U can have your circle. I got my rectangle.
- Thread starter CoolFox
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You genuinely don't see the difference between a SDOJ bootleg for 1k and an original for 5k?
Also, one of them is available right now, the other one likely isn't.
This is going into one direction that we don't think is OK. This guy is clearly lying and cheating people. I know of some that bought them thinking that they were original. That was clearly intentional.
They are pretty darn close to original but w8thout the overinflated cost of the ones made in the 2000s. Just like u say in the rules, it is incumbent on the buyer to do their due diligence and research when buying. If u buy one of these for 1000 dollars u can just as easily sell it off for 1000 dollars. If u try to sell it for an original price it ain't gonna happen l. I really see no problem with it. Do your research and u got nothing to worry about.
GoldenGlover
Grand Master
It’s not like the Cave originals have customs that make them unique - to me, these copies are like having 1:1 replicas of the original without the electrons blessed by Cave. These copies might potentially last a lot longer too.
I think its extremely good that these keep the prices for some cave titles at least somewhat sensible since sdoj was creeping up to just insane levels.
Wish these were available for more titles though.
That said yeah, putting fake serials on them is sketchy
Wish these were available for more titles though.
That said yeah, putting fake serials on them is sketchy
That is the point. And not telling that they are repros deliberately.
ItsBobDudes
Grand Master
Bootleggers gonna bootleg. Best we can do is get the word out. The S/N stickers are really low hanging fruit. The first thing the early buyers did was make their own stickers with (thankfully) clearly bogus serial numbers. It was only a matter of time before the bootleggers printed up their own.
Hopefully people will cut down on paying the $1000 price and pepper the seller with sub $500 offers. These bootleggers have to making $700 margin each board they sell at $1k right ?
Think about how much they could make in cardboard sales
GoldenGlover
Grand Master
I eagerly await the moment I’m going to see a CV-1000 game appraised on “Antiques Roadshow” or in a Sotheby’s auction.
I think Antiques Roadshow had some Atari and NES bits already, so give it 10-20 years and they'll look at rare arcade games.
The most interesting part of Antiques Roadshow is when some unpleasant individual is told their priceless family heirloom is fake. Will be rough to see:
“These are are my grandfather’s original Cave PCBs”
*Intense looking by a 87 year old guy with a jeweller’s set*
“I’m afraid to say they’re reproductions*
