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JaxonH

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Nintendo-3DS-XL-The-Legend-of-Zel...

Oh, and it gets better. FORTY PEOPLE WATCHING THIS LISTING at time of posting this topic. And if you do a quick eBay search, you will find well over a dozen sellers asking $4000 or more for this 3DS system.

Now look. About a year or two ago there were people charging steep prices on eBay. Metroid Prime Trilogy averaging $80 a copy and some sellers pushing $120. Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn averaging $60 but some sellers pushing $80-90. Even the almighty Earthbound was just $300. But now?

A quick search for the LE of Hyrule Warriors shows this is not isolated anymore. $2000 buy it now price for the NA version. $1400 buy it now price for the NA version, and oh, "that's a steal"...

Idk what's worse- the fact this is becoming standard practice or the fact so many people are buying into it. Scalping is one thing but this? This is beyond greed. In fact I think we need to come up with a new term for this because there's really no words that can describe what's going on here.

Am I the only one noticing this abrupt onslaught of unprecedented greed? Or, whatever you want to call it?

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Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced

JaxonH

CanisWolfred wrote:

The watchers are probably just looking to see if anybody pays for it.

Perhaps, but I saw a listing for $1,000 with bids on it. Which tells me people are going for it. And there's so many listings now for $1000 or more, I just don't understand how it came to this.

I don't mind paying a premium for hard to find or rare games, but good grief this is WAYYYY beyond a premium. Here, let me just go get my deed to my house real quick, cause ya know, that $200 handheld is really worth a reverse mortgage.

Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
Zachariah 12:10 (500 yrs before Christ)
They will look on Me whom they pierced

NintendoFan64

I feel really bad for those who didn't get to pre-order one if this is how much they're gonna have to pay for one now. Then again, I also feel a little bad for whoever's willing to pay this much to get their system.

There is nothing here...except for the stuff I just typed...

Randomname19

$10k for a slightly different 3DS? Untitled

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TeeJay

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Oragami

Don't blame the sellers, blame they buyers. If they want to pay this much for a console or a game, let them.

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Zanark

Supply and demand i guess?

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Geoffrey

Why the hell is some guy going to sell something for less than the market has dictated that it is worth?

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TeeJay

Geoffrey wrote:

Why the hell is some guy going to sell something for less than the market has dictated that it is worth?

Who's saying that? The point here is they're selling it at 20 times the price.

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RoryLee

NintendoFan64 wrote:

I feel really bad for those who didn't get to pre-order one if this is how much they're gonna have to pay for one now. Then again, I also feel a little bad for whoever's willing to pay this much to get their system.

Why feel bad? There are other options besides the Zelda 3DS.

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TensuraFan7

RoryLee wrote:

NintendoFan64 wrote:

I feel really bad for those who didn't get to pre-order one if this is how much they're gonna have to pay for one now. Then again, I also feel a little bad for whoever's willing to pay this much to get their system.

Why feel bad? There are other options besides the Zelda 3DS.

All of which are pretty much sold-out globally.

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RoryLee

Did you check eBay? J/k

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Vincent294

ShanaUnite wrote:

Supply and demand i guess?

Yup. There's a demand for outrageously overpriced collectables, as this clearly suggests. I can't blame the seller for accepting the money, but this isn't something I'd take pride in doing if I were them.

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SillyG

I don't understand the mentality here. It's not as if the Majora's Mask New 3DS XL is super rare (at least not yet) as Nintendo has announced another shipment in March. I suppose that sellers like these are trying to exploit those in regional areas who may not have the option to order items like these. Still, this sort of behaviour is inexcusably despicable and I wish that people would stop indulging them.

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the_shpydar

CanisWolfred wrote:

The watchers are probably just looking to see if anybody pays for it.

Yep, definitely. I frequently watch crazy-priced auctions for games just out of curiosity; i imagine plenty of other people do too.

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RyanDoesDayz

That's rediculous... I recall last year when I was desperate for a new ps4 I was searching all over eBay and the various interwebs and I found them going for $800+! The fact that people would mark a console up that much is abserd but the fact that people would buy into it is outrageous! This isn't scalping... This is cutting off the whole head, legs, arms and leaving the torso for the buzzards.

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