It's certainly unethical, but I must confess I'm lured to the idea. Of course I don't really own anything that would loosely fetch those high prices, and wouldn't afford the items that are dug out by the unaware, so I couldn't do anything but watch you guys build up your collections (or fortunes :).
Of course I also feel sorry for a guy who would think he'd be selling his stuff for 10x the actual value he'd get, i.e. And even more so for a poor bastard who might think paying 400 dollars for a game is an investment, even though we artificially inflated the market price. Also, it will certainly bring out the rarities, but it will also create a distorted value on some games you could get for less if you're patient. No free lunches, in the end (or maybe just a snack :) But what explains the increase of french red wine if not a select group of producers who created credentials in order to inflate its price in the market? Taste was relatively the same (at the time, at least. I'm no wine expert). What about cognac and the age classification, with calculated limited supply? What about diamonds, which are as abundant as the ruby? I know it's not the same, but we're all subject to manipulations of groups who dominate production (or, in our case, a large cache of products). Either way, just let me know if you go out and do it. I don't want to be the sucker who pays 400 for a 20 dollar game :) Best regards, Tomas --- Dan Chisarick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leveraging the phenomenon on ebay that one rare item > selling for a wad > of cash is usually followed by several more just > like it, is it a > possible strategy to 'sell' highly desirable vintage > items amongst > ourselves on ebay? We wouldn't actually transfer > ownership of the > goods, and sure there would be a few bucks in final > value fees to pay, > but it would generate awareness amongst those who > might have other > copies to list them for actual sale :) Evil? > Immoral? Risky? > There's also the risk that somehow someone outside > of the um plot (or > scam) would accidentally win, and then it would be > tricky to get around > that. I'm not actually advocating this, its just > interesting to think > about. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are > currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send > mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
