F/S: TurboGrafx-16 games in "Asshole Fucked Me Over" Sale

[PCEngineHell]

its true that bad disks are harder to focus, but i have never seen the focus system fail.
the laser failures I have seen are from laser fade, or failure (as in the light source fails), which would not be hastened by poor cd quality.

I have had the mechanics fail on plenty of lasers, so that the laser lenses cant be raised anymore to focus. This is especially true on the KSS 210A and B. I replaced enough of those now due to that, that I don't care to ever do so again.

[IDCHAPPY]

In before the lock  , shitty deals give the retro game a bad name. I like to think that if someone wasnt happy with something i'd sold then i'd do my very best to sort the situation, part of the whole treat others the way you would like to be treated thing 

[Keith Courage]

Local businesses should start using this slogan for promotions. This weekend only!!! It's the once a year, ASS HOLE FUCKED ME OVER SALE!!!!

[neoxeno]

Local businesses should start using this slogan for promotions. This weekend only!!! It's the once a year, ASS HOLE FUCKED ME OVER SALE!!!!

[Sleepy Gnome]

this is internet gold.

[Firebomber7]

IF someone came in here and told us how their house burned down or got nailed by a tornado or something and they lost their whole collection and was looking to buy a cheap Duo to replace their lost one... I'd send that person a free Duo, but this situation, no my charity has limitations.

I lost my whole collection trying to appease a woman...  *hint, hint*

Then again, I'm not crying too badly for a free one!

More on topic... these threads are crazy! If it was me that received the Duo, I'd try to see if it was an easy fix first (and NOT try it with a CDR first!). If it was fixed, as it was in this case, AND the promised PS3 was broken, the correct thing to do is EITHER send the Duo back OR acquire another equivalent PS3 (buy new if needed) and send him exactly what he was expecting. Anything else is dead wrong, which is exactly what happened.

The OP seems like a real tool.


*bump on a not TOO old classic thread!*

[BlueBMW]

I lost my whole collection trying to appease a woman...  *hint, hint*

I experienced the same thing back in 2005... I pretty much sold my whole collection except my Atari 800 stuff, because the woman I was engaged to didnt like my video game hobby.  I was young, dumb, and foolish.  I wont make that mistake again!

So I can definitely feel your pain on that one

On the note of free duos, do keep an eye out, at some point here I will be raffling off a free US duo   It'll be before the end of this year.

[Mathius]

I lost my whole collection trying to appease a woman...  *hint, hint*

I experienced the same thing back in 2005... I pretty much sold my whole collection except my Atari 800 stuff, because the woman I was engaged to didnt like my video game hobby.  I was young, dumb, and foolish.  I wont make that mistake again!

So I can definitely feel your pain on that one

On the note of free duos, do keep an eye out, at some point here I will be raffling off a free US duo   It'll be before the end of this year.

Even though I just became a member of teh "Duo Club" with my purchase of a Duo-R, may I please please enter this future raffle? 

[BlueBMW]

I havent decided what the rules / regs will be on the raffle, but there will be some   Probably at least a minimum post or time on the forum requirement   I'll have to decide on some hoops for peeps to jump through.

[Mathius]

I havent decided what the rules / regs will be on the raffle, but there will be some   Probably at least a minimum post or time on the forum requirement   I'll have to decide on some hoops for peeps to jump through.

Sheesh! Fair enough.

A US Turbo Duo is still on my "to buy" list, but I don't want to have to sell my pancreas to get one. If I get lucky one day I want it to be on these forums. 

[Firebomber7]

On the note of free duos, do keep an eye out, at some point here I will be raffling off a free US duo   It'll be before the end of this year.

Really? Sweet! I will win it and trade it to Tats for an Ave6 controller and a loose copy of Gunhed!

Or a PCE Duo-something

Nothing against Turbochips!

[BlueBMW]

It will be region modded or not at the winners discretion.

[JoshTurboTrollX]

I lost my whole collection trying to appease a woman...  *hint, hint*

I experienced the same thing back in 2005... I pretty much sold my whole collection except my Atari 800 stuff, because the woman I was engaged to didnt like my video game hobby.  I was young, dumb, and foolish.  I wont make that mistake again!

So I can definitely feel your pain on that one

jeesh, this is all too familiar.  in late 2007~early 2008 I sold off my entire collection except my Sega Dreamcast and games.  Trying to fend off late payments and bill collectors for a person with a Horrendous spending problem.....

years later - lesson learned.

[SMF]

I lost my whole collection trying to appease a woman...  *hint, hint*

I experienced the same thing back in 2005... I pretty much sold my whole collection except my Atari 800 stuff, because the woman I was engaged to didnt like my video game hobby.  I was young, dumb, and foolish.  I wont make that mistake again!

So I can definitely feel your pain on that one

jeesh, this is all too familiar.  in late 2007~early 2008 I sold off my entire collection except my Sega Dreamcast and games.  Trying to fend off late payments and bill collectors for a person with a Horrendous spending problem.....

years later - lesson learned.

Seems like that's what we do with woman, To save my relationship I sold off everything cept my Nintendo and NEC stuff. At that time I had every system out up to the then Current Dreamcast. SEGA master, Genesis with every single add on sega made for them. Even had genesis master system add on. Atari's the hard to find working Jag CD, 3DO. I had a shit load of games to. I remember cutting school cause Toys r us had Sega CD games dirt cheap along with 3DO games. Atleast I was smart enough to hold onto my TG and Nintendo stuff.

[c0ldb33r]

Jesus, this thread is 8 pages.

Is the stuff on page 1 still for sale? if so what are the prices? I'm not reading 8 pages to find out 

[allyourblood]

Jesus, this thread is 8 pages.

Is the stuff on page 1 still for sale? if so what are the prices? I'm not reading 8 pages to find out 

I don't know, but I read through most of this thread a while back, and decided that perhaps buying from this individual might not be the best idea. At least, not without Paypal or some other form of protection.

[BlueBMW]

I think this guy is LONG GONE   But the thread is around for the laughs

[PunkCryborg]

yeah definitely worth the read

[blueraven]

Holy thread of FAIL Batman!

[Opethian]

hall of shame worthy?

[sirhcman]

This thread made my head hurt! 

[PunkCryborg]

hall of shame worthy?

to me this is the best ever, hall of shame #1
so many awesome moments, jabroni, there is no God if someone doesn't give me a duo etc.....

[MotherGunner]

elabit, you weren't here during the Mike vs. Joe or Nintega days it seems...  To me this thread was just an afternoon chuckle.

[PunkCryborg]

elabit, you weren't here during the Mike vs. Joe or Nintega days it seems...  To me this thread was just an afternoon chuckle.

Yeah I missed all of that, and it seems most of it has been deleted or heavily edited

[c0ldb33r]

we need a coles notes version of this thread

[Edmond Dantes]

^ Coles' notes?

Here's a condensed version, in any case:

A guy came into a forum and asked for hand-outs after an Atari Jaguar ate his balls, his Mega Drive and his Turbo Duo which prevented him from giving cabbage to a Rabbi.  Apparently, the Rabbi was actually the evil genius who keeps putting those insta-death spike pits from Keith Courage in Alpha Zones just off screen, so he didn't deserve Cabbage anyway.

Then the Rabbi comes on the forum and explain that actually, he's the reason we got the Gate of Thunder Super CD and spins a heartfelt, warm-blooded speech about being kind to animals and loving your fellow man.  He demonstrates this himself by refusing to behead those who had wronged him.  Therefore, we all side with him.

But the first guy, who is revealed to in fact be an aging and senile Johnny Turbo, instead goes off the deep end and tries to flood the world in a sea of venus bonktraps.  It backfires and he ends up summoning that nigh-unbeatable ballerina boss from the second game, who promptly wipes the floor with him before getting killed herself by Raiden the Thunder God, who uses a fatality just to be sure.

Everybody laughs.  The end.

I may have taken liberties with the story, but that's the way I see it.

[nat]

This thread has been in the Hall of Shame for a while.

[roflmao]

Here's a condensed version, in any case:

Sounds about right to me.

[c0ldb33r]

I've tried to actually read the thread a few times but my head's ready to explode halfway through. This seems to match what I did read. Thanks

^ Coles' notes?

Here's a condensed version, in any case:

A guy came into a forum and asked for hand-outs after an Atari Jaguar ate his balls, his Mega Drive and his Turbo Duo which prevented him from giving cabbage to a Rabbi.  Apparently, the Rabbi was actually the evil genius who keeps putting those insta-death spike pits from Keith Courage in Alpha Zones just off screen, so he didn't deserve Cabbage anyway.

Then the Rabbi comes on the forum and explain that actually, he's the reason we got the Gate of Thunder Super CD and spins a heartfelt, warm-blooded speech about being kind to animals and loving your fellow man.  He demonstrates this himself by refusing to behead those who had wronged him.  Therefore, we all side with him.

But the first guy, who is revealed to in fact be an aging and senile Johnny Turbo, instead goes off the deep end and tries to flood the world in a sea of venus bonktraps.  It backfires and he ends up summoning that nigh-unbeatable ballerina boss from the second game, who promptly wipes the floor with him before getting killed herself by Raiden the Thunder God, who uses a fatality just to be sure.

Everybody laughs.  The end.

I may have taken liberties with the story, but that's the way I see it.

[blueraven]

I've tried to actually read the thread a few times but my head's ready to explode halfway through. This seems to match what I did read. Thanks

That's pretty much the size of it. The thread is downright schizophrenic.

[thesteve]

love the condensed version

[JapanTokei]

this guy's post read like a fockin scam at the 1st post.  I just saw it.  smells worse than a rancid pube with the following:
* he is a guest poster
* his story makes no focking sense
* he was intent on dumping his games

....

I hope no one got scammed by this biatch!

[nectarsis]

* he is a guest poster

That happens due to closing an acct/being banned.

[BigT]

I've tried to actually read the thread a few times but my head's ready to explode halfway through. This seems to match what I did read. Thanks

^ Coles' notes?

Here's a condensed version, in any case:

A guy came into a forum and asked for hand-outs after an Atari Jaguar ate his balls, his Mega Drive and his Turbo Duo which prevented him from giving cabbage to a Rabbi.  Apparently, the Rabbi was actually the evil genius who keeps putting those insta-death spike pits from Keith Courage in Alpha Zones just off screen, so he didn't deserve Cabbage anyway.

Then the Rabbi comes on the forum and explain that actually, he's the reason we got the Gate of Thunder Super CD and spins a heartfelt, warm-blooded speech about being kind to animals and loving your fellow man.  He demonstrates this himself by refusing to behead those who had wronged him.  Therefore, we all side with him.

But the first guy, who is revealed to in fact be an aging and senile Johnny Turbo, instead goes off the deep end and tries to flood the world in a sea of venus bonktraps.  It backfires and he ends up summoning that nigh-unbeatable ballerina boss from the second game, who promptly wipes the floor with him before getting killed herself by Raiden the Thunder God, who uses a fatality just to be sure.

Everybody laughs.  The end.

I may have taken liberties with the story, but that's the way I see it.

I actually did make it through the whole thread... the original version is also good for some entertainment!  In hindsight, both stories make about as much sense!

[c0ldb33r]

is there any mechanism to archive threads on this forum?

[alexsduo]

when I started reading this forum, I was a young man with a spark in my eyes.  Now, I am old and do not care anymore about anything, this thread has aged me beyond my years.  Humbug. 

But seriously, I need a drawing, to explain this word problem of a story.  This is like 8 grade math.

Bobby has a Duo that may or may not work, Johnny has a hankering for a PS3, Bobby sends $250 and sends Johnny a PS3 from Dell.com, you get mad Duos, and you know how to fix them, or your sister does, and you received one from an inheritance.  You pay your sister $30, or the going rate to fix a Duo, to fix the Duo or Duos, and then they work or do not work and you throw or do not throw them out.   Johnny proceeds to play CDR and they ruin the laser, and you throw away the Duo.  Bobby harasses Johnny, and both parties hire a lawyer at $250 per hour.  you then have to sell your games to presumably live.  Also, you make a posting to try and recoup 25% of your cost.

Question: How much time have you wasted reading all of this?

Solution:  There is no God.

[PunkCryborg]

when I started reading this forum, I was a young man with a spark in my eyes.  Now, I am old and do not care anymore about anything, this thread has aged me beyond my years.  Humbug. 

But seriously, I need a drawing, to explain this word problem of a story.  This is like 8 grade math.

Bobby has a Duo that may or may not work, Johnny has a hankering for a PS3, Bobby sends $250 and sends Johnny a PS3 from Dell.com, you get mad Duos, and you know how to fix them, or your sister does, and you received one from an inheritance.  You pay your sister $30, or the going rate to fix a Duo, to fix the Duo or Duos, and then they work or do not work and you throw or do not throw them out.   Johnny proceeds to play CDR and they ruin the laser, and you throw away the Duo.  Bobby harasses Johnny, and both parties hire a lawyer at $250 per hour.  you then have to sell your games to presumably live.  Also, you make a posting to try and recoup 25% of your cost.

Question: How much time have you wasted reading all of this?

Solution:  There is no God.

Your posts make about as much sense as Regal Sin's

[alexsduo]

Thank you, wasn't meant to make sense.

[Tatsujin]

LOL, never looked into this thread. What a BLAST!

[tiptopjames]

my moms a whore. can i have a duo?

[Bernie]

my moms a whore. can i have a duo?

Oh boy..  another one..  here we go...

[MotherGunner]

Every time this thread gets bumped, I die a little more inside....

[tiptopjames]

it was so recent on the list this morning, that i almost thought it was a post from today. and i read it all. sorry to kill your soul, i don't really want a duo for my mothers promiscuity

[MotherGunner]

Post a picture of your mother and all MAY be forgiven...=)

P.s.  My comment was for Tats

[futureman2000]

I remember reading this thing all the way through after the fact. It has story arcs, twists and turns. Great read!

[blueraven]

How the heck did this thread get ressed?

[nat]

I posted a link to it in that Nintega thread when someone guessed machomadness was Nintega. People came. People read. People discussed. Besides that, it's immortalized in the Hall of Shame.

[esteban]

Every time this thread gets bumped, I die a little more inside....

Same here!

[Turbotracks]

Got half way through before realizing how old it was! LOL! I have since passed it along to a friend who writes screenplays.  Hope nobody minds. J/k

[MotherGunner]

Nope, we only mind that this thread continues to be bumped.  Let's lock it already...=/