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    Quote Originally Posted by WelcomeToTheNextLevel View Post
    Personally, I think there's been some price fixing going on here.
    Yes, every sale is price fixing. Every auction is price fixing. ONLY ON THIS ONE GAME. Why didn't I see the vast conspiracy surrounding Earthbound before?
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    Illuminati at work, folks.

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    Wait in 10 years an item can't go from 5 to 500?

    In 1979 Wayne Gretzky's hockey card was valued at.... about a buck. 10 years later by 1989 it was going for about 1000x's that amount or more depending on exact condition. "collectibles" go up and down in price rapidly depending on a huge variety of factors. EB is currently a "hot ticket". Why people harp ON THIS ONE GAME is beyond me though. From both sides of it.

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    I have an idea. Every year I'll put aside $100 for a CIB copy of Earthbound. In 5 years I'll get it. By then the price will probably be lower and I can go spend half the money on Sega Saturn RPGs or something.
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    ^^^ there is serious truth in this. I find it unlikely the games going to maintain it's current high pricing permanently and will fall in the 250-350 range for the "normal" complete copies. Patience is a virtue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rickstilwell1 View Post
    I have an idea. Every year I'll put aside $100 for a CIB copy of Earthbound. In 5 years I'll get it. By then the price will probably be lower and I can go spend half the money on Sega Saturn RPGs or something.
    That's what I was, but it was more like "$50-$100 a month" rather than $100 a year.

    It is ridiculous how greedy people get around this game. I mentioned elsewhere the seller who tried to jack the item price on me after the auction was over. I don't know if he's even gonna send me the item (but if he doesn't I can always get my money back).

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    Speaking of Earthbound, what should I pay for a cart only copy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Edmond Dantes View Post
    That's what I was, but it was more like "$50-$100 a month" rather than $100 a year.

    It is ridiculous how greedy people get around this game. I mentioned elsewhere the seller who tried to jack the item price on me after the auction was over. I don't know if he's even gonna send me the item (but if he doesn't I can always get my money back).
    The difference in my plan than yours is that in yours, the price of the game won't go down in 3-5 months. The price of the game will go down in 3-5 years though most likely.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Papa Husker View Post
    Speaking of Earthbound, what should I pay for a cart only copy?
    Whatever amount you are comfortable paying and still feel that you'll get an equivalent amount of play/enjoyment out of it.

    I wouldn't go over $100, personally. I cringed at the $35 price I paid for mine some 10 years ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Papa Husker View Post
    Speaking of Earthbound, what should I pay for a cart only copy?
    $60~80, I'd say. But if you buy it off Ebay, it's going to be closer to $100 9 times out of 10.
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    My first thought: who is the idiot that posted this question? Earthbound is one of the easiest games to value. Then I saw the age of the OP.
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