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Singapore Ebay seller - can I trust him?
Stormwatcher
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I really really wanna buy Etrian Odyssey, but it's very hard to find, especially in Brazil (where it just cannot be found anywhere, literally).
So, while searching Ebay, I saw this.
Can I trust that the game is legit, and not a fake?
Damn, I want Etrian odyseey so bad.
So, while searching Ebay, I saw this.
Can I trust that the game is legit, and not a fake?
Damn, I want Etrian odyseey so bad.
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PM DarkPrimus, he was going to sell it to me, but on second thoughts when you add on P&P to the UK is is too expensive.
Edit: I totally mixed up Etrian Oddyssey with Yggdra Union. Sorry.
Member: since Aug-24-03
He's been on that site for almost half a decade, that should go for something.
This might be better off in H/A by the way.
*edit: always better to trust a PAer, go talk to darkprimus.
I KISS YOU!
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Yeah, I saw that, it calmed my fears ;-)
Well, think I'm gonna join the bidding fray, then.
Wish me luck.
Depends on the knife.
Seriously.
Although it is kind of weird for a Singapore-based seller to offer his product in AUD (Seriously, wtf? No one I know does that) it looks legit, but he's probably some guy based in Australia who's running through a Singapore distributor to get more sales.
This alone means he's definitely not based in Singapore because no one would charge that much shipping for a DS game here and expect a buyer. Plus those who won't accept meetups are either fakes or he's not even here.
Besides if he really was based here he'd post on GameAxis, not eBay.
And yes, most SG sellers feel the need to make qualifying statements like As if it will sort of strengthen the truth in that statement. Offering receipts to prove that a game has been "VERY RECENT PURCHASE NEW" is also a common practice. Kind of the mentality that "if it ain't new it sucks" that seems to be prevalant here.
(Also we're not allowed to carry knives in public, not even Leathermans like mine. X_X )
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He expects to sell copies to Australians
Who are just as expensive to ship to as Americans when you're in Singapore anyhow, and who typically pay much more at local retail for their games, and who get shafted on imports regularly, particularly from small publishers.
Seriously, it actually makes a lot of sense that he's dealing in AUD. And Singapore is less likely to be the home base for a scammer than Hong Kong is.
I still don't know if I'd personally buy it though.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
also I just realized that the auction comes to a total of about 35 SGD even with the shipping charges here, which is really fucking cheap for a DS game. Isn't this a relatively recent release and not a lame throw-away game?
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The problem with this is that you assume that the average eBayer can tell the difference between a bootleg and a genuine DS game, which is hard at the best of times with good bootlegs, but internet people are stupid, I mean, have you ever seen youtube comments...
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It's funny, because it shows how little most people here know about Singapore. It's not like it's some seedy slum of Thailand.
Actually a lot of people here would probably be blown the fuck away if they did any reading on the city itself. It's the last remaining independent city-state, there are a wide array of laws banning all manner of public nuisance, and it's so heavy that it's sinking into the sea. You see, they ran out of space ages ago and have been building up ever since. It's like Singapore is the only part of the world that transitioned into the cyberpunk future and the rest of us are just waiting to catch up.
There are a lot of less awesome parts to it too, the laws are very strict and caning still happens there. A lot of authors and books are banned for varying reasons (Orwell is on the list). This is all very cursory though, and you guys should actually do some reading. It won't be a waste of your time, I promise.
But you know, generic Asian city = hive of piracy and nothing but. Unless it's a Japanese city. Then you know, it's nerd fantasy land full of ginormous breasted women in school girl outfits that think gamer nerds are awesome.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
How Orwellian.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
http://www.games-asia.com/etrianodyssey-p-2266.html
Are you telling me that I'm going to join Atlantinians in their subterranean underworld
because that would be totally awesome
Also: Animal Farm was required reading for my Literature sessions in Secondary 2, so I don't think Orwell is banned here.
PS disaster are you from singapore because if you are we should totally hang out before we all go underwater to our watery graves.
EDIT: Poster beneath me: likely, but seeing as I have a copy of it on my bookshelf I'm more inclined to think...no. Then again my mom got it for me thinking I'd read it, so I don't really know where it came from.
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/waaaay offtopic.
nah, I'm not. I read that Orwell was banned though, although it may just be 1984.
The sinking into the sea thing is really gradual, Discovery was doing a thing on it that I was watching a couple months back. I think it's a concern mostly because almost nothing on the island is over 15 meters above sea level? I don't know. Maybe the TV was lying to me. Either way, Singapore's also been taking dirt from the seabed and their neighbors to expand their island because it's too small and that is also awesome.
Not that any of this has to do with buying games from there on eBay.
Anyhow, buying GBA or DS games on eBay is dangerous period. Always try to buy local. Even honest buyers will often sell counterfeits because they don't realize that they're holding one.
CUZ THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE AND IT'S GIVING ME A RASH
Then again I don't really know and I'm condemned to a solitary trip to Davy Jones locker. Woe is me.
Anyway, if you google dysonware:
http://dysonware.com.au/shop/index.php
Health products? lolol but seriously this is just a front for an ebay-based store that probably has its shipments come through here or something, nothing really suspicious there so it's probably legit.
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And giant robots.
You forgot about giant robots.
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Except getting stabbed isn't that common an occurance while walking on the street. Getting a pirated copy of a game on eBay is, and assuring potential customers that they're getting a legitimate copy is good business sense.
edit: oh, wait, it's 41 bucks with free shpping.... it's BOUGHT!
Actually, I have no problem with importing stuff, as legit portable and console games are hard to find in brazil, or very very expensive. PC games are fine, we have a local EA branch that publishes all EA, Ubisoft, Lucas Arts and Valve games (and probably a few more).
But PS2, DS, GCN, etc are very expensive. So most of the games you see on my list on the link below are imported.
Bear this in mind.
I've bought PSP games from Hong Kong and Singapore a few times, and besides the odd game having foreign booklets, theyve all been good transactions.
And for the love of god don't buy into any bullcrap that asks you to use a payment service that isn't paypal. There are a few other legitimate ones that are recognised by ebay, but if a seller says he uses paypal then turns around on you once you've won the item... RED FLAG my friend haha.