NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner TIPS on valuing your stuff http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=50692 2014-07-23T10:05:26 -05.00 NewUser123456789 34 THIS IS NOT AN EBAY SUBSTITUTE http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=50692 2013-05-10T15:31:05 -05.00 NewUser123456789 34 THIS IS NOT AN EBAY SUBSTITUTE http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=50692 2012-11-28T12:31:21 -05.00 NewUser123456789 34 THIS IS NOT AN EBAY SUBSTITUTE http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=50692 2012-09-07T13:02:23 -05.00 NewUser123456789 34 THIS IS NOT AN EBAY SUBSTITUTE http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=29&threadid=50692 2012-06-28T13:49:04 -05.00 NewUser123456789 34 Originally posted by: Paul

  1. Price Check
    1. Rules:
      1. This category is not a substitute for simple due diligence. Before you post to this topic, check common sources for prices (ie, the NintendoAge Price Guide [eZine] and eBay). If you cannot find other sources or have a question about the prices you found, please post.
      2. This category is not meant to be used as a place to field offers or run an auction. If you are interested in selling your item please post it in the buy/sell/trade or auction forum. If you are interested in buying someones item please send them a polite PM. Do not clutter up a price check thread with unnecessary offers, bids or other unneeded information. These types of posts will be deleted.
    2. Recommendations:
      1. Search the NintendoAge Forum to see if someone else has already asked about the item.
      2. Taken from Tips for finding a price without making a new thread by Dangevin

        eBay: the world's price guide

        There are many bad ways to harvest price data from eBay, and two good ways. Some people simply type in the name of their game in the search box on the front page and look at the various prices that pop up. "What's that, my Legend of Zelda is only worth $0.99?" Of course not, it may just be a new auction without any bids.

        So what are the two good ways? To look at what an item is immediately purchasable for, and what an item has historically sold for. Here are three links from which you can start an easy search. I use variations of these links on a day-to-day basis. Note that you must be logged in for the last one. Take a moment to click on them before I explore the details. The will be for loose Kid Icarus carts for simplicity.
        The first two links will bring you to a list of BIN's for both eBay stores, and eBay auctions. They are sorted by price+shipping, lowest first. Take both into account, add them together and you have the lowest price you could buy this item for right now, shipped to your doorstep. Useful if you're either listing for sale, trying to find relative trade values, or selling to a board member. A good global price.

        The last link is historical data of what this item has sold for in the last two weeks. Also a useful gauge of value, this is real data on what people have paid for an item. This would seem more accurate than the first group of links, but keep in mind that many things can affect a cart's value. Bonuses like a manual or case, a seller with exceptionally high feedback, or a bid war can affect the selling price and so these prices should be taken into consideration, but not always used as a rule. You'll note these are sorted by highest-first. So this link shows the most an item has sold for in the past couple weeks.

        If you're looking for something specific, like the price for a manual or box or CIB or such, try adding these to your search. Cut and paste them right into your search box, after you've clicked the links above:
        • (book,booklet,manual,instructions)
        • (cib,complete,boxed,box)
        • (new,sealed)

        Adding these to your links above, you can see how much a CIB Kid Icarus sold for last week, and is currently available at BIN for, and use that to find the "fair market value" of a similar item.

        For some items, like Super Mario Bros 3, you may get lots of "false hits" on items that aren't the game you're looking for. Plush toys, shirts, stickers, and even other games (in this case, SMB/Duck Hunt/WCTM 3-in-1). You can filter your results by resubmitting the search, with negative keywords:
        • -(duck,plush,shirt,sticker,decal) --useful for most Mario items
        • -(book,booklet,manual,instructions,cib,complete,boxed,box) --if you just want to see loose carts

        One final note: be sure to click into an auction before you quote it as a price. Look for indicators that may affect value, like use of a stock photo, condition of the item in listings that do use a real photo, and presence of items bundled with it - i.e. - "lots" of items.

        Using these links, and perhaps modifying them to fit your own needs, you should have no problem finding a good price WITHOUT the need to ask all 6000 users on the board in the form of a global post in the price check thread.
         


  This thread needs a bump. I think it would do everyone some good to take 2 minutes and reread the 1st post. There have been a lot of unnecessary price check threads recently on easy to price stuff like "NES system and 5 common games" or SNES system and Mario World". Before you just start a new thread, please, please, pretty please take a few minutes and research it yourself. Even I have been stumped a few times recently and after a couple minutes of searching, I found some sales to compare to. Thanks to everyone for your cooperation.


Laserman  


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I'm new to the site was referred here by a friend. Thought this site was amazing lot of great people band of course every place must have rules that need to be followed. However having to post that one must result to eBay the place w the most over priced stuff before asking a knowledgeable individual On this site is a little too much. It defeats the purpose of having a price check forum. I agree don't try to sell stuff on this forum but asking for a price. And you rebels that continue to mess up ....you are ruining it for the rest of us!!!  Thats why you use common sense. If you see a game end around $20 - $30 all the time than you have an estimate. I never put BIN auctions in my estimates as they tend to be buyers who are impatient. The Price Check is supposed to be used for Uncommon to Rare stuff not stuff you see on ebay all the time.

P.S. Welcome to the site duder!

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2. This category is not meant to be used as a place to field offers or run an auction. If you are interested in selling your item please post it in the buy/sell/trade or auction forum. If you are interested in buying someones item please send them a polite PM. Do not clutter up a price check thread with unnecessary offers, bids or other unneeded information. These types of posts will be deleted. ]]>