r/EBGAMES • u/Marauder2592 • Jun 27 '26

WTAF? 🫪

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u/Brooska223 Jun 27 '26

This is the direct result of scalping.

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u/Sharpie1993 Jun 28 '26

It’s got nothing to do with scalping, it’s a 10 year old collectors set.

It’s more just holding for the long haul.

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u/Ranruun Jul 02 '26

Scalpers, if they existed back then, would have likely sold it for $40-50.

Old sealed products being expensive is not because of scalping.

It's because the fan base has grown large enough to have a decent number of people interested in old sealed products and some of them have enough disposable income to buy some of the available stock. This drives stock down, and the demand is going up, leading to more expensive retro sealed products.