Original Gameboy Value?

[0078265317]

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Game-Boy-Original-Gray-Advance/dp/B000R08L7M

 

What, 800 dollars for a gameboy? Who would pay that? Am I missing something?

[ACrystal2011]

I paid 3.99 for mine from goodwill.

[0078265317]

And I got one for 10 dollars of ebay. But 800 is just crazy.

[AtariLeaf]

They might make interesting collectible or display pieces but to actually use one to play on a regular basis is crazy to me considering the better options that won't make your eyeballs bleed. I don't understand how anyone used those regularly back in the day. Get a nice AGS-101 and put the original gameboy on a shelf where it belongs.

[roberto]

$800 because.... it's the last one in stock, then they are gone forever!

[amiman99]

Just ignore it, some people think they're sitting on GOLD.

[+madman]

$800 and it doesn't even include Alleyway?

[+Gemintronic]

$800 because.... it's the last one in stock, then they are gone forever!

 

I hear it's a trick to keep your same posting in place. Make the last one unsellable until you get more stock. I don't understand the mechanics of it but this is what I heard.

[toptenmaterial]

 

 

I hear it's a trick to keep your same posting in place. Make the last one unsellable until you get more stock. I don't understand the mechanics of it but this is what I heard.

 

That would take a million years to work.

[+Gemintronic]

That would take a million years to work.

 

You're right. I don't honestly get it. Can anyone confirm it actually saves a buck to change the price to astronomical values instead of just re-posting when you get new stock?

[AtariTexas]

I should offer them to buy mine for 400............tell them they can sell it and double their money

[0078265317]

I should offer them to buy mine for 400............tell them they can sell it and double their money

 

Good idea.

[toptenmaterial]

 

 

You're right. I don't honestly get it. Can anyone confirm it actually saves a buck to change the price to astronomical values instead of just re-posting when you get new stock?

 

I certainly can't confirm it. I can understand (barely) someone who has the patience holding on to an item for decades, and then selling it. But I guess in a dark relm where crystal meth and grandios thinking is involved, being the trendsetter for $800 makes perfect sense.

[+Gemintronic]

I guess the mad are the best judges of value since they live in a world of their own

I continually see $5 dollar pirate Famicom carts going for $80 dollars because they think they can.

[Lastcallhall]

AFAIK, the idea is that if the item doesn't sell for a power seller (which I assume the eBay seller is), then the item gets relisted at no cost. It saves the seller money in that they don't have to pay for a whole new auction.