eBay Is Good. Part 2

[RoteXoR]

I think some guy named the Angry Video Game Nerd is parodying you on this!

[TheArchfiend]

@RoteXoR

Flip that around and you're correct.

[RoteXoR]

@TheArchfiend I know, that was the point ^^

[MadHatter7over12]

hook a brotha up

[SpliNterCellFan697]

I bid on Bob.

[MultiMojo89]

I wanted the sock.

[MattitudeEra]

I'd actually pay for Bob.

[Bombalega600]

Ah^^ So if you got those 5 awesome income sources why does your house look so shit? :S

[ResettisReplicas]

I saw a knockoff Archfiend Sock on Ebay yesterday. It's real sad when people have to resort to that.

[SquidIggy888]

socks? and the AVGN is scamming his fans

[mauszx]

I think that is being jealous.

If people is paying for those things is because they agree with the price on the article. If he wants to make MORE money is really his problem and if you don't want to is your problem

[itouch1234567]

What was the video the avgn posted?

[NESWIIGAMECUBE]

does james really do this? i knew he sold stuff but.... even irate gamer has a job besides the reviews.

[TheArchfiendStudios]

Bob is quite the acrobat.

[aapinator]

@TheArchfiend I was pointing out the similarity between you almost crying over Bob, and shane dawson crying over reaching an x amount of subs. Never mind, pretty lame ;-) (Note that Bob is spelled with a capital letter and shane is not in this comment.)

[TheArchfiend]

@aapinator oic

[aapinator]

Wow, you almost pulled a Shane when that Bob thing started singing.

[TheArchfiend]

@aapinator What?

[BeRad117]

I already have a bob thank you! >:-)

[Co2Und3rground]

Cash is king!

[KiteNamikaze]

GIVE ME BOB!

[krhysthy22]

I love how you were so emotional about Bob but when you were done talking about him, you threw him out of the way like a piece of shit. XD

[skills2gunz]

Thearchfeined's doing what he needs to do to get by. XD

[TheArchfiend]

Hell yeah. What am I supposed to do? Go out and get a job?

Phuck that.

[ScrewAttackChina]

Well how do you know he's lying? His bandwidth can't be cheap, he most likely pays that admin guy, and I would hope Mike gets the revenue for the title cards, but I don't know if he does or not. And he needs to earn a living.. Do you think the majority of people would really be so appreciative if he raffled or gave his (junky) stuff away? At least this way, the people that really want it, get it. Who knows, maybe he hoards everything and is the biggest prick in the world.

[TheArchfiend]

His site gets over 120,000 visitors per day (look it up for yourself on a site like CubeStat) and is run by two guys. Believe me, he is in no dire need of revenue off of any more than ads to more than offset the costs of server and payroll

And your argument is flawed. The people that really want it CANT get the junk that is putting on eBay. The people that get it are the people with hundreds of dollars of extra money that they can put down on that shit. Doesnt mean they are the most wanting.

[TheArchfiend]

PS, his site makes hundreds of dollars a DAY just in ad revenue after costs to run it are figured in. And that is JUST one source of his income.

How many people even make more than $100 a day? Hell, I can name 50 people off the top of my head that make around $100 a day and live just fine let alone making $300+ a day just from one source of income.

[ScrewAttackChina]

ok fair enough, im seeing your point. good video, i like videos that make one think, yours certainly do. did u hear the AmazingAtheists new site where he collected thousands of dollars in donations only to shut it down saying it was too expensive? that freespeechvids site? that burns my balls

[TheArchfiend]

lol, I didnt hear that but it makes me smile to hear that.

And lastly about AVGN, I'm barely trying to make an attack about all of this. I'm just trying to make some humor out of what I see is a shitty move on his part. So far it's all gone along those lines. It's not like I "hate" the guy. If I did, he would really know it by now.

[ScrewAttackChina]

No ones holding a gun to any ones head and saying buy my shit. if people want it and are willing to pay for it, whats the problem. You don't think some of these buyers are hanging on to this shit hoping AVGN becomes a star so they can resell the shit in the future for a profit? every one's in it for the money. Greed is good.

[TheArchfiend]

Yeah, its totally cool that AVGN just doesn't give shit away like a broken Jaguar to a fan at a convention. Making thousands of extra dollars off crap is totally ok when his income is multiple times over what most of his followers is.

Save me the lame "gun to the head" commentary. The stuff he is cashing in on is shit. Most of it anyway.

God forbid the guy just gave the broken shit away. After he signs it of course.

[ScrewAttackChina]

His income is irrelevant and quite frankly, non of your business. You have a partial side of his balance sheet, you have no idea what his expenses are, who he pays, etc. His fans enjoy his FREE videos, he doesn't owe anyone, anything. Sorry you didn't get a broken Jaguar at his convention, if you wanted it so bad, you could always shell out 100$ on ebay.

[TheArchfiend]

$100? Guess again. His broken shit goes for way more than that.

And I made it my business when he said "I am selling these items to finance the creation of new episodes". If he is flat out going to lie like he can't make episodes without the eBay sales than you god damn right I am making it my business. I had no issue with anything till he started lying about it. If he didn't do that then I would agree with EVERYTHING you just said.

[monsterEyesPro]

I think he's gonna use the money for future films?I heard he's planning to do a featured length so i gues this method could help..

[TheArchfiend]

Yeah, so then why doesn't he just be up front about things and say so?

[Vicsor]

Holy shit, I just checked out for how much those Mike Matei drawings went out the door. It ranged between 80$ to 130$!

I mean, no offense to Mike Matei but his drawing skill isn't worth those prices.

(It started at about 0.99$ though so I can't really blame them for cashing in, but still, who pays that amount for fairly shitty drawings?)

[judekhanzo]

IT'S PRONOUNCED REE-YOU! *brain explodes*

[huggybear615]

where did he get the inspiration for this video?

[docsigma]

You could make a ton of money by breaking into IGSRJ's house, stealing his massive tea collection, and selling it back to him.

[zoroztheg4mer]

I can't really see no point in why he shouldn't sell those items. There are fans that want them, maybe even requested him to sell them ? Ask him ? :) Good vid though, i get your point..

[Whatsmahpasswurd]

Well when it comes to selling stuff, like hats and shirts or dvds etc, for a good price so any fan can buy, a hard core fan take like a fan of star trek want it all and if you see auctions on stuff like that people will throw away hundreds and thousands of dallors on one of Spocks ears, wich at the end of the day there throwing there money away for junk and the beniefactors generally don't need that money anyways so you need to help the fan help themselves.

[zoroztheg4mer]

Yeah, but then again. There are people ready to pay that price. I'm not sure if he said it in this video, but he's said it before. Cash is king, people don't really care if they rip them off. It's like when a company produces a CD, here in sweden the CD would cost about.. hmm.. 30$, and what does it cost for them to make it ? Not alot. But it's not right, i get your point. But most people would probably do it if they had a chance.

[seamoretwillnant]

Heh, I love the subtlety in this video. I wonder if James will see this.

[JacobKaiju]

What can I say, people sell stupid shit on ebay. Your videos proves that to me.

I wouldn't mind if James would probably sell something of actual worth, like the title cards or the Bugs Bunny outfits. That would make sense, but broken video games systems or games that are years old. Hell, I don't even own a NES anymore.

Do I have the AVGN for being a money whore? No, though I am a bit disappointed by these events.

Anyway, good video, Archfiend!.

[ScrewAttackChina]

@JacobJaiju: I think he did sell that bugs bunny outfit

[caseyjoe503]

cmon archfeind,revert back to critisizing the irate gamer,thats where your criticizm shines.

[TheArchfiend]

Nah. That's an old hat. He's doing fine destroying himself just by making piss poor videos.

[caseyjoe503]

lol well,i cant argue with that!

[pandaguy666]

is it bad that i paused it to look at the codes for street fighter?

[thecrocaine]

I think your anger is aimed at the wrong person here. The AVGN doesn't force people to buy anything. You should be mad at people who are willing to buy the items on eBay. He is exploiting his fans for unnecessary money, but the real problem is that people pay at least $100 dollars for a prop or title card. If someone is willing to pay $190 for a picture that the AVGN didn't even draw, he/she should be the subject of the rant, not the AVGN. He is not taking advantage of fans, just stupid people.

[eirikas50]

hahhaah, awesome. you are the maaaaaaan"""

[MoMember88]

Haha this is good stuff arch favourite line

"Of course i could just give this stuff away at one of my many meet and greet sessions"

Man James Rolf has a natural gift at reviewing stuff but that winter hoodie just looks cheap.. Fortunatly his suductive voice i only find entertaining 'Not' make me reach for my wallet

[Allingby]

...I'm sure you don't need them toenails ya got on them feet right now, clip 'em off, got at least 10 grand there, for actual human tissue of the Angr- Archfiend!

[CodeNinja1337]

You should totally get a

[chickenman464666]

archfiend, in all seriousness, is this video a joke or are you actually selling a post it note on Ebay? otherwise, that's some funny shit

[ChainsawSolly]

Haha, this is top drawer stuff man...Keep on keepin on.

[TheArchfiend]

Thanks, Sally.

[StrayZer0]

...so you have moved on to hating on avgn now?....coz he sells stuff on ebay?...

[TheArchfiend]

Yes. That's totally it. You figured it all out. Don't look into any farther than your basic explanation because it's absolutely 100% correct and this is not a sarcastic response at all.

[StrayZer0]

wow, waitago talking to your subscribers man... i mean it was funny with the irate hack stuff because it was all accurate but this just seems petty. why the hate foravgn for selling stuff on ebay?

[TheArchfiend]

Get a clue and you will understand. This has alot more to do than just selling worthless crap on eBay. Watch the video and try to get more from it than what your overly simplistic interpretation is rendering.

[StrayZer0]

again, waitago talking to a subscriber...

[TheArchfiend]

Good. I keep it real here.

I'm not going to just blindly back someone I'm a fan of for doing something offensive just because I am a fan of AVGN's work. You want blind fans talking to you and not giving fair criticism, then go to someone else's channel.

[StrayZer0]

ok :)

[Bassbait]

You're calling this criticism? This isn't criticism. this is probably a few levels above it. Criticizing is saying that you don't like what he does with the auctions, but what you're doing is closer to a satirical attack. I would say otherwise, because I like you and the AVGN both, but two videos dedicated to making him look bad isn't criticism.

[TheArchfiend]

You think I was trying to make him look bad? Have you seen any of my videos?

If I was trying to make him look bad you would damn well know it for sure. And since when is satire not a critical form of expression?

[Bassbait]

Well, I think it was closer to trying to make him look bad than actually criticizing his actions. It's a much more offensive tone than a defensive tone. I've watched the majority of your videos, but they were all criticisms, except maybe the handheld reviews, and they were meant as a way of saying that you don't like what they are doing. This is more like an attempt to make him look bad in a satirical way. I'm not saying you ARE, I'm just saying that's how it comes off as being.

[TheIconoclasst]

Underpants? Are you going to let me have your underpants? I'll give you $50 (AUS dollars)

This rant was a little long. I was left thinking "what does Arch look like in his underpants"

Is this the message you were trying to convey?

[TheSouthernPatriot]

Arch should do web celeberty roast.

[TheArchfiend]

What?

[chrishicks123]

Archfiend if I buy your stuff how iam I going to pay for my heating bill

[TheArchfiend]

Not my problem.

[CCowell125]

I was in a bidding war for Hack Attack, I won the auction with $1200.

While Hack Attack is an extremely common game for NES, I could just buy it on eBay for $5 from any other seller, your version of it is exclusively previously owned by the Archfiend, which, of course, is a perfect reason for the $1995 additional premium I paid.

[kemimets23]

man i rly would want to buy those things but i really need to save dude that and i don't have any accounts to donate money and my parents would kill me if i do and i feel kinda bad but oh well thats life

[SuperNES16]

Bob is truly the most wanted Christmas item of 2009, and I am willing to pay all I have for him.

[plasmafingerboards]

Damn you must make a lot of cash!

[OKCThunderTalk]

I don't know if there is anything more pathetic than a person making money off of the internet criticizing another person making money off of the internet. Especially when it is clearly a ploy to get more views and... make more money.

[TheArchfiend]

I'm the one telling my fans I need to sell my worthless crap on eBay to help me continue on with the show.

And seriously... how much money do you seriously think I would make on this? Yeah. I would be starving without the $20 that this video will draw this week.

My ploy is so clear here. You pegged me. I'm going to be filthy rich from making a silly video that pokes fun and does no real harm to a more popular YouTube personality.

[pspbook13]

I love your responses to some seemingly idiotic people.

[TheArchfiend]

This video may seem to be targeted to one person but it applies to many.

[CaptainTinTyrant]

no! not bob! anything but bob!

[TheArchfiend]

I don't have a cat. But I know who does.

[brizihe]

i really want bob...

[RemoveCarefully]

Well, there is some truth in this, but then again, does anyone make people to buy these items he offers? No.

Didn't he quit his regular job to concentrate only on videomaking?

BTW, your first video was better, that one got boring, the concept was already used. Should have been only a rant or smth.

[TheArchfiend]

This vid was my conclusion on the matter and to make a few last points.

[dedafmonteur]

i wouldnt bid, im a lowlife, and i like it

[DaveTheUseless]

"Me, the Angry Video Game N--"

#jokedrum

My channel is experiencing increased activity. I wonder whyyyy!

[traceacex]

Hm. I too need cat food often and having an official Archfiend reminder would definitely help, so that item is very tempting. I guess I can not pay the rent two or three months and bid on the item...gotta see what I can do. It's for the good of both you and my cat, after all.

[TheArchfiend]

Thank you.

You sir are a man of integrity and really has his priorities straight.

[Envy987001]

Do you want 5 dollars?

[TheArchfiend]

Yes plz.

[m3dion]

Even though I love AVGN's videos, I agree that he sells a lot of bullshit.

[xrandomguy1993x]

So you are picking on the nerd i see.I wish you best of luck with his fanboys.

[TheArchfiend]

Oh, this is hardly picking. I still respect James and the entertainment he provided for years. When I'm REALLY picking on some one you will know.

[wingman32x]

I could be wrong, but isn't the AVGN hat etc., a result of his partnership with screwattack? As in making merchandise and Dvd's is part of their agreement?

I do agree the ebay stuff is BS.

[VOSTFR]

Those stuff are only available on the Screw Attack store, so you may be right. I wouldn't be surprised if it was part of Gametrailers' contract.

[TheArchfiend]

It may be. But I seriously doubt that ScrewAttack is selling that shit without giving a kickback or portion of the sales to James. If James isn't then he is a horrible businessman to let someone use his name for YEARS and not get anything from it other than ticked off fans that see him as a whore for selling shit like a $20 hat.

[Kekzor1337]

You must be stupid to buy AVGN's title cards

[TheArchfiend]

I don't so much have a problem with that. It's selling everything from extra game cartridges to broken game systems for the hell of it under the verbiage of, "I need these funds to help make new episodes" that really bugs me.

[Kekzor1337]

Yea when you hear the guy you wouldn't think he would sell out and take every step to get some money from his fans.

Also his new videos are so damn bad he doesnt deserve a penny..

[flipfloparock]

o cool i need a reminder to get cat food

[One176]

Back in august James posted a vid of how he's now running the servers for cinemassacre in his basement because the server cost bills ran upwards of $1000 to $1900 PER MONTH. For all we know james is still paying off those or he's probably paid them off at this point. Not to mention he spends a lot old shitty systems/games. Last year he spent $700 to get a CDI that works & $450 this year for two Jaguar CDs that didn't work. I'll bet a fraction of James makes goes towards his living costs.

[TheArchfiend]

Yeah, i saw the video. Have you seen how much traffic and ad revenue that site draws? I commend him for the out of pocket expenses he puts into the stuff he buys for the vids. But if he is going to sell me the "I need to auction this stuff to raise funds for the show" line then he is either terrible with money or a money grubbing whore. Plus he has a job outside of AVGN and he even gets PayPal donations on top of all I said.

And just how many old systems/games does he have left to buy?

[TheArchfiend]

And that $10,000 a day is a joke. He draws enough traffic and ad revenue to that site to make $400 A DAY easily. It is laughable if anyone thinks a site that requires no more than two people to run it and gets hundreds of thousands of hits per month can't offset operational costs just in ad revenue alone.

Look it up on a site like Cubestat or check the link I provided in the video description of Part 1

PS, his wife has a full time job too so it isnt like he's paying 100% of living expenses

[TheArchfiend]

* $1,000 per month.  not $10,000 per day. yeah, I suck with numbers.

[clanmlb]

So he went from a server that cost 1000-1900 dollars a month to his basement? The types of specs that you pay for in a server that costs that much is like (2+ Terabytes or unlimited bandwidth, 24/7 support/co-management from EXPERTS, multiple RAIDS, 10+GB of RAM, probably multiple QUAD CORE processors, etc. etc.) and instead of just having cheaper hosting, he just suddenly went from that to his basement? What is this running on a Time Warner Cable connection now? That doesnt make sense.

[clanmlb]

I just watched that video too. He can run it out of his basement, that's great. He got ripped off on that hosting deal, holy shit.

[TheArchfiend]

He did get ripped off it seems. But either way, he should be making hundreds of dollars every day with the site traffic he gets on that site JUST in ad revenue.

[yungerrapper]

My family can barely afford to survive, we don't have very much food, and are getting kicked out of out apartment... your videos get me through the day, a reason to live... so, is it alright if I don't bid and still be a loyal fan?

[tohla]

lol? try to understand that it's a joke :p?

[yungerrapper]

lol? I was joking too?

[TheArchfiend]

Hell no it's not all right. You find a way to get money and buy my stuff!!

[catboyjeremie]

Okay, after taking a little look, I found out that TGWTG gives even more revenue and there's a few crap sells there as well and that's without mentioning that some of the folks that makes video there are terrible and.... oh... and the blogs from the users and guess who makes money if someone wants to see these blogs?

Oh and there's that site which I won't mention who is ran by this dumbass named "Numbus" who pretty much insults anyone who use his site and dont donate. Why pick on James? lol

[ItsDarkBlue1]

i know i should be mad at avgn...but hes just so damn awesome xD good thing i dont buy his stuff then.

[TheArchfiend]

There's no need for anyone to be mad at him. I just wish he would realize how what he is doing can come off very poorly.

[ItsDarkBlue1]

im thinking it also may be part screwattacks decision...of course he obviously went along with the idea of getting extra pocket money, but thats just what comes to mind seeing as how every advertisement ive seen for his things are from screwattack.

[delbomb3131]

yo archfiend with billie mays gone you know you could have a future with this.

[danthebard]

You are so fucking right. I mean i am just SO concerned about what "THE" archfiend thinks about current events.

AVGN should never try to sell anything. He is just making WAY to much money. He is making more money than you and that is insane.

How dare he make more money.

He auctions useless shit. So?

Aren't you making bullshit so you can make money by targeting someone popular. Basically you are calling him a sell out, wow does that make you feel cool now?

Think you have a real opinion?

[TheArchfiend]

Oh, he gets PayPal donations too. I forgot to add that in the video. So there's ANOTHER source of income that he has

God forbid he gives this shit away like a broken Jaguar or a extra copy of Bugs Bunny's Shit Castle. What great items to put up on auction. Doesn't make him look like a money whore at all

Keep the blinders on nice and tight. I don't how big a fan I used to be of this guy. A money whore is a money whore. And me being a fan isn't going to just accept his money grubbing ass

[danthebard]

Since when was making money a bad thing?

Ya it shouldn't be his only motivation to do everything but whats wrong with money? AVGN isn't someone funding terrorism or using it towards sweat shops. OH NO HE'S GOT MONEY he might buy a new couch or possibly a NEW TELEVISION SET.

[TheArchfiend]

Who says making money is a bad thing? It's him saying "uhh... I need this to help buy games and help make new vids" BULL SHIT. Because god knows he wouldn't be able to get more videos done if he didn't get these extra THOUSANDS of dollars he is getting on set piece's and broken shit that he puts on eBay.

It's a little thing called principles and class. Of which AVGN is lacking by selling crap on eBay since he claims he "needs" the money.

[leadarc]

is bob sopposed to a reference to teddy rocksted from Nostalgia Critic?

since NC sold his dancing teddy thing on ebay?

[TheArchfiend]

Possibly.

[BlackGat3Studios]

damn, that sock is going on mah christmas list brah!

[TheArchfiend]

Fine taste you have, sir.

[Thefriendlybaron]

i need 10 copies of hack attack.i will give you 20,000 dollars for all 10 copies.

[XD12CL]

lol

[H1StsUNi25]

I love when you mix in the cynicism sarcasm and other jokes, sometimes I can't really tell the difference tbh xD(take that as a compliment o-0). I wonder two things: Will there be a third(at 4:00 in the vid) part; and what are you looking forward to for Christmas(if anything) ot giving out ^^?

[hoppeppers]

wow coincidence i was wondering if there was gonna be a part 2 and then... yeah good vid thanks for the laughs arch

[TheArchfiend]

No prob, buddeh.

[th3alm1ghty]

aww man.. i want tecmo super bowl...LOL sell us your toilet paper.

[SuperTrooper107]

Great video, funny parody of the auctioning of AVGN.

[ViperRants]

i need bism Christmas presents.

[KBgames]

lol your starting to remind me of don west a bit.

[TheArchfiend]

Gem mint ten!

[korprayer]

POWER football

[ViperRants]

Doom for 32X and game genie too.

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[ViperRants]

I bid for Bob. $100000!!!! I'm bidding that much. #applausesmall. Also, the need cat food note. I'll bid for $7000. The sock. I bid for $10000. Top Gun and . I bid for $1000000. The archfiend sock. $6900. That is all.

[TheArchfiend]

You bid twice on the sock.

That's ok. You can pay me two times.

[ViperRants]

#kidscheer i would liek 2 socks. ;)

[firebark]

man i agree with you but couldnt you condesce this shit to like 3min my atention span is fked

[TheArchfiend]

OMG, my valuable merchandise needs a huge talk-up.

[vlaskiss]

You have an amazing charisma to actually sell stuff! You can sell ice to Eskimos! I love your voice ;-)

[ViperRants]

MERRY BISM!!!!

[righter1000]

sorry i have like 10 dollars right now

[Nogard229]

Your not the angry Nintendo nerd wtf.

[TheArchfiend]

Huh?

[Nogard229]

Hey, sell us your toothpaste.

[TheArchfiend]

That will be in a future "eBay Is Good" video.

[Articmoon77]

Holy shit! paper!!!

Oh my god i must have that piece of paper man!

[hargosh37]

I'll bid on the Italian tape. Would use it to make the Assassin's Creed II experience more authentic.

[TJSurgery]

Lul lul lululul! I want to masturbate with that sock.

[TheArchfiend]

You want it? Its yours! Just as long as you hav... ugh, that's getting old.

[CrispyCritty]

OMG Bob!!! I have 5 credit cards for Bob the Robot. I am willing to give you everything I have for him.

[TheArchfiend]

What else do you have to offer me?

[CrispyCritty]

My body, my soul, you can sell my organs to science! xD

[Ekmec]

You kept calling yourself the angry video gay. Why?

[TheArchfiend]

Hmm... that was odd, eh?

[Celshye]

*facepalm

[Ekmec]

It was meant ironically.

[ddrusa]

cool

[vivalabrock]

haha v

[TheArchfiend]

Plz buy my shit so I can pay the heating bill.

[BlazeAlex]

But I am poor

Can I buy it with a arm or a leg?

[TheArchfiend]

I will run that by my sales department and see what we can do about that.