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Before you buy this FAR overpriced Pirate Booty... from powersclan6

Feb 27, 2009 at 7:23:14 PM
antofarabia (106)
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not cool if you SAY IT'S RARE and it's a reproduction ... the being vague part i agree with due to ebay policies and you getting your account banned ... but flat out saying it's rare come on man

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Feb 27, 2009 at 7:26:25 PM
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I'm not trying to stir up any shit, but it almost seems like people are giving Shroomer a pass on this, when it's clearly bullshit. He may only be doing it "as a joke", but I'm sure the people that are looking at his auctions don't see it that way.

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Feb 27, 2009 at 7:46:40 PM
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I give him half a pass because it is an auction starting at $1, so more of the burden gets shifted to the bidders. Doesn't make it ok, just less bad. Seeing the reserve would really show his plan.

Feb 27, 2009 at 11:31:55 PM
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his reserve is $1000

trust me dude i know from experience... j/k lol


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Edited: 02/27/2009 at 11:32 PM by nes_king

Feb 27, 2009 at 11:52:29 PM
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Utterly ridiculous.

Buy it and neg him.

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Feb 28, 2009 at 12:18:42 AM
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bidding is getting crazy on it, lol

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Feb 28, 2009 at 12:30:42 AM
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61 bids?

Seriously?

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Feb 28, 2009 at 12:47:38 AM
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Up to 85 bids and 999 us dollars and STILL not the reserve price....wow...oh and here's another person who's decided to join the party..http://cgi.ebay.com/NES-BUBBLE-BA...

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Feb 28, 2009 at 12:54:36 AM
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I can't even tell you how disappointed this makes me. I liked Marioshroomed's youtube videos and felt bad for him when he spent 4K on that crushed box lot. He seemed like a good guy. But now...This is just deceptive and wrong. Seeing that he pulled the same kind of crap on the NWC repro lets me know this is intentional, and I feel like I misjudged the guy. People are free to do what they want with the stuff they buy, and other people are free to either research (or apparently not) what they're bidding on, but purposely trying to trick people into grossly overspending on stuff that's still available from the source for a lot less is a dick move, in my opinion.

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Feb 28, 2009 at 1:04:33 AM
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some other moron listed one for 950 BIN thinkin those bids on the other one were real. hahahaha what a poor soul.

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Edited: 02/28/2009 at 03:41 PM by nes_king

Feb 28, 2009 at 1:18:01 AM
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wow, didn't realize it was a member here. this is utter bullshit he is pulling on people.

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Feb 28, 2009 at 1:30:07 AM
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Hmmmmm.....anyone notice a couple things? that No. 1:the bids have disappeared and marioshroomed's price is WAY back down to $45...No.2:the other person who has this game up has a feedback of 86....if you notice, the person with a majority of the bids on marioshroomed's item has a feedback of 86.....small world, eh?

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Feb 28, 2009 at 1:44:04 AM
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the art of being an asshole...

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Feb 28, 2009 at 2:11:38 AM
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That 2nd auction has a bigger problem, it looks to be the same carpet background. Could even be in the same position on the carpet given the color variations along the left side and bottom left corner. Likely not one user stealing another ones picts because of the (camera generated?) date code. Definitely need to investigate that 2nd seller...

The $1k+ reserve shows full intent to screw someone instead of just letting the auction run and hoping for a BIN from someone who didn't research.

At least for the $950 BIN you get free priority shipping instead of first class!


Edit:  someone could likely overlay the picts and show they are the same, especially given the straight left edge and angled bottom edge from perspective.


Edited: 02/28/2009 at 02:12 AM by bunnyboy

Feb 28, 2009 at 2:22:58 AM
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OK heres the funny part

I did the pict overlay, its the same. But then I realized I have the same carpet in my apartment! The photo is taken from my website. Both photos are cropped narrow because thats the enlarged one on my product page http://www.retrousb.com/product_i...

Neither seller took photos of their cart, and I am starting to doubt Marioshroomed actually owns one.  Going to my website to use the photo absolutely shows both sellers know exactly what it is.  Interesting part is neither mentions the 4th game, possibly showing neither owns it.


Edited: 02/28/2009 at 02:28 AM by bunnyboy

Feb 28, 2009 at 2:37:03 AM
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Originally posted by: bunnyboy

At least for the $950 BIN you get free priority shipping instead of first class!



I was about to get all pissed off about the second auction, but this made me realize the incredible deal that I could get on shipping   (just kidding, of course).
Good point about the remarkably similar photos and angle of the game - quite the "coincidence". 
 
Really, I know it's easy to get all outraged about stuff like this, and I know that anyone can decide that they want to get as much as they can for something and make an auction like this.  What bugs me about this is that it's not just some random dude who bought a game and decided he wanted to try and turn a profit, it's a member here who knows better and knows that they're trying to take advantage of people. For what it's worth, I think NA members are educated about stuff like this and should be held to a higher standard (Now I'm looking forward to that sentence coming back and biting me in the ass for a long time    . That second auction...I'll just shut up about it.  It looks like they had quite the plan, though ("Only one other auction like this on eBay!")

But, whatever. And whatever the result of this is, my favorite come-back that I've seen in situations like this is when the person who makes these (bunnyboy, in this case and in damn near all cases) throws some up on eBay at his price and kills the scammers auction.  Always good for a laugh.


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Edited: 02/28/2009 at 02:38 AM by nma800

Feb 28, 2009 at 2:45:58 AM
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he is both sellers. (and the high bidder on the first)

*edit*- I should say he's almost positively associated with the second. that account is in Kansas.

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Feb 28, 2009 at 3:05:10 AM
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Looks like thunderbird_302 bought from dangevin/arasmarie/braveheart69, maybe they can provide info or at least link thunderbird_302 to powersclan6 through shipping addresses. There are probably more names I just don't immediately recognize.

Shill bidding would make it much worse than "its your right to do what you want with your cart".

Feb 28, 2009 at 10:08:00 AM
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the reason the bids on the first one is gone and its back to 46 is because i retracted all my bids hahaha.. last night i was having fun and the 86 feedback guy was also.. we both kept bidding back and forth 80 times till it was at 999.99.... then i retracted, after it hit 999.99 is when the other one came up for 950 BIN.... the 86 feedback guy has to be a member of the site im positive because of our bidding last night.

i emailed the seller of the first one and said, "nevermind i dont want it some kind person emailed me and said i can buy the same game for 60+ shipping from retro zone" and i told the seller i have been wanting that game forever ever since NES came out in 1965 and ive been dreaming of the game for 40+ years... lmfao

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Feb 28, 2009 at 10:47:53 AM
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Wow, somebody's name needs to be added to the Ebay's hall of shame list. I am curious if Shroomy will see this thread and if he'll tell us what's going through his f'ed up mind.

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Feb 28, 2009 at 12:54:38 PM
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That was back in September, I had a ton of transactions on and about that date but none from Daniel Powers explicitly. It's tough to tell since it's past the 90 day mark, I don't know what the xact was for or the $ of it. I do know he never left FB for me

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Feb 28, 2009 at 2:08:24 PM
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And I guess people only care about Bubble Bath Babes because for only a couple bucks more they could get the others http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI....

Feb 28, 2009 at 3:06:18 PM
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For some reason this being Shroomer doesn't surprise me in the least.

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Feb 28, 2009 at 3:13:27 PM
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After some consideration and research (videos), I have a better overall picture of the situation...

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Edited: 02/28/2009 at 05:01 PM by chronotriggafoo

Feb 28, 2009 at 3:23:47 PM
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Im not trying to be funny, or mean.. Im being dead serious, and I thought this long before this thread came up. I dont mean to be insulting. Did anyone else think marioshroomed was mentally retarded, or had mental issues? I first thought this when reading a post he made about making a game, in the brewery section of NA.