Steven <diespamm...@ikillspammers.com> wrote:
> On 6/14/12 7:17 PM, J S wrote:
> > I'm baffled by this one. Anyone have any ideas as to why such a high sale
> > price?
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/200771793083
> > - John
> Bidding got carried away. I had some cards a few years ago that went > for 100 times what I figured they would go for.
Rare is it that something like that is a good investment over its original retail price. Woah.
On Thu, 14 Jun 2012, jt august wrote:
> In article <jre905$2l...@dont-email.me>,
> Steven <diespamm...@ikillspammers.com> wrote:
>> On 6/14/12 7:17 PM, J S wrote:
>>> I'm baffled by this one. Anyone have any ideas as to why such a high sale
>>> price?
>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/200771793083
>>> - John
>> Bidding got carried away. I had some cards a few years ago that went
>> for 100 times what I figured they would go for.
> Rare is it that something like that is a good investment over its
> original retail price. Woah.
People really can get carried away, I've seen it in other things so I'm not surprised that it happens in auctions. They get lost in the bidding, forgetting that there should be a limit on what they will pay, forgetting that for many items, there will be other chances. Of course, it actually requires two people to be in that frame of mind, or else the bidding would stop much earlier.
On Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:17:47 PM UTC-5, MdntTrain wrote:
> I'm baffled by this one. Anyone have any ideas as to why such a high sale > price?
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/200771793083
> - John
game with box, exotic to most people, yea this is why you see absolute shit NES games go for thousands. Lord British has been hitting the nerd circles as of recently game #1 retro + rare + vintage = cash from silly people
In article <706f7dfe-86f0-4ed0-8e12-a638508147f4@googlegroups.com>,
ke...@hackaday.com wrote:
> On Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:17:47 PM UTC-5, MdntTrain wrote:
> > I'm baffled by this one. Anyone have any ideas as to why such a high sale > > price?
> > http://www.ebay.com/itm/200771793083
> game with box, exotic to most people, yea this is why you see absolute
> shit NES games go for thousands. Lord British has been hitting the nerd
> circles as of recently game #1 retro + rare + vintage = cash from silly
> people
It's not just "rare" or "retro" items. I've seen lots of auctions with
idiotic prices (both the reserve and the current bid) for items that are
still available in store chains at normal prices or even on sale. :o\
On Friday, June 15, 2012 1:21:16 AM UTC-5, Helpful Harry wrote:
> In article <706f7dfe-86f0-4ed0-8e12-a638508147f4@googlegroups.com>,
> ke...@hackaday.com wrote:
> > On Thursday, June 14, 2012 9:17:47 PM UTC-5, MdntTrain wrote:
> > > I'm baffled by this one. Anyone have any ideas as to why such a high sale > > > price?
> > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/200771793083
> > game with box, exotic to most people, yea this is why you see absolute
> > shit NES games go for thousands. Lord British has been hitting the nerd
> > circles as of recently game #1 retro + rare + vintage = cash from silly
> > people
> It's not just "rare" or "retro" items. I've seen lots of auctions with
> idiotic prices (both the reserve and the current bid) for items that are
> still available in store chains at normal prices or even on sale. :o\
> Helpful Harry :o)
Unless, of course, it's two people working together to generate cash via insurance scamming. I wouldn't ever condone such a thing, naturally, but you can't rule it out either.
Akalabeth - for Apple II by Lord British aka Richard Garriott, creator of
Ultima
Item condition: --
Ended: Jun 11, 201219:17:45 PDT
Winning bid:
US $1,285.13 [ 27 bids ]
Shipping: $15.00 UPS Ground
Item location: Studio City, CA, United States
Seller: locksmith_of_love ( 680) |Seller's other items
Akalabeth was Richard Garriott's first commercial game, the one which
inspired the Ultima series.
Disk is in excellent condition, some adhesive seepage is visible through
disk label, typical of floppies from this era. Game boots perfectly.
Manual is in excellent condition, no markings or stains, a few slight
creases.
Original plastic baggie packaging shows wear, baggie and paper cover insert
have a horizontal fold at the top 1/3 area.
> Akalabeth - for Apple II by Lord British aka Richard Garriott, creator of
> Ultima
> Item condition: --
> Ended: Jun 11, 201219:17:45 PDT
> Winning bid:
> US $1,285.13 [ 27 bids ]
> Shipping:
> $15.00 UPS Ground
> Item location: Studio City, CA, United States
> Seller: locksmith_of_love ( 680) |Seller's other items
> Akalabeth was Richard Garriott's first commercial game, the one which
> inspired the Ultima series.
> Disk is in excellent condition, some adhesive seepage is visible through
> disk label, typical of floppies from this era. Game boots perfectly.
> Manual is in excellent condition, no markings or stains, a few slight
> creases.
> Original plastic baggie packaging shows wear, baggie and paper cover insert
> have a horizontal fold at the top 1/3 area.
Makes me wonder what my original Ultima game (distributed by Top of
the Orchard in a baggie) might be worth... I should check and see if
it is still bootable...
