sam234uk said:
I know it seems a bit silly because we all know her real value, but I am a HUGE fan of 'Dead like me'
Dead Like Me!
How DARE they cancel that show!
Ahem. Sorry. Back on topic.
Bah. I don't like the O.C. either. No offense to any O.C. fans, but I just don't see what the big deal is.
LOL
I actually like the OC, but I like it because it amuses me. Marissa appears to develop "problems" and have them cured within two episodes. Seth's mother developed an alcohol problem literally overnight. They don't seem to do much forward plot thinking - it just kinda gets thrown in there - "wham!". (Is it meant to be taken seriously, by the way? Because it's one of the funniest shows on E4...)
I think it's cute that Summer has a Princess Pony. But I don't like what it's done to the price...so...guess you can't win :S Mind you, it has to be said that collectors aren't helping her price either. By playing along in private sale and supporting the high ebay prices with higher private sale prices, the collecting community are probably responsible at least in part for this price continuing to be high.
So if collectors quit jacking up their private sale prices to match ebay, other collectors would stop BUYING her at high prices on ebay...and the price would drop again ^_^.
Trouble is, I doubt there are that many sellers looking to comply with that. I was looking for an upgrade of her in the summer and I had two people offer me ones for private sale. Both were around or above the $20 mark. I was clueless about the OC link at that time, so I kinda asked why it was so high, and the answer was "that's what they're selling for on ebay." And since then the price has risen again.
Thankfully, in the end I found a seller who was selling a really mint one for about $10 equivalent, here in the UK.
In short - it's kinda *up to us* whether or not she attains Mimic status or not for the new collectors of the future ^_^.
Taffeta