View Full Version : Expensive Box!
RucasRiot
10-13-2002, 02:18 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1386072626
This box is going for more than I've seen the game boxed go for!
CPUWIZ
10-14-2002, 02:46 PM
Supply and demand my friend, I would have paid $100.00,- for the box myself but when it jumped, I stepped back.
Tempest
10-14-2002, 03:08 PM
Wow! Makes me feel really lucky to own a boxed one. I didnt think it was THAT rare.
Tempest
RucasRiot
10-14-2002, 04:39 PM
A while back I saw a boxed one go for under $75. EEP!
Griking
10-14-2002, 10:43 PM
I questioned the price for this game in the DP Guide a while back because of auctions like this. I have yet to see this game go for the $50 its listed at in the guide. Same with Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
punkoffgirl
10-15-2002, 12:19 AM
The guide merely provides guidelines for what the hardcore would pay for games found in the wild.. Certainly no where near what one could sell it for on eBay, obviously.
Griking
10-15-2002, 09:28 AM
I'm sorry if I can't let it rest but I've got to argue that point.
If I were to find this game in the wild one of two things would most likely happen.
a) I'd get if from a thrift, tag sale or another person who has no clue what its worth and only pay a few bucks for it. Not that its likely that I'd ever find one in a thrift store or tag sale though.
or
b) I'd find a person who actually knows what its worth but won't let it go for anything under $100 since he can easily get that much for it on ebay any day of the week.
So how do either of these scenarios translate into a $50 real world value?
slapdash
10-15-2002, 11:42 AM
I'm sorry if I can't let it rest but I've got to argue that point.
If I were to find this game in the wild one of two things would most likely happen.
a) I'd get if from a thrift, tag sale or another person who has no clue what its worth and only pay a few bucks for it. Not that its likely that I'd ever find one in a thrift store or tag sale though.
or
b) I'd find a person who actually knows what its worth but won't let it go for anything under $100 since he can easily get that much for it on ebay any day of the week.
So how do either of these scenarios translate into a $50 real world value?
Facetious answer: the average out to $50.
More accurate answer: most collectors are more likely to trade than sell... They know they can probably get $100 for it on eBay, but if they DID sell, they probably wouldn't go that high. Meanwhile, somebody comes along with a cart "worth" $100. He knows that he'll have to trade up to $50 "worth" carts for that $100 cart, which maybe goes for $150 on ebay.
Think of the numbers more as "relative indicators" along the lines of demand, whereas the rarity numbers are more indicators of supply.