Overpriced eBay listings and the likes. - $299 for a yellowed, no-brand, "vintage" keyboard. It's a deal!

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I've recently started looking at collecting both domestic and foreign notes and coins.

An example I couldn't understand was an Australian $2 with TINY initials next to the artwork on the coin (apparently only limited release).

I like looking at things like 100M Hungarian Floriant notes or the Singapore Orchid series. Anything that has an absurdly high value or is simply aesthetically pleasing.

$13M CAD for an accidental print on a $50 CAD note seems crazy! I'm tempted to watch it to see if it sells.

Currency collectors seem an interesting lot. I understand coins made of pure silver or gold or those that are ancient but the accidental misprint ones (coins and notes) do make me wonder.
My brother, who is a savvy investor, got some proof sets and limited edition coins a ways back as an investment. He decided to sell them about ten years later and they basically sold for the same price he paid for them. I think coin collecting is pretty much an autist's hobby. Small details and the history attached to the different time periods they come from are appealing to people who enjoy minutiae and sets.

I bought several limited edition coins during the Year of the Rat (I like silver and I like rats) and they're still selling for what I paid for them. I bought them to keep, not for resale value, so I'm not upset by this, but it does suggest that any value in coin collecting lies in historical value, not in how limited edition or pretty they are.

And yes, I do strongly suspect that a great deal of money laundering goes on behind the scenes.
 
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For those who don't understand.
US watchmaker/precision lathe manufacturers did not keep as tight a tolerance as Europeans (notably Swiss/German). The American lathes headstock, tailstock, crosslides and bed were custom fit to the lathe and such would not hold precision unless it was of the exact same serial number. Not unless you had the skillset to refinish and calibrate the parts.

Resse is pretty rare lathe to see around complete, but that bed's worth jack shit. Also because there's damage to the bed slide.
 
My favourite eBay lolcow is Keith Gannon, aka Essex Recording Studios aka Global Entertainment Solutions Limited of Southend, UK.

He specialises in buying guitars in other eBay auctions, then re-listing them at vastly inflated prices. He justifies this by inventing questionable provenance, covering up known issues with the instruments, and pretending that "YOUR PURCHASE HELPS MUSICIANS! Buying from us directly helps support unsigned musicians and bands that struggle to produce professional music to the highest standard without the support of a major label." There's no evidence that he actually does support unsigned musicians.

The current highlight of his portfolio is some planks of wood, listed at £100k because they formed part of the stage on which the Beatles played their first gig. Says he.

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But what's possibly funnier than his actual eBay listings is the autistic boomer rage that they provoke in guitar enthusiasts elsewhere on the Internet. He has become such a hate figure that if you Google "Essex Recording Studios" this is what appears as an auto-complete:

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A couple of examples of the frothing hate that his work conjures on guitar forums:

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TL;DR notorious scalper provokes incandescent fury among self-appointed eBay hall monitors.
 
It's pretty retarded, even for an ebay scam. The listing is 2 years old. I guess you only need to get lucky once.
 
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my favorite are the cheetos. so many, many cheetos.

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it would be a flamin hot cheeto, they are responsible for over 50% of all cheeto crime

I would say this is all just some stupid beta male joke and these are clearly not serious....but then again, this """Harambe""" cheeto did sell for $100,000 (there is also 100% chance it was sold to a redditor)

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This has to be the guy buying it using dark money from himself somehow, though Im not sure how (anonymous credit cards?) to then be able to present to the tax services how he got the money.


Then again, this is the most idiotic way to go about it, so what the fuck, maybe its some kid with too much crypto?
 
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Was it pokemon its always fucking pokemon.
Nope. Super Mario, from what I saw. I daresay that that the Pokemons would be priced twice that.

I was with a friend who was looking for a vintage system and games for his wife. I told him for the love of money to hit Marketplace or Gumtree, or else install an emulator on his wife's computer. This store wanted $500 for a Nintendo 1.
 
Nope. Super Mario, from what I saw. I daresay that that the Pokemons would be priced twice that.

I was with a friend who was looking for a vintage system and games for his wife. I told him for the love of money to hit Marketplace or Gumtree, or else install an emulator on his wife's computer. This store wanted $500 for a Nintendo 1.
Ah yeah did it have the stupid protective sleeve on the carboard, i swear to god people are retarded, i sold my old shitty pokemon red box (not the game the box) for like $80 dumb cunts bought it up straight away no haggling or anything.
 
Ah yeah did it have the stupid protective sleeve on the carboard, i swear to god people are retarded, i sold my old shitty pokemon red box (not the game the box) for like $80 dumb cunts bought it up straight away no haggling or anything.
There wasn't any box, even, just the cartridge sitting on a boutique glass shelf.
 
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I had a good laugh at these two beauties, the first one is literally maccas toys from the mid 2010s worth 5 cents each at best.
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The second is boxed dead card game no one plays anymore.
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the neopets stuff is always fucking over priced but then occasionally you find reasonably price stuff from the 2000's
 
Recently seen one of the dumbest listings imaginable.
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This mystery box is a collection of various laptop parts that are sure to pique the interest of tech enthusiasts. It includes a variety of components. With this joblot, you'll have the opportunity to explore the world of laptop repair!
To be clear, this is a job lot of junk bits-do not expect working- this is for parting out remaining useful bits.
With most of the shit people have mentioned it is at least a known item, this mad man literally listed a box full of mystery junk with a starting price of almost a grand :story:

At least no one was dumb enough to bid on it.
 
Ah yeah did it have the stupid protective sleeve on the carboard, i swear to god people are retarded, i sold my old shitty pokemon red box (not the game the box) for like $80 dumb cunts bought it up straight away no haggling or anything.

I got a Pokemon themed Game Boy with a screwed up speaker. It's quiet and tinny but headphones work fine. Wonder if I could get $50 for just the battery plate. :lol:

I also got Pokemon Yellow and the old save file still works. Some dumbass would overpay for that but I hate being a cunt. Still... It's so tempting.
 
It’s gone now, but I saw a Kiwi farms Chris Chan silver coin going for roughly 5 times the initial price (250$ usd) would that fall under this thread?
I’d say no. They were produced in a small enough batch that they have legit scarcity. There are a lot more active members than there are coins.

Add in the fact that you’ve got non-farms CC fans wanting it for their collection and now you’ve got something kinda rare as far as coins go.

Plus an eBay purchase can be made without a direct link to the farms, if I was hyper paranoid I could see paying extra to get one off eBay than risk trying to buy one from another member.
 
I was at a mall a couple days ago and wandered into a 'retrogames' store. They were charging $300 and $400 for a single Gameboy cartridge.
If you're a Britbong then CEX is notorious for this. I've seen them selling second-hand copies of Pokemon games on the Game Boy Advance for almost £200 ($250).
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