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HylianFox
09/22/23 4:23:18 PM
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Because then people will go out and buy a ton and hoard them.

Whereas the main reason something gains value, is because either 1. few of them were made to begin with or 2. few of them survived, because nobody cared to save them back when they were new.

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CARRRNE_ASADA
09/22/23 4:26:45 PM
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Yeap. Only way collectibles can appreciate in today's world is through artificial scarcity like Magic did with the Lotr the one ring card.

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Irony
09/22/23 4:27:37 PM
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Ah so my jars of semen shouldn't be marketed as collectible

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ProfessorKukui
09/22/23 5:31:23 PM
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That would be one way for Florida stop collecting STDs like I collect Pokmon cards.
Gotta catch 'em all.

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LordMarshal
09/22/23 5:33:26 PM
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-Make a shitty game
-Release very few physically
-Itll bomb and they wont sell
-10 years later its worth a ton cause its rare
-???
-Profit!

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bfslick50
09/22/23 5:45:32 PM
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Of course their goal isnt to actually make it a collectible but to sell a lot right now.

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Gobstoppers12
09/22/23 5:47:14 PM
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They started using that word when they noticed the collector market booming for vintage memorabilia.

It then crashed multiple markets, including the comic book market in the 90s.

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ai123
09/22/23 5:48:29 PM
#8:


HylianFox posted...
Because then people will go out and buy a ton and hoard them.

Whereas the main reason something gains value, is because either 1. few of them were made to begin with or 2. few of them survived, because nobody cared to save them back when they were new.
If all the available things are bought up and hoarded, surely that will drive the value up due to scarcity?

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buddhamonster
09/22/23 5:51:33 PM
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ai123 posted...
If all the available things are bought up and hoarded, surely that will drive the value up due to scarcity?
Only if the people hoarding them aren't also putting them onto the market.

Once people see others selling them above what they paid, they will follow suit to cash out. At which point it will become apparent that the scarcity isn't actually real, driving the value back down towards the original price.

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SwayM
09/22/23 6:09:10 PM
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It makes me so mad there's an artificial limit of some products. Creating a bullshit scarcity so people who want to pay a fair price for the item can't, and the bottom feeding scalpers thrive.

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AllHeDoesIsWin
09/22/23 6:48:09 PM
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LordMarshal posted...
-Make a shitty game
-Release very few physically
-Itll bomb and they wont sell
-10 years later its worth a ton cause its rare
-???
-Profit!
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