SirPsycho Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 I know, currently there are 2 sells, the one you mentioned (you can also "Buy It Now" for $26.95, and it's yours right away) and the other one, which is only $9.99 now (but its price will rise until it's sold in about 6 hours). The thing is that I'm watching the sales of this CD particularly, from time to time, and the minimum price I saw it being sold is about $20. Add to this the shipping fee, and it reaches $25. But there were times when this CD went up to about $70-80...
elTee Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2032699249 DOTT 3-sided box. I was outbid. A little out of my range. Sorry I didn't tell you guys, but I didn't want even more people bidding for it.
QueZTone Posted June 24, 2002 Posted June 24, 2002 LucasTones, aww. I don't mind you not telling hehe. I'm sorry you were outbid, if anyone deserves to get it sometime its probably you. Wow look at that price though, insanely high!
elTee Posted June 25, 2002 Posted June 25, 2002 I want it sooo much. Its only cos its the only English language LucasArts adventure box I haven't got.
QueZTone Posted June 25, 2002 Posted June 25, 2002 Yes, and it looks adorable. Would look amazing on a shelf in a bookcase filled with other lucasarts memoriablalabla =] now i want it too!
SamNMax Posted June 25, 2002 Author Posted June 25, 2002 Damn, I can never find an action copy of Last Crusades and Fate Of Atlantis.
SirPsycho Posted June 25, 2002 Posted June 25, 2002 Believe me, everything can be found on eBay... Even some items of which existance you're not aware. By the way, QueZTone, rememebr the soudntracks we were talking about? Well, one was sold for $20.47 (I put $19.97 and went to sleep ) and the other one for $15.50. That's about the lowest price for The Dig's soundtrack that I've ever seen. And I've seen some sales where the price reached about $80. But $139 for DOTT? Man, that's a rip off!
QueZTone Posted June 25, 2002 Posted June 25, 2002 SirPsycho, I'm willing to pay $20 (exclusive S&H) for a copy of your dig soundtracks watcha say? =] cmon, im a fellow collector!
itsgood2slide Posted June 25, 2002 Posted June 25, 2002 Boxed Zak McKracken went for £80 recently on ebay.co.uk I bid (what I thought was) a large sum on it before I went to work, & I could not believe how high it had gone when I got back!
Ender Posted June 26, 2002 Posted June 26, 2002 Ah, but the ultimate LucasArts collectors item is the fabled FmTowns Zak McKracken (256 colours) cd... *sigh* I want it.
elTee Posted June 26, 2002 Posted June 26, 2002 Let me tell you about Zak McKracken and Ebay. An original boxed copy was up about a month ago, so I decided to get it. Buy It Now for £15. Bargain. But no picture. So, I email them to see if it is what I suspect (and hope) it is - ie, the original and not a re-release, with the newspaper. It was. So, I return to the item. Some cheapskate git had bid £10. So Buy it Now had gone, so he could save himself £5. So, I bid £15. He bids £20. I get annoyed, and bid £30. He bids £31. I leave it. I have a copy, and I only wanted another for insurance. £30 is more than I should have spent anyway. Its a blessing in disguise. But no. Because this other person obviously wanted me to go higher. So when he won, he made out like he had bidded higher by mistake. So I get an email saying I could buy it for £30 if I want. What would you do? Well, I said go to hell. Why? a) I could have bought it for £15 3 days earlier b) The transaction wouldn't have been endorsed by Ebay, as I didn't win c) It was probably the sellers mate making some more money for the seller by raising my bid d) I was too pissed off. So there you are. Why sometimes I get angry, in one short story. ($139 for DOTT is a sign that things LEC related are starting to command a little respect. Its good. It means in 20 years you can charge £500 for a genuine first release Mixnmojo wheel.)
SirPsycho Posted June 26, 2002 Posted June 26, 2002 LOL Well, £30 for boxed Zak McKracken is still a lot cheaper than £80. SirPsycho, I'm willing to pay $20 (exclusive S&H) for a copy of your dig soundtracks QueZTone, altough you're a fellow collector, $20 for this CD is about half the sum I payed for one of my copies. The others were a few bucks cheaper, but still I payed for them more than $20. So I have to at least cover my own expenses, not to talk about getting some profit from this deal If you're still anxious to get it for as low as about $20, then I suggest paying more attention to eBay (like LucasTones did with the current soundtrack that's being sold there at this very moment, hehe).
elTee Posted June 26, 2002 Posted June 26, 2002 Yup, thats me. Well spotted. I've wanted this CD for so long; I love everything to do with The Dig. I even managed to get the strategy guide! It looks like this time I'll finally be able to afford to win the auction. What I really want is the Grim Fandango soundtrack, but it never appears on Ebay now because the only people who bought it actually want it, and LucasArts don't sell it anymore. I'm not into the Full Throttle one, but if I ever am I know where I can get it.
SirPsycho Posted June 26, 2002 Posted June 26, 2002 I always thought that Grim Fandango soundtrack is too "new" to become "rare", thus it cannot be found on eBay yet. But I think your reason is more logical. Damn, I should have bought a dozen when I bought my copy from LEC's site! I would've waited a couple of years, and then probably could make a fortune out of that By the way, when you say "Full Throttle", are you reffering to the Gone Jackals' soundtrack, or the "Ofiicial Mini-Soundtrack"?
QueZTone Posted June 27, 2002 Posted June 27, 2002 LucasTones, you can get the "Gone Jackals - Bone to Pick" album at most online cd retailers (amazon, cdnow, etc)
SirPsycho Posted June 27, 2002 Posted June 27, 2002 Yep, it's a regular music CD, I bought mine at cduniverse.com, for $11.19 + $2.99 shipping. And I don't think that it's gonna disappear soon, but then again - why wait?
Hellbeard Posted June 27, 2002 Posted June 27, 2002 I think I have all the LEC adventures in there original box, when they first came out?
elTee Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Thats what I mean when I say if I ever want it, I can get it. Its not rare.
QueZTone Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Hellbeard, mention individually please I can't believe that.. There's no such thing as having them ALL
elTee Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Why are you asking us anyway? We don't know, you do. Quez, I got 'em all (except DOTT 3 sides) but not new. I had to go to Ebay for most of them, so it is possible. Hellbeard, how old are you? Considering the first adventure was released in 1987, for around about $65, you should have to have been what, teens?
QueZTone Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 LucasTones, well...you're about to get that 3sided thing too now, i saw the ebay auction you were sneaky enough of not letting us know again it looks kinda damaged though, don't you think so? dont worry, i wont bid on it
SirPsycho Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Actually, the box kinda looks pretty good... Slightly worn out, but otherwise it's fine. Hope the price won't rise as high as the previous auction, ah?
MJ Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 Okay... we're not including 'legitimate backups for archival purposes', are we? Hoooo boy. In that case there goes all the Star Wars games. Monkey Island 1 and 2 (on the same CD with a demo for Monkey Island 3. Lent the CD to a friend more than a year ago, and probably won't see it again) Grim Fandango Monkey Island 3 Monkey Island 4 As for games that I don't have... Jedi Outcast was bloody unreal, eh? Honestly, if I could afford to pay the $100 bucks a new game, I would. If the game was really worth it. But I'm an unemployed uni student, if I had a life I'd hate it. I'd really like to find the Grim Fandango soundtrack though.
elTee Posted June 28, 2002 Posted June 28, 2002 I do think it looks a bit tatty round the edges, but a tatty copy is better than no copy. Sorry guys, for keeping it to myself. But I won't be outbid.
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