ebay (and other) auctions with insane prices

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 7:51 pm

Well, the game's good

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:03 pm

At least shipping's cheap...though you would otherwise expect shipping to be free

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:49 pm

Nice find. How much is the ebay fee for a starting price of 100 Million USD (minus 1 Dollar) ?

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:18 am

Beggar Prince

A game that's riddled with bugs, bad art (that was promised to be professional quality) and incompatibility issues that weren't mentioned until after people bought it.

AND IT CAN BE YOURS IF YOU BUY IT NOW!

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 12:06 pm

Gaia Seed for 250 USD

Rare? Maybe. Does it warrant a pricetag of $250? No way!

EDIT: Oh wait, the same seller is offering a few other "nice" deals as well:

Mortal Kombat II for PS1 for 200 USD

What is Manic Game Girl for PS1? Well, you can have it for 500 USD

Lot of 48 low-price PS1 games for a mere 4000 USD

Men in Black PS1 for 7000 USD !!!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 4:09 pm

How about a worthless Saturn analog controller for $100:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sega-Saturn-3D-Cont ... dZViewItem

This seller truly sucks. As I recall, I gave two stupid Saturn analog controllers away for free on this forum (with the purchase of Nights).

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:29 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/DC-UNDER-DEFEAT-DRE ... dZViewItem

'nuff said.

Skyline · Post by **Skyline** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:33 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Superman-Nintendo-6 ... dZViewItem

I laughed.

greg · Post by **greg** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 2:54 pm

It's not game related, but I just sold some old LOTR action figures based off the 1978 Ralph Bakshi animated LOTR movies. This was easily double what I was expecting the final price to be. $1,726!!! All I thought was, "Dude, this guy had better pay for this." The buyer was local, so I met up with him. I told him that for exchange for me to go out of my way to meet up with him halfway, at least he could do a money order to spare me the costs of PayPal. He came up with some dumb excuse why his bank wasn't cooperating. So he wired the money through PP, and I met up with him at a fish store halfway between us. (He got lost and started looking at the other side of town for this store... can you believe this? So he saw the figure and the horse and says, "Oh man, you're gonna hate me." It turns out that the plastic bubble had small tiny perferations from the horse's ears. The horns on the figure's helmet produced something similar. They're so small that I didn't even notice them! So I told him I would refund his money and give a second chance offer to the next guy down.

So far, the second highest bidder says he's interested, even after I explained about the smal perferations. I didn't mind driving down there yesterday because it was an excuse to hang out with Specineff, but still....

It shows how obnoxious obsessed fanboys can be. These old LOTR toys are crap, but they're fairly rare. There's only a handful of people who want them, and they're willing to pay top dollar for the toys. But they were made by Knickerbocker, a toy company that should have stuck to stuffed dolls instead. The toys are poorly made and they are poorly packaged as well. So these guys who are willing to pay thousands of dollars for the perfectly preserved toy aren't going to find it. Idiots. But they can continue being idiots for al I care. I just want their money and for them to shut up about it.

Thanks for letting me rant and vent.

ASK · Post by **ASK** » Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:48 pm

$1,700 for a plastic toy?! Why? It's just going to sit there in it's packaging, never touched until the day you die. It serves no purpose! Hookers and blow are more sound choices than that.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:29 am

GameFan

WOW! Who could possibly pass this up?

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:06 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/PS-Strikers-1945-2- ... 0019850413

$199

Play Station

"Strikers 1945 II Superlite 1500 Series "

Fantastic fun! Take on the rest to the SHOOTING world, it is easy to play and funny.

The game including the case. disc, manual and spine card with excellent condition LIKE NEW . and ABSLOUTELY NOT THE 1500 VERSION

LOL!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:45 pm

greg wrote:rant.

holy shit you were expecting that thing to go for $800

if someone offered me $1700 for one of my old childhood toys i would have never let them change their mind

shit dude you should have bribed him with a free gi-joe or something?

D · Post by D » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:10 pm

Ceph wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/PS-Strikers-1945-2- ... 0019850413

$199

Play Station

"Strikers 1945 II Superlite 1500 Series "

Fantastic fun! Take on the rest to the SHOOTING world, it is easy to play and funny.

The game including the case. disc, manual and spine card with excellent condition LIKE NEW . and ABSLOUTELY NOT THE 1500 VERSION

LOL!

Check out the seller's name if you want to have another laugh

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 1:54 pm

D wrote: Check out the seller's name if you want to have another laugh

Word

Talk about a paradox. That guy creates 2 of them in one auction.

Post by **undamned** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:12 pm

greg wrote:It's not game related, but I just sold some old LOTR action figures based off the 1978 Ralph Bakshi animated LOTR movies. This was easily double what I was expecting the final price to be. $1,726!!! All I thought was, "Dude, this guy had better pay for this."
...Thanks for letting me rant and vent.

Wow, that's pretty disturbing. Had he not been local, I wonder if he would have asked for a refund after you shipped it to him? I don't even want to go there. Images of killing people.

I totally want that MJ doll. I'll give it to Zach for Christmas.
-ud

Post by **undamned** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:15 pm

Megaman Zero is blowing up:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0019373099
-ud

greg · Post by **greg** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 5:37 pm

undamned wrote:I totally want that MJ doll. I'll give it to Zach for Christmas.
-ud

Zach likes Michael Jackson? That auction will be ending soon. I had to restrain myself from saying something immature in the listing description.

As it turns out, the second highest-bidder did take the LOTR black horse and rider, and she had bid on the other two as well (Aragorn and the white horse). I ended up making more money this way. Even though It went for $1701 instead of $1726, she paid with a money order, and PayPal was wanting to charge me about $52 to process the $1726 transaction. So I lost $25 only to gain $52 back. Nice.

Post by **undamned** » Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:03 pm

That's what I was hoping for, man. $26 in the grand scheme of $1700 is ok with me!

Yeah, Zach and I are long time MJ fans. Sure, Mike is creepy and likes kids, but the man can rock it till the wheels fall off! I'll try and win it for his B-Day! It's in a week, I think.
-ud

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 10:55 pm

Um...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 11:17 pm

The Coop wrote:Um...

concidering the time he proboably spent with it its a real shitty paycheck tho

D · Post by D » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:34 am

Not an insane price but please, please read the entire description.
http://cgi.ebay.nl/Coin-door-for-video- ... dZViewItem

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:57 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GIANT-RUBBER-BAND ... dZViewItem

"Smells like lots of rubber bands" the title boasts. Smells more like desperation to me.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:36 pm

Gaia Seed

Now I know this game is generally expensive, but this is ridiculous.
On Yahoo Japan there is one for 1/2 as much.

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:46 pm

unopened first release Resident Evil Remake

a nice profit :o

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:12 pm

That's got to be some sort of joke; you can buy the game new for $15

http://cgi.ebay.com/GAMECUBE-GAME-FIRST ... 0032936263

llaoyllakcuf · Post by **llaoyllakcuf** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 8:34 pm

yes but nearly all the new copies on eBay are the re-released version, which has a yellow border on the cover/spine stating "Player's Choice". I asked many of those sellers about it, and they've confirmed that it's the re-release they're offering.

it is the same exact game; only the cover insert is different.

anyways, I found a sealed 1st release copy (without a price sticker on it) for $29. I am surprised at how that last auction turned out.

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:18 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0033861897

Quite confused, eh? I wonder which of the 3 are being sold...

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:54 am

Alien Soldier OST Sealed

Not ebay, but insane!

D · Post by D » Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:25 am

Simpsons 4 player 239 bones?

http://cgi.ebay.nl/Simpsons-4-Player-Ja ... dZViewItem

And what is this? http://cgi.ebay.nl/CREUSET-EN-PLATINE_W ... dZViewItem