Anytime you see an auction way out of wack with the rest of them, there is a 95% chance that person didn't pay.
It's also called a statistical outlier, and when viewed against the average price sold, it is often discarded as being nothing more than a fluke. When people are trying to talk up the value of what they're selling, they'll obviously quote the highest amount they've seen it sell for. You as the buyer should search the average price it sells for to see if you're getting a good deal. billg is just doing what most sellers do, but he is kidding himself if he thinks this practice will fly on a CAG forum.
but because there *is* a GH, the original's not worth nearly as much as a S II or VP original, even if they have similar release numbers.
It is also true the GH release of FFT severely decreased the value of FFT (before the GH release, it was going for over $100 on eBay easily, used at that).
The prices you guys are quoting, is that in US $?? I've brought a used FFT non-GH version for $13 from GS?? What the hell is the deal with the $30-$40 quotes? Should I run out to grab more of those used $13 FFT?
The price of FFT (both non-GH and GH versions) vary wildly, even on eBay, because there IS a GH version. There are a lot of factors involved, but generally a collector will pay an extra premium for that black label.
I brought used non-GH FF VII, FF VIII, CC, for about $20 each and those seem to be harder to find than FFT...
Non-GH FF7 and FF8 were printed in much larger numbers than FFT. Why you have a harder time finding them, I cannot guess as to why. As for Chrono Cross, it also received a larger initial run than FFT did.
To the OP, I don't know much about PSX games, but I still know that SII is the single most freaken expensive PSX game out there, followed by others, but nowhere even near as expansive, such as: Dragonball GT Final Bout, Valkrie Profile, Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete, Suikoden, Ogre Battle...
All the games you quoted did not receive a GH run, and very small prints at that. They're also all fan-favorites, and generally quality titles (I would argue otherwise though for DBGT, no offense!).
>FFT is an awesome game but it cannot touch the likes of SII and VP, IMHO.
It can. The problem is that it is much easier to find at a much cheaper price.
>Good luck selling it on ebay.
I'm guessing if he thought he could get the same price on eBay for it as S2 or VP, he would've done it already.
As for MvC2 sealed, it's a different ballgame. MvC2 collectors don't generally care too much if the game is sealed since they want to actually play it. RPG collectors tend to be a different breed. Also, I don't know which version of MvC2 he was selling, but the only accurate version is the Dreamcast one.
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