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Not labeling and dynamically changing the price of games sucks the fun out of buying. And just makes me want to buy online. Grumpy grump grump.

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[–] thehatfox 34 points 1 year ago

In my experience, shops that don't price items are shops that overprice items. Generally if I don't see price tags, I don't bother looking any further.

[–] Tefrian 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The moment I stopped retro game collecting is the moment I took a game to the counter and the guy pulled up ebay on his phone to check the current prices. My guy I could have just bought it on ebay if that was my goal.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

That really ruins the fun of hunting down a good deal. I sure miss the days when someone at a flea market had a box of NES games for $3 each, and you could sift through and find stuff you don’t have yet. Those days are long, long gone.

[–] finkrat 15 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised to hear that's a thing, they're all priced at the shops near me

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That said, when doing so use stickers that can be removed easily.

Nothing worse than paper price stickers that rip apart or leave a sticky residue.

Bonus if they're on a card box like pre-GameCube Nintendo, or 90s big box computer games, where they actually damage the underlying game box >.<

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