Prices on Discontinued Game Guides - Blu-ray Forum

CrystalLake · 11-10-2009, 08:21 PM

I was just browsing Amazon and eBay out of curiosity, since I usually always buy a strategy guide with my games. Some of these prices are flat-out ridiculous to todays market, and prime for sellers.

I see Oblivions GOTY Edition guide selling for $115+ brand new, Folklores going for $43 - $150, and original Fallout 3 for $95, and so on. Looking at my guides at home, I can probably score almost $400 just in guides.

I realize these are discontinued, but what gives?

alphapyro · 11-10-2009, 08:33 PM

Quick answer: people are dumb

Long answer: something about the rarity of a discontinued item and the geekdom of possessing said artifact is a boon in the underground gaming world especially when it comes to "cult" classic games. With any type of hobby there is a hardcore group that collects and will put hefty value behind seemingly worthless objects. One man's trash is another's treasure!

it's like marvel vs capcom 2, final fantasy series... etc.. of course.. marvel vs capcom 2 not so much anymore

MOONPHASE · 11-10-2009, 08:40 PM

The joys of Amazon's 3rd party sellers like a new copy of Folklore guidebook for $150. (Though I got my copy for free because my store was going to throw it away anyways since it's discontinued and was removed from the computer system and is what we call pennied out meaning can't no longer sell it).

jono_0101 · 11-10-2009, 08:48 PM

looks like i need to list my oblivion GOTY and fallout 3 collectors edition books on amazon marketplace (only $75 each!!!)

Propellarhead9 · 11-10-2009, 08:54 PM

Makes me wish I had some game guides laying around that would sell for that much. I wonder how much I could get for my original Link to the Past guide.

jono_0101 · 11-10-2009, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

Makes me wish I had some game guides laying around that would sell for that much. I wonder how much I could get for my original Link to the Past guide.

im pretty sure i had that one at one point, but it was tore the hell up after i was done with it, but one i had and took real good care of that i could probably get a pretty penny for is my goldeneye 007 guide!

Propellarhead9 · 11-10-2009, 09:01 PM

Somewhere I have a pristine Pokemon Red & Blue guide.

jono_0101 · 11-10-2009, 09:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Propellarhead9

Somewhere I have a pristine Pokemon Red & Blue guide.

i never really got into pokemon, i had the red one when i was 10 or 12, and it was fun, but then i found out i needed to get the other ones to collect the other different ones, and i decided to stop there before i bought ten different versions of the game

Propellarhead9 · 11-10-2009, 09:07 PM

I used to be really into it back in the day but the last like 3 or 4 years I have kind of lost interest in the game.

Xerios · 11-11-2009, 02:23 AM

i bought the COD MW 2 guide for 35 bucks... was thinkin maybe in the future some1 would want this if it wasnt opened...

CrystalLake · 11-11-2009, 11:58 AM

Thanks guys, especially alphapyro. I thought I was seeing things when I saw people list Folklores strategy guide for $150. I think I scored it brand new for $5 or 6 last year.

Beefbowl · 11-12-2009, 12:29 PM

Lately I been picking up a few guidebooks.

Fallout GOTY - hardcover
Uncharted 2 - TPB
Dragon Age -hardcover

just ordered

Assassin's Creed 2 - hardcover

thinking about getting

MW2 - hardcover

collecting those damn hardcovers are just as addicting as steelbooks

Seeking_Alpha · 11-13-2009, 01:16 AM

Just because they are listed at that price, it doesn't mean it will sell.

Kessel Run · 11-13-2009, 01:22 AM

I still have the Goldeneye 007 guidebook somewhere..

Havok83 · 11-13-2009, 12:16 PM

thats pretty stupid especially since stores like Best Buy drop them down to a penny after a few months

11-10-2009, 08:21 PM	#1
CrystalLake Senior Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Canton, OH Blu-ray collection:162 Trading Score:17	Prices on Discontinued Game Guides I was just browsing Amazon and eBay out of curiosity, since I usually always buy a strategy guide with my games. Some of these prices are flat-out ridiculous to todays market, and prime for sellers. I see Oblivions GOTY Edition guide selling for $115+ brand new, Folklores going for $43 - $150, and original Fallout 3 for $95, and so on. Looking at my guides at home, I can probably score almost $400 just in guides. I realize these are discontinued, but what gives?

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11-10-2009, 08:33 PM	#2
alphapyro Special Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Kansas Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:14	Quick answer: people are dumb Long answer: something about the rarity of a discontinued item and the geekdom of possessing said artifact is a boon in the underground gaming world especially when it comes to "cult" classic games. With any type of hobby there is a hardcore group that collects and will put hefty value behind seemingly worthless objects. One man's trash is another's treasure! it's like marvel vs capcom 2, final fantasy series... etc.. of course.. marvel vs capcom 2 not so much anymore

11-10-2009, 08:40 PM	#3
MOONPHASE Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:520 DVD collection:820 Blu-ray reviews:18 Trading Score:29	The joys of Amazon's 3rd party sellers like a new copy of Folklore guidebook for $150. (Though I got my copy for free because my store was going to throw it away anyways since it's discontinued and was removed from the computer system and is what we call pennied out meaning can't no longer sell it).

11-10-2009, 08:48 PM	#4
jono_0101 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2008 Location:St. Louis Blu-ray collection:164 Trading Score:7	looks like i need to list my oblivion GOTY and fallout 3 collectors edition books on amazon marketplace (only $75 each!!!)

11-10-2009, 08:54 PM	#5
Propellarhead9 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Clarksville, Indiana 4K collection:498 Blu-ray collection:1719 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	Makes me wish I had some game guides laying around that would sell for that much. I wonder how much I could get for my original Link to the Past guide.

11-10-2009, 09:01 PM	#7
Propellarhead9 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Clarksville, Indiana 4K collection:498 Blu-ray collection:1719 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	Somewhere I have a pristine Pokemon Red & Blue guide.

11-10-2009, 09:07 PM	#9
Propellarhead9 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2009 Location:Clarksville, Indiana 4K collection:498 Blu-ray collection:1719 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:9	I used to be really into it back in the day but the last like 3 or 4 years I have kind of lost interest in the game.

11-11-2009, 02:23 AM	#10
Xerios Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Location:Irving, TX PSNetwork: Xerios Home Theater Gallery:3 Blu-ray collection:286 DVD collection:5 Trading Score:1	i bought the COD MW 2 guide for 35 bucks... was thinkin maybe in the future some1 would want this if it wasnt opened...

11-11-2009, 11:58 AM	#11
CrystalLake Senior Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Canton, OH Blu-ray collection:162 Trading Score:17	Thanks guys, especially alphapyro. I thought I was seeing things when I saw people list Folklores strategy guide for $150. I think I scored it brand new for $5 or 6 last year.

11-12-2009, 12:29 PM	#12
Beefbowl Blu-ray Count Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Guam Home Theater Gallery:20 Blu-ray collection:749 Trading Score:20	Lately I been picking up a few guidebooks. Fallout GOTY - hardcover Uncharted 2 - TPB Dragon Age -hardcover just ordered Assassin's Creed 2 - hardcover thinking about getting MW2 - hardcover collecting those damn hardcovers are just as addicting as steelbooks

11-13-2009, 01:16 AM	#13
Seeking_Alpha Active Member Member since:Jul 2008	Just because they are listed at that price, it doesn't mean it will sell.

11-13-2009, 01:22 AM	#14
Kessel Run Senior Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada 4K collection:181 Blu-ray collection:564 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:4	I still have the Goldeneye 007 guidebook somewhere..

11-13-2009, 12:16 PM	#15
Havok83 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Sep 2007 Blu-ray collection:147 Trading Score:6	thats pretty stupid especially since stores like Best Buy drop them down to a penny after a few months

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