Only just seen this thread today.
Just wanted to wade in on this, the listing which was purchased was from my ebay listings. As Mike1888 has rightly said, as collector's we have all be on the receiving end of having to pay overly inflated prices because we have missed out on items which we have really wanted. Unfortunately that is the way we have to play the game. There have been items which I have missed out on completely and had to go without because I can't stomach to pay the price for them anymore. That's just the way the cookie crumbles.
With regards to this particular edition, I did buy up a number of these as investment opportunity. I have no shame in admitting to this. At the same time though, I also helped a number of member's on the forum here acquire some of these at cost price when they were still available on amazon. I am sure these member's might speak up. As well as helping with forwarding of the Mirror's Edge with the White statue to members. I have been an active member here for years and have always been willing to help people acquire things when asked.
I am sorry that you feel that you had missed out on this item last year and that you felt that my price was unreasonable. Unfortunately for you, this price was dictated by what people have been paying for them during the time that my listing have been up. As my stock of them has been getting low, I have gradually increased the price of what I have been selling this edition for. The one which is still listed on ebay is my last one for sale and I have one more which I will keep for my collection.
Also, as Spect3r said, this particular edition was only supposed to be available to developers and people who were directly involved in the game. That makes this edition and particularly the Steelbook very rare. These CEs were commissioned by Project Triforce and it seems that when they ultimately bit the dust, their remaining assets and stock were hoovered up by brokers, hence why they made it onto Amazon when they did. The particular broker was selling them based on the "current" going rate at the time for the standard edition which GAME was also knocking out for £20. Had the standard CE been at RRP still, then these would likely also have been sold at the same price. I would estimate that there are fewer of this steelbook made than there was of the original Mirror's Edge Steelbook. The fact that they were sold for £20 with the DICE edition is inconsequential.
With regards to Project Triforce going bump, the
scrapped Batman Arkham Knight Batmobile Edition also made it out into the wild at approximately the same time. Incase you might be interested.
Anyway, I hope that you are ultimately happy with the item.
