Good luck finding Mountain Bike Rally in a game store.. When you are referring to used game stores, do you consider GameStop a used game store? Cause I do not. I consider any store you can buy games new from as a retail store, and not the Wild. And launch periods are completely different when it comes to game stores, lets be honest. When the Wii was launched, you couldn't find it anywhere but online at double retail.

Retail stores and used game stores are completely different IMO. Retail stores don't get their products in by Chance, they order them from the factory and when the order comes in, they have them. Used game stores buy used games that people bring in to sell. Though many of them carry newer gen games, you can't pre-order brand new games from a lot of used game stores because they don't get their games in new.

It's all opinion and Doner was right with Schematics - we are indeed arguing the definition of a word, but the definition of the word to you and to me may be completely different upon interpretation

This is a lot of comments in one day!! Wowsers, as Inspector Gadget would say...
When I saw wild, I though jungle or baren landscape. But finding one out of the blue at a re-sale shop. Thats wild enough to me.

Dra600n is right. Every vintage game store I've been to literally just lifts their pricing off of Ebay/Amazon, IE: it's a retail environment when it comes to pricing their stuff. I tend to ask whenever I first enter one how they do their pricing if I see stuff super highly priced, and 10/10 times they come back with the "completed auctions on Ebay usually" answer. So yeah, that's retail to me.

HOWEVER... I will argue that thrift stores + Goodwills and the like, that DON'T focus SOLELY on retro games, are often very far from being retail in their pricing, because they aren't focused on it and therefore are more then willing to deal on letting that stuff out the doors and putting $ in their pockets for it. I say this from personal experience.

Just the other day in fact I went into a thrift store and saw the WCW Superbrawl game CIB in a display case marked at 30$, (which is more or less retail or close enough to it). Because the guy didn't just deal in games, I was able to talk him down to 20$ for it, and thus got it at a rate cheaper then retail.

I would consider that purchase "in the wild", whereas if I bought it from a retro game store... I'd wind up having to pay retail, so therefore it wouldn't really be an "in the wild" type find.

Meh... it's semantics but I kind of understand the arguments!

Buying stuff for full retail/online value never counts as "in the wild" to me. Conversely, I would consider ebay and amazon BIN deals to be "in the wild" just like any other bargain bin/thrift store "find". The concept is the same, the person/place selling the item is clueless to it's value.

Like I said earlier, in the wild to me is anything that I physically grab and pay for weather it's a game store, garage sale, gamestop, or a flea market. Price doesn't matter either as I just use the term to explain where I got it, not how great of a deal it was. My group of collecting friends all seem to use it the same way as a quick way to explain that we didn't get it from ebay, amazon, NA, or other gaming websites. I could pay list price for a Contra Force cart from a garage sale and it would still be found in the wild to me.

To me grabbing a sick ebay BIN and saying you got it in the wild is silly.

To me this whole argument is silly.

whats silly is a local shop owner thinking he can get ebay max value at a local shop

I found this copy of Hagane recently at a pawn shop therefore it was "in the wild", I win.

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You guys are being silly.

The_wiz_666 found one in a game store.

Still better luck finding one on eBay or Amazon

It was sold retail. Got one on the shelf at Walmart right now. Not sure how good the game is so I'm not dropping $20 on it.

And?

Guess I got this here 6 pack of Mega Man Energy Drinks and Duff Beer energy drinks in the wild at the gas station

Hell of a pickup.. gonna have to say pics or it didn't happen though

lol I'll take a pic later or tomorrow. My phone battery is nearly dead, and my charger is near my bed, which I won't be visiting until later

Haha.. and I'd be more impressed if you got games at a gas station

This conversation is waaayy off the original topic now

They actually sell them there as well.... as well as dvds and bluray.

Nice copy my man, but it sucks they put black marker on the top label part.

That's the truth.

I always say: If someone is insisting on charging Ebay/Amazon prices... then put the damned thing on Ebay/Amazon and just close the shop. Otherwise, what's the point?

Oh, I'm sure they''ll get the occasional business from the lookey-loos that get hankerings to play their old games (who don't know about emulation)... and that can be substantial I'd imagine depending upon the area... (I'm in a college heavy area so know what rich bored college kids can toss $ at)... but overall with the ease of online shopping being what it is, a business model where you have a brick and mortal location and copy online pricing... seems silly to me.

Using it for a feel of what it's worth... sure. Being anal about keeping it a set price with no wiggle room... it's bad business.

Oh, and I want to reiterate that the shop owner is a huge flying moronasaurus if he didn't want to trade a CIB Chrono Trigger (if it had both maps)... for a crap-tastic Hagane cart.

I'd make that trade all day everyday and twice on Sunday.

If people are paying $200 for a game, why not charge $200 for a game? I don't get why you're not allowed to charge what a game is worth because you own a physical store. It still costs (a lot of) money just to keep the doors open.

Because the type of people going to a physical store will pay $20 for cart only Mario 3 but won't pay jack shit for some obscure game they've never heard of.

Did anyone say he wasnt allowed to sell it for that price?

no

We were discussing why a physical store thinks it can and how most store owners arent very smart these days.

Oh come on. How is that not the same thing? In any case, I'm merely putting forth my opinion that a shop owner can charge ebay price because stores cost money even though a lot of people seem to disagree with the notion.

If they can get their asking price, it's hard to argue with their reasoning to price it high.

People assume that eBay is the best way to shop because it's most convenient, and should thus have the highest prices. However, there are benefits to buying from stores - namely, that you can closely inspect the item's condition with your own eyes.

For me, I would much rather do a day-long game store run than browse eBay for good BINs all day because I like to cruise around and chat with people. To each their own.

In any case, people here on NA can and will charge whatever they want and that's A-OK even though there's no fees involved. If you disagree and say something it's thread crapping and you get yelled at. If a store does it, you can bitch and complain about it on here all you want, but in reality it's the same thing. If you don't like the price, don't buy it. It's not that hard lol. I've seen that quoted a million times on this site, but no one takes it to heart.

Krunch brings up a good point on why I would rather spend more locally than on ebay. being able to physically inspect what I'm buying goes a long way.

And what the hell is up with Guy Fieri lmao haha