I had fun playing a bunch of reseller punks against each other over a craigslist listing in San Diego about 5 years ago. This guy had put up this lot on there with a SNES and almost 20 games for around $150 I think it was. Anyway it was one pull back image of the system, all the parts, and the games lined up stickers forward in 3 columns. I saw it within maybe 10min of going live and tried to call the dude and this is where it gets interesting. I was already the third person to call and his mail box was already filling up. I was friendly and just let him know I was interested but had to see if I had the dough I'd call back (which I did like 10min later) but I let him know as I already figured it was a lost cause why it was so popular. I told him the game in the front row was worth $80 (Mega Man X3) and felt he should know if someone tries to just snake that one and he was surprised and appreciative. I warned him he's going to get a lot more busy.
When I found I could wrangle the funds I called back, got hung up on when I started to talk, called again, picked up and the dude was snappy and before he clicked I let him know it was me. I asked, trouble? In 10min his voice mail box was overloaded and broken, his email lit up like a christmas tree from repeated emails from multiple people and the phone off the hook. I told him again that was there and he has other stuff that was worth at least $10 or more a piece for half (that I could make out.) I apologized for his trouble letting him know how many resellers were in the area, very predatory and I said I bet they tried to offer you $10 for the 'game in front' probably not naming it and he said yes, some less, some just a little more and only wanting that. He told me ultimately that he'd ask more, but it was his brothers stuff, and he asked him again and that's all he wanted and since I was the only one being honest and nice about it I can have it so I agreed (which surprised me.) Further surprise, he offered to drive it the 20min car ride over into my general area too as he was fuming over the people trying to lie and trick him. We met up and he was firm on price, and I ended up finding out there was also King of Dragons (that capcom arcade game port) in there along with that MMX3. He was like you can keep it, resell it, or whatever, but enjoy it. In the end I kept almost all of it, just a few of the common 1st party games and bad movie license titles (like Hook) I traded out.
I hate piece of shit resellers like that who lie and try to defraud people when it's already a good deal so I was pretty happy about the situation. Shitheads like that is why around that time I had already stopped checking CL actively and gave up because there were at least 6 regular local/ebay/amazon resellers in that direct area and far more if you go county wide. They ruined the place so I quit using it about a year earlier other than to check when bored so it was dumb luck.
I loved the fact I got the info to that guy and let them all end up attacking each other trying to scoop up his goods while also trying to lie to a now informed seller causing them to get run off and told off for their shitty tactics.
