>>55726937I don't know what you're complaining about. That's actually pretty cheap for a local shop. Picrel is my local place. Their prices are usually based on online retailer listings, too. So this isn't even that high for Emerald carts. Hell, check ebay right now. The cheapest emerald you'll find is Spanish and 80 USD. The cheapest (working) English language one is 175. Emerald is expensive, simple as.
>>55727200The gray market for everything has been fucking stupid the last few years. Scalpers and Covid really fucked the market over in a way that we'll probably only recover from if the fucking thing straight up dies. We're talking bubble bursting kind of death. And I for one cannot wait for that shit to happen. Retro games have it even worse than stuff like cards or toys, though. Because the retro game gray market has to deal with auction groups and shit. Those are the fuckers making your life a living hell if all you want is a fucking retro game. Those predatory assholes are artificially inflating the value on retro games so they can buy and trade them like art pieces.
