Is anything really worth this much?

[rogueleader]

Not Atari but I thought maybe someone here would know what in this auction was worth so much. I tried looking up each tape individualy and none were going for more that $40 it seemed and most were under $10. Am I missing something? If you check the bid history it does seem a bit stange that it jumped from $28 to $2,387! Got any of these lying around? Now you can afford to get one of those 10's!

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...6335670888&rd=1

[hhwolfman]

I think the Beaver caused the rise.

[kheffington]

Looks to me like we have two last minute snipes meant to guarantee a win that went bad. There does not seem to be anything there worth anywhere near that amount.

[Dr Galaga]

Strange, but the top two bidders seem to bid (and pay) for kiddie videos - so this isn't the only one they bid on!

[micoad1975]

Ha! It looks like he/she paid quickly. Amazing!

[ntavio]

Looks like a missed decimal point. I'm sure they settled it amongst themselves since the buyer won 4 other auctions. But the seller is going to have one hell of an ebay fee for this one.

[rogueleader]

Looks like a missed decimal point.  I'm sure they settled it amongst themselves since the buyer won 4 other auctions.  But the seller is going to have one hell of an ebay fee for this one.

 

But for that to be true two people would have had to miss decimal points. Possible, but it does not seem likely.

[Mindfield]

Nah, as was said, it was probably two "can't lose" snipes that collided with unfortunate consequences.

 

Ironic, since both "can't lose" bids ended up losing.