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The price seems super high. It's not in great condition and more rare games have gone for less fairly recently.
Game collecting has become a thing lately and the more rabid collectors are, frankly, idiots.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&rt=nc&item=2... Why would someone bid multiple times when they already have the highest bid?
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&rt=nc&item=2... Why would someone bid multiple times when they already have the highest bid?
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&rt=nc&item=2... Why would someone bid multiple times when they already have the highest bid?
In this system, the highest bid always wins -- bid amount being equal, the earlier bid prevails.
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&rt=nc&item=2... Why would someone bid multiple times when they already have the highest bid?
eBay's system works that way. Before oo's (I'll leave the asterisks out) bid, the highest bid amount was $89'100 by e7. oo then bid an amount between $89'900 and $90'000. At this point, eBay only displays $89'300 bid, the higher amount is retained as a (non-displayed) maximum bid. Later on, another bidder (probably ss) upped the price in $200 increments: they bid $89'300 (to which eBay publicised oo's previous maximu…
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Game collecting has become a thing lately and the more rabid collectors are, frankly, idiots.
You could say the same about arts, mangas or Pez dispensers. Having owned and sold a large Super Famicom and vinyl collection I can definitely say that collecting is (was) way more fun than owning.
The only conclusion I can come to is that rabid video game collectors are a special kind of stupid.
The price seems super high. It's not in great condition and more rare games have gone for less fairly recently.
Game collecting has become a thing lately and the more rabid collectors are, frankly, idiots.
Is it not conceivable that video games might be collected in the same way in 60 or 70 years time?
Young people starting to collect now might rationalising their purchases as a bet that the value of such things will skyrocket by the end of their lifetime. I don't think that's such a crazy bet.
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You could say the same about arts, mangas or Pez dispensers. Having owned and sold a large Super Famicom and vinyl collection I can definitely say that collecting is (was) way more fun than owning.
Do art, manga and Pez collectors pay almost six figures for beat up junk? For stuff that isn't even readily identifiable? For context, these carts have previously sold for between $10K and $20K. In much better condition too. The only conclusion I can come to is that rabid video game collectors are a special kind of stupid.
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Do art, manga and Pez collectors pay almost six figures for beat up junk? For stuff that isn't even readily identifiable? For context, these carts have previously sold for between $10K and $20K. In much better condition too. The only conclusion I can come to is that rabid video game collectors are a special kind of stupid.
I wouldn't call collectors who act out of irrationality stupid since you have to look at the motivation behind a deal situationally — I'd just say it's on the edge of being an unethical waste of money.
Unethical? Huh? Ethics is concerned with morality; with right and wrong. There's nothing inherently wrong about paying large sums of money for beat-up bits of electronics. It's just plain ol' stupid.