the lone disc

Hey, so today a young gentleman client came in to sell a copy of the game cube video game, "Super Smash Bros. Melee." He only had the disc. No box, no book, and scratched all to hell. He asked how much we would pay for it and an offer of $5 was thrown out. He said he didn't think so and that it is worth like $60 on eBay. So he didn't want to take the five bucks but he also didn't want to leave with the disc. He has no gamecube any more and he really just wants to sell the game for cash. For fun, I do a search on eBay real quick and find out that there is one available, "Buy it Now" for $12.95 with the box and the book and in very good condition. I show this to the client and explain that it just simply doesn't have the value that it once did. You see, the wii version of the Super Smash series is now over three years old and even it has dropped in price. We have to re-surface the disc so it can be played, which costs money, make a box and cover art for the game, which costs money, price it, inventory it, sell it, and guarantee it, which all costs money. When it is all said and done, we will most likely get $19.95 for it. He took the five bucks and left.