Insane nerds bid war for a sealed Chrono Trigger

[Joe Redifer]

Although sellers are awful for advertising their games as RARE!!!...

Actually the proper term is ULTR@ R@RE L@@K!!!!

[SignOfZeta]

Wait...FFVII got expensive? WHY? There are shitloads of copies of that game. When I worked at EB (2001-2002) we got got copies of that game in almost every other day. It was sitting there for $20 in quantity on the shelf for years.

I think it must be that people are impatient. They want a copy *this*very*f*cking*second* and bid a billion dollars on eBay like morons.

The thing is everywhere. I think I have five or six copies in the trunk of my car and I don't even like it. Almost all my gamer friends have this game and haven't touched in it years.

On a related note I find it amazing how many people don't even know about the indy game stores in their very own town, or that indy record stores, pawn shops, etc often have games. Its like they can't comprehend anything outside of eBay and the mall. These places are loaded with old crap that the malls won't touch.

[MissaFX]

The guy paid 353.51 for a Virtual Boy and 12 games.  Cripes.  I got my VB. + 10 games + AC adapter for under 80 dollars when Toys R US cleared them out.  I got a few more JPN games for 10 dollars each off of ebay.  There is noooo way a VB is worth this. 

[rainbow_bright]

I don't think thats expensive at all for a Virtual boy. They were never released in Europe. I have one too, but only two games. They are quite rare, in Europe anyway.

[r_benchley]

Wait...FFVII got expensive? WHY? There are shitloads of copies of that game. When I worked at EB (2001-2002) we got got copies of that game in almost every other day. It was sitting there for $20 in quantity on the shelf for years.

Yep.  It regularly goes for about $50 nowadays.  Although FF VII is one of the least rare games you could imagine (several million copies sold in the US), I do have to say that its been a long time since I saw a copy in any of the video game shops around here.  It doesn't compare to any TurboGrafx games, but for a widely available, extremely popular game, it has become slightly difficult to find, hence the ridiculous prices on ebay.  You should grab those games out of your trunk and make some money.

[Hobo Xiphas]

Anyone who keeps the shrink wrap on a cardboard boxed game is asking for trouble as the plastic will compress the box's edges over time and make the  box crumple.

And this is probably re-shrinked anyways.  Damned snerds.

[Black Tiger]

Anyone who keeps the shrink wrap on a cardboard boxed game is asking for trouble as the plastic will compress the box's edges over time and make the  box crumple.

And this is probably re-shrinked anyways.  Damned snerds.

I've got this happening on the sealed TG-16 games I have.

[nodtveidt]

I found my copy of FF7 in a Play n Trade. They were asking $45 for the thing. I talked with the guy running the place and managed to talk him down to $20...we had a pretty big discussion over the reason for the price inflation, and how I pretty much wasn't going to pay the ridiculous price. So, he sold it to me at cost because he knew I knew too much about the reason for the price inflation and wasn't going to buy it otherwise. Sure, the store didn't really make any money on the sale, but they also didn't lose a client and they didn't lose face...important details as well. We still shop there, although lately they haven't had squat worth buying.

I just recently bought a CF2 which is quoted to be in its original shrinkwrap. When I get it, we'll see just how honest that really was. All of the other TG games I've bought claiming to be "new in original shrinkwrap" have been legitimate. It's pretty easy to tell, too...no one seems to be able to shrinkwrap like they could, nooby-wrap always has rough edges that are telltale of a rewrap.

[Dark Fact]

The thing is everywhere. I think I have five or six copies in the trunk of my car and I don't even like it. Almost all my gamer friends have this game and haven't touched in it years.

Can I have a copy?

I've got this happening on the sealed TG-16 games I have.

Shame on you. Unwrap that plastic packaging this instant, you swirly sprite!

[Black Tiger]

I've got this happening on the sealed TG-16 games I have.

Shame on you. Unwrap that plastic packaging this instant, you swirly sprite!

Why don't I play the copies of the same games that I already have loose?

[Game and Watch Kirby]

I've got this happening on the sealed TG-16 games I have.

Shame on you. Unwrap that plastic packaging this instant, you swirly sprite!

Why don't I play the copies of the same games that I already have loose?

You must have tons of copies for a whole bunch of the games that you have, Black Tiger, seeing how big of a collector you are. Probably enough to either give away to other TurboGrafx-16 fans in the world or to build your own house !

How is it possible that a hard plastic CD-ROM-like case can be compressed by plastic wrapping? It sounds unfortunate, really  .

I'll admit, too, to stay on topic, that really is quite a high price for Chrono Trigger (I remember it being around $12,000 the first time I've looked through here).

[GUTS]

I think these guys are nuts with their "shrink wrap crushes the box" stuff, I've had tons of shrink wrapped games in boxes over the years and all the factory wrapped ones were fine.  The only ones that have damaged the boxes are the ones where people re-shrinkwrap them too tight and it slowly caves them in.  Just take a look at all those new Turbo games Nat linked to on ebay, those boxes look fine and it's been almost 20 years, I think they're probably going to be ok.

[Game and Watch Kirby]

I think these guys are nuts with their "shrink wrap crushes the box" stuff, I've had tons of shrink wrapped games in boxes over the years and all the factory wrapped ones were fine.  The only ones that have damaged the boxes are the ones where people re-shrinkwrap them too tight and it slowly caves them in.  Just take a look at all those new Turbo games Nat linked to on ebay, those boxes look fine and it's been almost 20 years, I think they're probably going to be ok.

Well, Xiphas Classic (as TootTootTheRiotBus on YouTube) had told me that Marty Goldberg, who most on here probably know about through Tatsujin's "The 'How Do You Look' Thread", was the one who had made this discovery, and Xiphas's own copy of E.T. was evidence of this. This may or may not apply to all casing types, however, especially tougher ones.

[Keranu]

I have also seen shrink wrap warp and crush boxes. HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE STUCK IN SHRINKWRAP FOR DECADES!?

[SignOfZeta]

The shrink wrap thing goes back to vinyl records, which certainly have the problem. Some of this is because the corners on a record sleeve are naturally week due to the fact that the record inside is round. I've not seen this effect newer stuff though, so maybe the problem was cured in the mid-80s. I bought a copy of Lou Read's "Transformer" a few years ago that was a pressing from...the early 80s, I think, and the shrink had not damaged the sleeve. The record inside though was very warped and in need of repair, so that proves what shrink wrap means (nothing). I once bought a shrink wrapped record that was actually cracked inside.

I f*cking hate it when the smaller, cleaner, niche record shops shrink wrap everything, even UK and EU releases that never had shrink in the first place, DJ promos, etc. All the cool stores let you see the vinyl and most of the time let you hear it also like record stores did back in the 70s. I'd pay money to see the twat with the $1200 copy of Chrono Trigger open up the game (for some reason) only to find that inside is a copy of Zoop with a Block Buster sticker on it and a coverless manual for Home Improvement.

There is something much worse than a crushed box though that also results from collecting things in shrink wrap; it makes you a %100 guaranteed douche bag.

Get a f*cking life...wtf...