Tempest Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Am I missing something here? Is there something ultra rare in this lot that I don't see? EBAY Auction Home Filing Manager, Mailing List, and Touch Typing are all pretty common. You can get some if not all of these NIB from B&C or Best. Graph It is a bit more uncommon, but not impossible to find. Same with Microsoft BASIC, it's not all that common, but it's not really rare either. I'm completely baffled by the current price. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spookt Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hmm I saw that one the other day and completely passed it by. If you look at the bid history it was at $45.00 and then went to $347.89. Perhaps the 7th bid was meant to be $47? Still doesn't explain why what looks to be a new bidder bid it up to the current price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FastRobPlus Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 That is jaw dropping. There is nothing there. Nothing. I can't believe there are two people who could bid that much. Not even by mistake. I also don't think there is shill bidding involved here, since the history of that seller is long with no record of crazy auctions in the past. Maybe one of those boring products has a function that was later patented by a big company and an attorney needs to show prior art to demonstrate that the technique was known and in use as early as 1982? Sorry - best I can come up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 It's merely another example of a seller who knows nothing of the collector market / fair value of the items (s)he is selling, and isn't adept enough to research what similar items have sold for in the past.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xZanU Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 All collectible items are listed as rare on eBay. My favorites are the people who use 'L@@K' in their titles. "L@@K Rare Atari game Pole Position II" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 It's merely another example of a seller who knows nothing of the collector market / fair value of the items (s)he is selling, and isn't adept enough to research what similar items have sold for in the past.. What would the seller have anything to do with it in this case? They started the auction at 99 cents. It's the bidders who don't know the market in this case. Back when I was selling a lot of books on ebay around 2000 or so, I had a couple people get into a bidding war over a book and it went to $252. The book was still in print and available at bookstores for about $20. This wasn't a different edition, signed, or anything like that... nothing different or special about it, but these two fools just had to beat each other. I'm stupid, so I wrote to the "winner" and said I couldn't take their money, and suggested they go buy it at B&N. I think I wrote the same advice to the "loser". If I had less integrity, I'd have taken the money. There's just no accounting for stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) I guess the moral of this thread is....do your research (on pricing and suchlike) before bidding/buying anytrhing on ebay and it's ilk/like Edited February 3, 2009 by carmel_andrews Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEtalGuy66 Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) It's merely another example of a seller who knows nothing of the collector market / fair value of the items (s)he is selling, and isn't adept enough to research what similar items have sold for in the past.. What would the seller have anything to do with it in this case? They started the auction at 99 cents. It's the bidders who don't know the market in this case. Ahh.. So it is.. Hmmm.. Gotta be some dumbass "collector" thing.. Those items are worthless to me.. Edited February 3, 2009 by MEtalGuy66 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 If they think those are worth that much, I'll sell them my Assembler Editor for $150. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 This is what happened with Jaguar goods, one or two idiots start artificially inflating the market, scraping up everything for cheap that they can. At the same time bidding up everywhere else... SS4U is the prime example. And then after a couple of years everyone gets use to it and the community sloughs off leaving only high priced collectors remaining. The bones of community ripe for the picking as they give in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl0re Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Hmm I saw that one the other day and completely passed it by. If you look at the bid history it was at $45.00 and then went to $347.89. Perhaps the 7th bid was meant to be $47? Still doesn't explain why what looks to be a new bidder bid it up to the current price. Even if you slip and hit 470, it only goes up until you outbid the last person. So, this result would require two people to bid it up this high... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl0re Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 That is jaw dropping. There is nothing there. Nothing.I can't believe there are two people who could bid that much. Not even by mistake. I also don't think there is shill bidding involved here, since the history of that seller is long with no record of crazy auctions in the past. Maybe one of those boring products has a function that was later patented by a big company and an attorney needs to show prior art to demonstrate that the technique was known and in use as early as 1982? Sorry - best I can come up with. That theory is as good as any... maybe there is a reason... and we just don't know it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 no, you can make an opening bid of any amount you want. But you are correct, usually this sort of thing uses more than one dummy to get there. Hmm I saw that one the other day and completely passed it by. If you look at the bid history it was at $45.00 and then went to $347.89. Perhaps the 7th bid was meant to be $47? Still doesn't explain why what looks to be a new bidder bid it up to the current price. Even if you slip and hit 470, it only goes up until you outbid the last person. So, this result would require two people to bid it up this high... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliecron Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Just a few minutes left, better get your bids in! Seriously though, maybe just someone with money to burn. I'd rather have these cassettes though, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=400004809411 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathtrappomegranate Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I'd rather have these cassettes though, http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=400004809411 A sealed set of these sold on ebay for GBP 250 a couple of days ago, but they usually go for about $100 (US) used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ready _ Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=400004809411 Ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I noticed over the holiday a first run Gameboy Advance sell for more than a new SP costs at retail. It had NO distinguishing features or even any loose games with it, just a regular used old style gameboy advance. There were perhaps 50 other auctions running for them that were ending with prices like $20 or even less. All the bidders had to do was LOOK and find even a buy it now auction for $30 to save a ton of money. I will never understand the mentality or lack thereof that some people bring to ebay and I can only hope that one day they will bid on one of MY auctions. Like right now I have a MINT boxed copy w/ manual of the Sega 32X version of Blackthorne it would be nice to see it go for more than $50 which I have seen it go for in the very recent past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My guess is someone is trying to complete a collection and has the funds to do it quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 I've noticed that boxed 8-bit stuff has been going for crazy prices over the last few weeks. It looks like a handful of people are trying to complete their 8-bit collections all of the sudden. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 some ones are not easy to find in good condition i'm looking for in the 400/800 line Microsoft's Basic Home Filing Manager Touch Typing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 some ones are not easy to find in good condition i'm looking for in the 400/800 line Microsoft's Basic Home Filing Manager Touch Typing Congratulations on your win then Rhod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhod Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I research, I did not win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 5, 2009 Author Share Posted February 5, 2009 some ones are not easy to find in good condition i'm looking for in the 400/800 line Microsoft's Basic Home Filing Manager Touch Typing Actually that's true. Those big Atari 400/800 boxes that I love so much don't seem to stand up particularly well. Most of mine look like they've been sat on more than once. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If you mean higher then original RRP (or MSRP to the Americans) then yes it is crazy prices , however if it's only a pound or so higher then what they usually go for then i can't see any complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNXGUY Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 If you look at the bid history it was at $45.00 and then went to $347.89. Perhaps the 7th bid was meant to be $47? I agree with this statement and I have made that very same mistake but I proof read before I submit my bid(s) and 3 of those programs are cassette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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