,500 USD today! Unbelievable value right there, guys! ;) This is a different CIB copy. Believe it or not, I think they have more than one. Shocker, I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OptOut | 8,881 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 38 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: This is a different CIB copy. Believe it or not, I think they have more than one. Shocker, I know. Unbelievable! You mean ONE man (and his presumably sexually-dissatisfied wife) managed to track down TWO copies of the world's rarest game?! What sorcery could he have used to achieve this herculean task?!!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,929 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 His crate of Extenze ran out. That's got to be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_profile_name | 230 Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 As a service to future visitors, I'm adding context: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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