When I was browsing through a few of my bookmarks today, I came across a post over on Sazanami.net linking to a Yahoo Japan auction that had just ended. Imagine my surprise when I checked out the link and found that two empty PCB interior shipping boxes had just sold for over $400 (44,500 yen to be exact). While the games in question are popular (Guwange and Dodonpachi), I can't even begin to imagine spending that kind of money on what amounts to 4 sides of cardboard to hold a couple of Cave arcade shooting games. Yes, the price of the original PCBs always increase if you have the boxes in good condition, but for the boxes themselves to go for that kind of money is a bit crazy in my mind. I wonder if this is more of a testament to the ferocity of Cave fans or of the resale market on Cave games?
It really does go to show that there is a market for everything out there, so it's probably in your best interest never to throw away anything. You never know when you might be able to turn around something that looks like trash and sell it for a few hundred dollars...
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