The Price of Retro Games

Retr0gamer

Shill bidding and market manipulation is the only thing they deny. The shill bidding is a stretch but the video points this out but I think that the history of the companies employees with regards to shill bidding is very damning.

Market manipulation on the other hand is kind of a nebulous thing to prove but I think the video pretty much says all there is to say about that one.

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117801576#Comment_117801576

eBay is the only way to really get proper cash for anything you have. Adverts is still just a car boot sale in comparison really!

Lemming

@johnny_ultimate wrote:

"Here is Heritage Auctions' response, in the interests of balance. Unsurprisingly, they refute it. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/report-alleges-auction-and-grading-fraud-is-behind-recent-surge-in-retro-game-prices/"

From the above article, for all the claims that Jobst did not contact them prior to publishing his video/article, the following tweet would seem to disabuse those particular claims;

https://twitter.com/karljobstgaming/status/1430560971169275906

Retr0gamer

If I was him I wouldn't take up their offer for a tour of the business. With their shady past it would be the same as being a Saudi journalistic critic taking a trip to a Turkish embassy.

lmimmfn

Enjoyable video interviewing Karl Jobst on his video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5kemY-Sjsk

Lemming

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117803946#Comment_117803946

Oh, it'd be spun mercilessly for PR. As transparent as it may be, why give them the opportunity to begin with.

Jack burton

I've seen a whole heap of stuff recently tearing every almost ever aspect of the price increase apart.

Crazy times.

If you ask me I think a lot it's just newer people with too much money. Im in a few Facebook collecting groups, one UK based Sega one, so many middle aged people there who only started a couple of years ago dropping £1000 on the likes of Death and Return of Superman and Pirates of Dark water.

I really do wonder what's going to happen when the bubble bursts and there's another huge recession. Because I do think a big one is coming. Looking way beyond retro games, when the sh1t hits the fan are these people still going to hold onto their £1000 game investment or will they sell it for a loss?

Whatever the case I'm cracking I sold a large chunk of my rarer mega drive games now. Although the pinballs they have been replaced with are also going insane in prices. Ones that were usuall 1500-2000 are now being sold for around 3000 in some cases