Hamilton, ON
Quoted from Yoko2una:I'm not here trying to tear down the free market economy. I get reminded of the free market in each of these bogus threads. F'ing wonderful. The problem is that the market is currently FLOODED with ads where non-contributors are trying to gouge, make a few grand, and bounce, never to be heard from again. Each thread has someone replying that the certain behavior of the sellers is mainly for eBay and CL, where it's strictly transactional with no sense of community.
Pinside is/was (supposedly) a community of enthusiasts. You want to ask $10K for a GB Pro? Fine, and there will be countless broken records reminding us that if we don't like the price, we can not buy it. But is it too hard to ask that people who want to ask $10K for a GB Pro maybe prove that they're part of the enthusiast community? Engage, participate, ask for help, offer assistance, post the Jon Stewart popcorn meme. Just do something of value before it's ok to try to gouge the members here, because maybe then you'll think differently... or realize this isn't the place for you in the first place.
Who gets final say on what is a gouge and what isn't? Pinside already moderates enough imo, I won't get on my "back in the rgp days" soapbox but really, this isn't about stricter rules or a site imposing pricing maximums to placate those who have had enough of high prices... just ignore them, it really is that simple. Pinside isn't the grocery store, its the bulletin board that used to sit inside the Grocery Store front doors where people could post whatever they wanted to on it.
Only problem I'd see is if Pinside is letting the listed at price impact the Pinside "average" price guidelines they post. Only time those should move imo is when a game is marked as sold on Pinside. Like if the price of Deadpool's go up now because one person posted an asking price of $10K the site is flawed.
