This Reseller made us VERY Uncomfortable...

Have you ever experienced this kind of situation before? Comment below!

I had an identical experience with that vendor. I’ve been to 3 conventions he’s been at since I help a buddy of mine run a booth. I was interested in an NES Deluxe set he had, box was clean, but of course before committing to purchasing I wanted to check out the insides. Well it wasn’t fully complete with all the parts, games didn’t have their boxes, etc so I told him I’d have to pass. (He had it marked a few hundred above sold comps) and he wouldn’t leave me alone about it and made me feel like I was somehow the bad guy for backing out, when I was never committed to begin with. Then he comes up to our booth and offers 60% price charting on all our high end games, we tell him no, then he acts like he does us a favor by saying “yeah I won’t buy these I’ll let you make more money by selling them during the event.” Like yeah that wasn’t your choice buddy 😂 he’s unbelievable

"I will do $130" me: "Cool, I will save $10 and buy it from another vendor..."

Very nice of you to say you appreciate his offer and it's a nice deal. I would've just told him "dude, I just said another booth got it for 120, why would I pay 130".

I absolutely hate the greedy resellers, really are the plague of our hobby. Walking away was the right call. We cant encourage them to continue to rip people off.

I'm a small local seller who does local meetups and shows to sell some of my video games and you can tell very quickly who is there to sell and enjoy themselves meeting new people and who's there just to make a quick buck. He was clearly only there for money and nothing else. I personally love talking to people when they look at the games and other stuff I have for sale because it makes the time go quickly while we are both having fun talking about the stuff we love! Hell, I've made so many friends from my local monthly meetup just from my selling and it's something I'll always enjoy! I'm also the type of person where if I find out someone else has a better price than me, I will always push for them to get theirs over mine if the condition is nicer or its too good to pass up! We are a community at the end of the day and I want people to get the most out of their money, especially with everything getting more and more pricey in 2024.

Nick had the best metaphor. It is a dance when you haggle. Most of the time it's a junior high dance however. Personally, I just don't find it worth it half the time. But he nailed it. Vendor just looking to make a sale on Sunday.

I'm just an OG collector with no resale interest and those type of people really burn me up 🤬.

The saddest part about this is that you don't even have to show the vendors face, I know this vendor, I recognize the stuff they're selling. I've run into them several times in the past and their prices are soo ridiculous its stupid. They've got a couple of the N64 controllers I need to complete my set, one was double the pc price, the other $100 over pc. They also sold a buddy of mine a broken gba for $70, which was the negotiated price. He almost quit retro after that. At this point I just go to their booth to mock them.

I think the worse experience I have had with a convention seller was with artwork at anime expo in Los Angeles. I found some really cool looking sheet metal pieces. I saw one with the full evolution line for the polemon bulbasaur which I really likes and when I asked for it the vendor laughed in my face and asked me if I was serious. When I confirmed that it was what I wanted they went pale and instead of apologizing they tried to convince they weren't making fun of me. I was young and really wanted it so I bought it anyways but realistically I should've walked away. Especially since I moved not long after and it got ruined in transit anyways. Was such a waste.

OMG that's the same guy that tried to sell me a DBZ attack of the saiyans that wouldn't get detected on my 3ds and he said "just take it and use isopropyl alcohol and it will work" he had it for $100 but then lowered it to $80 like bruhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Experienced something similar at MWGC. I was looking for the price on a Breath of Fire III and he tells me 130 and I was clearly disappointed but politely told him "okay that's more than I can spend at this time, thanks." He then offered $120 and I told him I appreciate it but I didn't have to cash for it. Well I take card he says and then he says you know some people don't know what that game is worth these days." I got angry at this point and said no thanks and walked away. I know the game is worth about half that! Everyone else does too and that's why he went home with it. I don't like telling small business people how to run things but don't insult my intelligence.

Yeah been so pushy it’s a huge no for me even if is a good deal I would walk away just because I get awkward and make it uncomfortable.

as the kids say "he did not pass the vibe check". 100% agree that haggling is a dance and you gotta know when the other person isnt feeling it. i walk away from those interactions every time

One thing I notice about the vendor and the booth is that the boxes were completely full. I can only imagine that they didn't sell that much at that Expo. I think you said that this was the second or third day too. I also found it strange that every DS game was in a bag as well but not the Wii U games. I'm glad you stuck to your guns and did not give into the purchase. Like the store manager said, that vendor was all about the $$$$$. I have never sold at an Expo but I have done some local swaps. I usually have my prices under market value and then give discounts if people buy multiple games. Being friendly and open and honest helps in every transaction.

Thank you for posting about this, I actually feel this happens quite a bit in the retro gaming and collecting sphere. You can tell in retro collectible conventions when a seller cares about the products, but you definitely run into those who seem to just be off. They'll have very high prices, have a grouchy attitude the whole time, and I'm sorry to say I see them usually having either family members or employees that seem like they just don't want to be there and don't know much about the products.

You did everything right were collectors and we want good deals . Everyone has there price but that doesn't mean we gotta pay that price

Not happened to me in terms of video games. But I had a salesman at a car dealership try to block the door one time because I was walking away from an offer.

You guys are too nice. I would have said I’ll give you 90 take it or leave it and walk away even if he still talking. lol but I’m a savage 😂

There was a car sellsman, who went to get an aggressive manager. He wouldn't let me leave, I had my eyes on a Honda Accord in another dealership.