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Originally Posted by Mike1888
My auction has only been up since the end of July. I remember why I listed it - Spec mentioned it had been going for a lot and when I searched it up, it seemed it had become quite scarce with only 1 person selling it. Myself not being a steelbook collector, I thought it would be a good time to sell (is this scalping or extortion?). Even if it had been 6 months, my strategy for selling very rare items is generally price high and wait - eventually, someone will buy it outright or make a good offer. After all, the steelbook is extremely rare and I already have the lowest price available. My listing has over 100 views and 5+ watchers, which is more than I'm used to for this kind of item. That I paid so little for it, or that you missed out, is irrelevant to me. As Spec mentioned, the steelbook is among the rarest. I am grateful he told us about it, another friend ordered it for me, and now I own it. I value it highly and I actually think 300 CAD is an appropriate price.
Anyways, I do not understand the fixation on retail price. Most steelbooks were originally free preorder bonuses; collectibles fluctuate with little regard for what the original buyer paid at retail. Or are you just salty that other people capitalized on a deal that you missed? In collecting, you need to exercise a degree of vigilance: if you don't hear about something in time before it sells out, you have to pay up if you really want it. All of us have been on the side having to pay the inflated price, as well as the side spotting a rare item and profiting. The amount of whining about scalpers, high-priced ebay items, not limit 1 per customer, etc on this forum is tiresome. I am glad that there are a lot of legitimately rare, sought after items that make good investments in this hobby. Its fun to search for them and it feels rewarding to own them. I think missing out on an item causes too many collectors to turn into proponents of mass production because they can't afford the item at value or can't stomach someone else profiting off them.
Apologies for turning your WTB thread into a platform for my thoughts on the hobby, but you did call me out in the OP for scalping/extortion. 
Good luck on your search. |
Didn't mean to come off as rude even though I know I probably did. Just been trying to get it for a long time now and I never seem to see it budge from that £200 price, that added to there being a post where someone sold multiple on here for under half of that, it's like I shot myself in the foot without even knowing, because I managed to miss those ones being sold.
Thanks to eBay having a 10% off for £100+ UK purchases, and the well timed turn of events of something of my own unrelated to gaming/collecting selling for a significant amount of money I ended up buying off the other guy on eBay.
Again goodluck selling yours, I guess you do have a point that selling collectors stuff, price high and wait works eventually, I've done it myself in the past...just annoying to be on the worse end of those deals as someone who really doesn't collect much, just wanted a MEC collection.