Who else prices games this way?

Post by **MrPopo** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:54 pm

Retrodude wrote:
Retronomy wrote:to be honest 7.99 is a bit high for Sonic 2 considering how common it is, box or not. But I guess that's the price you pay for retail.
And it's that exact attitude that allows resellers to overcharge and jack their prices up whenever they want for no discernable reason, because they know people will roll over and pay it no matter what. The first step to stopping the insanity is to stand up as a group and say "Enough! No more!" But that'll never happen because people are too complacent to do that.

I pay extra just so that everything you want is out of your price range. Then I twirl my moustache and laugh.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:59 pm

You villain!

Enough! No more!

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:02 pm

Actually Retrodude is technically correct. One reason the gouging continues is because someone will eventually pay the gouged price - maybe not on a physical store but certainly on ebay.

Post by **romeroland** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:14 pm

Goodwill in my area prices the games equally, box or no box. At flea markets I check the completed prices minus 20% they will pay in fees and that is what i will offer them. I have found games fairly priced at local pawn shops too.

Post by **Retronomy** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 4:31 pm

Retrodude wrote:
Retronomy wrote:to be honest 7.99 is a bit high for Sonic 2 considering how common it is, box or not. But I guess that's the price you pay for retail.
And it's that exact attitude that allows resellers to overcharge and jack their prices up whenever they want for no discernable reason, because they know people will roll over and pay it no matter what. The first step to stopping the insanity is to stand up as a group and say "Enough! No more!" But that'll never happen because people are too complacent to do that.

You do know you're agreeing with me, right?
Right.

Post by **AppleQueso** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:45 pm

I'm gonna start listing copies of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt on ebay for $500. I mean eventually someone will pay that for it, right?

Then the prices will all inflate like crazy and all of us will be rich!

It's the perfect plan.

Post by **Krejlooc** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:48 pm

AppleQueso wrote:I'm gonna start listing copies of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt on ebay for $500. I mean eventually someone will pay that for it, right?

Then the prices will all inflate like crazy and all of us will be rich!

It's the perfect plan.

Keep listing it and purchasing it from yourself so that all completed auctions will go for that price. The perfect plan!

except for the outrageous ebay fees you'll accrue.

Post by **MrPopo** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:56 pm

TheSonicRetard wrote:
AppleQueso wrote:I'm gonna start listing copies of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt on ebay for $500. I mean eventually someone will pay that for it, right?

Then the prices will all inflate like crazy and all of us will be rich!

It's the perfect plan.
Keep listing it and purchasing it from yourself so that all completed auctions will go for that price. The perfect plan!

except for the outrageous ebay fees you'll accrue.

There won't be any fees if he purchases ebay.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:10 pm

AppleQueso wrote:I'm gonna start listing copies of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt on ebay for $500. I mean eventually someone will pay that for it, right?

Then the prices will all inflate like crazy and all of us will be rich!

It's the perfect plan.

hahaha nah. I was thinking more of the folks who get duped by $150 repro carts and whatnot.

Post by **prfsnl_gmr** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 10:43 am

AppleQueso wrote:I'm gonna start listing copies of Super Mario Bros. / Duck Hunt on ebay for $500. I mean eventually someone will pay that for it, right?

Then the prices will all inflate like crazy and all of us will be rich!

It's the perfect plan.

It sounds funny, but people actually did this with penny stocks during the dot.com bubble. Basically, they would go on Yahoo! message boards under dozens of different usernames and "hype" a stock. ("[Company X's] stock is set to EXPLODE!!!", etc.) Meanwhile, they would buy up large amounts of the stock and trade it back and forth to each other to generate both trading activity and a modest increase in the market price. Reading the hype and seeing the trading activity, foolish speculators would jump into the market and cause the market price to spike. At that point, the "scammers" would unload all of their holdings for a very tidy profit. The speculators were left holding the bag, and the market price of the stock very quickly "corrected" to a much lower amount.

When I see the current video game price bubble - and members of other forums who basically sell/trade the same rare games back and forth to each other - I cannot help but think that the same thing may be happening to a limited extent with certain carts...

On topic, my local Goodwill uses videogamepricecharts.com to price games, which means that I get an "OK" deal on cart-only games, but great deals on CIB games.

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