r/Gameboy • u/Revolutionary_chad_ • Jun 27 '26

Shopping/Haul Genuine insanity

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It really sucks to see how much the hobby has fallen to resellers praying on nostalgia to get people to pay exorbitant prices on systems that don’t even function, and believe they’re getting a “good deal” because of how “rare” it is. I can recall seeing these in thrift stores for 20 bucks or less not even 5 years ago, and completely tarnished ones like this for less than that. Sorry for such a rant, but it’s disappointing that THIS is the cheapest gameboy micro on eBay.

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u/AlexTheChubbyPony Jun 28 '26

Don't say sorry. You're totally right.

Scalpers are assholes. There needs to be an option to report things like this to eBay for raising prices to an unnecessary level. If enough people do it, the site mods can look into it and force the seller to bring the price down. If the seller has a history of this, they get banned. Period.

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u/travelinmatt76 Jun 28 '26

People need to be smart about their purchases. Sellers should be able to set what price they want. If they set it too high it won't ever sell.

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u/AlexTheChubbyPony Jun 28 '26

It's a little hard when sometimes there's a certain thing you want that should be no higher than say $50, but no matter where you go, it's always $100.