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Article #83610Re: FT: rare vintage computer games
From: for... Edward Franks
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 00:00
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My glass typewriter shows shee...@earthlink.net typing... [Snip] > Well my question is how does one come up with a "market value"? By watching what people are willing to pay for items in a free market over time? > Some people go by prices on Ebay as being "market value" and those prices are usually > ridiculous. I use Ebay myself but am the first to acknowledge that items often go for > more that they should. Yeah, eBay can have its "ridiculous" prices (that can happen anywhere though), but enough Ultima ][s have been sold there to stabilize the prices. $150 is a medium price for the average big box Ultima ][. The later ones go for slightly less and the rare big boxes (first editions, shrinkwrapped ones, etc.) tend to go for a bit more. At the moment there are two big boxes on eBay so they might go for a lower price (which is what you would expect) because the bidders have a bigger supply to choose from. > If $150 is the "market value" for Ultima II for the Apple, anyone wanna buy mine off me? > ;) Put it up for auction on eBay and see what happens... One thing, though, don't think your Ultima ][ will always bring $150. Auctions can show you an average price, but they never guarantee a specific price will be reached. -- Fortran Dragon -==(UDIC)==- Hidalgo Trading Company: <http://home.earthlink.net/~fortran/> rgcud FAQ: <http://home.earthlink.net/~fortran/faq/rgcudfaq.html>
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From: for...@earthlink.net (Edward Franks) Subject: Re: FT: rare vintage computer games Date: 1999/07/25 Message-ID: <MPG.1205323da459201989cf4@news.alt.net> X-Deja-AN: 505143382 References: <7mt8p6$5ug$1@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <3798E880.62D7CA92@earthlink.net> <MPG.1203a9b5c1ef0e9e989cf0@news.alt.net> <379A22FF.E257F2FD@earthlink.net> Organization: Altopia Corp. - Usenet Access - http://www.altopia.com Newsgroups: rec.games.video.classic,comp.sys.amiga.games,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.apple2.marketplace,comp.sys.atari.8bit,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,rec.games.computer.ultima.dragons,rec.games.int-fiction MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit