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The Successful Dropout
07-17-2004, 08:18 AM
i know that i saw some of these at the CCs that I've been to....it was part of the CC $4.99 deal....is it rare, or are ppl just really stupid? i mean, its getting more play on ebay then Rez and Disgaea...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8118083 867&rd=1
The Successful Dropout
07-17-2004, 08:19 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8117602 672&rd=1
The Successful Dropout
07-17-2004, 08:21 AM
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8118432 856&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
epobirs
07-17-2004, 08:53 AM
Gee, I bought and sold a bunch of those to GameDude. If I'd only checked the going rate on eBay a couple of those would have covered my enter set of games added to my library.
GameDude
07-17-2004, 09:09 AM
Gee, I bought and sold a bunch of those to GameDude. If I'd only checked the going rate on eBay a couple of those would have covered my enter set of games added to my library.

huh?
The Successful Dropout
07-19-2004, 09:12 PM
bump
epobirs
07-19-2004, 09:16 PM
Gee, I bought and sold a bunch of those to GameDude. If I'd only checked the going rate on eBay a couple of those would have covered my enter set of games added to my library.

huh?

Not you.

www.gamedude.com

Very good place for turning used games into cash even if they had shrinkwrap and a CC price tag on them a few minutes earlier.
JAMMR
07-19-2004, 11:33 PM
This may be a sign of the apocalypse...

My favorite quote from the 2nd auction,

"You are bidding on the hard to find Backyard Baseball for the Game Boy Advance. The game is BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED! And I'll ship it to you in a seperate BOX so original package stays damage free!"

Uhm, I'd hope he would ship it in a separate box... what's the alternative - slap a stamp on it?
BigHow
07-20-2004, 04:38 PM
This may be a sign of the apocalypse...

My favorite quote from the 2nd auction,

"You are bidding on the hard to find Backyard Baseball for the Game Boy Advance. The game is BRAND NEW & FACTORY SEALED! And I'll ship it to you in a seperate BOX so original package stays damage free!"

Uhm, I'd hope he would ship it in a separate box... what's the alternative - slap a stamp on it?

Heh, maybe he's read this thread (http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22647&highlight=).
epobirs
07-20-2004, 04:50 PM
I'm tempted to try making a massive markup on a piece of raw beef on eBay by calling it extremely rare.
guessed
07-20-2004, 06:53 PM
Gee, I bought and sold a bunch of those to GameDude. If I'd only checked the going rate on eBay a couple of those would have covered my enter set of games added to my library.

huh?

Not you.

www.gamedude.com

Very good place for turning used games into cash even if they had shrinkwrap and a CC price tag on them a few minutes earlier.

Well, for kicks, I just called them. They don't have any in stock. Not surprising, considering they sell them for $16.
moe11888
07-20-2004, 07:06 PM
Man! I wish I knew. I saw a lot of copies of that game.
BigHow
07-20-2004, 08:18 PM
Have we figured out at all why it's so hot? Is this artificial demand? Or was there actually a low print run, a la NCAA 2K3 for GCN?
scsg75
07-20-2004, 08:22 PM
It was a low print run I believe, pretty hard to find now and a pretty decent game. You may be thinking you saw Backyard Football at CC, which is what I saw in abundance, which is not that rare nor hard to find, but looks almost identical to Backyard Baseball.
BigHow
07-20-2004, 08:30 PM
It seems like opened copies were selling for $60 even as far back as July 6th. So I'm going to guess that this isn't some artifical demand.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8116352 456&rd=1

Now that I think about it, damn, the CC sale's been going on for a half month now!
controlcommerce
07-20-2004, 08:42 PM
This is crazy! The same people who buy this crap is the people who picked that Mary-Kate and Ashley game at Best Buy because it was $5. People should learn to pass up games.
RobotSimp
07-23-2004, 07:33 PM
I got one at the CC sale for 5 and sold it this past week on ebay for 87.99
moe11888
07-23-2004, 08:04 PM
I got one at the CC sale for 5 and sold it this past week on ebay for 87.99

:shock:
BigHow
07-24-2004, 05:19 AM
I got one at the CC sale for 5 and sold it this past week on ebay for 87.99

Holy moley! Your name should be RoboPimp, not Simp.

And I thought I lucked out finding a copy of Gitaroo Man.
RobotSimp
07-25-2004, 12:34 AM
found a gitaroo for 5 also and sold it for 45 :wink:

also sold 2 mlb slugfests and ephemeral fantasia

all of which were cc games

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&user id=d-n-g&include=0&since=30&sort=3&rows=25
epobirs
07-25-2004, 12:39 AM
It was a low print run I believe, pretty hard to find now and a pretty decent game. You may be thinking you saw Backyard Football at CC, which is what I saw in abundance, which is not that rare nor hard to find, but looks almost identical to Backyard Baseball.

According to my receipts I had three of these, four of the football, and a couple of the hockey version. It was cheap at CC and madness prevails on eBay.