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Post by bkltc80 on Feb 23, 2021 0:53:36 GMT
Hi me again quick question I have been using the game list as a guide. How up to date and accurate is it roughly. I have picked up a few 5 rated games cheap where I see 4-5 rated games and lesser rated games going for fortunes.
Quick footnote as I am purchasing from eBay I am surprised how many sellers post items dirty and dusty. Doesn't take much to wipe a item down.
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Post by Rastanfarian on Feb 23, 2021 12:30:04 GMT
I'd ignore the rarity rating on the games list...it's way out of date IMO. The best gauge of "value" or pricing is to check SOLD listings on feebay.
Good luck, and grab bundles even if you end up with a duplicate or two. Best way to save $ as everyone has suggested.
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Post by segamasterdude on Feb 23, 2021 12:59:05 GMT
I'd ignore the rarity rating on the games list...it's way out of date IMO. The best gauge of "value" or pricing is to check SOLD listings on feebay. Good luck, and grab bundles even if you end up with a duplicate or two. Best way to save $ as everyone has suggested. This^^^^ And try to stay away from BIN prices an average auction price over 12 months is a much better indicator 👍 |
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Post by flatapex on Feb 25, 2021 0:28:31 GMT
A quick bit of research on each game will help you to work out rough ideas of what is cheap/expensive. Don’t spend too much time hunting down cheap games, research the expensive ones and know when to bid and how much. Don’t get caught up in auction fever but you will notice that others do
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Post by Sinistral on Feb 25, 2021 17:38:01 GMT
Yeah, I agree, the rarity guide was mostly led by forum member Anagrama (I was sad to hear that he sold up and hasn't been around for a while). I think it hasn't been updated since around 2005/2006. Back then, creating a rarity guide was a bit of a controversial thing. I guess people were scared it would lead to sky-high prices..... nuff said  I would say that rarity and value are two totally different things, some games are valuable just because they're really good (Alex Kidd in Miracle World, The Wonderboy Series and Master of Darkness), nobody would have considered these to be "rare" as they come up often, but do end up going for a high price. In contrast to this games like Championship Hockey are considered to be rare because they sold in such low numbers (for good reason) and being released towards the end of the console's lifespan. Some games that we consider to be rare in the UK, aren't really rare elsewhere. I noticed that "Classics" versions of games are much more common in European countries, especially Germany/Czech Republic/France than they are in the UK, it's also much easier to pickup the later releases like T2 the Arcade game, Smurfs, Spiderman and the Sinister Six etc. Back in those days, eBay wasn't joined up and you had to manually browse ebay.com, .dk or .fr etc if you wanted to see games for sale in other countries, some of us were too lazy to do this. Out of everything though, I think the changes of how sales work on eBay itself has the biggest impact on price, this is fuelled by eBay's desire to become less "jumble sale"/"flea market" and instead become more competitive with higher price sites like Amazon. In the early 2000's there wasn't such a thing as "buy it now" or "best offers" on eBay, people listed their games as auctions, and you got what people were prepared to pay at that time they logged on. These days, "Buy it now" and eBay free listing means the same games can sit on there for months at a time until someone eventually comes along and hits the "buy it now" - then as soon as someone see's the completed listing, they list their own copy at the same price and it starts all over again. It's eBay itself that's driven up the prices of these games. |
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Post by Kenneth on Feb 26, 2021 9:56:01 GMT
The rarity guide was pretty accurate back in the day. The methodology used was simple: check every single european master system-related ebay listings, for one year, and count how many times each games were offered for sale.
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Post by meu2 on Feb 26, 2021 18:42:18 GMT
I'd say the rarity guide is still probably a fair assessment of rarity. It's just not a perfect match when it comes to pricing. The market, especially eBay, has changed so much that favours inflated pricing. As others have said the best approach is to remain patient and only pay what you believe is reasonable.
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