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| You ever see these idiots listing something wayyy insanely overpriced? |
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| hoshichiri:
There's lots of reasons for it- the aforementioned scams & money laundering, people dumb enough to believe that's the value, people hoping you're dumb enough to believe that's the value, people willing to wait until they're the only game in town for the item, placeholder listings so friends can come in and 'make an offer', etc. Best not to think about it too much. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: hoshichiri on December 03, 2017, 09:35:54 am ---There's lots of reasons for it- the aforementioned scams & money laundering, people dumb enough to believe that's the value, people hoping you're dumb enough to believe that's the value, people willing to wait until they're the only game in town for the item, placeholder listings so friends can come in and 'make an offer', etc. Best not to think about it too much. --- End quote --- People are not as dumb as you might think, not to mention while some people do pay way higher prices than it is worth beyond 100$ it barely happens if it actually does happen unless someone is selling a fake item. 1K + consoles will not be sold unless brand new and proven for the hardcore collectors, else way more people would try and do this since it usually is pretty common stuff. People who pay those insane prices are not hardcore and just want to relive some memories with higher numbers they will not buy it instantly withouth doing some reasearch maybe double or triple value for some games if sought after but it cannot be to expensive. allot of stores can get 50% more for allot of games because people don't like the black market and like to have some insurance if an item breaks however the item has to be sought after and popular, expensive and more uncommon games have to be decently priced since you will have the same market as other sellers for people looking to get that item. as far as rare items go with only 1 listing, allot of really rare games do not have a solid price you cannot place a certain value on some items, sometimes it sells for a bargain and sometimes it sells for quite allot it just depends what sort of people are looking to purchase the item not to mention if prices are always expensive the price gaps can be huge on the more expensive rarities really depends what kind of buyers are looking for that specific item at a certain time frame. |
| ez054098:
Ho yeah |
| droaa:
All the time. |
| kashell:
Yep. More recently, $9,999 for a copy of Secret of Evermore. |
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