Joel D. Park Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?V...item=1270536220 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_ Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 Thats wierd. Its rated here as a 6. Even with box and manual, never used... 500 bucks? I wonder what an 8 or 9 would go for.... Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 My guess is that this box is really hard to find, and a couple of box collectors got into a bidding war. This can really escalate when an item is in good shape. A loose cartridge just finished for $9.00. So that makes it about $468.00 for a box and manual, heheh. Of course it could be a shill, but I've noticed sometimes games that will go for 10x the cost of a loose cart because it's really hard to find boxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 Damn, I know this game is rare but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The hero Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 I just got done talking about that auction with a guy here at work. I'm pretty sure its just a bidding war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted September 6, 2001 Author Share Posted September 6, 2001 Totally insane. The guy selling that game must be dancing around his computer by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCKINGROLL Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 Even if I had the extra cash, I don't think I could ever spend that much on a cart, even with the box and manual! Unless, of course, I could turn around and make a tidy profit. Besides, Ebay is such a poor measure of an item's actual worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesboulez Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 someone really, really, really, really wants that box... The same game and box is part of one of the really huge lots of boxed games as well, and from the image, it doesn't look to be in pristine or uncommonly great shape either. must be nice to have the cash to throw around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khryssun Posted September 6, 2001 Share Posted September 6, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Joel Totally insane. The guy selling that game must be dancing around his computer by now. LOL The guys who are selling their complete collection of games in box should sold their game one by one to be really rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Joel D. Park: Totally insane. The guy selling that game must be dancing around his computer by now. Something like that happends to me, I brought a Fidelity Chess game for 3 bucks in the thirft, and a guy from Canada offered me $100 dollars righ there with PayPal. Prior to that, a guy from Germany had offered me $70 bucks for the game, I was amazed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ze_ro Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 I'm a little suspicious of this... I have a feeling the seller isn't going to see that $500. However, both sellers have reasonably high feedback, so I doubt they'd do something stupid like this (I've seen people bit $1,000,000 for Gamecube's before, so who knows) If Cosmic Swarm was a funner game to play, I wouldn't be *as* surprised at this, but it's really not that great. --Zero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jahfish Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 damn .... i sold my boxed one (not new) for 25$ on ebay ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel D. Park Posted September 7, 2001 Author Share Posted September 7, 2001 My guess for this one is that someone said to theirself. I'm going to get this game no matter what. And they just put a fake bid of say 400.00 dollars in.. Never really expecting to pay that. Then someone else comes in and does the same thing and Ebay auto adjusts the price up to above. 400.00.. But I guess these guys could have withdrawn their bids? I dunno. This is just my theory when games sell for these super high amounts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackjax Posted September 7, 2001 Share Posted September 7, 2001 Heh, this is probably the same thing that happened to me and a Sega CD prototype that was up on ebay a while ago - the 'YOU AIN'T OUTBIDDING ME M****** F*****!!!!' syndrome. It's soooo easy to get carried away when it's something that you really really want - hell, I managed to pay nearly a week's pay for it Don't discount the fact that it really could be two people who just really wanted that game and just got carried away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berzerk Posted September 9, 2001 Share Posted September 9, 2001 LINK Another item going for a ridiculous price since you can usually buy an entire 2600 system including this item for around 20 bucks on ebay [ 09-09-2001: Message edited by: berzerk ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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