jonebone

I managed to reduce my personal investment account by half and convert to cash, but I'm still riding out the rest and my retirement accounts. I'm not concerned with chasing more stocks for now as I also think we still have a ways to go. 2022 is more of a wealth preservation year to postion yourself well after the recession rather than trying to chase speculative investments. Good times will again comes but the near term outlook will be choppy at best.

Congrats guys!

9 hours ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Dragon Age is one my top 25 games.

DA2 was merely okay.

Haven't played the 3rd one.

Definitely gonna watch this when I get home.

Same, not sure where DAO ranks in my all time favorite games, but it is definitely my favorite modern RPG that I've ever played.

First entry 8, 2nd entry took series to 9. Looking forward to 4 one day.

But will the recession tank the price of Nobel peace prizes?

Short answer, no it will not "tank" game prices.  It'll cause buyers to be a lot more selective with their purchases and prioritize better, but that's already been happening since summer of last year with the Heritage peak (speaking to graded items specifically).  We're also in the summer lull season too so most are only buying the stuff they really can't pass on.

People are fleeing stocks and crypto into cash or more safe investments like bonds and metals, but collectibles are in a category that falls in the middle.  More speculative than the safe stuff but also more tangible than stocks and crypto. 

Stocks are bought with one purpose only, with the intention of being resold one day at a profit. Crypto is mostly speculative but can be argued that it is bought with the intention of being spent, different from a stock which must be liquidated first.  Collectibles can be bought for keeps.  People incorrectly assume that just because something is expensive that it is bought with the intention of profit.  That may be true for some but I deal with plenty of collectors that are black holes.  You sell them something, no matter what the price, that thing is never coming back to market unless next of kin inherit it and let it go.

So prices can fall but there is also an invisible floor to where people start buying.  Each person is different but a recession is not a depression either.  Some new speculators will get shaken out (though most already have been after the HA bubble popped) but the decade long collectors aren't going anywhere.  

13 hours ago, RH said:

I’m calling it.  It’ll bottom between $8,000-9,000.

I think it'll find support around $10k eventually.

6 hours ago, phart010 said:

I stayed up till midnight last night to play. It didn’t work so then waited to 1am. Then I went to bed. 
 

Got up this morning early and still not working. Tried again after 8am, when I aught to be working and still it’s not working…

They really shouldn’t say June 16 if it’s not gonna be a midnight release 

Edit: game finally started working around 9am. Lame. Now I have to wait until I’m done working at 5

So the digital version is out today but not the physical?

16 hours ago, Naked Warrior said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/175309858564

But what the hell is this? It is a cart only WATA 7.5 Donkey Kong Country...The 3rd most common game on the system...I mean the only thing I could think of is that it was this person's childhood copy and they wanted to preserve it to remember someone or sometime from their past...but then why sell it?  The fact that this even has bids higher than the $20 it would cost to get an avg. condition cart just blows my mind.

You have to remember it's $85 (using the middle tier, the best "bang for buck" tier) plus shipping and insurance each way to get something graded.  The cost of grading is baked into graded items that sell.   That's not something I'd collect but a graded cart of almost anything probably has a stable floor of $50.  Seller is still losing at that price and buyer is "gaining value" over subbing themself.  One man's trash is another man's treasure.

Has anyone seen the release dates update on any preorder?  Amazon and Gamestop still showing end of year in their systems.

9 hours ago, mlbfan10 said:

Also got this in! Love all the Mario RPG games. 

Was that the eBay one?  I was the underbidder if so, nice pickup.

3 hours ago, inasuma said:

VGA order from January on its way back!  

Likewise, mine due to arrive today.

If from that american girl who's been selling stuff all of her stuff has been legit.

2-1-4-3 for me if you expand to 4. 

Definite fake, rear coloring is off and opening looks off too.  Sketchy seller calling it a barn find and of course he's playing the "I can't tell if this is real or not so please don't bid if you're scared" card.  

Sealed Rareware Set, all VGA 85+ or Wata 9.4 A++ and higher. Some of the best of N64!

14 minutes ago, captmorgandrinker said:

Are you sure?  Could have sworn he sold JJGames to Piko.

He sold JJGames yes, he did not sell off PriceCharting. He kept that and keeps adding functionality, like comic book prices and CGC population queries.

14 hours ago, goldenpp72 said:

I just mean it seems like the site is never.. Updated or anything, it looks like the pricing never changes.

Yes, the site is dead and I haven't used it in well over a year or so.  It doesn't work anymore, yet another thing GoCollect killed as we knew they would.  JJGames is the real hero here for not selling out because we all know he got buyout offers too.  

I remember him as the bad guy in Naked Gun 33 1/3. RIP

Nice update, on the home stretch!

That made me realize I need to play Metal Marines, I'm a strategy fan and it seems interesting.  Also good to see Sunset Riders and EWJ2 on that update, two that rank high on my list too... but I have only played a snippet of the library.  Also never played a Civilization game despite your article saying everyone has!

9 hours ago, Renmauzo said:

Yes, so in PEI for example, sales tax is 15%. If I buy a $100 game, shipping within Canada is generally $17+ depending on weight & dimension AND ebay will charge me $15.00 in tax at the payment screen. 

People with a business license were already indicating buyers would have to pay sales tax based on their province as they have to declare as an extension of their brick & mortar, but this will make it so that anyone you buy from will see sales tax added onto your purchase at the time of checkout. Considering the overwhelming majority of people who sell don't have a business license, it's unreasonable for the government to step over this line.

I don't buy on ebay.ca anymore due to the - overall - poor selection so this won't change anything for me on the buying front, but this means I'll likely not waste my time trying to sell there either...at least to my fellow Canadians, anyway (which is unfortunate). The items I sell are often rather expensive, and I'm not about to be inundated with messages from people asking me to eat $50-$75 worth of tax.

AH okay, this happened in the USA about 2 years ago.  USA buyers have been paying sales tax on every purchase for awhile now unless you go through business / reseller paperwork (filed with IRS?) to get out of it.   

2 hours ago, goonhoon said:

I am definitely biased but those are low pop MARIO games we're talking about. I myself spent months looking for either Golf or Tennis in 9.0/A and higher and was offered pieces for as much as 5 figures. I was on IG, FB, here, SGH and god knows where but no traces of anything. The cheapest copy I was offered was a VGA 80 with 2 dented corners for 2700 USD in September 2021.

If Smash Bros 9.2 A+ sells for 26k, Goldeneye 9.2 A+ for 30k and Michael Jordan 9.2 A+ for 26k, then wouldn't a 9.2 A+ Tennis for 15k be proportionate to that? It certainly was not as famous as Mario 64, MK or some of the Mario Party games, but it still was pretty popular. Same with Golf.

 

Well they were Saturday games for a reason though. Clearly not expected to pull that weight or they would have been Friday games. 

They are probably tougher to find than Mario 64 or Kart, but they sold way less and have a smaller following to balance out. Not million sellers and I don't see many putting them in top 5 (or even top 10) N64 games all time. But yes if it was a must own game for you then you have to pay to own I suppose.

Also everything off the main path is "low pop", either cause they arent out there or cause most people dont grade them. Compare it to a game that is actually rare and extremely sought after like Mario Party. That's the lowest pop Mario 64 game yet probably an easy number 3 in demand and not too far off from Mario Kart or Mario 64. HA hasn't sold a high grade copy because they aren't out there.

11 hours ago, ExplodedHamster said:

Well, there are over 200 copies of Ocarina on the pop report and only 13 Mario Tennis, and this is a top 3 condition. Makes sense to me.

I'm a huge N64 collector and that Mario Tennis price makes no sense to me. I think I sold a raw one that was about 9.0 B to B+ for 799 a month ago? Think I had it at 899 for 30 days no bites then someone bit on the relist.

People should be aware of pops but shouldn't chase them. That was someone chasing.

9 hours ago, ExplodedHamster said:

 

Looking through Nintendo 64...

The much-speculated-upon Mario 64 numbers...81 first prints total and 3 graded in 9.8. 

Zero Mario Kart 64 in 9.8

Zero Smash Bros 64 in 9.8

Three regular edition Ocarinas in 9.8, all from the case pack

ZERO Collector's Edition in 9.8

Zero Mario Party in 9.8

Four Majora's in 9.8

Zero Mario Golf

Zero NFL Blitz

Zero Wave Race

ONE OF THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL TIME QUEST 64

Those 1996 releases just aren't out there.  You won't see 9.8 games like Wave Race, Cruis'n USA or KIller Instinct Gold (in non Player's Choice) unless a case pops up.  Mario Party is a scarce title too, that took me 4 or 5 years of searching for an 85+ back in the early 2010s when competition was a lot less.  VGA pop on that one is very low Gold as well.

1 hour ago, inasuma said:

i barely consider this "the" pop report for wata though. still no seal grades

that said, having something is still better than nothing.  also i have a pop 1 battle network 2 (9.8)  

Would be nice to see CIB stuff too.