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Are you serious? Who buys this stuff?

By BlazeHedgehog December 3, 2009 54 Comments

Been browsing Amazon a lot recently, for obvious reasons. Even though I ended up spending pretty much all of the money on my Mom in Christmas presents for her, I've still continued to look around (and add stuff to my wish list, because they run a wish list sweepstakes every Christmas) and I am constantly shocked at just how much money certain Amazon-affiliated retailers are trying to charge for some things.

I mean, really? $400 for a still-shrink-wrapped copy of Sonic Advance 2? I've also seen $103 for a copy of Jet Set Radio Future, $93 for a copy of Konami Krazy Racers, $90 for a copy of Metroid: Zero Mission... but none tops this:

You're reading that right - nearly $1000 (plus shipping!) for a special edition version of the Ghostbusters videogame with the Slimer Statue - a videogame that came out barely even six months ago. Who in their right mind expects anyone to pay $1000 for Ghostbusters? Let alone $99.97 for a copy of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle? None of these games are even that rare! Are there actually idiots out there who pay this much for stuff like this? Because I can't imagine it makes too much business sense to say "Hey, yeah, I'll charge you $400 for Sonic Advance 2... or you could buy it from this other guy for $35. Better yet, $9 for a used copy. But if you feel like spending $400, I've got you covered!"

I'm kind of speechless, over here.

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Nfinit_Vylence

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Edited By Nfinit_Vylence

This reminds me of back before the days before internet access was commonplace and you'd have pawn shops and flea markets trying to sell copies of Combat for the 2600 for fifty dollars a pop.

These guys should know better, though-- Ebay pretty much ruined this racket for pawnshops, the Amazon.com independent resellers have no excuse.

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BlazeHedgehog

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Edited By BlazeHedgehog

@Nfinit: Except this, to a lesser extent, also happens on Ebay. A lot of the people who sell on Amazon also sell on Ebay. Thankfully, there's a lot more people willing to sell you a copy of Sonic Advance 2 for $5, and Ebay has a lot better sorting options so you can find a good deal, so it's not as much of a problem there.

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They're not as bad as the people selling used 360/PS3/Wii Point Cards. :P

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Edited By raegunz_

i've come to the conclusion that one can put anything on amazon, jack up the price and advertise it a certain way, and someone... somewhere will buy it.

there are morons everywhere. it's an epidemic.

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Are you serious? Who buys this stuff?

By BlazeHedgehog December 3, 2009 54 Comments

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