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October 21st, 2012 | Auctions, EarthBound
I think it’s well-known by now that a common thing on eBay is that a small group of people will snatch up all the EarthBound copies they can and then turn around and sell them for a much higher markup. That’s partly why I made BuyEarthBound.com, actually.
But for actual reference, I thought I’d give an example. Right now, there’s about roughly 38 copies of EarthBound for sale on eBay:
And here are all the copies of EarthBound available from one seller:
As of the time of this post, there are ten copies of EarthBound there. Meaning this one seller has 1/4 of the EarthBound supply on eBay.
Now, dealing in buying/selling of games IS a business, so I won’t fault anyone for that. I mainly wanted to point out a reason WHY the EarthBound market is what it is. In the end, the average price of the game wouldn’t be so high if buyers weren’t willing to pay it.
Still, I AM curious to know what level EarthBound prices will level out at. Then again, there was this. And this. So who knows 
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13 Comments to A Look at the EarthBound Market
 | Apple Kid said on Oct. 21, 2012 |
@Xi probably not much, people will just replace the battery. Even if they don’t know about snes cart batteries a google search could fix that.
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| Halloween said on Oct. 21, 2012 |
Maybe we should start an “Earthbound Is Worthless!” campaign?
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| Earthbounder said on Oct. 21, 2012 |
Wow that’s crazy. One person has that much influence on the market. None of their prices are cheap.
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| Tourist said on Oct. 22, 2012 |
Holy crap. I remember when I bought my first copy of Earthbound used from Software Ect. for only $30. Granted, that was about double the price of the other SNES games… but this getting ridiculous.
 | neonix said on Oct. 22, 2012 |
Wow, someone really paid $184 for the cardboard insert??
This is making me consider selling the insert from my set…
 | deshayzilla said on Oct. 22, 2012 |
I agree with Halloween. The Earthbound is Worthless campaign will really drive down prices. So will people refusing to pay these ridiculous prices.
 | Hitoshi said on Oct. 22, 2012 |
I like the idea of the campaign, but “Earthbound is Priceless” sounds better to be. I like the fact that worthless is a negative adjective like the “Earthbound Stinks!” campaign, but Priceless also gets across the same point.
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| manoverboard1619 said on Oct. 22, 2012 |
holy crap an earthbound i was watching just went for 305.00
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| Fayorei said on Oct. 28, 2012 |
I finally broke down and bought a cart from eBay, but I think I kinda got lucky especially looking at that one guy’s cart-only prices. Sadly, I misplaced my original copy- the one I got from Toys R Us so many years ago for $30. I probably lost the box first, then the guide, and the cart is somewhere at my childhood house, but no clue where.
This tends to happen to a bunch of games though. I’ve been checking eBay more, and so many people just slap “RARE!” on like every single game.
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| jinxkatty7 said on Oct. 28, 2012 |
http://www.ebay.com/itm/EarthBound-Super-Nintendo-SNES-NEW-MINT-VGA-Q85-GOLD-/121007359118?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D3075048279931259937%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D5%26sd%3D330811686205%26 Really big link, I know. But look at the price! :O Woah, Earthbound is awesome but no game or game merchandise is worth that much
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| Matteomax said on Nov. 9, 2012 |
Hmm, the value is slowly dropping.
I’ve had many experiences with prices raising and falling, sine recently I’ve been playing Skylanders (the game where toys are basically characters you can unlock.)..
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| Pinwheel said on Nov. 26, 2012 |
If you want a new copy of earthbound you can buy it off of Amazon for the low, low price of just $19,995.50! 
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