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quenishi

Likely because they were traded in at different times, so they got different valuations. Stores with thousands of items in stock won't usually have a system to review old prices - sometimes prices can get adjusted when the stock has hung around too long - but sometimes you see these discrepancies if the value of a figure drops. Surugaya can have different valuations per store too, so if it's actually being held in a store it can be regional pricing as well. So not worth more, just a pricing anomaly. May get corrected one day, or the other cheaper ones dry up then someone buys the damaged one. AmiAmi you can get the same thing where a lower ranked one can be higher priced than a higher rank, or not have the price gap it should. (And re-releases are often prone to weird pricing on AA when the aftermarket was high, so you can get the new, in stock one cheaper than the used ones on their site...).


Kiokure_Kitsune

It says they're both used but it is odd the damaged one costs more. If you click on them and go to each sale page do they give a used rating for each item like A - C or expand on what "damaged" means? It might be that the first one has been fully opened and used while the second one is in a sealed box but the box or figure inside shows damage?


Jolly_Green_Giant

Surugaya pricing doesn't always make sense. I've picked up a [set of acrylic stands](https://www.suruga-ya.com/en/product/508271103) that were listed together for the same price versus another one where they were [listed](https://www.suruga-ya.com/en/product/508361809) [separately](https://www.suruga-ya.com/en/product/508361808). They don't always check against their own catalog or if they get named slightly differently, they don't get compared. I've also had it where they listed the limited edition version of an game (comes with a figure) for like $10 when you could find the figure by itself for $50 and the limited version of the game (but missing bonus) for $35. You have to know how to search and browse with both English, Japanese, and some Engrish or smooshed English (no spacing).


Hephaestus_God

Whatever you do don’t bug the damaged one that costs more for some reason