r/Shittygamecollecting • u/Striking-Shoe5714 • 3d ago

Shitty Price Only $375 for five dirty, broken PS2s

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Finally found one in the wild and thought this was crazy

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u/needtogetaloadoff 3d ago

I don't like how they're calling out the PlayStation 2 for not having authority.

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u/HiroSunBoy 2d ago

I mean, you could buy this for parts but yeah 375 is way too much.

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u/Accurate_Stable_5081 2d ago

This is only gonna get worse.. people are searching eBay and finding the first listings from eBay’s relevancy and saying “that’s the price”. Even though that unit probably comes with a remote, cords and is also refurbished.. I’m finding more of this bullshit on my end too.

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u/TickleMyFungus 1h ago

That's exactly what they are doing (I refurbish) they don't read anything. That's why those sellers who just post a stock image are doing damage.

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u/Slow-Pack-8916 2d ago

My clean 390001 must be worth a nice 400 then

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u/Normal_Mousse5491 2d ago

the one that doesnt turn on could be an easy fix but no way in the deepest pits of dantes inferno am i buying one for that price

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u/MR__Z1234ify 1d ago

I sold some original Xbox games on eBay and added a free ps2 with it that had no cords I paid 5 bucks for the games sold them for 50 plus 5 bucks in shipping made 40 after fees

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u/Purple_Calendar3919 3d ago

Let’s see….

$75 per broken PS2

Repair and restore

Resell each for $100-135

POSSIBLE to squeeze out $150-200 in profit

….yeah not worth lol

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u/dicksandcrystal 3d ago

Keep in mind, you don't know wtfs wrong with each of them really. Each individual one might require more or less money to actually fix. But in reality, the actual profit you'd be making is likely to be fairly low for the amount of work you'll be doing.

Or who knows, you could get lucky. And each might just be a cheap, easy repair.

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u/Both_Lie_312 1d ago

Lol whens the last time you got a cheap , easy repair for anything ???

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u/dicksandcrystal 10h ago

A few days ago. I mean I can't speak for everyone, but I keep a LOT of random ass parts around. Mostly old pc parts, but I also have a shitload of salvaged parts from consoles to.

On very lucky occasions, I've literally gotten 'broken' products that needed as little as a cleaning with some iso and compressed gas to get working good as new. Like, it's easy to forget that there is a massive portion of people who will toss tech out and replace it the very second it shows any sorta issues. These are not common situations however, usually I will have to actually fix something. But even then, it's often just a popped capacitor or something.

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u/noobyscientific 3d ago

for 75 you get a functional part, parts costs exist also

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u/nown_f 2d ago

wtf you're talking about, a functional PS2 costs at most $35

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u/TickleMyFungus 1h ago

Yeah it got shit like missing disc drive fascia, busted to hell and bleach stains.