New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year

Posts: 3191 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 4:29 pm

serleran wrote:

I'd wager the BIN that you'd be right in that assumption. Infamous is not the correct word - reviled by some, perhaps. Me, I stopped caring. If you want some fun... go to Necromancer Games and ask them who "spellbinder" is. Heheh.

Randy..yeah what a crazy time was had on the Necromancer Games boards then. Course I do have his Dreadmire book.

ShaneG.

Posts: 4545 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:25 pm

mandalaymoon wrote:

If it's who I think it is, that guy is infamous on the Greytalk list. He's been accused of plagiarizing other Greytalkers' material, woefully transparent sock puppetry and organizing a disastrous Greyhawk Legends convention in Lake Geneva a few years ago. I don't recall all the details since these were long flame fests on the list that I tended to skip over, but others here could probably fill in more details from dealing with him personally. I'd steer clear in any case.

He's the reason I QUIT the Greytalk list many years ago...every other week he seemed to be the center of attention..and not in a good way.

Ok, the Greyhawk Legends convention is a new one for me...what's the story? Did he try to have a convention and no one came?

Mike B.

Posts: 342 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:34 pm

Badmike wrote:

He's the reason I QUIT the Greytalk list many years ago...every other week he seemed to be the center of attention..and not in a good way.

Ok, the Greyhawk Legends convention is a new one for me...what's the story? Did he try to have a convention and no one came?

Mike B.

Randy wasn't much of anything. For awhile there Greytalk was dead, then it got hijacked by the old AOL crowd and turned into a website.

Posts: 4545 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 7:44 pm

JZavoda wrote:

Randy wasn't much of anything. For awhile there Greytalk was dead, then it got hijacked by the old AOL crowd and turned into a website.

Too bad, Greytalk was really fun for awhile. I remember the fiction you posted, Jason, it seemed one bit was a long story involving G1, I really liked that. You had a few others based in Greyhawk. And there were lots of really informative articles through the years, until Randy started stealing everything and reprinting it as his own material.

Mike B.

Posts: 342 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:04 pm

Badmike wrote:

Too bad, Greytalk was really fun for awhile. I remember the fiction you posted, Jason, it seemed one bit was a long story involving G1, I really liked that. You had a few others based in Greyhawk. And there were lots of really informative articles through the years, until Randy started stealing everything and reprinting it as his own material.

Mike B.

I know that the website was called canonfire. It absorbed the Oerth Journal. I was helping take care of my Dad at the time while he was dying of lung cancer so I gave up on the zine and the greytalk list. I didn't think much of Randy though I don't know what kind of seller he'd be, but some of the guys from the OJ turned out to be real double dealing bastards.

Posts: 246 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:10 pm

Ok... This is rather hopeful for a Forgotten Realms set ....

Starting bid $100

http://cgi.ebay.com/Advanced-Dungeon-Dragons_W0QQitemZ150267206028QQih Z005QQcategoryZ44114QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The seller also has a few other auctions a tad overpriced.

Shocked

Posts: 1117 · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:49 pm

smarmy1 wrote:

The seller also has a few other auctions a tad overpriced.

Not to mention a tad under-described.

It's like they didn't even try.

Posts: 107 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:36 am

B4, not jaw dropping, but wishful thinking, particularly in mediocre condition (which is described as "excellent," of course).

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT &item=300238988354

Posts: 107 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:44 am

Here's another wishful thinker, X11 for $50 or a $99.99 BIN. Maybe the "water stain" adds value...

http://cgi.ebay.com/D-D-SAGA-OF-THE-SHADOW-LORD_W0QQitemZ190234406810Q QcmdZViewItem?hash=item190234406810&_trksid=p3911.m14.l1318

Posts: 1193 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 3:27 am

Badmike wrote:

Ok, the Greyhawk Legends convention is a new one for me...what's the story? Did he try to have a convention and no one came?

If I remember the story right, he said he had a boat hired on Lake Geneva to take out all the Wisconsin luminaries on a gaming cruise including Gygax, Lisa Stevens at WotC and many others. Problem is it seems he didn't hire the boat and the whole group was left standing on the dock. Perhaps Frank (exTSR) or someone else can fill in the details.

The release of his book, Dreadmire, was when I stopped collecting all d20 indiscriminately. I couldn't bear to buy his book no matter how rare and/or valuable it could become some day.

Posts: 1210 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:56 am

just a question

is this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160235898480

right to be posted here? or to be posted in the nice findings? or none of them?

Posts: 579 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 5:34 am

smarmy1 wrote:

Ok... This is rather hopeful for a Forgotten Realms set ....

Starting bid $100

http://cgi.ebay.com/Advanced-Dungeon-Dragons_W0QQitemZ150267206028QQih Z005QQcategoryZ44114QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The seller also has a few other auctions a tad overpriced.

Shocked

And "Box is a little torn on the side".

Posts: 610 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:50 am

This seems out of line:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190233142193&s sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009

Especially when you consider I picked this up last night:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180259067219&s sPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008

Maybe it was because the shipping was 45 cents less. Shocked

Posts: 342 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:31 am

benjoshua wrote:

This seems out of line:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190233142193&s sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009

Especially when you consider I picked this up last night:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180259067219&s sPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008

Maybe it was because the shipping was 45 cents less. Shocked

$20 is wishful thinking but I wouldn't call it exactly out of line. Dungeon was an incredible magazine. One of the best things TSR put out. The early issues were hard to find before ebay became a household name. But I think it will be a little while (probably a couple of years) before the early issues hit $20 apiece.

Posts: 2559 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:36 am

JZavoda wrote:

I know that the website was called canonfire. It absorbed the Oerth Journal. I was helping take care of my Dad at the time while he was dying of lung cancer so I gave up on the zine and the greytalk list. I didn't think much of Randy though I don't know what kind of seller he'd be, but some of the guys from the OJ turned out to be real double dealing bastards.

Wow....backstabbing in Greyhawk....who woulda thunk it? Twisted Evil

I have been perusing the forums of Canonfire! for years, and of course I have read every Oerth Journal from top to bottom. I didnt realize there were that many members of the Assassin's and Thieves Guild amongst their ranks. Wink

Sounds like a pretty interesting story there Jason.

Posts: 579 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:56 am

benjoshua wrote:

This seems out of line:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190233142193&s sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009

Especially when you consider I picked this up last night:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=180259067219&s sPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=008

Maybe it was because the shipping was 45 cents less. Shocked

Or maybe because your copy only shipped to the US.

Posts: 2339 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:25 am

That's pretty high for a Dungeon magazine above issue #6. I normally value that range at $3 an issue.

Posts: 342 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:45 am

Mars wrote:

That's pretty high for a Dungeon magazine above issue #6. I normally value that range at $3 an issue.

I'd say #7-10 $10 each no problem to sell, but a patient buyer can get them for less. #11-15 harder to get the $10 each but you can still get that price, though a buyer shouldn't have much trouble finding them for less.

Posts: 101 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:58 am

guerret wrote:

Or maybe because your copy only shipped to the US.

This is exactly the reason I ship anywhere in the world, and cannot understand anyone who does not. With the US dollar being so low right now, plus the fact that D&D is worldwide, any seller who doesn't ship anywhere is really losing out. I'd estimate 60% of what I've sold over the last few months to have gone overseas, and I couldn't be happier with my international exposure. Smile

Zen

Posts: 610 · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:15 pm

Mars wrote:

That's pretty high for a Dungeon magazine above issue #6. I normally value that range at $3 an issue.

Agreed. It's not like I got my copy at a great price or anything. I didn't mind paying that though since it is one of the few issues I needed. I only lack 15 issues #'s:

55
56
67
69-71
73-78
110
111
113

Anybody have these for sale? Smile