As much as I hate to support kupomogli, I do remember buying Suikoden II for thirty bucks at a Wal-Mart in southwest Ohio in the summer of 2000. Six months later, I saw a few copies for twenty apiece at Circuit City. I also remember some posts here about greasy resellers in other parts of the country grabbing all the $20 copies they could, so maybe that's why other people didn't see the game so cheap.
And this isn't the first time this topic has been discussed. Scroll down through this delightful thread for a post from someone who got a $20 Suikoden II and someone else who never saw it discounted.
https://forum.digitpress.com/forum/s...just-children-!!