I thought this was pretty ridiculous. People are actually bidding on it. Would you sell your mewtwo account for $500+?
https://m.ebay.com/itm/Pokemon-Go-Level-40-3-Mewtwo-Full-Legend-Pokemon-Entei-100-IV/332513094689?hash=item4d6b532c21:g:anEAAOSwX7BaUohE
If I had created extra accounts that I rarely used apart from raids and one of them had a Mewtwo, then I would perhaps sell it if the price was $500+.
But I only have one account and I've worked hard with that one for over a year now to reach lvl38. There's no way I'd even think about selling that one for $500.
Even if I get bored and stop playing the game I might not sell it. Add another zero to that amount and maybe I'll consider it, but only if I decide to stop playing.
The cure for high prices is high prices. People can ask whatever price they want, but if and when people start actually paying even $50 or $100 for these accounts, botters/spoofers will make them available by the thousands, thus increasing supply to way beyond demand. I think an equilibrium price would be somewhere on the order of $10-20.
I wouldn't mind paying upto $2000 for this account. I have spent no less than the same amount on buying incubators, passes etc, walked over 4500km, caught 38,000 mons to get myself to L40. And yet, never received an Ex pass, have only one lousy IV shinny karp. No legendaries, except a Lugia, have IV higher than 90%. Seeing others have multiple Mewtwos, a few dozens of shinnies and perfect IV legends prompted me to buy this account and puts my frustration to an end.
This is a game with no reward other than an intangible sense of personal achievement. A L40 player paying a large amount of money for a jacked-up spoofer account because they are "frustrated" is like someone being frustrated that they can't solve Rubik's Cube, so they go buy a new one so they can have one that is completed. Or, a golfer who is frustrated because he can't break par paying money for people to sign a scoresheet saying that he shot a 69.
I'm not saying this guy can't spend his money how he wants, I'm just saying that he has some issues if he's willing to pay $2,000 for a spoofer account out of frustration that he doesn't have a Mewtwo and a few shinies.
And what will you do with this account that you will supposedly buy? Look at the mons in admiration? Go out and battle with it, so that you can use the Mewtwo to clear gyms five seconds faster than you can with your Dragonite?
Again, if you are that frustrated with this game, you have some emotional issues that need to be addressed, but I still think a more plausible explanation is that you are, or want to be, in the business of selling accounts, and you are trying to convince people it makes sense to buy them.
Doing business? I wish I could. Everybody has his/her own needs. After retirement, I walk a few hours daily. Every now and then, I feel lazy going out especially under the summer heat. Pokemon Go gives me some incentive to continue. This account, to be honest, doesn't worth more than $500. But it allows me to build from there and keeps grinding.
p.s. if you still believe I do it for business, please check the question I asked one week and six days ago : "Help Please !!
Lately, I've been experencing a drastic decline in drop rates of pokemons. The same route which I walk daily has only 3 - 4 mons showed up per hour as compared to 30 - 40. Is there any way to fix…"
I must be a damned lousy pro lol !!
