/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8444547

This happened the very next day...

I have been hunting for a complete-in-box registered version of One Must Fall 2097 for MONTHS. Now I see two within a day of each other. I inflated the market. It was me,

>>8444547
I think ebay sellers are just insane. The prices they list Morrowind collectors editions for is unrealistic. Especially when all you really get is a droopy ordinator.

>>8444547
>>8444550
You deserve a well deserved Fuck You

>>8444547
lol, this sort of thing probably happens a lot more often than people think. It's all imaginary values basically anyway, sellers asking as much as people are willing to pay, with some willing to pay ridiculous amounts which then screws up the whole market.

>>8444596
also OP DONT DO IT AGAIN! lol

Based OP

>>8444547
>paying 1k for a freeware game

>>8444547
Makes sense
>something relatively uncommon and rarely for sale on ebay actually shows up for sale on ebay
>two people who want it get in a bid war, making price skyrocket
>other people who have the uncommon thing see this and decide it is time to sell
I have a big box US copy of Chasm: The Rift, which isn't anything that special, but is apparently relatively rare on ebay. Prime material for a bid war between the small handful of people who look for it on ebay, despite the game itself not being popular and a lot of people probably having it (but not bothering to sell because no obvious market price). If somebody tossed one up, had it get bid to a few hundred, I'd bet that within a month you'd see five other copies for sale.

>>8444547
fuck (you)

>>8444750
yeah, the same happened with Rule of Rose. I've seen up to a dozen copies on sale at once and they all wanted 300+ bucks for it, and while the game *was* hard to be found before, all of a sudden everyone had it and wanted to sell it

>>8444547
>>8444550
For the love of god Australia, just stop.

>>8444547
>>8444550
and what are the prices of actually sold items?

>>8444547
Well done.

Not my problem.

>>8444547
Yes, random idiots like you can actually inflate the value of an obscure game. Now you can see just how easy it is for people to intentionally manipulate the market.

>>8444547
Okay, now think about how often this happens on purpose with shill bidders manipulating the pricecharting stats. The whole market is a fucking joke and you're a fool for participating in it.

>>8444547
>scalpers scalping scalpers
this is so retarded

>>8445031
Rule of Rose is extremely unique because of the circumstances surrounding it (news sites catch word of "limited print pedophilia game", market speculators snatch up every copy before it even releases, and now it's in a cycle where its own reputation keeps jacking the price higher). All of those copies that popped up at once were likely resellers who bought it at 190-ish and decided it was finally time to sell because the price got up to 300.

>>8444547
>bidsniper
fag

>>8447542
Poor

>>8444547
>shareware version
>of a game that's been freeware for a long time
>paying $676.65 for an unofficial box and manual made by an Australian redistributor of shareware
what the fuck

>>8447558
coomlecting happened. people are willing to pay big prices in hope to resell them for even higher prices for people that are willing to pay ...

>>8445157

Here. I could only get more than one to show up by going to the UK site

>>8447558

According to the seller, the box is mislabelled as shareware but the CD has the registered version. It sounds ike bullshit though.

You can only really trust the Romware or FormGen version of One Must Fall 2097 on CD. Unless there's an Aussie here who can confirm.

>I JUST PAID MORE THAN ANYONE IN HISTORY FOR A SHAREWARE DEMO OF A MEDIOCRE BEAT EM UP NOBODY GIVES A CRAP ABOUT YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FOR FREE
>GLAD TO FINALLY HAVE THIS ONE IN THE COOMLECTION!

>>8448575
>kids pawn everything for $1000
better than pic

>>8447992

>>8448919
>FREE RETRO VIDYA GAMES
FTFY

>>8447542
sniping is the only reasonable way to handle ebay auctions though. Otherwise you give an opportunity for someone else to rechallenge you and up their ante more than they would've otherwise. Not to meniton shitty sellers who might use sockpuppet accounts to put in shill bids and try to love-tap your bid up. Better to just manually put in your bid at the last second.

Shit, I don't even use the Watch feature because the seller and others can see that.

>>8444547

>>8449060
Using the Watch feature is great for BIN. Usually the seller will send an offer.

>>8449060
Protip for ebay: if you find a poorly listed item, do not even click on it. Ebay has a little section for "users who viewed this item also viewed," so if you click on a poorly listed item, and then view a better listed, similar item, the poorly listed item has a higher chance of showing up in the "also viewed" group on the better listed item.

>>8449830
>ot posted it agin
>literally the only thing it thinks it accomplished in its so called life

>>8447992
>CD has the registered version
From an Aussie third-party redistributor. NOBODY SHOULD GIVE A FUCK.