[CLOSED] WTB: Mirror's Edge Catalyst Dice Edition Steelbook

[Spect3r]

Mirrors Edge 1 steelbook, of which there are 1000 of them, people sells them for hundreds of €.
So i dont find it that crazy that people ask these values for this one, of which there are very, very few of them (only 100 were sold, the rest was internal giveaway to people who worked in the game).

[DLJUK]

Originally Posted by Spect3r

Mirrors Edge 1 steelbook, of which there are 1000 of them, people sells them for hundreds of €.
So i dont find it that crazy that people ask these values for this one, of which there are very, very few of them (only 100 were sold, the rest was internal giveaway to people who worked in the game).

Rarity or not, the fact the two of you with them up at that price have had them up for months, with no sales says something does it not?

As for the Mirror's Edge original steelbook, you might find a single sold listing for those prices in the past year or 2.

Several people, even someone here sold the Dice edition (full set, not just steelbook) for £100 or less, not sure how that translated to "I can get double" but I guess I wish you luck selling, because for that price it won't be to me.

[Spect3r]

Originally Posted by DLJUK

Rarity or not, the fact the two of you with them up at that price have had them up for months, with no sales says something does it not?

Im not the one selling them.
And you are talking about the UK person that has them on ebay?
He already sold some 7 or 8 of them

As for the Mirror's Edge original steelbook, you might find a single sold listing for those prices in the past year or 2.

Several people, even someone here sold the Dice edition (full set, not just steelbook) for £100 or less, not sure how that translated to "I can get double" but I guess I wish you luck selling, because for that price it won't be to me.

Again, Im not the one selling them on ebay. On the contrary, i was the one who let other forum members know that is was selling on Amazon at 20£, i didnt tried to take any profit

[DLJUK]

Originally Posted by Spect3r

Im not the one selling them.
And you are talking about the UK person that has them on ebay?
He already sold some 7 or 8 of them



Again, Im not the one selling them on ebay. On the contrary, i was the one who let other forum members know that is was selling on Amazon at 20£, i didnt tried to take any profit

I didn't see it wasn't Mike replying, he is one of the two people with them on eBay who has had it up for like 6 months + without changing price.
My bad on that, my point still stands...just it was meant to be directed towards him.

[Mike1888]

Originally Posted by defiler

LOL, that might set you back, giving up the $2 that Steelbook cost!

Originally Posted by DLJUK

I didn't see it wasn't Mike replying, he is one of the two people with them on eBay who has had it up for like 6 months + without changing price.
My bad on that, my point still stands...just it was meant to be directed towards him.

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.

[DLJUK]

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.

[defiler]

Originally Posted by Mike1888

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. .

I agree with you about there being legitimately rare items. But if they release 1000 and allow 1 person to buy all 1000, who's going to even care to try and collect it? Yeah sure, from an "investment" side (ie, scalping and reselling) it's good because you can make a living, but that just kills it for the real collectors. If a person has no intention of collecting it, they shouldn't buy it. It's one thing for someone to buy one and resell it; when you let people buy 10 at a time then there's no chance for real people to obtain things and takes the joy out of it - and when the joy's gone, the collecting is gone.

[DJDREAM]

Originally Posted by defiler

I agree with you about there being legitimately rare items. But if they release 1000 and allow 1 person to buy all 1000, who's going to even care to try and collect it? Yeah sure, from an "investment" side (ie, scalping and reselling) it's good because you can make a living, but that just kills it for the real collectors. If a person has no intention of collecting it, they shouldn't buy it. It's one thing for someone to buy one and resell it; when you let people buy 10 at a time then there's no chance for real people to obtain things and takes the joy out of it - and when the joy's gone, the collecting is gone.

i understand you. But i must agree with Cosmic (He is one of the friendliest and helpfulliest User in this Forum). Sometimes you must pay a little More for your Collection than normal, because you didnt know that this Limited Edition is on the Market. i myself payed a lot of Money for some real LE and i buy sometime more of One LE because i Refinance my really Expensive Collection. Whinning about Scalpers i never, Sometimes i think the should go to ....
but mostly i Prefer them because i get what i need or i Want! Without the Scalpers your 1000 Units Would be sold to 1000 Real Collectors you would never get it yourself. Is it Egoistic yes, but i love to collect to!