So I need to ask your opinion, the flappy bird app creator pulls their app during its success this weekend, then people list their devices on ebay for astronomical prices....seriously, am I missing something? http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57618649-1/$100k-used-flappy-bird-phones-not-really-flying-so-high-on-ebay/?subj
Some people have more money than sense, and ayy feel that FB is historic enough that it's worth paying a load of money for a phone that has it. Apparently someone has already paid $10k for one...possibly in the belief that it'll be worth more in the future, but more likely shill buying between people and their friends in an attempt to drive up the price. People who are already renting ebay stores may consider the sales commission a worthwile advertising price to attract foolsih buyers. <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=flappy+bird+phone&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_from=R40&_nkw=flapp...</a><p>When I see this sort of thing I think back to the Beanie Baby craze of the 90s; I worked just up the street from a store in SF's financial district and when a new toy was coming out there would be a long line of financial industry types standing outside from the small hours of the morning to buy a small stuffed animal in the apparent belief that it was a hot new asset class. They're still traded and collected (isn't everything?) but for tens or low hundreds of dollars rather than the thousands that people were anticipating.