Pant Load Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 ... because we are sittin' pretty. Screw gold, invest in Atari. Print this out and wave it at your wife the next time she gives you crap for wasting money on your childish toy-collecting hobby. This is an solid investment: eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260250057101 boxed Yar's Revenge: $31 That's a 600% profit increase if you bought this for the $5 it was worth last week. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260250054282 boxed Video Pinball: $35 That's a 1100% profit increase if you bought this for the $3 it was worth last week. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260250046345 boxed Star Raiders: $38 That's a 400%+ profit increase if you bought this for the $9 it was worth last week. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260250050776 boxed Vanguard: $24 That's a 800% profit increase if you bought this for the $3 it was worth last week. eBay Auction -- Item Number: 260250052074 boxed Video Chess: $21 That's a 400% profit increase if you bought this for the $5 it was worth last week. It just goes on and on: Big money! Big prizes! People who sell on eBay take note: there is no coinsidence that this guy charges $3 to ship a game and is raking in big money on his auctions. eBay buyers are sick of being screwed over on shipping, and they will, I firmly believe, spend $10 more on an auction final price to save $2 on shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Holy crap! I have a fairly complete boxed Atari inc/corp and Sears collection, I wonder what those would be worth on ebay? Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 This makes me look dumb for putting a $35 BIN on a sealed Frogger last week. And I thought that was asking too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have noiced that in the last few month prices for sealed games increased for 20%. It looks that a lot of guys are entering the collection market! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
video game addict Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I had bids riding on several of those auctions, most didn't make the cut. Some of those bids are ridiculous! But it takes two on ebay and apparently there were some hungry bidders. The number of auctions they had up at one time like that & the low pricing really helped them out with the bidding frenzy. I wonder what kind of shipping that is though for $3 and what sort of packaging? I've recently received a few games from sellers through media mail (which can be a disaster if it get inspected) Sometimes those cheaper shipping prices can come back and bite you in the butt. Sure shipping was only $3 but if you have to pay an extra $3 to the post office to retrieve your package from the upcharge to Priority, or it gets inspected and mysteriously disappears from the box and you wind up with an empty package. Then the cheaper shipping doesn't look so good. :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I wonder if the Atari movie that was announced has anything to do with this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pangasinan Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Wow people actually making a profit buying and selling Atari games...HOW CRAZY IS THAT !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Here is a shocking one. A boxed Combat selling for almost $20.00 over $20.00 if you include shipping. http://cgi.ebay.com/Atari-COMBAT-1977-Shoo...1QQcmdZViewItem I have been keeping track of high prices on and off for over a year. Just today 45 records were broken when it came to boxed games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 are we sure these are not some shill bidders? anyone want to confess to buying these? Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 are we sure these are not some shill bidders? anyone want to confess to buying these? Rick Actually I don't think this is shill bidders. Most ratings in the hundreds. I do believe however that these are noob bidders in the world of Atari. The semi rare boxed stuff like Pitfall II, and Fathom are actually going for less than some of the more common stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 are we sure these are not some shill bidders? anyone want to confess to buying these? Rick Actually I don't think this is shill bidders. Most ratings in the hundreds. I do believe however that these are noob bidders in the world of Atari. The semi rare boxed stuff like Pitfall II, and Fathom are actually going for less than some of the more common stuff. not just hundreds but MANY hundreds (almost thousand in one case) can you point out many other sellers that are getting these HIGH prices for boxed very common games? smells fishy if you ask me! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homerwannabee Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 are we sure these are not some shill bidders? anyone want to confess to buying these? Rick Actually I don't think this is shill bidders. Most ratings in the hundreds. I do believe however that these are noob bidders in the world of Atari. The semi rare boxed stuff like Pitfall II, and Fathom are actually going for less than some of the more common stuff. not just hundreds but MANY hundreds (almost thousand in one case) can you point out many other sellers that are getting these HIGH prices for boxed very common games? smells fishy if you ask me! Rick I agree it seems weird, but why would a person with ratings in the hundreds risk getting caught shilling an auction. There are 3 or 4 different people who are the primary winners. Why shill like this when it means paying $100 in fees? Yeah, I don't really know what is going on. I do know the the Atari movie has made some huge headlines recently. In the comic book world when a comic is announced that it is going to be made into a movie, the comic book prices shoot through the roof. As far as anything else like this, I do remember that there was a guy about 2 years ago who had a similar auction like this where he sold box after box after box one right after another. He seemed to do pretty well. I remember Frogger boxed and Donkey Kong boxed went for a ton of money in that auction. I do think there should be a wait and see approach to stuff like this. Now we need to know if this is a fluke or not. Only time will tell. If common boxed games continue to go for extreme prices over the next month or so, then we can say there is an actual trend instead of a fluke one day occurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I am not surprised. Atari has been in the news a lot this week. We are likely to see new collectors. If the Atari movie does get released into theaters I expect prices to jump quite a bit as a whole group of new collectors will enter the marketplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Wonder007 Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 (edited) No kidding!!!! Another UWink opened this week in L.A. Edited June 17, 2008 by Wonder007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I have noiced that in the last few month prices for sealed games increased for 20%. It looks that a lot of guys are enteringthe collection market! You are correct, but these ones are not even sealed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holygrailvideogames.com Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 No kidding!!!! Another UWink opened this week in L.A. My local news mentioned Atari today when they ran the story on UWink. I have seen more stuff on Atari in the media this week than in the last 5 years combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trade-N-Games Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Could it be due to my book "Classis 80's Home Video Games"? JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangamer Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 (edited) Price of this Berzerk, boxed & shrinkwrapped: About $25.00 not including shipping Price of this Berzerk, cart only: About $5.00 including shipping That's telling something right there. Edited June 18, 2008 by iangamer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red 5 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 (edited) I bought the Tunnel Runner, but I REALLY wanted the Tunnel Runner. I probaby went about $5.00 too high, but hey, sometimes you just gotta say screw it. Plus I have been searching for about 6 months and this is the first boxed one I have seen. I was going to go for Fathom too, but that was ridiculous. On the other hand, my box collection is now worth 70 gazzillion dollars according to these prices so I can afford it. Edited June 18, 2008 by therealred5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Weis Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Price of this Berzerk, boxed & shrinkwrapped: About $25.00 not including shipping That's telling something right there. IF it sells, it would! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I have noiced that in the last few month prices for sealed games increased for 20%. It looks that a lot of guys are enteringthe collection market! It's not a game until you play it. Until then, it's a sealed box containing some stuff (hopefully not a mis-boxed Combat and the instructions for E.T.!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buyatari Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Price of this Berzerk, boxed & shrinkwrapped: About $25.00 not including shipping That's telling something right there. IF it sells, it would! Rick I'd be more suprized if the loose one sold for $5 it has to be in the top 10 most common games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I have noiced that in the last few month prices for sealed games increased for 20%. It looks that a lot of guys are enteringthe collection market! It's not a game until you play it. Until then, it's a sealed box containing some stuff (hopefully not a mis-boxed Combat and the instructions for E.T.!). A game is still a game regardless of whether its played same as a car is a car regardless of whether its driven. The question is does the box contain what (i.e. the game) you think it does? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 A game is still a game regardless of whether its played same as a car is a car regardless of whether its driven. There are entire branches of philosophy that would disagree with this assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dino Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 A game is still a game regardless of whether its played same as a car is a car regardless of whether its driven. There are entire branches of philosophy that would disagree with this assumption. Its a good thing i'm not a philosopher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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