Tanukitsune Posted October 22, 2004 After several months of losing bids and futile searchs, I finally got one of the rarest/hardest to find games out there... Id Anthology.... The price I had to pay was painfull though... I don't even want to remember how much I payed and I hope I never have to spend that much on a game again (I do remember paying such an abusively high price for a SNES import Dragon Ball game as a kid) But in the process I discovered why some rare games are so expensive... There are such things as Video game brokers... They tend to hog rare games and charge you a large sum for them (or wait till it's more expensive to sell it), as matter of fact, they are usually the ones that overbid you when bidding on a certain game.... I had been searching for this game for a long time now and the auctions usually ended with 150-200$ bids.... (Less if items are missing or it isn't mint) I had no option but to give in, the "broker" was nice enough, he offered me lots of Doom figurine and othe items as well, and when the shipping was higher than he expected, he didn't charge me extra.... I'm having mixed feelings about game brokers, they are a good source for rare games, but they tend to charge you a lot.... Anybody else here who has dealt with a game broker? What do you think about them? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaao Posted October 22, 2004 I recently acquired the ID anthology (unfortunately just the CDs + book) for about $40. But the whole box would defenitively have cost you $200 I guess. How is the T-shirt? (BTW, there one listed at ebay now, with 22 hours left @ $113.31. I'm curious how high it willget...: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=27234&item=8138792296&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) I never used a game broker, at least not as you describe them. I once bought some adventure games (duckman, the quivering, spud) from playinggamesinteractive.com, but they're not realy a game broker, although some games listed on their page have ridiculous prices. such as: Koala Lumpur Journey to the Edge -by Broderbund: $89.95 (at ebay you should be able to get a boxed copy for $5 or less!) and The Neverhood: $199.95 (at ebay you should be able to get a boxed copy for $50) But how do you find such a game broker? And can you try to get the most expensive game: mt Drash aswell? Jaap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted October 22, 2004 Things like game brokers are unnecessary now that we have global services like Ebay. It's understandable that they exist but they're no longer actually providing a service that benefits anyone except themselves. EDIT: I suppose there's one benefit to buyers in that game brokers actually plan on selling their games, whereas if all the old games were owned by casual collectors there wouldn't be as much of a market. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted October 22, 2004 I recently acquired the ID anthology (unfortunately just the CDs + book) for about $40. But the whole box would defenitively have cost you $200 I guess. How is the T-shirt?(BTW, there one listed at ebay now, with 22 hours left @ $113.31. I'm curious how high it willget...: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=27234&item=8138792296&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) I never used a game broker, at least not as you describe them. I once bought some adventure games (duckman, the quivering, spud) from playinggamesinteractive.com, but they're not realy a game broker, although some games listed on their page have ridiculous prices. such as: Koala Lumpur Journey to the Edge -by Broderbund: $89.95 (at ebay you should be able to get a boxed copy for $5 or less!) and The Neverhood: $199.95 (at ebay you should be able to get a boxed copy for $50) But how do you find such a game broker? And can you try to get the most expensive game: mt Drash aswell? Jaap 40$-50$ sounds fair for just the book and games... The T-shirt is black has a logo in the front and "Id Anthology" written on the back, or maybe the other way around? As for Mt Drash, according to this site this game was probably never on sale, and it seems nobody has a copy of it.... Things like game brokers are unnecessary now that we have global services like Ebay. It's understandable that they exist but they're no longer actually providing a service that benefits anyone except themselves.EDIT: I suppose there's one benefit to buyers in that game brokers actually plan on selling their games, whereas if all the old games were owned by casual collectors there wouldn't be as much of a market. The thing is that it appears game brokers seem to bid on the same item over and over again on Ebay... And either you lose the auction or overbid them, paying a fortune for the game, that is... I'm pretty sure half the bidders on the auction Jaap mentioned are brokers and that a broker will win the auction... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jaao Posted October 22, 2004 As for Mt Drash, according to this site this game was probably never on sale, and it seems nobody has a copy of it.... http://www.if-legends.org/~yois/column.php?column_date=2004-02-01 and http://www.if-legends.org/~yois/whatsnew.php?archive=1&year=2004 (search for drash) have some more info on the recent appearings of mt Drash on ebay. And according to on of my posts at AG, some dude bought the infamous " Ultima: Escape From Mt. Drash (VIC-20)" for US $3,605.00 !!!! (http://forums.adventuregamers.com/archive/index.php/t-955.html), unfortunately ebay's link doesn't work anymore. Jaap Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted October 23, 2004 http://www.if-legends.org/~yois/column.php?column_date=2004-02-01 and http://www.if-legends.org/~yois/whatsnew.php?archive=1&year=2004 (search for drash) have some more info on the recent appearings of mt Drash on ebay. And according to on of my posts at AG, some dude bought the infamous " Ultima: Escape From Mt. Drash (VIC-20)" for US $3,605.00 !!!! (http://forums.adventuregamers.com/archive/index.php/t-955.html), unfortunately ebay's link doesn't work anymore.Jaap Sweet Mother of Mothra! I'd only pay HALF as much for an arcade machine! I guess 200$ is the maximum I'd pay for a CE or collection... Good grief, 3.600$ is way too high, but it only proves that this game is as rare and expensive as "Action Comics Nº1"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
n0wak Posted October 23, 2004 some dude bought the infamous " Ultima: Escape From Mt. Drash (VIC-20)" for US $3,605.00 !!!! Also, some dude bought a Nintendo World Championship 1990 Gold Cart for $2,204.63 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
