Originally Posted by carleton

Dude, the same thing happend with sneakers (among other things). The sneaker game used to be about *finding* the rare shoes and still paying MSRP (or less) for them. That was the real sneaker game. Then some folks (ahem...rich kids) decided that they were too lazy to search around, establish relationships, and actually have taste for cool stuff and they just throw money around to buy game. The thing is, the game that's bought is only recognized by others that buy game. So, it becomes a "I can spend more than you" contest. Lame indeed. But, hey, if you want to pay $200 for some of my *used* sneakers that I paid $80 for...who am I to not separate a fool from his money?