He's looking for $600 USD I guess, or at least that's the ## stuck in his head. Apparently, his friend told him that he sold his awhile back on eBay and it got bid up to over $600. And yes, we're talking about a forking empty box.
I get that the boxes can be rare. I get why people want to have them. I get why you inquired about it. I get why he wants a premium for it, but come on. Leaning on "a friend" said and then throwing up for 1K. That is just being a big baby, furthermore, it illustrates that people don't think rationally when it comes to these types of hobbies but emotionally.
And this boils down my problem with price charting, Ebay, Amazon and mass shipping stores. To most people,
ALL they see is ALL there is. And so if the last one sold on Ebay for $625 then guess what I have the same thing so the perceived value to me is $625. I see Bonk on E-bay for $85 so now the one I have is worth $85 too. And if anyone offers me less than they are devaluing my item and I should be offended. When in reality the last 20 boxes have should for under 300 except that
one. And so now the exception is the rule. And E-bay and all these others benefit from the higher prices so they do little to show anyone cheaper pricing while feeding on the emotional and instinctive behaviors of people. Not that supply and demand isn't real, or that retro gaming hasn't taken off in the past 5 years to new heights, but people taking advantage of the system to inflate prices has taken away much of the fun for me.
