Re: price and availability situation on Sapphire ?

Hey Tobias:

>When I was in Tokyo some weeks ago, finding a used Sapphire was 
>no problem, prices - depending on the condition - ranged from 
>25.000 to 40.000 yen.

Trader has had copies for quite a while, complete & mint w/ spinecard.  
However, the tag was 49,800 yen.  Considering I bought my shrinkwrapped 
copy for 39,9800 yen from Medialand a few months before Trader had 
thiers, I didn't find this a good deal at all.  Throw in the fact that 
a year before Trader had very pretty copies (no spinecard) for about 
19,800, I got pretty pissed at them, and their price hikes, so quit 
shopping with them. 
I've never seen Medialand charge more than 39,800, but they've not had 
a copy for about a year to my knowledge.  If they do, I'd like buy it 
and sell it on Yahoo Japan, where they hit at least 60,000, and 
sometimes 70,000. 
Paul