Quest4Nes

1 hour ago, drxandy said:

@Quest4Nes I hoped I was reading your list correctly and that if it had box only checked that you did it as a placeholder and needed the whole shebang, Merry Christmas dood!! I made a bunch of decals and put them in a weird cardboard holder that looked kinda ambiguous like packing material, did those make it too?

Oh shoot. Box is still here. I got em. Thanks dude. I missed them before

Heres a pic everyone. Look at these cool decals that he made.

My secret santa was Drxandy

He got me a sweet assortment of games. 4 nes games, two being a boxed nes and an uncommon unlicensed title and a solid n64 game. Also Pretty cool pokemon burger king toy brand new. 

Thanks andy

Im rolling captainmorgan

his guess is to throw us off

@fox

I mean there is no more discussion to be since you are so wrong here. I have nothing else to say.

Using retro in place of old/vintage/antique etc is just inncorrect by the definition of the word. Immitative style of something old. Get that through your noggin

9 hours ago, fox said:

Either an old school game from back in the day or a new title done in the same style as those old school games.

So Sonic 2 on your Sega Genesis, but also Sonic Mania which is a new title but a direct throwback to that style.

"Vintage" sounds too pretentious.  Never heard someone call themselves a "Vintage Gamer" or that they play "Vintage Games."

No

Its just the games made in the style of old

For example. Yes Sonic Mania is Retro. Sonic 2 is a vintage game. It doesnt matter what vintage sounds like to you. Its the definition of the words "retro" and "vintage" Saying your a retro gamer because you play old games is just the wrong use of the word.

retro - imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.

The use of the word retro is a pet peeve right behind people sounding out calling a super nintendo a sness and a nintendo ness. Just makes the ears bleed

definition 5 is the only one Id consider mostly right.

The first 4 peoples opinions are just completely wrong. What they are thinking of is vintage. People say retro all the time and have no clue what it means. They are trying to change the meaning of a word. Changing the meaning of the word is bad because you are now lumping everything old to mean retro when it is not. So it doesnt mean anything anymore.

I recognize that 2009 XD

Boba fett line of, "lets just say....they might recognize my face"... lololol

so we got a pretty big announcement of new shows on the horizon. Pretty awesome stuff coming.

34 minutes ago, sg17 said:

That's true if you sell high volume then there is a bigger chance of some honest mistake happening. But in this situation you can also better afford to make some mistakes. Both with respect to feedback and to revenue.

I'm really not expecting all sellers to be 100% perfect all the time, I only expect them take responsibility.

one of the big issues is defect count. Top rated status is determined by very low threshold percentage of sales and defects. Basically selling even thousands of items a year. It only takes 3ish in a 3 month period and automatic visibility demotion status and a 10 percent raise in fees. Claiming item missing or damaged is an auto defect. So claiming something wrong with buyer address is yes to avoid a defect. It sucks to have to do, but its absolutely stupid not to. A couple missing items in a 3 month window when you have thousands( It really does happen. Ebay glitches like crazy with quantities and random relists glitches). Ebays tech and site maintenance  is so sub standard.

7 hours ago, sg17 said:

I get it, but sellers should check their listing, what shipping they provide, and adjust accordingly. Did a mistake? No big deal, everyone does from time to time but there should be consequences so that people will do their best to avoid making mistakes. Either ship it at a loss or get a defect, decide what bothers you more. If someone really only rarely makes honest mistakes, it should even up in the long run. But some sellers lie one the cancellation form to avoid paying for their mistakes.

If I as a buyer make a mistake, say I don't notice that currency conversion rate changed and now what I ordered is above the import tax threshold, I have to pay for it.

When you have 9000 items thats asking alot.

^^^ Sometimes its for legit reasons though. Say I have something on there for awhile. Well about a year ago the post office changed how the did shipping and everything is by zone and dimension now. Its waaaaaaaaay more expensive to ship anything not first class with the post office now. Unless its really close fed ex is usually the cheapest option

Well today I sold something to someone in alaska. I dont get to pick the buyer. Well now I know I have to block alaska. An 80 dollar item cost over 60 to ship because alaska has no options. Its usps priority or nothing. Private shipping options are all airmail and really expensive. Normally this would have just gone fed ex for around 15 max 20 dollars. Im not doing that sale. I lose money basically on the transaction due to circumstances changing and not realizing it with thousands of items. After ebay payment processing fee and final value fee I lose money since it costs me something to acquire and then 40 extra dollars to ship it somewhere. Free domestic shipping really isnt fair. Alaska Hawaii, Puerto Rico etc should not get the same status on the default. I could ship this thing cheaper to Canada or the UK/Europe cheaper than Alaska.

So I canceled the sale. Living in Alaska they should have known better and asked about the rates. Could have been an agreement of paying additional 30-40 and Id ship it there. This is when Free shipping bites you in the ass since ebay makes you manually go in and block Hawaii Alaska etc. and lump them in with free domestic shipping. But if you take off free shipping then you get pushed down in visibility not being labeled "fast and free""

I dont think luke is off on his own. Yes hes searching alone probably but he s looking to build the jedi order. Its really close in cannon to him restoring the order

8 hours ago, Californication said:

What does that have to do with a sniper breaking a boulder off of a mountain with her feet, and storm troopers lining up like bowling pins? 

The sniper ran along the crest of the ridge for a couple hundred yards making herself a taget for gunfire - bad writing. Walk to the other side of the ridge so they can't see you.

Same way when Mando gets into trouble and someone always comes to save him. That's bad writing. Good writing would have the character figure a way out of their problems. When Mando gets stuck what ever he needs magically appears. 

yea and baby yoda shot a blue beam of energy out of a rock

why are we comparing this to deadwood. This is a fantasy show for family. Just let it go. Its ok

20 minutes ago, Californication said:

Touche.

But then I can name The Wire, Deadwood, West World, Luck which have individual episodes or the entires series which are better that half of the Star Wars franchise. 

As far as writing goes people think the Mandalorian is amazing because the bar has been set so low from so many Star Wars failures.

Its just hard to consider your opinion when you dont know what the dark saber is.

1 hour ago, Californication said:

This is like the main selling point of Disney plus and I am sure they are putting a crazy amount of money into it.

I just don't understand how some of their writing is closer to a mid-grade tv show instead of writers on say HBO. 

Im guessing you didnt finish game of thrones.

54 minutes ago, Californication said:

I guess I'm the only one that thought that was one of the weakest episodes this season. 

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So the guy that had Bubba Frtt's armor has been protecting that town for years, but Mando gets his armor and Bubba Fett immediately knows he has it and where to find him?

When the female assassin pushed down the boulder, it magically got bigger and rolled over soldiers standing in a perfect line.

Or the part where Mando finally joins the fight and all of the storm troopers learn how to aim since he has armor on. 

And the light saber looked like a laser sword. They dump all kinds of money into this show and I've seen better effects on a Youtube video.

 

jesus christ man its a show

This newest episode was my favorite. The show keeps one upping itself. 

I didnt laugh once

Bought a zelda physical. Those look cool.

5 hours ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

I feel like this season has set up 3 other series so far. Bo Katan and the fight to reclaim mandalor, Ashoka and her being ok with being a Jedi again and finding 

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Thrawn

and Cara Dune past and present.

yea i see alot of ahsoka stuff being set up for her own series based on what we just learned and the end of rebels. I think people are right. The scene of rebels at the very end are probably after this episode.

i wonder which 

Ill honor it, but i dont respect it

2 hours ago, Californication said:

Ya, Idk, there are cases where people have already caught it twice.

? Ive read 4 people out of 53 million cases. Sounds pretty much like not the case at all

I already mentioned this was happening in the game value now thread awhile back

4 hours ago, tidaldreams said:

It increased in Oct I believe for the holidays. First Class went up by $.25 and Priority went up by ~$.50 (might depend on the weight).

eBay Managed Payments sounds a lot like Amazon's system. I personally don't like it but if it increases seller protection then I'm all for it.

I was forced into managed payments in august.

It doesnt increase any protection. I sold a fitbit for like 100 bucks . It was new and sealed. A person bought it in august. 3 and a half months after purchase they have an issue. They opened a chargeback in november stating it had a poor battery. They already elapsed their ebay window for a case so I now get a chargeback through managed payments. I lose no matter what. If I fight it, I lose, they keep the item and I lose 20 dollar fee for ebay " fighting" the chargeback. They arent, they just pretend like paypal. 

So yeah. Zero protection from ebay managed payments. Its the same as paypal. 

As far as fees you save like a few dollars for every 10000 dollars in sales revenue. Its not even noticeable. This is just a money grab from a failing company in ebay. They have lost their way more than ever.