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Blackmoor
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Joined: 20 Dec 2003
Last Visit: 11 Oct 2008
Posts: 2052
Location: Canada
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Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:59 pm |
 
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killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 29 Aug 2008
Posts: 7604
Location: Warrington, UK
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Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:07 pm |
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THAT is seriously insane !!! 
surely them things arent even worth a 20th of that?  |
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Prolific Collector
Joined: 10 Nov 2002
Last Visit: 16 Sep 2008
Posts: 577
Location: NYC
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Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:00 pm |
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I think it is just a seasonal price spike.  |
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Kingofpain89
Sage Collector
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 2472
Location: Plano, Texas
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Sat Nov 19, 2005 11:57 am |
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FormCritic
Valuation Board
Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Last Visit: 06 Oct 2008
Posts: 3999
Location: Washington State
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Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:11 pm |
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I would say that Wolfdragoon needs to learn how to snipe. He bid himself up to the ceiling and probably could have paid less than 25% of what he did pay. 
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mbassoc2003
Sage Collector
Joined: 03 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 2370
Location: UK
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Sat Nov 19, 2005 9:55 pm |
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I would say Wolf_dragoon has been seriously ripped off.
Mickpumango is a seller that has been inactive for 6 months and was created only to by from a single seller, and Wanda55555 was created on the very day the auction closed. Lets of shill bidding going on there and either a really stupid dutchmen or another shill account to boot. |
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Saxonangel
Active Collector
Joined: 23 Dec 2004
Last Visit: 04 Feb 2008
Posts: 10
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Earth
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 3:43 pm |
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| mbassoc2003 wrote: | I would say Wolf_dragoon has been seriously ripped off.
Mickpumango is a seller that has been inactive for 6 months and was created only to by from a single seller, and Wanda55555 was created on the very day the auction closed. Lets of shill bidding going on there and either a really stupid dutchmen or another shill account to boot. |
Aaaargh I hate to come to defense of a friend here....
Honestly, I think it's a coincidence. 
Wanda55555 also bought this the same day:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4395502847
it could be she/he is just a new ebay buyer.
And mickpumango has bid and won other Battletech stuff.
Me and Blackmoor do know the seller Jeff. He doesn't strike us a chili-pepper wallpaper-guy  nor a shill bidder.
And he was employed by Partha and later Wiz-kids and has been selling heaps of this kind of stuff out of his basement for a while now.
But hey, who knows. We've misjudged people before |
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killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 29 Aug 2008
Posts: 7604
Location: Warrington, UK
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:01 pm |
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mbassoc2003
Sage Collector
Joined: 03 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 2370
Location: UK
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 4:21 pm |
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I've gotta say those are really nice figures though. |
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killjoy32
Grandstanding Collector
Joined: 21 Jan 2005
Last Visit: 29 Aug 2008
Posts: 7604
Location: Warrington, UK
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 6:21 pm |
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| mbassoc2003 wrote: | | I've gotta say those are really nice figures though. |
but to command that kinda price tho? wow well there ya go , thats all i have to say |
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Kingofpain89
Sage Collector
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 2472
Location: Plano, Texas
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Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:01 pm |
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faro
Verbose Collector
Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Last Visit: 20 Sep 2008
Posts: 1464
Location: UK
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:08 pm |
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Two crazy prices, IMO, from the land of poorly-stored items.
Late print Ringbearer
$119; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8766546309
Brian; what gives? There were several of those rolling through at $15-30 a couple of years ago: just because a few people want it doesn't mean it's actually "rare".
S.E.L.W.G. Middle Earth Wargames Rules
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8766674758
$99 with <5 hours to go
Again, the "usual" price range was $15-30, with a few peaking higher.
It's not that "rare"; copies used to regularly turn up second-hand in Edinburgh and it's seen on eBay fairly often. |
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Deadlord39
Long-Winded Collector
Joined: 30 Jun 2003
Last Visit: 09 Oct 2008
Posts: 4691
Location: New Hampsha
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:24 pm |
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BanzaiCrack always has stupid prices for his MERP stuff. That's what happens when you allow citizens to do drugs publicly. Although I am somewhat envious..... |
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mdr003
Prolific Collector
Joined: 08 Aug 2003
Last Visit: 11 Oct 2008
Posts: 462
Location: VIC, Australia
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:34 pm |
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| faro wrote: | Two crazy prices, IMO, from the land of poorly-stored items.
Late print Ringbearer
$119; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8766546309
Brian; what gives? There were several of those rolling through at $15-30 a couple of years ago: just because a few people want it doesn't mean it's actually "rare".
S.E.L.W.G. Middle Earth Wargames Rules
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8766674758
$99 with <5 hours to go
Again, the "usual" price range was $15-30, with a few peaking higher.
It's not that "rare"; copies used to regularly turn up second-hand in Edinburgh and it's seen on eBay fairly often. |
Not Brian's fault.... he was doing my bidding at the time. I went over the top on my bid (or so I thought) hoping to snare it. I expected the final price to be around $50 or so, and bid higher to ensure the win.
I did have my reasons - the green cover is rarer than some others, and it would have come in handy as trade ammunition with a deal I'm trying to work out with Mkman - he has numerous Ringbearers but not a green one apparently. I was going to tempt him with that edition against a more common Ringbearer plus another Little Soldier book.... unfortunately Lofenloc wanted it more than I.
Don't know what happened to SELWG though... I paid $6 for a copy of that last year sometime. $100 is just crazy.
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faro
Verbose Collector
Joined: 21 Nov 2005
Last Visit: 20 Sep 2008
Posts: 1464
Location: UK
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:27 pm |
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Thanks for the note, Mike. That explains a thing or two
| mdr003 wrote: | | Not Brian's fault.... he was doing my bidding at the time. I went over the top on my bid (or so I thought) hoping to snare it. I expected the final price to be around $50 or so, and bid higher to ensure the win. |
Just a bit higher! And still no win... 
You could have bid direct, if you'd wished.
| mdr003 wrote: | | I did have my reasons - the green cover is rarer than some others, and it would have come in handy as trade ammunition with a deal I'm trying to work out with Mkman - he has numerous Ringbearers but not a green one apparently. I was going to tempt him with that edition against a more common Ringbearer plus another Little Soldier book.... unfortunately Lofenloc wanted it more than I. |
Hmm... from those I'd seen on eBay before, I thought that ("corrugated" olive cover) was the most common print of Ringbearer, followed by the earlier regular green print.
Was regularly trying to out-lowball Christophe on copies of both of those that turned up.
Would be surprised if Mike has a spare yellow cover!
The realisation for that was stated to be much higher at auction (per his and Frank's posts on the GenCon auction forum) vs. those later copies on eBay.
| mdr003 wrote: | | Don't know what happened to SELWG though... I paid $6 for a copy of that last year sometime. $100 is just crazy. |
$6 is "fairly good", I think |
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lokiwookie
Prolific Collector
Joined: 07 Feb 2006
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 478
Location: France / Cité des Papes
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:31 pm |
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Kingofpain89
Sage Collector
Joined: 31 Oct 2004
Last Visit: 10 Oct 2008
Posts: 2472
Location: Plano, Texas
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Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:58 pm |
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I myself have never seen one go for that much but it usually goes for about $100 normally and this one is (sort of) shrinkwrapped. But the seller is obviously a bit out of his gourd if he thinks that someone is going to plop down $200 for the book and then pay $8 for priority mail plus another $5 for insurance. |
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tfm
Prolific Collector
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
Last Visit: 06 Apr 2006
Posts: 183
Location: At the Door of the Colorado National Monument
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:45 pm |
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I've been watching the barents1234 auctions close all day. Did Cthulhu awaken and I wasn't told? |
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bclarkie
Valuation Board
Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Last Visit: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 5861
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:55 pm |
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| tfm wrote: | | I've been watching the barents1234 auctions close all day. Did Cthulhu awaken and I wasn't told? |
I guess this is what you get when you play around with a newbie:
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=8767050321
I guess he wanted that pretty bad. The thing I can't figure out is why so many small incremental bids. why not just $120 or whatever and forget about it? Its not like you get extra credit for putting in more bids. Silly.......... |
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red_bus
Valuation Board
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Last Visit: 11 Oct 2008
Posts: 1696
Location: Olde London Towne
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Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:59 pm |
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| tfm wrote: | | I've been watching the barents1234 auctions close all day. Did Cthulhu awaken and I wasn't told? |
Well, clearly the Daystar West Pharaoh went for $30 too much.
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