"Can you stop blabbering and just tell us why the thread exists?"
Because you guys keep posting here. Stop posting, it'll die.
Only thing this discussion has proven is that this album is way overpriced, as long as noone is willing to put it up without a starting price of gazillion dollars.
I don't think it's overpriced. It has a serious reputation of being super rare and I found one in practically new condition and love it. It's certainly worth the price to me! Course, that's MY OPINION. *COUGHDANCEYCOUGH* (And the opinion of about a hundred thousand others) But you are right about it being a bad time for VGM. I'm even having a hard time getting new stuff out of Japan right now. The R-type Collection has been back-ordered on Play Asia for weeks now. :/