Burning Crusade burning up eBay [update 1]

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Burning Crusade burning up eBay [update 1]
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With less than a week to go before its Jan. 16 release, pre-orders for the limited edition collector's edition of World of Warcraft's Burning Crusade expansion are fetching prices as high as $400 on auction sites like eBay. While careful eBay buyers can get the game for as low as $110, ending prices on the site averaged just over $200, or just under three times the $69.99 retail price. For those who want to forgo the auction route, there's always the Amazon.com resellers, starting at $250.

The collector's edition includes lots of extra goodies, including an exclusive mount pet [update: couldn't keep my world of Warcraft creatures straight], making it a highly sought after prestige piece for many of World of Warcraft's 7.5 million subscribers. Blizzard has said the collectors edition will not be reprinted after the initial allotment, which has been sold out in pre-order for months.

The original World of Warcraft Collector's Edition still fetches auction prices hovering around $300 on eBay over two years after its extremely limited release. Will the Burning Crusade frenzy similarly endure, or will we see a console-style bottoming out of the auction market once the game is actually in stores?
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Author: Kyle Orland
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Source: Joystiq
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[Woo Elephant Yeah]

I refer you to my previous statement of Fucking MMO Weirdos

Seriously, why would you do this? Are WOW players that out of touch with reality?

[MIkkyo]

I refer you to my previous statement of Fucking MMO Weirdos

Seriously, why would you do this? Are Magical Gaaay Fairy Land players that out of touch with reality?

Simply, yes

[Dog Pants]

It's all one-upmanship isn't it. I imagine WoW is worse than most for people who like to feel superior to others by having a couple more skill points, or that special piece of armour, or a limited edition copy of Bumming Crusade. We're all guilty of it to a certain extent - I admit that I'm jealous of Gunslinger for being more successful than me at futurebeef despite only having played it for half the time - but the lengths people go to to redress it are sometimes mind boggling.

I'm just going to teabag 'Slinger to slake my need.

[MIkkyo]

It's all one-upmanship isn't it. I imagine Magical Gaaay Fairy Land is worse than most for people who like to feel superior to others by having a couple more skill points, or that special piece of armour, or a limited edition copy of Bumming Crusade. We're all guilty of it to a certain extent - I admit that I'm jealous of Gunslinger for being more successful than me at futurebeef despite only having played it for half the time - but the lengths people go to to redress it are sometimes mind boggling.

I'm just going to teabag 'Slinger to slake my need.

I just make sure he's on my team and don't feel bad at all.

[FatherJack]

Seriously, why would you do this? Are Magical Gaaay Fairy Land players that out of touch with reality?

You probably get a completely useless free baby panda or something, like you did the first time.

[pixie pie]

"an exclusive mount pet".. Hmm.. I played some [unspeakable] for a month or so, and I'm pretty certain that mounts and pets are very different things. I guess these guys know what they're getting (other than a shiney box and a complete lack of respect from the general public).