Prevent ME from ordering from Buyrite

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06 Sep 2002, 11:12 AM
Cowdisease

Prevent ME from ordering from Buyrite

Hey, I've been trying to find the following items online.

Saturn Bomberman (US, although JPN is okay as well)
Total Control 3 (The Saturn -> DC adapter that uses the Twinsticks)
NGPC SNK vs. Capcom (US version - I want to read it in English)

I've looked through the usual sites (ncsx, videogamedepot, therage) and they do not have them in stock. Buyrite appears to be the only online store that has those in stock, but ordering from them is akin to flushing your money down the toilet and then setting the toilet on fire.

Are there any lesser-known (but better reliable) stores that you know that might have these items in stock? If not, I may have to take the Buyrite plunge of doom and cross my fingers.
06 Sep 2002, 11:22 AM
Despair

Well, Unless you willing to take chances on getting majoriry screwed by BuyRite, go ahead.

Still I wish you luck, and may your transaction go well.
06 Sep 2002, 11:25 AM
kabuki

I'd rather give my money to some street urchin and have him go scour the sewers for games than give my money to Buyrite. You should be of the same mentality.
06 Sep 2002, 11:54 AM
dog$

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Originally posted by cowdisease
Buyrite appears to be
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And that's the problem right there.

Nobody's going to stop you from yourself, though. Your money.
06 Sep 2002, 11:55 AM
JefmcC

Re: Prevent ME from ordering from Buyrite

Quote:

Originally posted by Cowdisease
Hey, I've been trying to find the following items online.

Saturn Bomberman (US, although JPN is okay as well)
Total Control 3 (The Saturn -> DC adapter that uses the Twinsticks)
NGPC SNK vs. Capcom (US version - I want to read it in English)

I've looked through the usual sites (ncsx, videogamedepot, therage) and they do not have them in stock. Buyrite appears to be the only online store that has those in stock, but ordering from them is akin to flushing your money down the toilet and then setting the toilet on fire.

Are there any lesser-known (but better reliable) stores that you know that might have these items in stock? If not, I may have to take the Buyrite plunge of doom and cross my fingers.

If yo are in NY/NJ area like you say, go to Elizabeth St. in Chinatown
and get what you need there.
06 Sep 2002, 12:01 PM
Werewolf

I bet you they aren't even in stock, go ahead and call since stuff like that is never in stock and they never update them :p

I was desprite and ordered from them in July, not only did they try to charge me more then the original price and top of thier shipping gouging prices they still haven't refunded my card and this was over a month ago... there are three good rules you should listen to:

1) Don't stick your finger in a light socket.
2) Don't eat the yellow snow.
3) Don't buy from Buy-Rite, ever!

Follow the above three and you will be a much happier person ;)
06 Sep 2002, 12:03 PM
bbobb

Quote:

Originally posted by Werewolf
I bet you they aren't even in stock, go ahead and call since stuff like that is never in stock and they never update them :p

HA... good luck getting through and talking to an actual person.
06 Sep 2002, 12:14 PM
Werewolf

Quote:

Originally posted by bbobb

HA... good luck getting through and talking to an actual person.

I can get ahold of them, though talkingto the manager isn't fun at all, lets just say he is as good as his store :p
06 Sep 2002, 12:27 PM
SearchManX

Re: Re: Prevent ME from ordering from Buyrite

Quote:

Originally posted by JefmcC

If yo are in NY/NJ area like you say, go to Elizabeth St. in Chinatown
and get what you need there.

Even then, those games he's looking for will still be pretty tough to find. He probably has the best chance with Saturn Bomberman since J&L carries a bunch of Saturn games (but charges a lot for them). I don't know anything about Total Control, but I know that NGPC games there are super rare, so you'll be a lucky bastard if you find a US version of any NGPC games there, you can easily find Jap. versions tho.
06 Sep 2002, 12:37 PM
Click_Stick

Fuck Buy-Rite. Fuck Buy-Rite a hundred times to hell and back.

Don't ever consider it an option. You're betting off watching some one flush your money down a shit-covered toilet.

Ok?

That good?
06 Sep 2002, 12:43 PM
SearchManX

OMG, your sig pic is hilarious, C_S. LOL! :lol:
06 Sep 2002, 12:47 PM
Cowdisease

Quote:

Originally posted by Click_Stick
Don't ever consider it an option. You're betting off watching some one flush your money down a shit-covered toilet.

You forgot setting the toilet on fire.
06 Sep 2002, 12:53 PM
Tsubaki

Yep, as some have echoed here, just because Buyrite lists it, doesn't mean they have it in stock. It just further proves their ability to mislead customers by not removing the items from their website like a good store would.
06 Sep 2002, 01:09 PM
JefmcC

"Any remember, if you're not buying at Buyrite, you're definately not buying right!"
06 Sep 2002, 01:15 PM
lithium

Wait, help me out here. Don't NGPC games play in any language, just like full size Neo games? You set the system to your language of choice in the bios, and then the game will play in that language.

I can't remember, I haven't NGPCed in so long.
06 Sep 2002, 01:26 PM
Click_Stick

Quote:

Originally posted by lithium
Wait, help me out here. Don't NGPC games play in any language, just like full size Neo games? You set the system to your language of choice in the bios, and then the game will play in that language.

I can't remember, I haven't NGPCed in so long.

Depends on the game. Some do, some don't.
06 Sep 2002, 03:47 PM
Shinobi128

i ordered $180 worth of stuff from them only to get fucked over. it took a little over a month to get my stuff. and i thought i was getting brand new n64 games, nope, i got old, used, boxless, scratched up pieces of shit, some never made it. after fighting with someone on the phone, i sent my stuff back and got a refund three weeks later.
06 Sep 2002, 04:05 PM
lithium

bbb's view on buyrite

96 complaints in 36 months, 66 of them in the past year. If 96 people actually took the time to complain, how many hundreds never bothered?
06 Sep 2002, 04:09 PM
Josh

Fuck em. Fuck Toys and Joys too.
06 Sep 2002, 04:22 PM
Shinobi128

is there anything we could do to shut them down?
06 Sep 2002, 04:33 PM
Cowdisease

Toys and Joys are also bad? If so, how bad they are compared to Buyrite?
06 Sep 2002, 05:01 PM
Werewolf

Toys N Joys is bad because they sell used stuff as new, customer service is hard to get ahold of and a long distance call to Hawaii, plus they have high prices... the people there seem to be nice but the flaws far outway the good, plus a couple of times I had the manager verify they where new items only to find out they where used when I got them.

Better then Buy-Rite but still not worth the trouble when you have fine game stores like VGD and NCS :)
06 Sep 2002, 05:16 PM
burgundy

Ever heard of eBay? It's not airtight, but you're much better off bidding there.
06 Sep 2002, 07:55 PM
Videodrone

if you find a tc3 plz let me know...i really need one too...of course that is if you find it anywhere but buyrite...
06 Sep 2002, 08:52 PM
Flamble

I just received my Total Control 5 from lik-sang.com. I'm stuck playing Zero Gunner with it right now since my Icky won't be here until friggin' Tuesday. :mad:

This may not be exactly what you're looking for, but it's getting the job done for me.

http://www.lik-sang.com/catalog/pro...oducts_id=1996&

Edit: Grrrr.... I can't link directly to it. From the link, click on "Dreamcast", then "Cables & Adapters".
07 Sep 2002, 12:22 AM
Rooster

My Japanese NGPC SNK vs. Capcom plays in English...
Manual is kinda useless to me but if you're actaully trying to track this one down I doubt you'll need it.
07 Sep 2002, 02:33 AM
007bond

Never ever ever ever order from Buyrite. Just get that stuff on Ebay.
07 Sep 2002, 04:51 AM
Ragnarok the Red

Cow, Bomberman for Saturn, US version, complete, starting bid $14.00, no bids yet, ends in a little over 2.5 days:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1379455231

Good luck! :D
07 Sep 2002, 02:46 PM
Dyne

go ahead and buy from them. lord knows we need another buyrite ripoff thread started this week. just like we need more "i just bought x system....feel spesh for me" threads or the "i want to buy x system....what games are good".
07 Sep 2002, 03:48 PM
Cowdisease

Quote:

Originally posted by Rooster
My Japanese NGPC SNK vs. Capcom plays in English...

Wait, is this true? Because if it is, then there's no need getting the US version. Might as well order a new JPN release off of Gexpress.

Quote:

Originally posted by Ragnarok the Red
Cow, Bomberman for Saturn, US version, complete, starting bid $14.00, no bids yet, ends in a little over 2.5 days:

The auction is for Bomberman Wars, not Saturn Bomberman, but thanks for the heads-up anyway. Too bad the only people selling Saturn Bomberman on Ebay are based in Tokyo. At least shipping will still be cheaper than Buyrite's.
07 Sep 2002, 04:34 PM
Josh

Quote:

Originally posted by Shinobi128
is there anything we could do to shut them down?

Firebomb...

Quote:

Originally posted by Dragonmaster Dyne
go ahead and buy from them. lord knows we need another buyrite ripoff thread started this week. just like we need more \"i just bought x system....feel spesh for me\" threads or the \"i want to buy x system....what games are good\".

If you don\'t like threads like that maybe you shouldn\'t come to message boards?
07 Sep 2002, 06:14 PM
x2y

*waves hand in the air*

I've been screwed by Buyrite! Twice!...I never thought of reporting them to the BBB.
07 Sep 2002, 06:32 PM
Tain

Actually, back in the day, I purchased Panzer Saga and... Hmm... I forget what, but another Saturn game from Buyrite.

...And they came without a hitch. Guess that I'm lucky.
07 Sep 2002, 06:36 PM
Rooster

Yeah, my jap. SNK vs. Capcom plays in english when the system is set to english. I happen to have a jap. NGPC mark2 (or whatever they called the second slightly smaller version) that I got from NCS, but I'm pretty sure the domestic systems also have a language select so I don't see why you'd have a problem- I think all of SNK's hardware has that feature, although I can't vouch for it (never got an AES. *sniff* ...)

A quick note on Toys & Joys; I've ordered "new" games from them twice and recieved used stuff both times, although they were in excessively good condition (spine cards included) and I think I might have been charged less, so I can't really complain too much. I'd probably avoid them unless they had something I couldn't get from a more reliable source, and their prices are a little high...
08 Sep 2002, 07:05 PM
Cowdisease

Mission acomplished guys.

Reading all your negative comments has prevented me from ordering from Buyrite. Good job!

Ahem, SCREW YOU BUYRITE!!!

Of course, there's still the issue of finding a Total Control 3, and I may be forced to order from Toys & Joys if I can't find it anywhere else.

Thanks to everyone for all your help.
08 Sep 2002, 08:07 PM
JefmcC

I had a good expierence with Toys N Joys. The shipping is a lot though.
08 Sep 2002, 08:22 PM
sleeve

What do I care if the state of Maine wants to buy from Buyrite?

And yes, eBay really is your best bet for all three games.
09 Sep 2002, 02:29 AM
Rooster

Alternatives for your adaptor:
http://www.lik-sang.com/catalog/prod...p?category=29&

http://www.levelsix.com/dreamcast.shtml

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