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This is something on LRG's FAQs section that I don't understand. Multiple people can order from the same household as long as names and payments are different and LRG doesn't know they are selling them on eBay which they could probably never find out. So basically, if the limit is 2 and someone just uses their card and someone else's card(s), they can get at least 4 copies if not more to the same address.

"I have multiple people I wanted to buy a copy for that is over the limit, how do I get more copies?

The short answer is, YOU can’t. They will need to have someone else buy a copy or they will need to buy one themselves. We won’t cancel orders coming from the same household if the name and payment method is different. However, if we have had trouble with your household purposely trying to get around our limit for personal gain such as selling them on eBay, we will cancel them."
 
KingofGames said:
This is a strange attitude to have. You're so bummed that you missed out on the physical version, but not bummed enough to pay scalper prices. Sounds like you are a prime candidate for the digital version. Does ownership of the physical disc somehow impact your life in a meaningful way?
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Well my 3,550+ video game collection would like a new friend for starters.

Night Trap was one of those games that had meaning in my life as a kid. I remember getting a Sega CD just for this game and played it a lot. I just wanted a physical copy of this remastered edition for my PS4 to add it to my collection as I am not a fan of digital. I didn't get this many games buy filling the pockets of scalpers.

I find it more odd that my fellow CAGs here have no problems with paying the scalpers for the game? Why would you say I shouldn't have a problem paying a scalper?

Has CAG now become primarily a scalper mentality site? I came to this site years ago under the impression we were all here to help one another get great deals on games and help each other out any way we can with trades or selling things reasonably to one another. I met people here who sold me Gen 1 amiibos at retail price when Toon Link and Megaman were going for $30-50+.

I guess I was wrong in thinking we were a community of gamers looking out for one another. Lame.
 
Had a blast reading the last couple of pages. All those tears for a shitty ass game. Let's be real, most people wanted that game to resell it in the future.
 
Got in on my very first LRG order today by getting the CE today.  I failed this morning on my cell phone even though I checked out at 10:00 but i was able to get it this evening.  Pretty excited to check this out to fulfill my Sega Cd nostalgia!

 
GrimmTrixX said:
Regardless, it doesn't make it any less of a scumbag thing to do. Scalp them all you want, obviously I can't change that. I guess my moral standards and my expectation that mankind is a generally helpful and courteous species is wrong and we are all just surrounded by people out to make a quick buck.

If buying games and selling them for 3x the price is your thing that gets you off, then you do you. As for me, I'd rather help my fellow CAGs get stuff rather than fill my own pockets, but again, that's just me.

If you got a copy just for scalping, then I can't say anything but congrats to you for getting one if you did it without any exploitation, however what you do with it after, if that thing is to hold it for ransom for 3x the price, then again, that makes you a scumbag.

But I know battling an internet warrior is useless so I won't waste more time on the subject. I use CAG to find great deals and help others get what they need. If I had 2 copies i'd sell it at retail + shipping for someone who I knew wanted it to actually keep, but again, that's just me.
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I have been flipping, reselling, scalping, whatever you want to call it for years. Years. And never once has a single customer ever been angry or upset or called me a scumbag, quite the contrary: many of them have been VERY grateful and appreciative of me getting them a brand new copy of whatever.

See, people don't want to admit this, but there's a LARGE percentage of people out there who actually went to college and made something of themselves (without the assistance of a life coach) to the point where they got a real job that pays them real money to the point where paying 3X retail is ABSOLUTELY WORTH not having to go to a B&M store to be inundated with unwashed neckbeards coughing on them, or having to be chained to their laptops at exactly 8am to buy some stupid game. Real people with real jobs will glady pay for the conveineinance (yeah, no clue how to spell) of getting a desired item with no hassle whatsoever. I am not a scumbag, and I like to help people just like you do.

 
wargodfan said:
I have been flipping, reselling, scalping, whatever you want to call it for years. Years. And never once has a single customer ever been angry or upset or called me a scumbag, quite the contrary: many of them have been VERY grateful and appreciative of me getting them a brand new copy of whatever.

See, people don't want to admit this, but there's a LARGE percentage of people out there who actually went to college and made something of themselves (without the assistance of a life coach) to the point where they got a real job that pays them real money to the point where paying 3X retail is ABSOLUTELY WORTH not having to go to a B&M store to be inundated with unwashed neckbeards coughing on them, or having to be chained to their laptops at exactly 8am to buy some stupid game. Real people with real jobs will glady pay for the conveineinance (yeah, no clue how to spell) of getting a desired item with no hassle whatsoever. I am not a scumbag, and I like to help people just like you do.
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Nah, you're a scumbag. Justify it however you want, you're still a scumbag like all scalpers.
 
GrimmTrixX said:
Well my 3,550+ video game collection would like a new friend for starters.

Night Trap was one of those games that had meaning in my life as a kid. I remember getting a Sega CD just for this game and played it a lot. I just wanted a physical copy of this remastered edition for my PS4 to add it to my collection as I am not a fan of digital. I didn't get this many games buy filling the pockets of scalpers.

I find it more odd that my fellow CAGs here have no problems with paying the scalpers for the game? Why would you say I shouldn't have a problem paying a scalper?

Has CAG now become primarily a scalper mentality site? I came to this site years ago under the impression we were all here to help one another get great deals on games and help each other out any way we can with trades or selling things reasonably to one another. I met people here who sold me Gen 1 amiibos at retail price when Toon Link and Megaman were going for $30-50+.

I guess I was wrong in thinking we were a community of gamers looking out for one another. Lame.
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You have a few options.

A) Continue whining.

B) Buy a digital copy.

C) Buy a physical copy at a scalped price.

D) Trade one of those 3,550 games in your collection for a physical copy of the game.

I can tell you right off the bat that whining will do absolutely nothing. I'd be happy to trade you my SE copy for something in your collection. In such a situation, how would you value what is coming from your end? MSRP, or current Ebay scalper scumbag resale value?

 
People do realize that every business in the world technically "scalps" too, right? How do you think retailers make money off of the products that they purchase. Do you think Amazon buys games for $60 and then sell them for $60? They wouldn't make any money.

It's called business.

I can understand being frustrated missing out on a game, but taking it out on scalpers is so juvenile and childish.

Every single business under the sun does it to a capacity. Every single one. Otherwise there would be no business if they didn't.

 
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GrimmTrixX said:
Regardless, it doesn't make it any less of a scumbag thing to do. Scalp them all you want, obviously I can't change that. I guess my moral standards and my expectation that mankind is a generally helpful and courteous species is wrong and we are all just surrounded by people out to make a quick buck.

If buying games and selling them for 3x the price is your thing that gets you off, then you do you. As for me, I'd rather help my fellow CAGs get stuff rather than fill my own pockets, but again, that's just me.

If you got a copy just for scalping, then I can't say anything but congrats to you for getting one if you did it without any exploitation, however what you do with it after, if that thing is to hold it for ransom for 3x the price, then again, that makes you a scumbag.

But I know battling an internet warrior is useless so I won't waste more time on the subject. I use CAG to find great deals and help others get what they need. If I had 2 copies i'd sell it at retail + shipping for someone who I knew wanted it to actually keep, but again, that's just me.
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It's all relative. To me, immoral is buying the rights to a life saving medication and jacking up the price, gouging people on gas and lodging during a natural disaster, etc. Depriving gamers of the coolest collectible toy wouldn't come close to qualifying.
 
Bezerker said:
Sad. Had the CE in my cart but it sold out while in queue, and by the time I got the regular edition in cart that was gone too.

63 of them are already on ebay...
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I hate resellers and douchebay as much as the next collector, they are nothing but hell for collectors.

But 63 is 0.70% of 8000.

 
Really disappointed I missed out on Night Trap. Forgot about the morning batch but was there for the evening.

Added the CE and The Bunker to cart, CE went out of stock, tried to add regular edition, it went out of stock.

Still ordered The Bunker as I'm excited to try that as well but will miss not having that Night Trap. First one I've missed in since the first 3 releases.
 
ShadowAssassin said:
People are worried about North Korea's nukes, this is what'll happen if csbaker misses a LRG release:

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I sorta stopped stressing it. Every single release I'm checked out, verifying my order, going back and refreshing and seeing 90-100% still even on these past hyped releases.

 
csbaker-az said:
I sorta stopped stressing it. Every single release I'm checked out, verifying my order, going back and refreshing and seeing 90-100% still even on these past hyped releases.
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The percentages don't adjust in real time. There have been times where I got a game and after I checked out it said 90% and then I saw on here a second later it's sold out.

 
bradbo said:
The douchebaggery sure has stepped up in here tonight. Digging.
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Why people let a troll get to them is beyond me. ;-) Honestly guys if you missed out wait a while until half these hit ebay. You might be shocked how much in price they fall when 60 ebay listings go to 600.

 
wargodfan said:
I have been flipping, reselling, scalping, whatever you want to call it for years. Years. And never once has a single customer ever been angry or upset or called me a scumbag, quite the contrary: many of them have been VERY grateful and appreciative of me getting them a brand new copy of whatever.

See, people don't want to admit this, but there's a LARGE percentage of people out there who actually went to college and made something of themselves (without the assistance of a life coach) to the point where they got a real job that pays them real money to the point where paying 3X retail is ABSOLUTELY WORTH not having to go to a B&M store to be inundated with unwashed neckbeards coughing on them, or having to be chained to their laptops at exactly 8am to buy some stupid game. Real people with real jobs will glady pay for the conveineinance (yeah, no clue how to spell) of getting a desired item with no hassle whatsoever. I am not a scumbag, and I like to help people just like you do.
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This ignores that scalpers are the primary reason for the lack of supply as they (you) are busy diverting a large portion of the supply from the primary market to the secondary market. Speaking as part of the large percentage who made something out of themselves and COULD afford 3x the price, I, and most other collectors I know, will not pay neckbearded scumbags who eat-up the supply and try to make a quick buck with no real work. I'd think most of us would rather forego a game (or mini-console) rather than reward the people who made it difficult to start. That said, toss a couple alerts on your cell, and usually easy enough to get even these rare things.

 
KingofGames said:
You have a few options.

A) Continue whining.
B) Buy a digital copy.
C) Buy a physical copy at a scalped price.
D) Trade one of those 3,550 games in your collection for a physical copy of the game.

I can tell you right off the bat that whining will do absolutely nothing. I'd be happy to trade you my SE copy for something in your collection. In such a situation, how would you value what is coming from your end? MSRP, or current Ebay scalper scumbag resale value?
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Nice...
 
Count Van Ghoul said:
Yep, no one gives a damn about games two decades after they release. You're totally right.
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Most folks aren't concerned whether the system that their download title is on will still be alive after 20 years. I mean, take the hard drive out and put it in another system? Your paranoia over digital licenses is absurd.

 
ShadowAssassin said:
The percentages don't adjust in real time. There have been times where I got a game and after I checked out it said 90% and then I saw on here a second later it's sold out.
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I check out, verify my order for errors, go back to the product pages that show where I added it to cart. Hit refresh and it will say 100% like 5 times then finally 98.... 98..........96.....90......85....75....65...50 30 15 0. etc

 
Gainer said:
This ignores that scalpers are the primary reason for the lack of supply as they (you) are busy diverting a large portion of the supply from the primary market to the secondary market. Speaking as part of the large percentage who made something out of themselves and COULD afford 3x the price, I, and most other collectors I know, will not pay neckbearded scumbags who eat-up the supply and try to make a quick buck with no real work. I'd think most of us would rather forego a game (or mini-console) rather than reward the people who made it difficult to start. That said, toss a couple alerts on your cell, and usually easy enough to get even these rare things.
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I truly believe the primary market of this kind of stuff are people who are NOT hardcore collectors or gamers, just people HUGE into nostalgia because they saw a Facebook post about something coming out they liked as a kid. The NES Classic was the best example of that, I sold those things to people who didn't even know PlayStations and Xboxes are a thing. So I still get the product to the primary market in my opinion.

 
KingofGames said:
You have a few options.

A) Continue whining.
B) Buy a digital copy.
C) Buy a physical copy at a scalped price.
D) Trade one of those 3,550 games in your collection for a physical copy of the game.

I can tell you right off the bat that whining will do absolutely nothing. I'd be happy to trade you my SE copy for something in your collection. In such a situation, how would you value what is coming from your end? MSRP, or current Ebay scalper scumbag resale value?
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I do a straight up trade. If I had something someone wanted, for something I wanted that they had, swap. Thats it. Because its 2 people who want an actual game and arent trying to make a profit of someone elses misfortune.
 
The scalpers set your market prices for these things. No matter if you believe this or not, they're helping you. A collector is nothing but a patient scalper usually looking to flip something after it has accrued value.
 
wargodfan said:
I have been flipping, reselling, scalping, whatever you want to call it for years. Years. And never once has a single customer ever been angry or upset or called me a scumbag, quite the contrary: many of them have been VERY grateful and appreciative of me getting them a brand new copy of whatever.

See, people don't want to admit this, but there's a LARGE percentage of people out there who actually went to college and made something of themselves (without the assistance of a life coach) to the point where they got a real job that pays them real money to the point where paying 3X retail is ABSOLUTELY WORTH not having to go to a B&M store to be inundated with unwashed neckbeards coughing on them, or having to be chained to their laptops at exactly 8am to buy some stupid game. Real people with real jobs will glady pay for the conveineinance (yeah, no clue how to spell) of getting a desired item with no hassle whatsoever. I am not a scumbag, and I like to help people just like you do.
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The ones who are buying it and are thanking you are the ones who didnt try to buy it in the first place. If someone is thanking you for selling them something that you paid 1/3 of the price for, then theyre morons and are ised to being screwed over.

The game cost $54.99, ok, if you buy it to sell to someone for 3x the price, you buy might be a scumbag. Buying a game and flipping itis NOT a job. Again, its the PRINCIPLE of it. I can afford 3x the price, no problem at all. Its not the price hurting my wallet or any of that nonsense, it's the mere fact that LRG wanted to sell their game for $55. They want peoe to get ir and keep it and play it. And Sure they do this to make money, but you don't see them selling it for $180 on their site? This tells you that thwyre respectable human beings glad with small profit than ridiculously insane profit. It definitely didn't cost them $55 per game, so the fact people sell them for 3x is insanely rude.

Anyone who thinks scalping is at all a good thing, youre kidding yourself. There's a reason scalping concert tickets is still technically illegal, part of it is because its douchey for sure.
 
bradbo said:
The scalpers set your market prices for these things. No matter if you believe this or not, they're helping you. A collector is nothing but a patient scalper usually looking to flip something after it has accrued value.
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Seriously. I feel 0 sympathy for folks who hoard games, value them at current resale values, but talk down on scalpers and resellers. They are all one and the same.

 
tylerh1701 said:
Why is everyone so angry? The Bunker is still at 34%! GO GO GO!!!!!!!
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Because half the pissed off folks aren't mad about buying it to keep (or they are just mad because what was niche and easy has become an fing mess). Their mad because someone with a bot pulled the rug from out under them to scalp.;-) Why as I've said before if you really want a Night Trap they will come down in price when all the neckbeards go to sell.

 
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Staind204 said:
Got in on my very first LRG order today by getting the CE today. I failed this morning on my cell phone even though I checked out at 10:00 but i was able to get it this evening. Pretty excited to check this out to fulfill my Sega Cd nostalgia!
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I have wanted to play it since seeing it in EGM back in the day. I never had a sega cd and have been tempted many times to buy one just for NT and a few other crappy games(sewer shark). This will let me have some fun and realize the dream is always better than the reality so after I play it the game will sit on my shelf. It will fill some void I feel was missed in my childhood or so my shrink would lead me to believe.

LRG should figure out a way to "print to order". Offer pre orders with some type of customization printed to reward actual customers and cut down on flippers. Maybe your LRG account name is printed on the cover. I'd pay extra for NT with my name on the corner of the cover or something but I doubt ebay would be to thrilled about "iwannadie NightTrap edition".
 
GrimmTrixX said:
The ones who are buying it and are thanking you are the ones who didnt try to buy it in the first place. If someone is thanking you for selling them something that you paid 1/3 of the price for, then theyre morons and are ised to being screwed over.

The game cost $54.99, ok, if you buy it to sell to someone for 3x the price, you buy might be a scumbag. Buying a game and flipping itis NOT a job. Again, its the PRINCIPLE of it. I can afford 3x the price, no problem at all. Its not the price hurting my wallet or any of that nonsense, it's the mere fact that LRG wanted to sell their game for $55. They want peoe to get ir and keep it and play it. And Sure they do this to make money, but you don't see them selling it for $180 on their site? This tells you that thwyre respectable human beings glad with small profit than ridiculously insane profit. It definitely didn't cost them $55 per game, so the fact people sell them for 3x is insanely rude.

Anyone who thinks scalping is at all a good thing, youre kidding yourself. There's a reason scalping concert tickets is still technically illegal, part of it is because its douchey for sure.
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Rudeness is a part of life in today's society, if that's your issue with all of this I THINK I can survive.

 
GrimmTrixX said:
I do a straight up trade. If I had something someone wanted, for something I wanted that they had, swap. Thats it. Because its 2 people who want an actual game and arent trying to make a profit of someone elses misfortune.
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Why don't you offer a straight up trade for a copy of Night Trap, then?

 
GrimmTrixX said:
The ones who are buying it and are thanking you are the ones who didnt try to buy it in the first place. If someone is thanking you for selling them something that you paid 1/3 of the price for, then theyre morons and are ised to being screwed over.

The game cost $54.99, ok, if you buy it to sell to someone for 3x the price, you buy might be a scumbag. Buying a game and flipping itis NOT a job. Again, its the PRINCIPLE of it. I can afford 3x the price, no problem at all. Its not the price hurting my wallet or any of that nonsense, it's the mere fact that LRG wanted to sell their game for $55. They want peoe to get ir and keep it and play it. And Sure they do this to make money, but you don't see them selling it for $180 on their site? This tells you that thwyre respectable human beings glad with small profit than ridiculously insane profit. It definitely didn't cost them $55 per game, so the fact people sell them for 3x is insanely rude.

Anyone who thinks scalping is at all a good thing, youre kidding yourself. There's a reason scalping concert tickets is still technically illegal, part of it is because its douchey for sure.
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For some people, it is a job. Who are you to tell someone how to make a living and dictate what does and does not qualify as "a job"?

 
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GrimmTrixX said:
The ones who are buying it and are thanking you are the ones who didnt try to buy it in the first place. If someone is thanking you for selling them something that you paid 1/3 of the price for, then theyre morons and are ised to being screwed over.

The game cost $54.99, ok, if you buy it to sell to someone for 3x the price, you buy might be a scumbag. Buying a game and flipping itis NOT a job. Again, its the PRINCIPLE of it. I can afford 3x the price, no problem at all. Its not the price hurting my wallet or any of that nonsense, it's the mere fact that LRG wanted to sell their game for $55. They want peoe to get ir and keep it and play it. And Sure they do this to make money, but you don't see them selling it for $180 on their site? This tells you that thwyre respectable human beings glad with small profit than ridiculously insane profit. It definitely didn't cost them $55 per game, so the fact people sell them for 3x is insanely rude.

Anyone who thinks scalping is at all a good thing, youre kidding yourself. There's a reason scalping concert tickets is still technically illegal, part of it is because its douchey for sure.
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Don't give LRG much credit here. If they didn't underprint to ensure inadequate supply thus driving the ability to scalp then there would be no issue. They have to do this or their business model wouldn't work, but don't think that they care who gets it as long as they sell out.

I said above that I didn't appreciate scalpers, but I'm not sure I'd qualify it as rude. They found a niche where there are people who will overpay and give them a tidy profit for little work. I can't say I blame them much. Might participate myself if my time couldn't be spent on more profitable endeavors.

 
One way to avoid this is by the paid membership they took a poll on a while ago. They said members would have early access to titles. This ensures people get what they want and that scalpers would be deterred by the monthly fee. I was in full support of this but it ended up being voted down. I say they revisit this idea as I imagine many people would have a different response this time.
 
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