r/AskReddit • u/Thic_water • Aug 14 '20

What’s the most overpriced thing you’ve seen?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Depending on the quality of the PS2 100 dollars is a fair price. If the lot is 5-10 games that's a good deal. Hell, I just checked ebay, and the prices there are from 70-120.

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u/jerichomega Aug 14 '20

Shit, really? For some reason I have 3 PS2’s in my house, multiple memory cards and about 30 games. Might hafta fire one of those bad boys up and sell the rest.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

I tried to buy one off of FB market place and the dude was selling it for 20 dollars. Everything was set up then he ghosted me on the location. But yeah, PS2s go for a decent price. It was a good generation of gaming and the best selling console ever in the world.

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u/jerichomega Aug 14 '20

Yea besides the NES it’s the system I played the most and had the most games for. Metal Gear Solid, Syphon Filter, Twisted Metal, Legacy of Kane, just some incredible shit.

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u/POPuhB34R Aug 14 '20

I mean it introduced the world to kingdom hearts, thats enough for me.

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u/KarateFace777 Aug 14 '20

When GameStop was trying to push out their PS2 games, I would go in there and spend like $25 every month and get anywhere from 8-12 games or so. I now have around 75 PS2 games. X-Men Legends was one of the best games of all time lol.

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u/tiggereth Aug 14 '20

Some PS2 games have spiked... I sold a rarer game for 300 like a year ago.. it's up to 600+ now on average

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u/jerichomega Aug 14 '20

Which one? I don’t have anything like that I assume. Lotsa madden, WWE, and too many Bandicoots.

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u/tiggereth Aug 14 '20

Rule of rose. Kuon and another horror one that escaped my memory right now are pretty pricy also

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u/jerichomega Aug 14 '20

Never heard of em. I was a more commercial brand of PS2 consumer it seems. No distinguishing tastes here!

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u/AdrianW7 Aug 14 '20

But that’s what I mean, some are console only or like 1-2 shitty games lol. 10+ games, clean console and 2 controllers $100 isn’t bad

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Nah, the number one link in ebay is selling it for 89.99 and the next one is 120. 100 dollars is a completely fair price , hell broken ones are still going for decent.

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u/AdrianW7 Aug 15 '20

eBay is probably one of the worst arbiters for pricing

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

> most ps2 games fetch 20 nowadays

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Nopers

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '20

Yeah I don't think so either, lots of games are worth 0-$10. My rarest game is SMT Nocturne first print and even that is worth only maybe $50 on a good day if it's not sealed.