tiggerthehun Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 Hey all! I'm a pretty knowledgable guy when it comes to prices of Atari/Colecovision stuff - but I don't get what the expensive thing is in this auction? I'd say it was noobs driving up the prices - but most of the bidding was done by a guy with 24 positive feedbacks. Thanks for any info! The auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...item=1353652539 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 It looks like the high bidder (impalagal) put in a very high bid early, and then bogy33@aol.com put in quite a few bids over a 15 minute period to feel out impalagal's bids. Who knows how much impalagal bid, but given this user's feedback of (1) and recent identity change, I wouldn't count on this bid of $340 being paid for. Will have to keep an eye out on the feedback to see what happens. Certainly those items aren't worth anywhere near $340. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 This auction has red flags all around it. Looks like someone with a low rating pushed up the price, but then it is that other guy's fault for setting his max bid so high. I doubt the seller is going to get any money out of this, and since the winner has a 1 feedback, they aren't going to care about negative feedback. The seller gets screwed out of this whole deal, because now they'll have to relist their item (costing them extra money), because people like to play games on Ebay. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZ Posted May 26, 2002 Share Posted May 26, 2002 I wanted to add one other thing. I'm definitely right about this auction being strange, BUT, sometimes these types of auctions are really sleeper auctions, and might have like 1 REALLY valuable game hidden in the whole mess. It isn't the case here, but you know what I'm saying. A person, for example, who's after a rare Waterworld 2600 cart, isn't likely scroll down 9 miles to try to find his ONE cart on a list of 200. He's probably got better things to do. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted May 27, 2002 Share Posted May 27, 2002 You guys didn't see what he threw in. A couple of CATALOGS!!! They are worth the $300 alone. Ok, just busting balls. Phil Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjybjy Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 The bidder just recieved negative feedback for not paying... big surprise. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRetroGamer Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Many times, people get ticked off that they can't topple the high bidder, and after a while it's a matter that the MUST win to satisfy their EGO no matter what the final price is. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bez Posted June 3, 2002 Share Posted June 3, 2002 Damn moron! That´s all I have got to say! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
somePUNK Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 I got all that shit at my girlfriends and it cost us 10 bucks theres no way it should have went for that much Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91812 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philflound Posted June 7, 2002 Share Posted June 7, 2002 Dude, you didn't read. The buyer didn't pay. It didn't sell for that. Unless the 2nd place winner (or is that loser?) actually paid some kind of money for that. The seller probably was pissed. hehe Phil Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/9694-why-in-the-heck-did-this-go-for-340/#findComment-91813 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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