Within seconds. Has to be an automated thing?
I think that only happens when someone else bids higer than your current bid.
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Don't look now, but a videogame is currently auctioning for 31k USD and rising
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I think that only happens when someone else bids higer than your current bid.
Off-Kilter
Banned
Someone correct me if I'm wrong because it's been ages since I used Ebay, but can't people just set max bids that aren't seen by anyone else?
Within seconds. Has to be an automated thing?
In the above pic for example, some other guy might have set a max bid for $99,000 or something, and all those bids from one guy is really just unsuccessful attempts to outbid the top guy, and in doing so drives up the price himself. But to us it looks like he's making several bids at once.
Messypandas
Member
Within seconds. Has to be an automated thing?
its to limit sniping, basically.
King_Richard
Member
Within seconds. Has to be an automated thing?
wtf. The censored names are different for different people, right? So is that really one guy continually bidding? That's gotta be a bot.
baphomet
Member
No, it doesnt. If anything quality matters much more when its something this rare.
This cart is worth maybe $4,000 in this condition. I this auction wasnt fake thats what it would go for on the high end.
Sportbilly
Member
No, other people are bidding, but they haven't topped his maximum bid yet.
PodcastFips
Member
Ahh yes, now it makes sense. Thanks!
I don't use ebay that often but I've experienced that myself multiple times actually.
EDIT: No wait. If there is an "unsuccessful attempt", the top bidding guy would be in that list with a bid that is 1$ higher than the one from that i**f guy. Right?
I'm confused.
Messypandas
Member
Ebay automatically bids for you when your max bid is higher than any other bids. It helps keep you in the game bidding only above what other people are willing to pay. Good for buyers bad for sellers.
Alcoholikaust
Member
nobody coming close to the115k mark yet?
haha
haha
Within seconds. Has to be an automated thing?
Basically, the person above set a max bid of 98,000.86. So this person kept increasing bids but was staying under the max bid of the other person. So they kept getting auto-outbid.
It's essentially used to prevent snipers.
Not that snipers have stopped existing or anything. But I think it's cut down on them a lot.
Also I don't think it's so clear that it's bad for sellers. Max bids means that people are putting in higher bids faster. People don't have to wait until the last 15 minutes to put in a bid anymore.
goldenpp72
Member
It's odd to see a game going for vastly more than my entire collection is worth (and I have a lot)
Oh? I didn't know you could do that. I don't bid on stuff usually, so I guess I just never noticed an option like that.No. Automatic bids aren't shown. Only manual bids show up.
PodcastFips
Member
prag16
Banned
So many bidders with very low (less than 20) feedback score. Almost makes me think there are some trolls mixed in bidding it up. I think I heard about a rare genesis game ending an auction at $40k or something recently, but nobody paid up.
I could also swear the last Nintendo World Championship cart that appeared went for way less than this, like in the 40-60k range. And this one is in horrid condition, visually. (dat label)
I could also swear the last Nintendo World Championship cart that appeared went for way less than this, like in the 40-60k range. And this one is in horrid condition, visually. (dat label)
You should visit the various retro OTs. That being said....that is a little much.
7DollarHagane
Banned
There's no way this auction actually sells at that price. It has hit 5x the actual value for one of these carts..
"Actual value" is a pretty loose term when it comes to collector's items.
prag16
Banned
Yeah.. to be fair, "actual value" can be whatever somebody is willing to pay.
That said.. definitely something odd afoot here. No way a tattered cart, even NWC, should ever fetch 100k bones.
Actually it's 10x the actual value... and this cart isn't even in used condition... that's like selling digested chicken for 10x its actual cost. As if you'd gain something from it compared to mint cartridges.
onken
Member
Damnnn, crazy if true.
This particular one is pretty famous in the collector community, though. The inflated price might be because it's the NWC cart that's famous for being torn and has "Mario" written on it.
Messofanego
Banned
Time to have a good hard look at your collection and realise it ain't worth shit
What are those games?
They could alternatively buy another one, tear the label off and write "Mario" (or, better yet, "Luigi") on it. Let the world burn, let the year of Luigi continue.
Bog
Junior Ace
That's not a thing. Stop.
Holy shit lol. Thanks.
Haha, holy shit. I used to own that exact cart around 15 years ago. Exchanged it for a rarer gold version later with another collector (obviously gave him some other stuff in addition... and he owned most of the gold carts at that time).
Fun fact: when I originally bought that grey cart, I paid around $150-200. As I remember, the guy selling it did it in a post on usenet. Alt.videogames or something? The auction had ended, but I contacted the seller anyway in case the buyer didn't follow up. And that's exactly what happened. So I ended up getting it. Fun to see it again
Fun fact: when I originally bought that grey cart, I paid around $150-200. As I remember, the guy selling it did it in a post on usenet. Alt.videogames or something? The auction had ended, but I contacted the seller anyway in case the buyer didn't follow up. And that's exactly what happened. So I ended up getting it. Fun to see it again
Valerie Cherish
Member
You know, I would have been all "OK... sure." Then I looked at your name and remembered this from the auction:
So... "holy shit," indeed.
Chinbo37
Member
Haha, holy shit. I used to own that exact cart around 15 years ago. Exchanged it for a rarer gold version later with another collector (obviously gave him some other stuff in addition... and he owned most of the gold carts at that time).
Fun fact: when I originally bought that grey cart, I paid around $150-200. As I remember, the guy selling it did it in a post on usenet. Alt.videogames or something? The auction had ended, but I contacted the seller anyway in case the buyer didn't follow up. And that's exactly what happened. So I ended up getting it. Fun to see it again
Great story! Cool to get a bit of the backstory
Yeah, I just saw it. Crazy - even I didn't remember which year it was. My e-mails only go back to 2004.
Anyway, I had to find my gold cart and make sure that it was still here. Here's a shitty picture.
It's fun to think about selling it, but it won't happen, at least not for the near future. Especially not as these things seem to double in value every 5 years or so.
Whoa, that's a great story. So since you're deeper in the collection scene than most of us, what's your take on this? Anyway this eBay auction is legit?
I lost track of the cart after trading it away, so I don't know who the seller is. But it's definitely the same cart I had back then, no doubt whatsoever. So I'm not worried about the legitimacy of the seller. The bidders, on the other hand... those sums are outlandish.
No, I most definitely did not write that
As mentioned, I got lucky and bought it from a random guy on usenet. Not sure he knew how rare it was. He *might* have mentioned finding it in a garage sale, but don't quote me on it. Maybe I should try to find my oldest computers and scavenge up the emails from that time.KolosLazar16
Member
Can I ask what you traded it for?
I got the gold-cart version of the same game.
As far as I remember, he got these things:
- the grey NWC cart with the ripped label
- 1000 dollars
- a limited edition Game Boy Light (I think it was some kind of translucent green or ice blue Toys r Us version)
- one or two rare European NES-games. Maybe Mr. Gimmick, and maybe Rodland.
- a big slab of Freia milk chocolate. I'm not even kidding.
Valerie Cherish
Member
Yeah, thread got way cooler for me.
I'm assuming the handwritten "Mario" was all you needed to see to know it was your old copy, Thomaser?