Umm, it's really really stupid. The fact that someone will pay $1000 for a AES system (even if it's new). And two, the fact that you people are just bitching about it costing too much money.
Even if he got the systems for $200 each, he can sell them for whatever he wants to! I can't believe they'll sell that high, but if they do, more power to shawn. $800 profit is pretty damn nice. No wait, $805 is a pretty good profit ( <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0"> ).
Last time I checked, Shawn, and most of us live in the USA. A country where capitalism runs free.
Shawns true colors come out? Please, if you found one for free in your back yard, and then someone says I'll give you $1000 for it, you'd shit your pants and say OK. It's pretty simple actually. It's a freakin buissness for god's sake. If there is someone who will pay $1000 for that new AES then well there's a new one born every minute. BTW, maybe Shawn (who is probably rich) keeps getting richer is because he's probably got contacts that got him the systems cheap, or he really is just a good buisness man. Why do you have to be jealous or say it's unfair. Work towards being rich, or making your own contacts if it's so important to you. Don't just whine and complain that things are too expensive, and expect someone to just lower the prices for you. Do something about it! It's a novel idea, but don't expect things to just happen cause you don't like them.
If you don't like it, play the neo another way. MVS stuff is pretty cheap. A used AES from Nikkie is cheap. I don't have money, so I built my own supergun and bought a cheap 4 slot. it plays my neo games perfectly. Bottom Line: You don't have to be into AES to be a neo fan.
It's simple, don't buy things from Shawn if you really think his prices are too high. If enough people do it, prices will go down. And if not, let the collectors buy from him, and you can go buy somewhere else.
Also, haven't you noticed that he owns the server for this site. He pays the bandwidth bills. He paid for the UBB code. Money doesn't just grow on trees, not even for rich people.
I'm not saying this because I like shawn, I don't even know the guy, or even conversed with him on the boards. I do know he keeps up a site I enjoy, and he seems to be making a hell of a profit on Neo stuff. Good for fucking him. It just pisses me off that people see this and complain about it, and not do anything about it. Not just here, it's the way most people in the country are acting about a lot of problems. Can' people do things for themselves anymore?
Peace
JHendrix