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My gut instinct would be to not order from ThinkGeek. Back in April, a warehouse of Dreamcasts were found, and sold through ThinkGeek for $99 bucks a pop. Being a dead console, it was a little to pricey for me. Either way, I thought it was neat that there were new dreamcasts still floating around 10 years after launch. Anyhow, long story made short, reports started flying around that some of those new Dreamcasts were very old and used. It made me glad I didn't buy one.

Fast forward in time 8 months.

I happened to be perusing some forums, and ran across a link that offered NEW Dreamcasts for $14.99 + Shipping. I had to bite. The link brought me to a description of a new console. Either a white or black console with AV Cables, a power cable, a demo disc, and a controller. I bought one. The deal couldn't be beat, or so I thought. I couldn't wait for my new Dreamcast to arrive, to get myself a nice game of Shenmue in, which I haven't played in years!

I got a call from my wife yesterday, saying that the dreamcast arrived. I was thrilled to get some play-time in. I got home and asked her where the dreamcast was, she handed me a box that was about 6 inches long by wide. Instantly my heart sunk. I opened it up, and inside was... A Brand new Dreamcast... Controller. Obviously feeling like an idiot, I check my order history on ThinkGeek, It says I ordered an Original Dreamcast Console. That makes me feel a little better, knowing I didn't mis-read what the product description was.

So I called customer service, and the ThinkGeek representative says, "Yeah, that was a mistake on our part. $14.99 is too good to be true." Actually, guy who makes $6.75 an hour, $14.99 is about what an old and dead console is worth to me.

What I really want to know, if ThinkGeek knew in advance that they made a mistake, why would they ship all of these controllers out to everybody that bought them?

I should have listened to my gut instinct.
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It's going to be ok dude. Lookit, I got a deal on a PS3 for 14.99 as a matter of fact. I'll send you the info where to send the money. Free shipping BTW.
Yeah, you should listen to Y0j1mb0. It'll be ok, buddy. Just grow a beard.

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PS3 for $14.99! Nice, where? I want 10. :(
Aw. Sadness. I've been considering buying a Dreamcast from them since I still have a milk crate of Dreamcast games lying around and the Dreamcast is my baby.
Yeah, the old adage of "if it's too good to be true... it usually is" is usually true. (wow, that's sounds confusing! LOL!)

Anyway, I've mentioned this before, but if you're driving to PAX in Seattle next year I'll likely be attending and giving away my working dreamcast, controllers and 2 huge driving wheels with about 30 games. Keep it in mind. (I would give it away in a contest, but shipping would cost well over $100 - probably more than everything is actually worth - the driving wheels have pedals and they're huge"!)
I would go to PAX to try to win your old dreamcast, but I live in New Hampshire. The drive would absolutely kill me, thanks for the offer though.
I've still got a couple Dreamcasts lying around the house, so I didn't think much of the Thinkgeek deal. Still, sucks to be you, sorry to hear about that.
so what happened? you made them give you a refund right?
Damn dude, sorry to hear that. I actually bought one of those consoles at 99 bucks and it looked brand new to me. The box was a bit beat-up but that was to be expected from an old console. Worked perfectly too!
Dammit Elsa why couldn't you live in east Canada and give that Dreamcast away in PAX East! I'm a sucker for Dreamcast stuff.
I got a brand new dreamcast in Feburary for $18 at play and trade :P
I haven't returned it yet... I literally got the system the other night. I'll update when I find out how it goes.

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