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Once they have found a price, they see what they want to see (the "value" of an item) and often become insulted/frustrated with anyone (with more knowledge about the stuff) trying to explain the difference between that price and an item's actual value. They usually feel as if someone is just trying to trick them out of their valuable items.
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This is my experience as well. I've had people tell me that the item(s) in question go for X on eBay, but when I go look to see what in the world they are comparing to, it's something in mint condition (e.g. with all the paperwork and the box, etc) or say a system with 5 rare games (as opposed to their 5 common games).
That's just it though. Most of these people don't have a lot of knowledge of videogames, and just assume that videogames are collectibles and worth money. They aren't really "valuable" in that sense. They are valuable to us as collectors, but not really in a monetary way. Then again, buyers set the market prices for old videogames. How many times I've heard people talk about having the original Mario as if it was rare, or even the NES itself.
I always have to laugh though: Every now and then you find you're dealing with a real jerk (usually after you make the initial offer), and after they end up selling it, they email you back with "BTW I sold it for XXX". Anyone ever had those? Like they are trying to prove that my offer was so unreasonable because look what Person Z spent on it.
One thing I've learned is that things always come around again, and usually for a better deal, so it's easy to handle being rejected on a deal. Just gotta keep taking chances until you find that one nice person who just wants to get rid of their stuff.
Once they have found a price, they see what they want to see (the "value" of an item) and often become insulted/frustrated with anyone (with more knowledge about the stuff) trying to explain the difference between that price and an item's actual value. They usually feel as if someone is just trying to trick them out of their valuable items.
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This is my experience as well. I've had people tell me that the item(s) in question go for X on eBay, but when I go look to see what in the world they are comparing to, it's something in mint condition (e.g. with all the paperwork and the box, etc) or say a system with 5 rare games (as opposed to their 5 common games).
That's just it though. Most of these people don't have a lot of knowledge of videogames, and just assume that videogames are collectibles and worth money. They aren't really "valuable" in that sense. They are valuable to us as collectors, but not really in a monetary way. Then again, buyers set the market prices for old videogames. How many times I've heard people talk about having the original Mario as if it was rare, or even the NES itself.
I always have to laugh though: Every now and then you find you're dealing with a real jerk (usually after you make the initial offer), and after they end up selling it, they email you back with "BTW I sold it for XXX". Anyone ever had those? Like they are trying to prove that my offer was so unreasonable because look what Person Z spent on it.
One thing I've learned is that things always come around again, and usually for a better deal, so it's easy to handle being rejected on a deal. Just gotta keep taking chances until you find that one nice person who just wants to get rid of their stuff.
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