[Coco] high bids on eBay for Fire Copter

[Louis Ciotti]

I wonder if he sol under a username where people did not know who he was if the price would drop drastically.   I speculate the username alone is causing his items to go sky high. 

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> On Mar 17, 2014, at 11:44 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com> wrote:
> 
> For those of us who collect for every platform, we know Peter Olafson well.
> He was an editor for various game and computing publications back in the
> day, and he amassed a huge collection of diverse software for some project
> that I'm not familiar with. He's now selling that collection off and has
> been for quite some time (I've bid and won regularly on his items, though
> my bids are in the 10's rather than 100's, so I don't win many). Without
> input from Peter, there has been lots of speculation why his software sells
> for often hundreds of dollars more than what anyone else can get. His stuff
> is legit, etc., but few others have been able to command the same final
> sale prices that he has. I even did my own experiment where I listed the
> exact same item with similar wording and mine sold for over $100 less.
> 
> In any case, it's perhaps a combination of feedback, momentum (he lists new
> stuff every day), reputation, and having good access to international
> buyers. In any case, rest assured that the unusual prices have not gone
> unnoticed in the community at large. Occasionally an item will sell at
> market value (say $30 or so), but many continue to go for absurd prices.
> For what it's worth, there is likely no monkey business, just don't attempt
> to extrapolate anything from the final sale prices he's able to command.
> His situation is clearly unique.
> 
> -Bill
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> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>wrote:
> 
>> I'm really confused by this one.  The seller has an almost perfect record,
>> with over 7000 transactions.  Hard to believe there's anything fishy about
>> the seller, but maybe bidders are all wacko.
>> 
>> --- Steve ---
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Chris Oliver
>> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 2:15 PM
>> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
>> Subject: [Coco] high bids on eBay for Fire Copter
>> 
>> All,
>> 
>> Can any of you give me insights into why this game would bid out so high?
>> 
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-sealed-copy-of-Adventure-
>> Internationals-Fire-Copter-for-TRS-Color-Computer-/
>> 161241621741?ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBUAA:US:1120
>> 
>> Anything special about this game that would make it fetch such a high
>> price? I just can't believe it went for over $800!
>> 
>> Chris
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