Huge Video Game Collection sold on E-bay for 1.2 mil

[Lendorien]

Came across this article today. Holy moly! Will he get the money? Doubtful. I wonder how much he spent to acquire all that stuff. Must have some money to put out to get everything NIB.

 

www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-enormous-video-game-ebay-20120709,0,6539757.story

 

And here is the auction. Looks like it may not have sold after all.

 

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 300736052926

[+Wonder007]

Maybe I should sell my collection.

 

[sqoon]

Maybe ebay called bogus and made him take it down?

[Lendorien]

Maybe I should sell my collection.

 

 

Maybe he was hoping you'd buy his.

 

I suspect someone sham bought it from him and the auction was cancelled. Granted, 20 full complete sets is amazing, but 1.2 million? Really?

Edited July 9, 2012 by Lendorien

[fiddlepaddle]

... Looks like it may not have sold after all.

 

Can't trust LA Times, they routinely skip the hard parts, like verification and reasonability checking.

[jhd]

How would he ship a collection that large? It would fill a good part of a sea container (8x8x24). US$1,200 in shipping seems reasonable, but imagine the customs and brokerage fees when it was landed! "Estimated Delivery within 6-9 business days" -- not unless the buyer is in Western Europe.

[SoulBlazer]

Here's a good article on Yahoo that talks about the seller and his plans, the buyer who bought it, and the shipping cost:

 

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/massive-old-school-video-game-collection-fetches-1-231803592.html

[Cebus Capucinis]

Maybe I should sell my collection.

 

 

I wouldn't if I were you. The Chinese economy has just barely become strong enough to have enough cash flow to buy your collection -- if they bought it (and they'd be the only ones who could), the world economy would collapse!