People on eBay are stupid.
Not Turbografx or PC Engine, but I was just bidding on a seller who had 20 different retro games auctions I was interested in.
ALL 20 separate game auctions got bid up and ended considerably higher than you could buy the same games for a buy it now, right now. Any of those bidders could of searched eBay and found the same games right now for cheaper than the amount they bid. That is literally throwing money away, or actually just giving it away just because they were so f*cking desperate to win the auction.
I don't remember it being this bad before where people would bid more than buy it nows. So is this the problem with prices and the current state of eBay? bidders having so desperately to win auctions at all costs??
I think I'll call them "Bidtards" from now on.
This has been happening for years, and will continue to happen all the time. Like items, listed at auction, always do well together, many times selling for higher than they should.
The main reason is just simple marketing. What yard sale would do better, one in the middle of no where or 10 all located together at an annual event? Same concept, say a seller is selling 20 games. They can be found with one click of "view seller's other items", instead of running 20 separate searches.
Also a convenience thing, sometimes people will bid higher trying to get combined shipping if offered. Some buyers are also only after specific titles, maybe a Bonk or Bomberman, so that's all they search. Then when they look at seller's other items, maybe they'll throw some small bids at other titles of interests that they don't actively search for (and may not be familiar with the exact price of all BINs available).
TLDR - Like items listed together at 0.99 always do well.
