Sounds like it will be good for sellers looking to get top dollar for their rare stuff, although personally I will stick with getting games for $6-12 on ebay if I do buy online.

There are a couple of things that could make this cool. I was a member of a game trading community a few years back but quit after I realized I was barely trading anything because I hate to give up my old games. Anyway, it did have some good stuff Ebay doesn't, in particular it forced users to rank the quality of the game, instructions, and box...I've run into Ebay listings that don't mention boxes or instructions at all. Being able to sort by system and so on might be nice too (although for all I know Ebay has that feature, I usually just go straight for the search tool).

Ultimately though, why switch to this place when Ebay sells games plus everything else I might be interested in? I might check it out sometime, though. Could be a good place for extra-rare finds if enough people join.

The most important thing this site needs to be do is have a good system of cracking down on pirating. There are some games on Ebay (mostly GBA) that literally no valid copies or ever for auction. Games like Tactics Ogre or Aria of Sorrow are virtually all pirated copies on Ebay. If this site can keep that stuff under control then I think it would be the ideal alternative to Ebay.

While it does say anything related to video gaming, the examples only go so far as arcades and consoles. I hope they sell other items like rare game soundtracks, figurines, or other knick knacks that I'd definitely be interested in. Specifically stuff from the SNES and Genesis era when I was too young to think about collectibles.

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
The most important thing this site needs to be do is have a good system of cracking down on pirating. There are some games on Ebay (mostly GBA) that literally no valid copies or ever for auction. Games like Tactics Ogre or Aria of Sorrow are virtually all pirated copies on Ebay. If this site can keep that stuff under control then I think it would be the ideal alternative to Ebay.

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Now now, selling pirated stuff on eBay is against their rules... and everyone knows eBay is all about enforcing their rules.

I'm going to cut them some slack since they just started, but they don't have much worth selling. Hell, their biggest category is video game paraphanelia(sp?) which includes stuff like a 1989 Sega promo video and Halo 2 mini radio.

I doubt that this site can screen for bootleg copies of cartdridge games until after the fact. I remember I bought both Zelda Oracle's games for under 30 on Ebay, but was biting my nails after wondering if they were pirated. Thankfully they weren't but I'm weary about cartridge based games being sold online.

They did have a copy of Beach Spikers for sale, which I haven't seen anywhere around my area. I highly reccomend this title if the bids are reasonable, its of the few 'Cube exclusives that hasn't been ported.

If they can enforce anti-piracy unlike Ebay, then that would be nice. I reported the imfamous counterfeit Diamond and Jade Pokemon games, 3 times, only to have Ebay do absolutely nothing! So I just sent it straight to Nintendo, who did have Ebay rid of the guy.

Personally, I'll go where ever I can get what I want for the price I want.

I wish i kept my n64 promo vid
anyway noticed most of it is in Pounds, were gamecube games are really cheap on ebay for uk users, cause the european ebay sites sell 2nd hand games for cheap (under 25 euro for ikaruga ect.)