lonesome_pa Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Had to share this one. Someone has Surround up for $9.99 with a BIN for $100.00. I wonder if they'll get any bids?????? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1360434740 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 By the way, check their other auctions. Seems a little steep for those 2600 games and system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 heh if that was to sell for BIN $100 i would put my copy up there so fast your head would spin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Oddly enough, this same seller has an auction with Pitfall II for only $4.44 currently -- even though it might go for a little more. Don't really understand the crazy prices at all either, especially for Surround. Check out the sultry Zebra patterened pillowcase! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1360434076 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted June 18, 2002 Author Share Posted June 18, 2002 And to think, I new someone who had car seat covers like that ?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 People who have no clue take chances that there are others who also have no clue. Maybe someone will be stupid enough to bid $9.99 or even buy it for $100. If I ever saw anything like that happen though, I'd contact this person and sell every game to him for like $50 each. hehe Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 My curiosity got the best of me, and I e-mailed the seller, asking what made this copy of Surround rare enough to be worth $100. This is the exact reply I got: "there are only 48 copies of this in circulation" I guess the AA rarity guide is way off! And I certainly feel lucky now to know that I already own one of the 47 other copies that are out there! :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 I wonder if I should e-mail the seller and ask if he would post an auction for my extra copy I got from Salvation Army for $0.89???? Well, I have 2 copies, room34 has 1, and Lemmi has 1; that only leaves 44 copies left in circulation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 Almost forgot the other 6 "rare" copies of Surround currently on eBay. I wonder if these sellers know how "rare" that cart is. And those auctions are only around $1.00 to $1.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 I actually did a "titles and descriptions" search for "Atari Surround" on eBay, and then I tallied up the copies of Surround for sale: Surround with picture label: 20 Surround with text label (or not pictured in auction): 24 So there are 44 copies of Surround for sale right now on eBay. Even if the "48" only counts picture label copies, 3 of us on this board plus copies for sale on eBay account for half of the known copies on Earth! What are the odds!?!?! (By the way, I also own the text/number label version, so with my 2, lonesome's 2, Lemmi's 1, and the 44 on eBay, that would be 49, if the seller meant 48 total, any label. But now we're just getting academic. Bottom line, the guy is clueless.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 This guy seems to be the dumbest ass in a while. I think I will mail the current high bidder and let him in on a few hints...someone actually bid, someone actually bid, aomeone actually bid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Room 34 Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 The seller has replied to my original e-mail to him, asking why this is rare. The response: "on the cart where the 2 people are sitting on the left is the girl and the right side is the guy it was a error print on the label" I took a close look at the cart in the auction and as much as I can tell, it looks exactly like the label in the AA archive. Clearly the seller's cart is not a reversed image of the picture in the archive. I can't imagine Atari would've had two almost-identical paintings done for this game (just reversing the two players). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesome_pa Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 Well, I actually e-mailed this "character" too, and I asked him the following: "Forgive me for asking, but I was wondering why you were asking a buy it now price of $100 for a common cartridge? I'm just curious." And then I get a response as follows: "just to make you ask me that question hahaha" So we have a real comedian here who is trying to b/s and swindle someone and gives everyone a different answer if asked almost the same question. Obviously this bidder can do better (even in the wild), and I almost can't sit by and watch this happen, but I wonder what can be done? Seeing this done to someone really blows my top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zraider Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 What a sorry picture (which says only a lot of words about the seller) and virtually no text description. Maybe the buyer can retract his bid for lack of an adequate description, but they may actually want the cartridge for $10.00.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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