Am I really asking too much?

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/200974980913?ss ... 1555.l2649

$200 4 3ds games. 1 ds game, 10 downloadable nes and 10 downloadable gba games.
The only problem with it seems to be the ac adapter, which can be bought cheap. On top of that, it works great after a charge, so long as it doesn't sit there on charge for several days when the ac adapter fails and you need to unplug it for a minute and plug it back in.

I've had offers of 80-100 and one offer of 150. I won't go too low, when I know it works just great and that the power supply isn't quite so bad. Honestly the power supply is the problem, I've checked. Unplugging it from the 3ds or 3ds charging dock for a minute doesn't work, but unplugging it for a minute from the outlet does. I can't understand why people would ask to only pay so little for it.

What could be going on here? Any ideas?

The question you need to ask yourself before you list something on eBay is "how much would I be willing to pay for this if I was looking for the same thing?"

The answer needs to be completely honest. After you're done, go ahead and list it. To be honest, $150 is pushing it a little bit. $200 would be fine if the power supply was in nearly perfect working condition.

I am not saying anything negative about you personally, but a quick check of a site like gamestop that sells used game systems, instantly says you are.

Refurbished (meaning everything is working and it comes with a warranty) is $159 USD. Having the games, doesn't really help any, because who is to say they want to play any of them and quite frankly they are only worth pennies on the dollar in trade-in value.

So if I was going to buy a system I would rather buy one that doesn't have issues with the power supply that I have to go out and buy a new one on top of spending $200 and has a warranty. Extra games or not.

We all would love to get top dollar for stuff we have loved and treasured, but the reality is when people buy used electronics they expect cheap and working with as little headache as possible (which means from a trusted source). Just the nature of the beast.

If I was you I would go and see if the person who offered you 150 is still interested ASAP!

There are two questions, as well as a few other things, which are likely to be on potential buyers' minds...

(1) If the power supply is the problem, and if getting one is such an easy task, then why would you not do this before making the auction ?

(2) The system has been formatted. If all of those games "should" still be available to download, without an extra charge... then why have you not done this ?

Some of the games are reasonably valuable still, but many people will either have them for other systems (for example, Sonic Generations) or just won't be caring about playing them.

And well, it's only a 3DS.... not a 3DS XL.... and knows how old it is, or how much it may have been played to death over time.
So, I would say that asking for $200 is a bit steep, for an Ebay auction.

Okay, thanks. I guess I didn't take into account that people might not care about the 5 included cartridges. I re-listed everything separately and did finally sell the 3ds for $115. Thanks again.

Another question is what if someone buys a cart and nothing else? It seems kind of silly to put it in a big envelope like one with the box. Someone once sent me a game in a plane white envelope with padding. The game was fine, but there was no return address and a sticker saying "postage due."

Last edited by Darialan on 15 Oct 2013, 5:37 pm, edited 1 time in total.

That said, you will always find people on Ebay making cheeky-ass offers on items... even for items which are being sold exclusively through auction (with no "make me an offer" button) ! !!

Some of the ridiculous offers I got for Zelda for the SNES truly beggared belief.
There were oh so many people, totaly desperate for the game... oh, they simply could not wait for the auction to be over, couldn't I just pull the auction early and give them the game for the wonderful offers they made ?

Except firstly, no.

And secondly, their offers were (without exception) crap, anyway.

They ranged from £10 (which is just silly) , through a miserly £20-30.... up to a measly £45.
For a full complete, as-new quality copy of Zelda, for the SNES.
I mean, really now....

The final auction went for £60.
quids in !

Wow that's about $96! Nice.

Aw, shucks.
I thought the games looked like good ones.... definitely not the kind of cheap tat you would expect to go for pennies on the trade-in market
In particular, Tales of the Abyss is still a fairly expensive game if you buy it second-hand.
Amazon UK would give people £18.50 for that as a trade-in, for example.... which is probably about... $22 or something ?

Totally ! I was astonished.

I got it for £20 back when it was still in the shops, and had kept it nice all this time.... with all of the gubbins which came in the box still there (the secrets of Sasralaha, map, etc).

I got a good bit of playing out of it before I sold it , as well. Bonus !
I thought it might go for say £40, so I was properly happy with the £60 final auction payment.

Well, that's just incompetent .. as well as rude of them.
I guess they can put the game into whatever package they like, so long as they have the decency and aptitude to actually pay for the postage properly.
Here (the UK) people can even look up postage prices online, before sending them off... so there's no good excuse for that at all.
I would send them a stern message about that, and if they ignored it then give them negative feedback.

I tend to fit games into quite small envelopes for sending off to places (I've just this minute finished sliding Sonic Chronicles into a padded envelope only just large enough for it to fit into in its box, for example ) because it would be silly for me to pay extra for postage for no good reason, and well... I quite like making cute little parcels. I always put a return address on the packages, as well.