Heres a strange arcade auction

[DYNAGOD]

this guy is selling thousands of the same game. just thought it was odd as ive
never seen so many instances of a single game in a one place.

      

Marvel VS Capcom and other CPS2 fighting game A&B board sets

Lot of 100 pcs.  WINNER WILL RECEIVE 100 A BOARDS and 100 B BOARDS IN TOTAL

Package will include approximately 50 pcs Marvel vs Capcom and 50 other assorted Marvel/Street Fighter type game boards.

Original Capcom CPS2; NOT  boot or copy boards

Approximately 1000 boards available in total.  This auction is for one lot of 100 boards. 

[SavannahLion]

Maybe it'll glut the market. The auction is starting at $3,900 or $39 per board. It'd be interesting to snag one.

[Silhouette]

They're probably dead carts. CPS2 games had a suicide battery on the board.

[Crowquill]

They're probably dead carts. CPS2 games had a suicide battery on the board.

Some of them probably are. Considering Marvel vs Capcom was one of the last CPS-2 games they're probably mostly OK. What's strange is that they're the orange "south america" region boards. It's listed as being in Mexico City, but you just don't see too many auctions for those. Usually it's the Blue (USA) and Green (Japan) boards that you see auctions for.

Anyone notice the shipping requirements? $200 for packing and they will only ship on your DHL/FedEx/UPS Account number.

[Jeff AMN]

This guy has done this sort of thing before. Huge lots and all the same game. I don't understand it, but I'd love to have a tiny slice of it.

[SavannahLion]

This guy has done this sort of thing before. Huge lots and all the same game. I don't understand it, but I'd love to have a tiny slice of it.

South America isn't exactly known for honesty. What's the possibility these were part of some attempt for funding or money laundering or some such? Arcade boards are a weird choice, but I've heard some major cities were huge hotbeds for the Mafia and arcades were nothing more than money laundering fronts during the 80's. No idea if that's true though. I would think places like the CalNeva would be more profitable for something like that.

[ChadTower]

New York/New Jersey isn't exactly known for honesty. What's the possibility these were part of some attempt for funding or money laundering or some such? Arcade boards are a weird choice, but I've heard some major cities were huge hotbeds for the Mafia and arcades were nothing more than money laundering fronts during the 80's.

Fixt

[SavannahLion]

New York/New Jersey isn't exactly known for honesty. What's the possibility these were part of some attempt for funding or money laundering or some such? Arcade boards are a weird choice, but I've heard some major cities were huge hotbeds for the Mafia and arcades were nothing more than money laundering fronts during the 80's.

Fixt

I know it's obvious, but you lost me there.

[ChadTower]

Arcades were always very very very common way to launder money.  Everywhere. 

[SavannahLion]

Arcades were always very very very common way to launder money.  Everywhere.

I grew up in and around casinos, so that's where all the focus of money laundering went. I never really figured arcades to reasonably generate the kind of transaction volume for that.

[ChadTower]

Most places don't have casinos so that isn't an option.

[shardian]

Arcades were always very very very common way to launder money.  Everywhere.

I grew up in and around casinos, so that's where all the focus of money laundering went. I never really figured arcades to reasonably generate the kind of transaction volume for that.

Back in the early 80's, it very possible for an arcade to churn out enough transactions for a small laundering operation. Of course, the mafia probably owned the majority of the NY/NJ arcades, so they had plenty of room to operate.

[SavannahLion]

Most places don't have casinos so that isn't an option.

Yeah, I keep forgetting that with all thecasinos popping up all over the place.

[ChadTower]

There are no casinos in Massachusetts and I believe in NH and Maine.  I know there are some in RI and CT.  Not sure about VT.

[bfauska]

Do you actually need LOTS of transactions to launder money?  I figured the laundering happened as you claim all your income is coming from the games when actually it is all coming from somewhere else. 

[ChadTower]

Yeah, but it's easier to keep track when there are only so many transactions... but if you have thousands upon thousands of transactions that produce no documentation, it's much easier.  No one checks the coin counters in a Jersey arcade.