Shocking Ebay Prices

[Tirian]

I'm no expert and I admit that MoO2 and Alpha Centauri are superb games but what's with this?

Also, what is an XXXX game...are/were they a developer?

Dan

I would imagine that they just have a standard blurb for their game auctions and meant to replace "XXXX" with the genre (e.g. strategy / adventure or something) before they listed, but forgot. Or couldn't be bothered.

[Tirian]

Ok - Starblade is kinda uncommon. A sealed Starblade is probably pretty rare. But ?120 rare? I kind of doubt it:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FACTORY-SEALED...QQcmdZViewItem

[Sabreman]

XXXX means 4X in strategy game terms, and that means the four 'Ex'es - Explore, Exploit, Expand, Exterminate.

Why on earth anyone would lengthen an abbreviation is anyone's guess :P

I got a fairly minty MoO2 for ?15 a few months back. Some sellers are definitely on a mission to push PC games into the stratosphere.

[ryodi]

I got this game the other day for a fraction of this price...and didn't like it!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=220040260894

Dan

Edit: Also like the catagory it was put in

It does go for suprisingly high prices considering it's not very good and I tend to see a couple of copies in my local Gamestation all the time for ?31.99 second hand. I eBayed my copy because I wasn't that impressed with it and it went originally for ?48 to a non-paying bidder (I was not happy) but on the second auction it went for a reasonable ?43 which is a nice ?13 profit on what I bought it from play.com. Mario Tennis also seems to go for near ?30 every I've seen it on eBay and it's not exactly uncommon either.

[VR46]

Gears fever is generating some high prices, faceplate, crate wise etc.

eg:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gears-of-War-LIMITED-EDITION-Mega-Set-FACEPLATE-MORE_W0QQitemZ260047255401QQihZ016QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/E3-Gears-of-War-Faceplate-signed-BUY-IT-NOW_W0QQitemZ300044479112QQihZ020QQcategoryZ122517QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[adam_the_browndog]

goodness.

[Welrain]

I eBayed my copy because I wasn't that impressed with it and it went originally for ?48 to a non-paying bidder (I was not happy) but on the second auction it went for a reasonable ?43 which is a nice ?13 profit on what I bought it from play.com. Mario Tennis also seems to go for near ?30 every I've seen it on eBay and it's not exactly uncommon either.

I was watching your auction for a bit. Nice price there.

[adam_the_browndog]

I Just made a nice little buy on ebay. Seller made spelling mistake.

forgotten worlds - md

compare the price to this!

another forgotten worlds

[anagrama]

Meh, that ?14 copy is just willful optimism - it's a ?3/?4 game at best.

[garyfoo182]

the guy selling the sealed Starblade is one of those dudes that caused me so many lost acutions when i was completing my PAL Mega CD set.

Grr...hehe.

Gary

[buster_broon]

I Just made a nice little buy on ebay. Seller made spelling mistake.

forgotten worlds - md

compare the price to this!

another forgotten worlds

or

or

ebay sellers are always kinda pricey

[adam_the_browndog]

the 2nd one.
must be the one i bought,

probably thought he'd get more money on auction rather than buy it now.

[chaoticjelly]

or

or

ebay sellers are always kinda pricey

I got a JPN Forgotten Worlds in the wild once.

Someone had put a bit of paper inside the plastic sleeve, over the Japanese spine which read "Forgottem Worlds"

[Radirgyman]

what a NOOB who'd pay this much for a game you can astill get very cheap elsewhere! LOL

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&item=330043338990&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

[Radirgyman]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Sega-Dreamcast-HUGE-PACKAGE-Read-on_W0QQitemZ230045837993QQihZ013QQcategoryZ4313QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem