50% Off EVERYTHING at TZD.com!

[MrFulci]

The e-mail I received, also mentions they would be interested in stopping support for the Turbo Grafx, as in they would like to clear out as much inventory as possible, and would like for someone to pickup the leftover pieces wholesale, and resell them.

Though I have much of what I need/want, I will pick up a few more items from this sale as this may be one of the last, or THE last purchases I make from TZD.com.



A copy of the e-mail I received,

"Hello,

Turbo Zone Direct must clear out inventory! Our loss is your gain!

Well it had to happen, TZD must clear out thousands of inventory items before we must move in 30 days. This is your opportunity to save a bundle and lighten the load we must move. Here's an offer you can't beat, one we've never made before. We're offering 50% off our ENTIRE inventory for the month of November. Here are the details: You must include MOVING SALE in the comments section of your order. You must purchase at least $30.00 worth of merchandise at the net cost (after the 50% is deducted.) We will adjust the order total here. Your credit card is not charged until the order is picked to assure you the correct amount.

As usual nothing is held back, there are no limits to the number of items you may purchase or the number of orders you may place. This offer will end November 31,2007. We expect to close out a number of titles during this sale; we will make every effort to update the web site. This is a golden opportunity for you to stock up on your favorite Turbo merchandise at a super price. Don't miss out! Turbo merchandise not sold by TZD is getting harder and harder to find. As you know everything we sell is new, factory-sealed merchandise.

We do not know yet where we will be in 30 days so act now!

TZD is also looking for a wholesaler that might be able to take on or take over the legacy we started in 1994. If any of you know of a company or organization that can handle bulk resale of these classic video games, parts and accessories, please use our email contact at www.tzd.com

Feel free to write if you have any questions, you know we value your input and support.
"

[Nazi NecroPhile]

Unfortunately, I already have all the games that they still have in stock.  Maybe a few spare controllers need to come my way, even though I already have a dozen or so.

I wonder just how much it would take to buy 'em out.  Hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands? 

[nectarsis]

update?? I hope it's soon.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

update?? I hope it's soon.

What?  Who?  When?  Where?  How?   

[nectarsis]

"We expect to close out a number of titles during this sale; we will make every effort to update the web site"...lol

[CatBoy]

That sale should absorb a good part of the ridiculous shipping fee for Canadian orders.

Ordered:
  
J.B. Harold Murder Club
John Madden Duo Football
Forgotten Worlds
Meteor Blaster DX

and 7 manuals.

Now the only games I'm missing from them is Prince of Persia and Sim Earth.

Thanks!

[Turbo D]

I better save some cash for this sale 

[nat]

They keep saying they have thousands of pieces left, but they really don't have that many different items left to sell.

I wonder what kind of numbers they have for some of this stuff... What's keeping the quantity in the thousands? 32,643 copies of Power Golf?

[MrFulci]

I think there is an interview with TZD on this site, mentioning after his death he may be lining his crypt with copies of Power Golf.... I wonder if there are over 1,000 of that title?

I purchased:

- Modified Tg controller - Awesome for the Duo. $10 is a good price for a new controller, with a long cable. This is the type of controller I primarily use with my Duo-R.
- TG-16 AC adapter
- TG-16 extension
- TG-16 repair cable - May come in handy...
- Lords of Thunder - I already own this game, though having a spare for future trades is cool.
- JB Harold - Same as above.
- 3 manuals - Some titles I have, that may have worn manuals. If they're in stock, cool. If not, no big deal.

[Turbo D]

Looks like the Turbo Expresses have disappeared from the online price list. I wonder if they sold out or just don't want to sell them for half off 

[nat]

Looks like the Turbo Expresses have disappeared from the online price list. I wonder if they sold out or just don't want to sell them for half off 

They don't want to sell it half-off. They have 8 left. Steve told me.

[MurderDate]

I bought

FORGOTTEN WORLDS
LORD OF THUNDER
IMPLODE
BUSTER BROS.
DUNGEON MASTER

should be like $75..  nice

[Carbon Tiger]

Scored :

Buster Brothers                         
Forgotten Worlds                         
Shape Shifter

I've never ordered from TZD before might as well get one in if this is my last chance.

[Keranu]

I got the email too and this is awesome  and sad . I'm totally purchasing a Turbo Vision!

[schnuth]

Looks like the Turbo Expresses have disappeared from the online price list. I wonder if they sold out or just don't want to sell them for half off 

They don't want to sell it half-off. They have 8 left. Steve told me.

I can understand why they don't want to sell them for 50% off, but if they did I'd be all over it.    I'll have to pick up some things this month as well.  Thanks for the heads up!

[MrFulci]

Looking at the site, it appears the following are sold out:

- Lords of Thunder
- Meteor Blaster
- Replacement antenna mast for Turbo Vision

[nat]

Wow, that was fast.

Apparently they are getting some good returns on this sale. I really hope it isn't douchebag eBay re-sellers buying this stuff up. That would really piss me off. Too bad there is nothing I could do about it, anyway. 

I have been waiting a long time for the day that Lords of Thunder finally sold out. I predict in the somewhat near future prices for the US version will skyrocket on eBay.

[Nazi NecroPhile]

"We expect to close out a number of titles during this sale; we will make every effort to update the web site"...lol

Uh, right.... so you're hoping that they sell out of everything soon then?  I guess that's good for TZD, but not so good for the rest of us.

[Carbon Tiger]

Forgotten Worlds  looks to be gone too. Good thing I got it when I did.

I do hope the people buying stuff up are gamers because I'd like to think that people are enjoying these purchases and not just looking to ebay hoard. I'm surprised it took Lords of Thunder this long to sell out but then again the game is such a classic most of us have a copy by now I'd wager.

But the driving up of the price is the reason I have so few American Turbo CD games. I think the only ones I have are Cosmic Fantasy II, Dragon Slayer, Ys Book I/II and LOT. I wouldn't mind getting more but its hard to justify the price gouging. The Japanese versions are far cheaper and that includes shipping.

On the one hand good sellers in Japan on ebay have made my collection grow easily and with very little price insanity. On the other hand some American sellers have made some games out to be worth more then they are. I guess it's a two sided coin with ebay and it depends on who is doing the selling.

Back to the topic at hand this might be TZD's swan song I dunno what's gonna be left after this one.

(Insert joke about 9 million copies of Turbo Golf)
 

[nat]

Forgotten Worlds  looks to be gone too. Good thing I got it when I did.

Dude, that's fucking crazy. Like 10 or 15 minutes before you posted that message (after I posted my last one) I had checked the TZD page and Forgotten Worlds was still there.

Fuck, now J.B. Harold is gone too. That was one I was planning on buying. This is nuts.

[Carbon Tiger]

Forgotten Worlds  looks to be gone too. Good thing I got it when I did.

Dude, that's fucking crazy. Like 10 or 15 minutes before you posted that message (after I posted my last one) I had checked the TZD page and Forgotten Worlds was still there.

Fuck, now J.B. Harold is gone too. That was one I was planning on buying. This is nuts.

Yeah either this sale has every PC-E/Turbo owner crawling out of the woodwork or they didn't have that much stock left....

[nat]

Forgotten Worlds  looks to be gone too. Good thing I got it when I did.

Dude, that's fucking crazy. Like 10 or 15 minutes before you posted that message (after I posted my last one) I had checked the TZD page and Forgotten Worlds was still there.

Fuck, now J.B. Harold is gone too. That was one I was planning on buying. This is nuts.

Yeah either this sale has every PC-E/Turbo owner crawling out of the woodwork or they didn't have that much stock left....

This really enforces my theory that they have like 4 copies of every game on that page, except Power Golf, of which they have over 65 thousand. That's the only possible way I can envision that they have "thousands of pieces left."

[Turbo D]

man, this is depressing. They always have sales when I have to pay my credit card bill. Now all the good titles are leaving 

[MrFulci]

Sold-Out:

- Turbo Express TV Tuner

[Turbo D]

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 

[bojay1997]

Whatever happened to those e-mail auctions he was having a few months ago where he was going through games he only had one of in alphabetical order?  It seemed like it stopped right after the first batch.  What about the stock that was sent to Canada for Donsal.  Is all of that gone as well?

[nat]

Whatever happened to those e-mail auctions he was having a few months ago where he was going through games he only had one of in alphabetical order?  It seemed like it stopped right after the first batch.  What about the stock that was sent to Canada for Donsal.  Is all of that gone as well?

Yeah, I'm very curious what happened to the rest of the alphabetical stock too.

They stopped after the first batch, which was like midway through B. Unless he decided to keep these for himself or something, C-Z should still be available. I got a new copy of Blazing Lazers during that sale.

[PCEngineHell]

TZD guy told me over the phone before he closed yesterday that he had plenty of Forgotten Worlds in stock to even last all weekend. My friend and I ordered two of them today at 10 Am central time,along with other titles,and after reading the above I am going to be pissed if he doesn't fill our order correctly as he "assured "me he had enough.

[TR0N]

Damn i wish i could jump on that sale.

Still i was busy picking up games on ebay eariler.

Guess i'm out of luck then.

[Neo Rasa]

I'm glad I got what I could from TZD before the Ebay scourings began.  I know US versions of some of these games get a high price but there's no way they had a few of these (though there'll be a site able to sell us factory sealed Andre Panza Kick Boxing until the end of time).

I just got into the Turbo about two years ago and only started ordering from TZD regularly several months ago, but I still feel sad that they're running out of software.

I'd like to think gamers who are going to happily tear these out of the shrinkwrap and play them ASAP are getting them but there'll always be hoarders jumping on these kinds of sales.

Personally, I finally got the controllers and extension cables necessary to have Dungeon Explorer fulfill its true potential.


The aftermath of this sale will make me chuckle though.  I envision an Andre Panza/Power Golf 2 for 1 promo in the near future...

[CatBoy]

TZD guy told me over the phone before he closed yesterday that he had plenty of Forgotten Worlds in stock to even last all weekend. My friend and I ordered two of them today at 10 Am central time,along with other titles,and after reading the above I am going to be pissed if he doesn't fill our order correctly as he "assured "me he had enough.

Well I ordered my games on the first day of the sale and here is what I got today from tzd.com:

"Thanks for the order! Unfortunately we have run out of Forgotten Worlds. "

So looks like you're out of luck... or he's being mean to me?

[Keranu]

Sold-Out:

- Turbo Express TV Tuner

That was all me. Sorry, buddies . The site said only two left and the email from TZD said I was buying the last one, so I wonder who bought the other one? Unfortunately the email told me the case has some wear and doesn't include instructions but "guarantees" it's new. Still for $40, I couldn't pass that up. I also got a System Card 2.0.

[Turbo D]

well, I'm glad that you got it kerano 

[Keranu]

Aww thanks, pal ! I'll be sure to put it to good use for a Console Chronicles episode!

[nat]

Sold-Out:

- Turbo Express TV Tuner

That was all me. Sorry, buddies . The site said only two left and the email from TZD said I was buying the last one, so I wonder who bought the other one? Unfortunately the email told me the case has some wear and doesn't include instructions but "guarantees" it's new. Still for $40, I couldn't pass that up. I also got a System Card 2.0.

Dude, I would have sold you a System Card 2.0 for $1.99

[Keranu]

I had no idea what System Card 2.0's even go for these days, but I just know that I don't see them sold often so I figured $7.50 from TZD would be a good deal. Got any other crap you wanna sell? 

[shubibiman]

JB Harold out of stock too...

[spoiler king]

Ah...damn. I was trying to order Forgotten Worlds and Lords of Thunder, but it looks like they're out?
I got to the sale like a day or two too late.

I emailed tzd to see if they had anything left...I guess we'll see. I'm crossing my fingers.

[schnuth]

Damn I waited to order until I got paid and they are out of the games I want too.  Ah well, things just aren't going my way this week.  Hopefully they'll come back in stock.

[spoiler king]

So.....yeeeaaaaa. Anyone here selling a sealed copy of Lords of Thunder for non-ebay prices?

[RuthlessT138]

So.....yeeeaaaaa. Anyone here selling a sealed copy of Lords of Thunder for non-ebay prices?

Yeah, what he said.  I was going to wait until I got paid to get that one too.  If anyone has any extras they would be willing to part with feel free to let me know.

[PCEngineHell]

TZD guy told me over the phone before he closed yesterday that he had plenty of Forgotten Worlds in stock to even last all weekend. My friend and I ordered two of them today at 10 Am central time,along with other titles,and after reading the above I am going to be pissed if he doesn't fill our order correctly as he "assured "me he had enough.

Well I ordered my games on the first day of the sale and here is what I got today from tzd.com:

"Thanks for the order! Unfortunately we have run out of Forgotten Worlds. "

So looks like you're out of luck... or he's being mean to me?

Question,what all were you going to order,and,did he cancel the whole order due to not having Forgotten Worlds in stock,or did he still charge your credit card and only ship the other titles,esp without asking first if you would still like to continue to place the order anyway?

My thing is me and a friend did a joint order via credit card. The guy at TZD swore to me that he would have plenty of copies of Forgotten Worlds in,even by next week,since I stated we may originally send in a money order. He said no worries ect...


Well after reading your comment and the others,I really wonder now. My friend went ahead and ordered using a credit card. Hes out of town,cant check his email until prob Monday. We are going to be pissed if there is one waiting for him stating something like "Sorry,no Forgotten Worlds for you,but before confirming if you wanted to still place the order we charged you anyway and shipped the other shit" .

Why would we be pissed you might wonder? Well because while my friend ordered much more,my side of things was only Forgotten Worlds,Shape Shifter,a Duo pad,and a Duo tap. I would have never ever wanted the other stuff on its own,or ordered it on its own from TZD if I was told Forgotten Worlds sold out. I only did this as a joint order BECAUSE of Forgotten Worlds being the item I mainly wanted and was told I could get.

If the card is charged without 2 copies of Forgotten Worlds being included,my friend will most likely deny the charge and send whatever package they shipped out back to them since they would not have asked for permission from us prior before altering the order to suit their own needs,that being TZDs needs.
After reading everyones troubles I honestly feel like the Lords of Thunders and Forgotten Worlds copies were listed only to move the other items and nab sales,regardless of the actual stock on hand,they seemingly kept taking orders even after running out,via phone and email.

In some ways I think they may not even have sold out,they just decided that they wanted to pull those 2 titles from the sale after they got enough combined orders in,thinking they could secure a sale regardless of weather they kept either of those 2 titles in someones purchase.

I wouldn't think this way except for the fact the guy totally lied to me it seems about how many Forgotten Worlds they had in stock to begin with. He even "checked" on how many he had over the phone before swearing I and my friend would be able to get one....that they had plenty,more then enough to last awhile at least. That kinda shit really pisses me off.

[nat]

You might not be far off mark thinking that perhaps they just took them off the list.

I've seen TZD take things off the list for sales in the past-- only for said items to reappear again after the sale is over. The TurboExpress is a prime example. They always take it off the list for sales. Also, a few months back, they put up a big notice that they were selling out the LAST 10 TurboExpress units and when they were gone they were gone. Well, they sold out, and like two months later all of a sudden they "found" 8 more and put them back up on the website.

I don't really understand this business practice. Unless they have a gigantic werehouse just jam-packed full of shit in total disarray, I can't see how you just misplace 8 TurboExpress units only to find them a few months down the road. Considering the TE is their most expensive item, one would think they'd be keeping pretty close tabs on their stock on hand.

I'd be interested to hear what happens with your order.

EDIT: Looks like Ballistix is gone from their inventory now, too.

[MrFulci]

Who knows what happened with Forgotten Worlds. Since there is no limit, it would not surprise me that someone called in a "wholesale" order, or someone purchased 25 copies of the game at $15 a CD.

Sometimes TZD holds onto things, place them aside only to bring them out later (The A-B sale). Duo's randomly appear. etc. Makes some sense to me, get rid of the bulk of the stock, and leak out the last dozen or so when the market is favourable.

I expect this is what the 50% sale is for. To rid most of the stock, and slow moving stock. Form there, depending upon market prices, "rare" items may appear again. Thena gain, I'm speculating....

I do recall hearing that they once found a box of 50 TE TV Tuners, after being sold out for a logn time. This was a few years ago, you'd have to ask the guy at TZD. I think the story had to with a move to a different warehouse, or moving boxes around  50 TE TV Tuners were uncovered.

[CatBoy]

TZD guy told me over the phone before he closed yesterday that he had plenty of Forgotten Worlds in stock to even last all weekend. My friend and I ordered two of them today at 10 Am central time,along with other titles,and after reading the above I am going to be pissed if he doesn't fill our order correctly as he "assured "me he had enough.

Well I ordered my games on the first day of the sale and here is what I got today from tzd.com:

"Thanks for the order! Unfortunately we have run out of Forgotten Worlds. "

So looks like you're out of luck... or he's being mean to me?

Question,what all were you going to order,and,did he cancel the whole order due to not having Forgotten Worlds in stock,or did he still charge your credit card and only ship the other titles,esp without asking first if you would still like to continue to place the order anyway?

My thing is me and a friend did a joint order via credit card. The guy at TZD swore to me that he would have plenty of copies of Forgotten Worlds in,even by next week,since I stated we may originally send in a money order. He said no worries ect...


Well after reading your comment and the others,I really wonder now. My friend went ahead and ordered using a credit card. Hes out of town,cant check his email until prob Monday. We are going to be pissed if there is one waiting for him stating something like "Sorry,no Forgotten Worlds for you,but before confirming if you wanted to still place the order we charged you anyway and shipped the other shit" .

Why would we be pissed you might wonder? Well because while my friend ordered much more,my side of things was only Forgotten Worlds,Shape Shifter,a Duo pad,and a Duo tap. I would have never ever wanted the other stuff on its own,or ordered it on its own from TZD if I was told Forgotten Worlds sold out. I only did this as a joint order BECAUSE of Forgotten Worlds being the item I mainly wanted and was told I could get.

If the card is charged without 2 copies of Forgotten Worlds being included,my friend will most likely deny the charge and send whatever package they shipped out back to them since they would not have asked for permission from us prior before altering the order to suit their own needs,that being TZDs needs.
After reading everyones troubles I honestly feel like the Lords of Thunders and Forgotten Worlds copies were listed only to move the other items and nab sales,regardless of the actual stock on hand,they seemingly kept taking orders even after running out,via phone and email.

In some ways I think they may not even have sold out,they just decided that they wanted to pull those 2 titles from the sale after they got enough combined orders in,thinking they could secure a sale regardless of weather they kept either of those 2 titles in someones purchase.

I wouldn't think this way except for the fact the guy totally lied to me it seems about how many Forgotten Worlds they had in stock to begin with. He even "checked" on how many he had over the phone before swearing I and my friend would be able to get one....that they had plenty,more then enough to last awhile at least. That kinda shit really pisses me off.

Yeah well I ordered 4 games, one being Forgotten Worlds. He charged my credit card first and sent me an email afterwards telling me that he was out of that game and asked if I wanted anything else instead. Maybe I should have complained instead of buying a game I didn't really want. :/ I had to buy at least 4 games to justify the $31 shipping fee to Canada.

[PCEngineHell]

Teach TZD a lesson then,refuse to accept the package and have it returned,and deny the charge with your credit card company. Hes not supposed to be charging peoples cards unless he can fill the original order.

[shubibiman]

Agree with Fulci, they certainly want to get rid of their big stocks. I guess Lords of Thunder might reappear soon.

[MurderDate]

they did the same thing to me - charged my credit card and can't supply a Forgotten Worlds.   it's bullshit. 
I've never heard of a business doing that in my life.  I haven't received my order yet but when I do if I am not pleased they are for certain going to hear about it.

Personally I wouldn't be surprised if they actually DID decide to hang on to their Forgotten Worlds.  all it takes is a buncha orders ,  with FW on every damn order ,  and they think "hmm maybe we can get more than $15 for this"

I know I personally would not have jumped to place an order within 5 mins of receiving the email had I know FW "sold out".   How could it have sold out when I ordered literally as soon as they sent out the Email ?   

Staying ambiguous about the size of their backstock - it just reeks of manipulation and disrespect for the consumer.

Overall leaves a bad taste in my mouth -and I hope they are reading this !

[spoiler king]

Huh. I always considered TZD one of the last true bastions of 2D gaming, and I've always thought they provided an excellent service to fans of the PCE/Duo/TG. For them to keep the site going for so many years, through several console generations, always seemed like an act of actual integrity to me.

I've been visiting their site for years now, and I'll be sad to see it go if it does indeed disappear. I think some people may be jumping to conclusions with how this sale is panning out. I guess we'll know for sure by next week.
It'd be a pretty dishonorable way to go out....fucking with the fans/longtime supporters. I think there's a good chance the sale just went beyond their expectations.

[Carbon Tiger]

It'd be a pretty dishonorable way to go out....fucking with the fans/longtime supporters. I think there's a good chance the sale just went beyond their expectations.

That would indeed be dishonourable.

To TZD. If you have a product in limited amounts/stock you note that and warn the customer or list what you really have. I placed my order about 7 minutes after getting the email. Now I'm yet to hear anything from TZD concerning  order problems, maybe I got lucky. I hope they got it right I really do. But even if they didn't mess up my order I'm still steamed that they messed up so many other people's orders. That's no way to do business.   

And if they did mess up my order their getting it back.