I have just brought a gamecube which is going to cost me a £100 pounds but
ive only payed £20 so far and the guy would like the rest of the money
tuesday but I want to know if im getting my moneys worth or if I should
offer him less. For the deal I got:
A black gamecube all leads, one official controller, one un-official
controller, two memory cards one of wich is a large one super mario
sunshine, tony hawks pro skater 3, enter the matrix, resident evil zero,
mortal kombat deadly alliance, mario kart double dash and rouge squadron
three which is un boxed. Did I get a good deal or should I pay less? Thanks

Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 27 Jan
2006 19:21:55 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
uk.games.video.gamecube, yawatina tan reek esk "Steve"
 fornis do marikano es bono tan el:

>I have just brought a gamecube which is going to cost me a £100 pounds but
>ive only payed £20 so far and the guy would like the rest of the money
>tuesday but I want to know if im getting my moneys worth or if I should
>offer him less. For the deal I got:
>A black gamecube all leads, one official controller, one un-official
>controller, two memory cards one of wich is a large one super mario
>sunshine, tony hawks pro skater 3, enter the matrix, resident evil zero,
>mortal kombat deadly alliance, mario kart double dash and rouge squadron
>three which is un boxed. Did I get a good deal or should I pay less? Thanks

I wouldn't pay more than £60 for that lot.  At least four of those games have
been less than a fiver each recently, and a new GC with Mario Kart can be had
for £50.

Gamestation do second hand GCs with two pads and two (decent) games for £45
too. 

deKay
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"deKay" <andyk@deleteme.lofi-gaming.nospam.org.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Fri, 27 
> Jan
> 2006 19:21:55 -0000, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.gamecube, yawatina tan reek esk "Steve"
>  fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>I have just brought a gamecube which is going to cost me a £100 pounds but
>>ive only payed £20 so far and the guy would like the rest of the money
>>tuesday but I want to know if im getting my moneys worth or if I should
>>offer him less. For the deal I got:
>>A black gamecube all leads, one official controller, one un-official
>>controller, two memory cards one of wich is a large one super mario
>>sunshine, tony hawks pro skater 3, enter the matrix, resident evil zero,
>>mortal kombat deadly alliance, mario kart double dash and rouge squadron
>>three which is un boxed. Did I get a good deal or should I pay less? 
>>Thanks
>
> I wouldn't pay more than £60 for that lot.  At least four of those games 
> have
> been less than a fiver each recently, and a new GC with Mario Kart can be 
> had
> for £50.
>
> Gamestation do second hand GCs with two pads and two (decent) games for 
> £45
> too.
>
> deKay
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Cubes even appear for around £25 now and again at some places.

Gordy

Gordy wrote:

> Cubes even appear for around £25 now and again at some places.

The cube is dead and only a complete retard would want one.

> The cube is dead and only a complete retard would want one.
im im not a retard thanks and as ive only given him £20 sounds like il give
him another £30 and thats his lot or maybe il just bump him off.

> I wouldn't pay more than £60 for that lot.  At least four of those games
have
> been less than a fiver each recently, and a new GC with Mario Kart can be
had
> for £50.
>
> Gamestation do second hand GCs with two pads and two (decent) games for
£45
> too.
>
> deKay
Okay thanks for the help very much appreciated, il haggle him down or bump
him off one or the other thanks to those who also replied.

"Steve"  wrote in message 
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>I have just brought a gamecube which is going to cost me a £100 pounds but
> ive only payed £20 so far and the guy would like the rest of the money
> tuesday but I want to know if im getting my moneys worth or if I should
> offer him less. For the deal I got:
> A black gamecube all leads, one official controller, one un-official
> controller, two memory cards one of wich is a large one super mario
> sunshine, tony hawks pro skater 3, enter the matrix, resident evil zero,
> mortal kombat deadly alliance, mario kart double dash and rouge squadron
> three which is un boxed. Did I get a good deal or should I pay less? 
> Thanks

I guess it depends on where you come from.

A new gamecube sells for around the £30 mark these days when you catch them 
in a sale.  This would come with one controller.  If you got one for second 
hand, £30 is the tops you'd pay.

Second controller's cost about £8 new for Nintendo and currently 99p at 
Argos (not sure if they are Nintendo or not).

*** In fact a lot of Nintendo stuff is going for 99p at Argos at the moment. 
***

Anyway, out of your other games, the ones that are any good are Super Mario 
Sunshine (£15 - new) and Double Dash and possibly some people like Rogue 
Squadron (but that's a cheap game anyway).  All the other games are dirt 
cheap.  Look at www.gamestracker.co.uk and www.ebay.co.uk to get an average 
idea of the cost of a new/second hand game.

Also, when you buy second hand consoles, you have to think about wear and 
tear and whether the pads respond well.  You may have to get new pads soon. 
Also, the chap has 2 memory cards.  I'll bet at least one of them is low 
capacity and possibly came from Pokemon Colosseum.

The counterside to this argument is that when the chap sold you this stuff, 
you had already agreed on a price.  If this is the case, you really should 
honour the sale unless it was a hard sell or if he told you that you could 
borrow the stuff and make up your mind later.

To be very blunt, the stuff he's selling you is not worth £100.  I 
personally wouldn't pay more than £50 for the lot.  The games are worth 
about £5 each (except Super Mario Sunshine and Double Dash).  The 
non-Ninendo controller is worthless.

Either the chap's not got a decent selection of games but he's probably 
flogged his better games seperately before selling the remaining stuff with 
the cube.

AMO

"AMO"  wrote in message 
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>  Either the chap's not got a decent selection of games but he's probably 
> flogged his better games seperately before selling the remaining stuff 
> with the cube.
>
> AMO
>

That's how I sold my old door stopper.....erm, erm XBOX even. I sold the 
average games and 'console' on ebay as a package, then sold the small few 
killer titles, in mint condition like all my games (another important 
factor, OP, did you check the discs respective quality?), separately in 
their own auctions. I made a good, fair price for it this way. Certainly 
fairer than this deal.

I would say to the OP, yes all that is worth £100......but not in today's 
climate. I'd pay £100 for Super Mario Sunshine alone......but I wouldn't as 
I can get it for £10-£15. So, yes....it's worth it, but don't pay it. You 
can get a better deal elsewhere. But if you feel you have to honour it, just 
think that a few more quid will get you playing Zelda and Resident Evil 
4......at that point, you can't measure it in terms of money - you are 
experiencing gaming heaven...and that's priceless. :)

I have to be awkward, huh? :)

P.S,
If that were me, I wouldn't honour a sale out of any misplaced feeling of 
obligation, as you have been, IMO, misadvised to do. Anyone worth honouring 
wouldn't try to rip you off, that's my take. Tell him to kiss your stinking 
ringpiece, and take your pennies elsewhere. Preferably to one of the places 
selling Cubes new for £30, although I have never, ever saw one of these 
deals myself. I thought £65 was cheap at Makro - so this is a shock to me. 
£30 for a little box of Nintendo goodness is a steal. Also, ignore the 
dickhead who thinks wanting a Cube makes you a retard, the same guy probably 
pulls his pud over pictures of the Slim PS2 every night. Or gets his 
chuffties counting the processing calculations of the Kecksbox360! Ignore 
him! ;)

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          Obvious Stirrer  wrote:

> The cube is dead and only a complete retard would want one.

Looks like you found the right newsgroup.

F*** me is that killfile?


Cheers,
Rob
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In message <OIvCf.72343$W4.26071@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>
          "Gordy"  wrote:

> Cubes even appear for around £25 now and again at some places.

In a moment of madness before Christmas (I was *really* skint) the game
shops only offered me 15ukp cash or 20ukp exchange.

I'm glad I kept the `cube now, it's a sexy looking thing after all....


Cheers.
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"Rob White"  wrote in message 
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> In message <OIvCf.72343$W4.26071@newsfe4-gui.ntli.net>
>          "Gordy"  wrote:
>
>> Cubes even appear for around £25 now and again at some places.
>
> In a moment of madness before Christmas (I was *really* skint) the game
> shops only offered me 15ukp cash or 20ukp exchange.
>
> I'm glad I kept the `cube now, it's a sexy looking thing after all....
>

I bet you are. It's sacrilegious to even talk of the Cube in terms of such 
low monetary value.....it's an amazing piece of kit, and far more powerful 
than the PS2 which is still £99. I will keep mine forever, even if it 
breaks. I have all my old consoles, I'm a sentimental old git. The only 
console I've ever sold was an Xbox, that had absolutely no value to 
me....not even the sentimental kind. I have Master Systems and Megadrives 
and SNES's etc....my loft is stuffed with gaming memorabilia. Cube will have 
place of honour....though next to N64, which personally brought me the 
greatest gaming thrills ever.