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Well that is definitely down from the all time high of over $800k lol and certainly not the $700k that was speculated. $288k is still totally ridiculous imo though 

https://kotaku.com/rare-sealed-legend-zelda-nes-copy-ebay-auction-1851282362
 

I like how they are no longer selling WATA exclusive games anymore although I think they have been doing that for some time?

Anyone with a log in that can say what this sold for? From the article: The last time an OG Zelda game like this was on auction was in July 2021. Back then, a sealed copy of the game sold for $870,000

https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/the-legend-of-zelda-cgc-80-a-sealed-nes-tm-no-rev-a-first-production-nes-nintendo-1987-usa/a/7359-28025.s?type=PR

Just now, final fight cd said:

i don't how any of this works and the potential consequences, but could that be a real outcome of this?

Not really sure, I don’t think there are criminal charges being brought, just civil but even if they are found liable for the civil part they are gonna be barred from running WATA/collectibles. Although last time Halperin was found guilty of fraud or whatever with coins he was right back in the game maybe not even years later. 

Who knows if there will be any real consequences of all this. The real issue here is sure they lied about shit but fools and their money are soon parted. No one held a gun to your head and forced you to try and take advantage of a speculative investment. Sure we didn’t have all the facts we do now but even in the beginning the whole thing stunk to high heaven. I’m not even sure how you put an amount of money that WATA would owe to people for being taken advantage of lol

Do you get some of that money to pay the civil suit from people who sold WATA graded for 10,000x what they are worth?

18 minutes ago, final fight cd said:

i think this is funny...

 

like, how scummy can this get? as you said, very disappointing. 

and i didn't realize the whole time line of events: kahn states game is worth 100k.  game then "sells" for 100k.  shortly after the "sale", kahn appears on pawn stars and estimates the game to be 10 times the original selling price. like, what?!?!  

but let's be real here: will anybody stop submitting games to WATA? i'm gonna say no. 
 

They’ll stop submitting once they are ordered to shut down lol

It’s really time to just dole out punishment and compensation and start putting this whole mess behind us. It does make me sad that people who I thought were generally interested in the hobby and would treat it with respect ended up being a part of it in the end. Bronty and KThrower….disappointing 

11 hours ago, avatar! said:

What I'd like to know is to whom I can send my Duo so that they can do their stuff and I can play my Turbo Everdrive on it

The point of this is your Turbo Everdrive becomes not needed. You just play the same Roms from the SD card. I can jailbreak it for you and once you get it back you just have to move your roms to the SD card. Which you obtained through completely legal means. 

lol From Software games I play for ten minutes and I’m like well fuck this shit. Stepped out of the church or whatever after the tutorial in Elden Ring and got immediately stabbed in the face by this giant gold knight on a horse and noped right out of that game. 
 

To be fair I did pick it up several weeks later and put a few more hours into into but still noped out of it lol

I was thinking an online based game because it would always be changing but I think I’ll stay with the Legend of Zelda. Legendary backlog of titles in the series and they continue to make new ones and probably won’t stop since it’s a license to print money for Nintendo.

9 minutes ago, RegularGuyGamer said:

LRG had some on Amazon for like $7-10 a case iirc. 

Got em on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07GBMRQJW?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title I don’t think they are LRG though

27 minutes ago, RH said:

You’re telling me.  A while ago when I was trying to get into Saturn US collecting, I found a few, common sports titles for $10 each.  I was still happy to pay that price cause the cases were in perfect condition so even if I tossed the games, it was worth it for the replacement cases. This was around 2018, so $10 for a low end title was “a lot”, in my opinion. I have no clue what it’s like now.

I don’t have many Saturn games and they are all common but all had busted cases. Got some replacement ones that look really good can’t remember where from though. 

13 minutes ago, avatar! said:

The second thought that pops in my head is "I wonder how many cracks are on each case?"

I thought they just all came cracked hahaha

Neanderthal Man: 360,000

Moon the Sky: 1,160,000

Total: 1,520,000

I was not a fan of moon the sky lol

Whenever I see a pile of Saturn games I’m just like man that looks expensive even if they are common titles lol

I offered $2,000 for everything which is a lowball offer but not knowing specifics about what is included with each and the condition of everything makes it hard to judge.

Low effort post gets low effort offers is what I responded with after “hard pass” was the response.  

31 minutes ago, spacepup said:

A Japanese PS1 game that is normally worth a few hundred dollars.  Went for a crazy price there!

Looks like they accepted a best offer as well so it went for less than advertised 

11 minutes ago, Fleck586 said:

It's a repro of DQ 1+2. There may or may not be more repro SNES carts existing/added in the box... 

I think my fake ass Ninja Warriors is in there somewhere lol

Nice I think I put that splatoon keychain in on the last go around - glad it found a good home!!

It’s not just me right, y’all notice brick and mortars are carrying less and less physical games? Target still has the most floor space dedicated to games but most of the shelves aren’t really ever stocked.  Best Buy cleared out a ton of physical games to the point where each console maybe has 10-20ft of shelf space at least by me. Walmart still seems to be the only one unchanged - same amount of big ass glass/plastic displays and almost all games are always in stock. Even GameStops near me seem to have less physical media and are jam packed with whatever crap (funko pops) they are trying to sell to stay afloat. 

5 minutes ago, Californication said:

Just to be clear, I have read up on schizophrenia in the past because I've helped taken care of someone that has the disease. This is not that. 

You can know everything there is to know about a mental illness but you wouldn’t be able to self diagnose it because you aren’t neutral to it. Same goes for anyone on this site or anywhere in the world. I’m going to abstain out of this topic but I wish you luck 

6 minutes ago, Californication said:

I thought it was a joke initially. So I ignored it and went along with it and figured he would tire put. That was months ago. 

And again, it's not in my head because I have seen him a couple times and people are responding to it.

The dude from a Beautiful Mind also thought those people were real, just sayin. Only way to know for sure, lure this person to a very public place and have a friend film them in action. This also silences the naysayers and gives the police something to go on

I’d still file the order of protection (restraining order). Fuck the cops, to go the district attorney (at least in NY) and they can do it on your behalf for a judge to sign off. Once this is violated the cops are required to intervene. 

I dunno though this sounds like a troll post or a psych issue. Who the fuck has the means to not work and harass you 24/7 and what did you do to this person? You sure you just don’t have tinnitus? 

3 minutes ago, Californication said:

Someone has been stalking me everyday for the last few months and playing high pitched noises every where I go. 

I've spoken to the police, I have called private investigators, and I have called lawyers and have not been able to get any help. 

Any suggestions on what I should do?

Get a restraining order? Once they violate it the police can act with charges. Stalking and harassment are pretty easy reasons to get it I should think

2 hours ago, RH said:

This is the only sound track I have on vinyl. I would have more but I happened to catch it on LRG, so I got it for retail. I’m not into spending $75 or more for records.  This one doesn’t go for that much but still, I’m glad I got it for about $30.

I listened to a couple of the other tracks since I was looking for that song - it has a damn fine soundtrack. Nice pickup on vinyl 

There was like this one jam in Axiom Verge that I couldn’t get out of my head for the longest time lol

edit: Inexorable