The wonderful eBay ...

Darth Mandarb · Fri 09/07/2004 00:25:12

So I was browsing around eBay in boredom the other day ...

... when I came across this little gem.

I put in a bid figuring, since there were like 4 days left on the auction, that somebody would surely outbid me.Ã,Â Well nobody did!!

With shipping this cost me a grand total of $5.49 (USD).

I now have an original copy of my favorite game of all time.

Anybody else find anything good on eBay?

Moox · Fri 09/07/2004 00:37:05

I bought a ultra ata to pci card once. Only purchase I have made.

Rave · Fri 09/07/2004 00:47:42

Oh good lord. Are those big ass floppy disks? I havn't seen somthing like that in ages.

And for the record, I havn't played any space quest games.

shbaz · Fri 09/07/2004 00:56:19

Vacuum tubes. Loads of them.

This is totally unrelated to AGS or games at all, but it's one of my favorite hobbies.

This is a little less than half of my tubes:

Here is my first amplifier:

http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v96/shbazjinkens/amp/controls.jpg
http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v96/shbazjinkens/amp/CamPic10.jpg
http://img32.photobucket.com/albums/v96/shbazjinkens/amp/CamPic9.jpg

I hand tooled the leather and bought the box from a friend who had ripped off the vinyl.. I thought it gave it a nice vintage look and would look good with leather so I left it that way. A guy at my dorm asked me why I played a 50 year old amp, when in fact it was less than a year old then.

Here is my current project amplifier (building for a friend):

I'm addicted. I've spent years reading about building this stuff. I know about tone, distortion, effects, and what capacitors affect the signal most preferably.

How does this relate to eBay? Well, this stuff is ancient news now. All of the companies that manufacture vacuum tubes (all 3-6 of them) are in foreign countries and most are crap, so I bought old but unused tubes on eBay (all of the ones in the first pic are from there). I've also bought other audio stuff (speakers, transformers, etc).

In conclusion, I love eBay because it allows me to do wonderful things with audio (like the above) at low prices. It has saved me hundreds of dollars (provided I use all of that stuff

).

rodekill · Fri 09/07/2004 07:12:43

I had a big-ass thread all about my e-bay adventures, but it seems to be long gone.
My greatest find was also SQ3.
I ordered it, and when it arrived, it was still sealed in the shrinkwrap, with the original 79$ pricetag on it from Radioshack!
I nearly died that day, as sad as that sounds.

DGMacphee · Fri 09/07/2004 07:46:10

I wonder if Chis will make an appearance in this thread too.

AGA · Fri 09/07/2004 08:10:05

I've bought a whole lotta adventures off eBay, at least 20. I'd give you a list of them, but eBay seems to have removed its 'view member's items won' thing.

Timosity · Fri 09/07/2004 09:10:51

It's great how sometimes you can just put in an early bid and end up winning, that's a great find, the only version of SQ3 I own is in the 1-5 collection.

I'd never played SQ6 so I put in a bid for $1 US and won, it cost $6 US for postage, it ended up about $12 AUS with the exchange rate at the time, it would be less than 10 bucks now

AGA · Fri 09/07/2004 11:11:26

I've never paid more than $20 US for any game off eBay, and I've found tons of classic Sierra and LEC games. You just need to shop around, and be willing to pay probably more than the cost of the actual item just for shipping

Privateer Puddin' · Fri 09/07/2004 11:34:53

Monkey Island 2 Hint Book, yey!

ScottDoom · Fri 09/07/2004 11:36:36

I'd actually like to get Torin's Passage off of eBay. I owned this game and after we moved I never saw it again.

I just don't know if it'll work on XP, so I'm not going to buy it unless someone can assure me it does...

Timosity · Fri 09/07/2004 13:23:27

Quote from: rodekill on Fri 09/07/2004 07:12:43
I had a big-ass thread all about my e-bay adventures, but it seems to be long gone.

http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=7547.0

ScottDoom · Fri 09/07/2004 13:42:19

Quote from: Timosity on Fri 09/07/2004 13:23:27
Quote from: rodekill on Fri 09/07/2004 07:12:43
I had a big-ass thread all about my e-bay adventures, but it seems to be long gone.

http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=7547.0

"dick strocking poofter fucks"

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Stee · Fri 09/07/2004 17:39:18

Def Jam Vendetta Â£6.22 w/shipping for PS2
Unlimited Hosting Account Â£4.50

My recent purchases

LGM · Fri 09/07/2004 17:48:36

If I was 18, or my mom would trust me with an ebay account, I would probably buy old adventures, old computer parts, camera accessories.. Or random things that look cool.

Moox · Fri 09/07/2004 19:36:34

thats an awesome hobby baz

Darth Mandarb · Fri 09/07/2004 20:23:36

Rode - I remembered that thread ... but couldn't find it in a search.Ã,Â (I didn't remember it was you who started it)Ã,Â Funny that it's for the same item!

Baz - Wow!Ã,Â Now that's a fascinating hobby which I know NOTHING about :)Ã,Â Sounds interesting indeed.

I have also recently won:
1) Faxanadu (for the NES)
2) Hook (for the SegaCD)
3) DragonWarrior (for the NES)

With those three items, and SQIII, I spent just over $20.00 USD (including shipping).Ã,Â God I love eBay.

I was bidding on an Atari 520ST (with several games including SpaceQuest II, Loom, and Kings Quest) but I got outbid at $29.99 ... I already have the Atari 520ST but it no longer is reliable.

I have to restrain myself big-time now that my PayPal account ties directly into my eBay account

Ben · Fri 09/07/2004 23:25:26

shbaz: That is the most kickass thing I've ever seen

. How much did it cost you to build that combo?

Heh.. Just yesterday I was looking at used Warmoth guitar parts on ebay. When I get some money saved up I want to build my own guitar-- something I know almost nothing about. I figure I can start with cheap stuff to learn the basics, and from there try and build something nicer..

Nobody will notice I suck if I have a cool guitar-- RIGHT?

Sutebi · Sat 10/07/2004 03:16:04

Ah, Dragonwarrior for the NES. I got that bad boy with Nintendo Power years ago. That game rocked. You could probably have actually found it real cheap at used game stores, like Funcoland. Any one remember Funcoland? They used to have TV commercials and stuff, and the last one I saw was basically being shut down. I guess E-Bay is better than it.

Yeah, I searched for parts for my '93 Ford Probe GT, but I decided not to buy any of them because most were in "good condition" which means they are crap, but I've bought some adventure games off of it too. I think that's where I got my copy of Loom.

Darth Mandarb · Sat 10/07/2004 05:07:29

Quote from: Sutebi on Sat 10/07/2004 03:16:04
Ah, Dragonwarrior for the NES. I got that bad boy with Nintendo Power years ago. That game rocked. You could probably have actually found it real cheap at used game stores, like Funcoland. Any one remember Funcoland? They used to have TV commercials and stuff, and the last one I saw was basically being shut down. I guess E-Bay is better than it.

It was one of my favorite RPGs ever ... for it (with shipping) I paid a whopping $5.99 ... and shipping was $5.00

I remember Funco land ... I believe (may be wrong) they were bought out by GameStop.

At least, that's what is now where the Funco Land used to be.