Sealed PAL FFVII eBay shenanigans

Last week I reported on the influx of sealed PAL FFVII’s showing up on eBay.co.uk and apparently hitting quadruple figures. This week, some have sold (Albeit at a lower price), and more have surfaced…

Firstly, the sealed copy which was sold by needles-and-pins-dressmakers for £1,019, apparently did not sell. The seller claims:

“The guy who won has just contacted me saying he hasn’t got the money!!! and I had to cancel the bids for the second highest bidder (nic4753) because someone warned me he was dodgy”

Clearly this well-known bidder and collector’s reputation for doing chargebacks is following him around, despite making a staggering 18 bids out of a total of 27 on this single auction!

Secondly, the sealed copy offered by  fellow SGH member, natarsis, eventually sold for £875, although at the time of writing it is unknown whether or not the winning buyer has made a payment

Another copy also surfaced, which turns out is the same copy which was initially bought by Frozentoast for £149.75; Traded with Happyheed (For a sealed PAL copy of Super Mario All-Stars); And then sold to Nintendoguy for £1,100. The seller then listed it on eBay this week with a Buy It Now of £1,100, lowered to £900, and gradually to its final selling price of £785 – Although it exhibited various signs of cellophane wear and tear…

It also appears that yet another sealed copy has surfaced, this time from seller mrose2236, and is running as an active auction which finishes on the 21st of November at 17:44:24 GMT

It seems as if though collector’s are playing a sealed FFVII version of “Musical chairs” at the moment, with prices fluctuating each time they’re passed around. There are also concerns and rumours that these copies with clear tearstrips could also be professional reseals, hence why many collector’s are reluctant to hold onto them for very long…