New Candidate: Silliest Auction Price of the Year

Posts: 1440 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:15 pm

killjoy32 wrote:

to me, i just couldnt justify buying one of them - doesnt do anything for me tbh. so ummm nah Smile

anny i will PM you re the other thing too when i get a chance - just havent had a chance dude.

Al

I knew you would not bite on the B3.... no worries. Cool

Besides, the Silver Princess has been escorted back to her plush residence inside her glass castle once again.

As for that other thing, I am not worried.
I know you are VERY busy planning the big GenCon thing, not to mention all the planning you must be doing for the Tegel Manor Game.

After all ....... another giant shrew encounter may just be overdoing it a bit...
you gotta come up with some other nasty surprise for the guys, like a gigantic living Bacon Cheeseburger...... Shocked

Posts: 7612 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:54 pm

as well as training almost every day, spending time with my kids / family / g/f - going to work, trying to sell a load of my books, move the house around so i can decorate, move stuff to my parents so i can sort jobs out in the house - arrange to sell it and numerous other things.

yea time is a little short you could say Smile

all good fun in the end!

Al

Posts: 1440 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:32 pm

killjoy32 wrote:

as well as training almost every day, spending time with my kids / family / g/f - going to work, trying to sell a load of my books, move the house around so i can decorate, move stuff to my parents so i can sort jobs out in the house - arrange to sell it and numerous other things.
yea time is a little short you could say Smile

all good fun in the end!
Al

I bet you also take time to sleep on occasion too.... sheese.... Rolling Eyes

Posts: 4545 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:03 pm

Aneoth wrote:

I knew you would not bite on the B3.... no worries. Cool

Besides, the Silver Princess has been escorted back to her plush residence inside her glass castle once again.

As for that other thing, I am not worried.
I know you are VERY busy planning the big GenCon thing, not to mention all the planning you must be doing for the Tegel Manor Game.

After all ....... another giant shrew encounter may just be overdoing it a bit...
you gotta come up with some other nasty surprise for the guys, like a gigantic living Bacon Cheeseburger...... Shocked

Mmmm..gigantic living Bacon Cheesburger.....drool....

Mike B.

Posts: 226 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:11 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-2nd-Edition-HUGE-LOT-OF-BOOKS_W0QQitemZ280247 854213QQihZ018QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Where do we start with this one? First of all there's the ridiculous BIN price of $300. Not even sure if the $75 opening bid price is worth it. The real kicker is the $50 shipping cost for media mail Shocked

Posts: 2339 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:25 pm

There is also this guy over on Dragonsfoot who wants $35 for 2nd edition hardcovers and $15 for Complete book of ...:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=30118

Posts: 226 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:29 pm

Quote:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-2nd-Edition-HUGE-LOT-OF-BOOKS_W0QQitemZ280247 854213QQihZ018QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Where do we start with this one? First of all there's the ridiculous BIN price of $300. Not even sure if the $75 opening bid price is worth it. The real kicker is the $50 shipping cost for media mail

After seeing that this seller had a second auction with a $50 media mail charge as well I reported it.

Posts: 1440 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 3:40 pm

napoleonsdad wrote:

After seeing that this seller had a second auction with a $50 media mail charge as well I reported it.

Thank you for doing so. Cool

Posts: 226 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:55 pm

Quote:

There is also this guy over on Dragonsfoot who wants $35 for 2nd edition hardcovers and $15 for Complete book of ...:

http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=30118

The forum there roasted the seller pretty good Smile

Posts: 109 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:26 pm

Finding many of these books for sale is very difficult - BID WITH CONFIDENCE!

15 people told him that those books were common. Oh well.
Evil or Very Mad

Posts: 1348 · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:29 pm

I wanted the Necromancer's Book. $15 wasn't horrible for it -- and, its going to be traded for a larger, more valuable thing, anyway, so I figured why not. The rest... umm, yeah. A bit on the end of high.

Posts: 246 · Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:42 pm

I love shrink just as much as the next guy, but this was a little crazy even for me .... Shocked

1983 TSR Dungeons & Dragons Set 1 Basic Rules UNopened

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150270810436&s sPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005

Keep it sealed! Wink

Posts: 226 · Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:14 pm

Quote:

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http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-2nd-Edition-HUGE-LOT-OF-BOOKS_W0QQitemZ280247 854213QQihZ018QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Where do we start with this one? First of all there's the ridiculous BIN price of $300. Not even sure if the $75 opening bid price is worth it. The real kicker is the $50 shipping cost for media mail

After seeing that this seller had a second auction with a $50 media mail charge as well I reported it.

The seller did reduce the shipping to $30. Still an obscene amount for media mail.

Posts: 995 · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:37 pm

This one really caught me by surpise. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't recall seeing one of these go for anywhere near this price before:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=28024935089 9&ssPageName=STRK:MEDW:IT&ih=018

Posts: 5905 · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:15 pm

This is why you have to love Troll and Toad. Rolling Eyes

They listed this last week at $1,600.00:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dungeon-Master-Kit-35-1-Palace-of-the-Vampire-Quee n_W0QQitemZ280248998998QQihZ018QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1Q QcmdZViewItem

And not very surprisingly, it didn't sell. So what do they do in response to listing it too high and it not selling? They list it again, only this time with a higher starting bid:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290249957354&ssPage Name=ADME:B:SS:US:1123

Laughing

Posts: 2559 · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:33 am

Unexpected high price for a fairly common item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Box-Set-The-City-of-Greyhawk_W0QQitemZ3202771 29602QQihZ011QQcategoryZ44113QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like a bit of "noob" action going on there. Wink

Posts: 593 · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:53 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:

Unexpected high price for a fairly common item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Box-Set-The-City-of-Greyhawk_W0QQitemZ3202771 29602QQihZ011QQcategoryZ44113QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Looks like a bit of "noob" action going on there. Wink

I've noticed these are defintely on the "up" recently.

Cheers,
Malc

Posts: 342 · Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:36 am

lawrenson wrote:

I've noticed these are defintely on the "up" recently.

Cheers,
Malc

They are harder to find complete than some boxed sets. The maps and 24 handout cards especially. The set itself is crap, post Gygax lets emasculate the campaign stuff that came out at that time. The city is ridiculously small and nothing compared with the complex lankhmarish style that Gygax wrote about.

Posts: 3999 · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:14 am

It only takes two or three collectors in a genre to drive the price up for some time.

Posts: 74 · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:14 pm

Dungeon Master's Copy of The Ghost Tower of Inverness (was posted under interesting items thread but when the bidding ended....I thought it should be here as well

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280251217637

topped 3 grand USD...over twice what its valued for per Acaeum Wink

so much for the Acaeum price setting scandal Rolling Eyes