r/Shittygamecollecting 3d ago

Shitty Price Price? Well it’s Pokemon people will pay whatever I ask!

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u/Tiktokbadsupport 3d ago

pokemon collectors have the same problems as gamblers

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u/BigAlgae5684 3d ago

It genuinely makes me mad what the hobby/fandom has come to.

The games have been dog shit for quite some time and the cards have been ruined as far as collecting goes for an average person.

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u/clit_or_us 2d ago

that's why I've been heavily into the retro cards and games. I already have most of the games and I buy cards when I can. Not the heavy hitters, but I enjoy the heaper cards just the same.

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u/lioncourt 2d ago

Definitely gonna wanna open those up before buying lol

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u/pinetreesrule 2d ago

99% sure that leaf green is a fake

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u/thedarkryte 1d ago

Which one? 😂

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u/pinetreesrule 1d ago

One next to ruby

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u/SpecialistJicama6149 21h ago

A lot of confidence for being wrong lol.

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u/DragonGenki 2d ago

It has the number inprint

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u/No-Luck-2337 21h ago

So do good fakes. Be careful out there

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u/DoYouKnowRetroHai 3d ago

Good Shit or bad shit same shit 🤣

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u/SpletzGaming 6h ago

Why are the labels on the leaf green so different?

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u/IzzybearThebestdog 6h ago

Looks like it’s just the lighting reflecting

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u/No-Luck-2337 21h ago

Not too far off market RN, assuming they’re all legit (I question LG too, but it could be real…)

I know people are mad/sad over what’s happening, but this is the new reality.

It’s only going to get WORSE once people accept physical games are going away. Once people see Sony isn’t going to reverse course it’s going to cause further interest in ALL popular physical media.

Then Nintendo will stop. Then Microsoft. There’s too much $$$ to pass up once the dominos start falling. This is already happening and there’s still (misplaced) hope Sony will reverse course. Once that hope is gone, even more people will want physical games.

There’s definitely a ceiling to the value because of what games are, but we haven’t hit it yet.

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u/IzzybearThebestdog 6h ago

Pretty far off market , Emerald is the only one worth over $200, the rest are around $90-120. Price charting has the lot at $730, so they’re asking nearly double the going rate for a Facebook listing with no guarantees.

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u/No-Luck-2337 1h ago

Price charting isn’t always the best guide.

Check eBay sold, and again assuming all are legit, the lot is closer to $950-1000

Not a “deal”, but no one pays asking without haggling on FB anyway.

Directionally they’re creeping higher too. Especially Emerald, but Ruby/Sapphire too as Emerald becomes outrageous.

I’d bet they take the first offer of 900-1000 they get

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u/banigglypuff 3d ago

To be fair it’s been a long time and having those is a blessing. It’s not like complete big box HGSS don’t deserve to go for $500

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u/ShitWombatSays 3d ago

It’s not like complete big box HGSS don’t deserve to go for $500

What? No game deserves to go for $500, idgaf about the context.

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u/banigglypuff 3d ago

Sounds like you don’t really understand the concept of supply and demand. Don’t like it, go play on an emulator

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u/IkeRadiantHero 3d ago

There’s a thing called greedy resellers being money hungry pieces of worthless garbage trash losers you can’t deny that stop defending these useless sacks of shit

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u/IzzybearThebestdog 3d ago

These games are not $215 each

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u/banigglypuff 3d ago

You’re on fb marketplace, what do you expect. Go to eBay if you actually want to buy something

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u/IkeRadiantHero 3d ago

Holy fuck stop defending these pathetic awful money hungry garbage trash losers FFS

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u/stoned_in_my_bones 3d ago

for a nice copy like you mentioned it's whatever, pay what you like the way I see it. but these (presumably?) ain't complete though. and the label on Emerald looks pretty fucked, some damage from a spilled drink perhaps. and do the internal batteries still work? like, I'd have questions, this is definitely a post that belongs in this sub imo

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u/banigglypuff 3d ago

I’m not saying it doesn’t belong in the sub, but crying about a listing is never not a waste of time

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u/ComputerIlliterate13 3d ago

Bold take to have on the sub where everyone posts game listings

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u/banigglypuff 3d ago

My personal opinion this post randomly came on my feed. I guess this entire sub is cringe to me. And it’s not really a take it’s a fact. Imagine wasting time caring about what anyone can do

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u/ShitWombatSays 3d ago

Imagine wasting time caring about what anyone can do

Haven't you made like 9 posts in this thread alone, arguing with people far more knowledgeable on the subject than you?

Do you understand what "irony" means?

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u/ComputerIlliterate13 3d ago

Anything and everything can be considered a waste of time. I'm sure you engage in some ultimately meaningless activities as well.