Man Sells NES For $50,000 to Pay Bills

[Jared]

Although I hope it is real...I bet someone has played a cruel and terrible joke on him..

 

[Mukil]

I made a best offer of $50...I hope he accepts

 

[Arikarin Aririkamei]

I have an Atari Jaguar in mint condition, how much d'you reckon that would be worth?

Seriously? He needs the money and all, but.. would someone really pay all that for just a NES bundle?

 

[Blue Musician]

Wish I could do that. I'd be very happy.

 

[team star pug]

what snes games have you got?

 

[Furious Styles]

i had a mint condition snes until about three years ago, I then gave it to my cousin and he spilled coca cola on it.... little wanker

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Hm. Hi everyone. I'm a down-on-my-luck videogame writer. I have bills that need paying. My prize possession is not a regular old Nintendo, but a Super Nintendo with about 30 games. Does anybody want to buy the whole set for $75,000? That's a sweet deal, and I really need the money, I promise.

I'll take it for $200,000.

I'm still waiting for other bids I'll let you know.

I'll bid some pocket lint and a spoon.

 

[Dogstile]

An act of kindness and some of you guys are being complete pricks about it. Nice one escapists, i'm proud of you.

OT: This is pretty damn cool, considering he's ready to show that he was actually in debt and needed someone to bail him out. The kindness of the internet always amazes me.

 

[Weaver]

I doubt the buyer has the cash.

 

[kibayasu]

An act of kindness and some of you guys are being complete pricks about it. Nice one escapists, i'm proud of you.

OT: This is pretty damn cool, considering he's ready to show that he was actually in debt and needed someone to bail him out. The kindness of the internet always amazes me.

In that case, you should be really mad at the fact that, even assuming the guy really is in a bad place, this is almost assuredly a joke bid.

 

[Terramax]

An act of kindness and some of you guys are being complete pricks about it. Nice one escapists, i'm proud of you.

OT: This is pretty damn cool, considering he's ready to show that he was actually in debt and needed someone to bail him out. The kindness of the internet always amazes me.

I seriously hope this post is a joke.

 

[Exterminas]

What a heartwarming story, but a a little stupid though.
I mean what's the moral value of that story? "If you screw up in life, someone is gonna pay you out of it"? Of course it's great that the man got help, but on the other hand it should not become the norm for people to carry their debts to ebay. : /

 

[Dana22]

Im curious how much I could get for first version of atari pong.

Maybe im sitting on a gold mine here.

 

[Guru Cube]

I am always sceptical of these things. To be honest, I reckon these kind of bizarre auctions get put up and then sold to friends so that it gets publicity.
I doubt anyone would pay that much for a standard NES (Well, maybe for Tom Goldman's SUPER NES!), and I don't see why someone would chance 35k on eBay for charity?! You may as well help a few of those hundreds of genuine Nigerian transactions that get emailed every day....

Ok, so if it is genuine; First, would you trust your money to someone who has got that far into debt in the first place? Secondly, wouldn't that money be better spent with 'Cancer Research', 'British Heart Foundation', or some other genuine charity that will help MANY more people?

Hmmm, I remain sceptical.

 

[Korey Von Doom]

It's possible some rich bastard felt like he needed to do something nice as opposed to the usual greed. Assuming the guy is sincere I hope he does get the money.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

*looks in attic*

I have an Atari 2600, with around... ten games, two controllers and all the attachments to plug it in. We'll start the bidding at $35000.

 

[miva2]

can i pay with monopoly money?

 

[tinkyyy]

Hm. Hi everyone. I'm a down-on-my-luck videogame writer. I have bills that need paying. My prize possession is not a regular old Nintendo, but a Super Nintendo with about 30 games. Does anybody want to buy the whole set for $75,000? That's a sweet deal, and I really need the money, I promise.

I'll take it for $200,000.

I'm still waiting for other bids I'll let you know.

I'll bid some pocket lint and a spoon.

I'll see that bid and throw in a fork as well.

 

[MCGT]

Hm. Hi everyone. I'm a down-on-my-luck videogame writer. I have bills that need paying. My prize possession is not a regular old Nintendo, but a Super Nintendo with about 30 games. Does anybody want to buy the whole set for $75,000? That's a sweet deal, and I really need the money, I promise.

I'll take it for $200,000.

I'm still waiting for other bids I'll let you know.

I will pay you.... 100 Billion Dollars!!!

*Puts Dr Evil little finger to lips*