EBAY "Steal of the Year" Award

You know what kills me the most about this?

I live 10 minutes from this guy and do business with him regularly. He priced them at $60 based on the Player's Choice one that sold for $60 last week, I'm 100% sure he did because that's how he prices everything. I'm willing to bet he put these up for auction without putting them out, otherwise I would of had 2 cases.

EDIT: I just called bill, and he sold 23 of these at $60 each. Fucking 23. All original, non-player's choice.

He paid, and get read: $2 a game.

The guy he got them from is all out. Turns out it's a small world, because it was the same guy my case came from.

So this is the same guy you got your case from?

Watch the value go down to $60 now as all 10-15 people that were looking for this get a copy

> rarebucky wrote:So this is the same guy you got your case from?

Nope. He got the case from the guy my friend got the case from. My friend was a middle man between me and the dude who was going out of business selling his old game stock. Bill hit the same guy up and apparently got 23 of these, all which sold within minutes. There's no extras left.

> Forgotten_Freshness wrote:You know what kills me the most about this?
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> I live 10 minutes from this guy and do business with him regularly. He priced them at $60 based on the Player's Choice one that sold for $60 last week, I'm 100% sure he did because that's how he prices everything. I'm willing to bet he put these up for auction without putting them out, otherwise I would of had 2 cases.
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> EDIT: I just called bill, and he sold 23 of these at $60 each. Fucking 23. All original, non-player's choice.
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> He paid, and get read: $2 a game.
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> The guy he got them from is all out. Turns out it's a small world, because it was the same guy my case came from.
someone call ambulance please!

This makes me want to shut my head in a car door. If I had just swung in to bills shop, I'd have 23 more of these and be like 20K richer by the end of Christmas.

Irritates the shit out of me that he was only 10 minutes away!

> rarebucky wrote:Watch the value go down to $60 now as all 10-15 people that were looking for this get a copy

I can see that happening for sure.

> striker wrote:
> > rarebucky wrote:Watch the value go down to $60 now as all 10-15 people that were looking for this get a copy

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> I can see that happening for sure.

Won't happen because only 3 people ended up with them all. Only 1 wasn't a business. They'll probably sit in an ebay store at $1000 each until Xmas.

Unfortunately at $60 apiece those buyers can afford to dump these for considerably less than $1k

Supply and demand rules... I think in the short term this will affect prices but eventually after these go away it will go back up.

> rarebucky wrote:Watch the value go down to $60 now as all 10-15 people that were looking for this get a copy

Not a chance. I could see $300 the lowest. After all, these are case fresh!

> Forgotten_Freshness wrote:You know what kills me the most about this?
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> I live 10 minutes from this guy and do business with him regularly. He priced them at $60 based on the Player's Choice one that sold for $60 last week, I'm 100% sure he did because that's how he prices everything. I'm willing to bet he put these up for auction without putting them out, otherwise I would of had 2 cases.
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> EDIT: I just called bill, and he sold 23 of these at $60 each. Fucking 23. All original, non-player's choice.
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> He paid, and get read: $2 a game.
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> The guy he got them from is all out. Turns out it's a small world, because it was the same guy my case came from.

So Bill owns a used game and collectible store and sells them for $60 a piece?

He just blew his "get out of debt free card"!

Haha. Yeah, I know. I couldn't believe it when I saw the seller name. I just thought "you've got to be kidding me...".

It could of been my get out of debt free card :-P

> Forgotten_Freshness wrote:It could of been my get out of debt free card :-P

True. Or even the warehouse worker who got them for free and gets paid $5 per hour

I don't get it, so only a few copies have changed hands so far, where have the 20+ copies gone?

It's really unbelievable. In some years you can get a millionaire with games

And ppl mocked my Sealed Case Scenario thread...pffft...

> rarebucky wrote:Not sure about steal of the year but this was definitely a steal!
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/Metal-Gear-Sold-3-Subsistence-Limited-Edition-Sealed_W0QQitemZ110274152496QQihZ001QQcategoryZ139973QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Speaking of Metal Gear steals, I saw the VR Missions you won, damn I could've had copy #5! heh

I thought the $60 I got one for was good, $40 is crazy. I sold one a day after you got that (item #190238295566 for $225) and the seller was ecstatic to get one in gem mint condition heh, guess he missed it too.

Well here's one of the people that bought a box trying to sell a copy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NINTENDO-N64-SUPER-MARIO-64-BRAND-NEW-FACTORY-SEALED_W0QQitemZ230278262838

His original Buy-It-Now price was $1,000. He just lowered it to $299.99 or best offer.

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! Scrooge attack!

> Chdlnbc wrote:His original Buy-It-Now price was $1,000. He just lowered it to $299.99 or best offer.

lets ALL send him best offers of 60 USD!!!

R O F L

> jim.jupiter wrote:
> > Chdlnbc wrote:His original Buy-It-Now price was $1,000. He just lowered it to $299.99 or best offer.

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> lets ALL send him best offers of 60 USD!!!
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> R O F L

Hell yearh!!

Your offer price: US $60.00
Offer expires in: 47 hours 59 mins
Your terms: --

mikes_electronics_emporium is considering your offer Aug-07-08 08:24:32 PDT
Your offer price: US $60.01
Offer expires in: 47 hours 59 mins
Your terms: --

> striker wrote:mikes_electronics_emporium is considering your offer Aug-07-08 08:24:32 PDT
> Your offer price: US $60.01
> Offer expires in: 47 hours 59 mins
> Your terms: --
Damn your offer beats mine!

oh daamn/...

Your offer has been declined on the following eBay item

I guess he started seeing all the $60 offers and decided to end the auction early.