Does this mean that the crazy rich oil tycoon types never really existed in the first place and this was snagged by someone with a higher-than-average paying day job like someone in IT or a Youtuber like Linus?

Yawn, yeah that was only 2.5 x 6000 ...

Too round a number, ppl will ask "What's a working V5 6000 go for?" and you'll say "Fifteen thousand even." and they'll go "Even? You just pulled that out your arse."

Well I guess that's that. I was expecting that to go for alot more than that to be honest. I'm just hoping that it goes to a good home that can appreciate what that card is.

Woohoo I got it!

Jk

Linus is too young for that

I didn't even got the joke.

Well, that's all folks ...

That joke glided right past me.

Well, kinda' surprised that there was no last minute price battle, but... yeah. 😁
I've updated the first post, added some screenshots for posterity. 😀

IBMFan wrote on 2023-02-13, 04:04:

Does this mean that the crazy rich oil tycoon types never really existed in the first place and this was snagged by someone with a higher-than-average paying day job like someone in IT or a Youtuber like Linus?

Everything is worth what the purchaser is prepared to pay. Conclusion must be that those with enough money to pay a lot, lot more were uninterested and somehow thought a new yacht (or indeed island) represented a better investment. It also shows we may be nearing peak Voodoo.

Still, seeing it go for a price I could theoretically have afforded doesn't make me regret not having tried. This purchaser has other things on his mind with his savings. You know, the boring stuff like childrens' eduation, somewhere nice to retire to and even less inspirational, a buffer against unforseen circumstances. Which a V5-6000 on eBay isn't.

dionb wrote on 2023-02-13, 08:41:

Still, seeing it go for a price I could theoretically have afforded doesn't make me regret not having tried. This purchaser has other things on his mind with his savings. You know, the boring stuff like childrens' eduation, somewhere nice to retire to and even less inspirational, a buffer against unforseen circumstances. Which a V5-6000 on eBay isn't.

Hear, hear! 😀

I am surprised this thread wasn't taken down. How much did this thread assist with price inflation for this item?

dionb wrote on 2023-02-13, 08:41:

This purchaser has other things on his mind with his savings. You know, the boring stuff like childrens' eduation, somewhere nice to retire to and even less inspirational, a buffer against unforseen circumstances. Which a V5-6000 on eBay isn't.

Anybody willing to pay 15k for this card didn't risk his budget at all, I'm 100% sure. It's like a 5 months worth of savings with a $150K job. The national average is what, $60K? And in the IT sector it's more like an average of $90K. This $15K was barely the price of an average used car.
My post meant to point out that people earlier speculated about 6 figure prices but it was barely a 5 figure so the "richest buy everything up" theory failed.
On the investment side it's safe to say that this card in it's working condition will keep it's value in the future. Why wouldn't it?
I'm sure the seller is mighty disappointed as well.
But I agree that the hype is going to die down eventually.

I think you would be surprised.

IBMFan wrote on 2023-02-13, 09:43:

Anybody willing to pay 15k for this card didn't risk his budget at all, I'm 100% sure. It's like a 5 months worth of savings with a $150K job. The national average is what, $60K? And in the IT sector it's more like an average of $90K. This $15K was barely the price of an average used car.

Call me crazy, but spending 5 months worth of savings on an item like this is definitely part of the "risking one's budget" category (at least in my book).
Now, on the other hand, if you're the kind of person who can afford to pay $10k during a night out clubbing (without even realizing or caring how much money you actually spent), then... yeah, this card is clearly for you and it won't hurt your budget at all. 😀
Now, it's very possible that the person who actually purchased it did in fact risk his budget... but we'll never know. 😀

feipoa wrote on 2023-02-13, 08:59:

I am surprised this thread wasn't taken down. How much did this thread assist with price inflation for this item?

I am willing to bet that it didn't assist at all. But if it makes you feel any better, you can certainly continue to blame me. 😁

bloodem wrote on 2023-02-13, 10:42:

but we'll never know. 😀

Absolutely, although I kinda hope the buyer is a Youtuber willing to make a nice documentary & test with the card. That'd be awesome!

bloodem wrote on 2023-02-13, 10:42:

Call me crazy, but spending 5 months worth of savings on an item like this is definitely part of the "risking one's budget" category (at least in my book).
Now, on the other hand, if you're the kind of person who can afford to pay $10k during a night out clubbing (without even realizing or carying how much money you actually spent), then... yeah, this card is clearly for you and it won't hurt your budget at all. 😀
Now, it's very possible that the person who actually purchased it did in fact risk his budget... but we'll never know. 😀

This can totally fall into the "one in a lifetime opportunity" category. As such, money is not even a subject.

I mean, if you have some savings, and you always dreamt of a V5 6000, i totally understand that an ordinary person would be capable of spending that amount of money on it.
When the same amount of money is spent on a classic car, a painter, a comics book collection, no one cares.

I find more "normal" someone spending 15k on a rare (unique ?) piece of computer history than on an Ape NFT.

acl wrote on 2023-02-13, 11:04:

This can totally fall into the "one in a lifetime opportunity" category. As such, money is not even a subject. […]
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This can totally fall into the "one in a lifetime opportunity" category. As such, money is not even a subject.

I mean, if you have some savings, and you always dreamt of a V5 6000, i totally understand that an ordinary person would be capable of spending that amount of money on it.
When the same amount of money is spent on a classic car, a painter, a comics book collection, no one cares.

I find more "normal" someone spending 15k on a rare (unique ?) piece of computer history than on an Ape NFT.

Those are perfectly valid points, but they don't really contradict my previous point. Spending 5 months worth of savings on this card, does not qualify as "spending your money wisely", no matter how much you've always dreamt of a V5 6000. 😁 And it's the same with classic cars & co. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that it's a 'good' or a 'bad' thing (many of us have spent quite a bit of money on things that would be totally worthless for the general public), but looking at it objectively, it's definitely something that your financial literacy teacher would disapprove of. 😁

acl wrote on 2023-02-13, 11:04:

bloodem wrote on 2023-02-13, 10:42:

Call me crazy, but spending 5 months worth of savings on an item like this is definitely part of the "risking one's budget" category (at least in my book).
Now, on the other hand, if you're the kind of person who can afford to pay $10k during a night out clubbing (without even realizing or carying how much money you actually spent), then... yeah, this card is clearly for you and it won't hurt your budget at all. 😀
Now, it's very possible that the person who actually purchased it did in fact risk his budget... but we'll never know. 😀

This can totally fall into the "one in a lifetime opportunity" category. As such, money is not even a subject.

Money is not an object - so long as you actually have USD 15k available to burn...

I mean, if you have some savings, and you always dreamt of a V5 6000, i totally understand that an ordinary person would be capable of spending that amount of money on it.
When the same amount of money is spent on a classic car, a painter, a comics book collection, no one cares.

I can assure you if I spent this amount of money on any of those things without very considerable consultations up front, I would get into relationship-threatening discussions over it too- we're financially comfortable enough, precisely because we don't go around blowing this kind of money on stuff.

I find more "normal" someone spending 15k on a rare (unique ?) piece of computer history than on an Ape NFT.

It's exactly the same: something with zero practical utility and no value to anyone not deeply into the relevant scene. Also, while it could be considered an investment opportunity, the market is far too small and volatile to be considered such primarily - just look at the factor 10 difference between expectation (within this community of potentially interested and pretty well-informed parties) and reality of this sale.

bloodem wrote on 2023-02-13, 11:26:

Spending 5 months worth of savings on this card, does not qualify as "spending your money wisely"

Not even as an investment? If I had $30K to blow on my hobby a year I would've sniped this one. A hobby is not just about rational purchases, there is passion too. Sometimes we spend a lot when we see something we get really excited about. It's not always smart but what is these days?

dionb wrote on 2023-02-13, 11:38:

It's exactly the same: something with zero practical utility and no value to anyone not deeply into the relevant scene. Also, while it could be considered an investment opportunity, the market is far too small and volatile to be considered such primarily - just look at the factor 10 difference between expectation (within this community of potentially interested and pretty well-informed parties) and reality of this sale.

Yes, good point.
As an outsider, i don't consider NFTs valuable. Just like an NFT enthusiast could consider a V5 6K like junk.