[Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)

[Little John]

In my opinion eBay has devalued a lot of items, unintentionally. What once 
was perceived as extremely rare because it was very hard to find are now 
known to be not as rare (thanks to ebay giving us a large audience in which 
to search for them). Case in point: TS-2068's used to go for over $300 
between 1998-2001 or so and  yet I've bought several recently for around $50 
because they just seem to keep popping up on eBay.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Michea" <jmichea at cogeco.ca>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 7:02 AM
Subject: [Coco] ebay game auction - Holy (bleep)


>I agree, it must go in spurts. I've won auctions with no other bidders and 
>I've had to fight tooth and nail for coco items. It actually seemed worse 
>about 10 years ago. Coco items were going for insane amounts of money and I 
>don't think I won hardly anything. Most of my coco collection back then was 
>scouring thrift stores and yardsales and posting "wanted" ads in the local 
>pennysaver, all of which paid off very nicely back then :)
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> A few years ago I bought 12 still sealed CoCo carts off eBay for $7, but
> I've since seen lots like that go for ridiculous prices, and then 
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> not so ridiculous prices. I guess it depends on who just happens to be
> looking over that 7 day period.....
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