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| Retro Game Price Inflation |
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| varkias:
I believe as long as generation x and y are alive we'll see common retro games continue to decline in price and the uncommon/rare will increase. |
| blipcs76:
On one hand, I like seeing my collection grow in value as the value of retro games increase. At the same time, it's become a hinderance lately because money is tight and with prices going through the roof I can't always get what I want and often settle for filling in my collection with commons rather than being able to justify spending the cash on rares or CIBs anymore. |
| teknophyl:
The change in price points has made it possible for me to jump in, although I am still holding off on the cornerstones of most collections (FF VII, an NES, etc). I noticed those have gone up (well, except for VII, which has settled down a lot). I use PriceCharting.com and have noticed a lot of the things that went for a lot a while ago have dropped down in value a lot, relatively speaking. I've decided to stay away from the CIBs, though, unless I am going for one of the cornerstones. |
| blipcs76:
CIBs have really gone up lately. Five years ago it wasn't hard to get common CIB games on eBay in the $5 range with shipping. Today you'll be lucky to get them for $10 (except for really commons like Top Gun or John Elway's Quarterback). I really wish I would have pushed harder to collect CIBs back then since I had more disposable income at that point (homeowner now) and prices were much lower. |
| tmagtuna:
--- Quote from: jobocan on April 24, 2012, 08:04:27 pm --- --- Quote from: faxmachine on April 24, 2012, 07:47:27 pm ---What could be causing this? --- End quote --- AVGN. More people collecting (a lot who just do it to "fit in" rather than, you know, fun). People being willing to pay the ridiculous ebay prices. I mean, there are people around where I live who think Super Mario Bros is worth 20$... and people dumb enough to pay that much. --- End quote --- I once had someone at a flea market try to sell me a regular loose legend of zelda (not even a 5 screw) for $60. They said it was a "rare limited edition gold version" |
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