Interesting Items Currently on eBay

Posts: 2703 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:02 am

Degassy31 wrote:

I would have paid even more than this if i knew it was up for sale! i think it s great price, and a sorry i missed it - if anyone else knows of one in shrink, there is one purchaser over here!

Advertise your wanting one at the classified ad section.
You should have one by next week, if offering anywhere near that price.

If I had one, you would not have to post the advert.

Posts: 769 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:15 am

Here's another 1st print DMG

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-LOT-Dungeon-masters-guide-Player-Monster-1st_ W0QQitemZ260439120269QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3c a361998d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A1| 294%3A50

Posts: 718 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:54 am

misterspock wrote:

Here's another 1st print DMG

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-LOT-Dungeon-masters-guide-Player-Monster-1st_ W0QQitemZ260439120269QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3c a361998d&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A10|66%3A2|39%3A1|293%3A1| 294%3A50

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHSH!

Posts: 769 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 11:55 am

TheMilford wrote:

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHSH!

I'll see if I can delete my previous post Laughing

Posts: 2703 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:09 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-CRUSADER-8-17-10-issues-all-nm-vgc-condition_W 0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ65Q3a10Q7c66Q3a2Q7c39Q3a1Q7c293Q3a1Q7c294Q3 a50QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem1e57757435QQitemZ130316334133Q QptZUKQ5fToysQ5fWargamesQ5fRLQQsalenotsupported

Crusader Magazines,
This does not belong in the silliest price thread as the asking price is not far from list price.
But the BIN seems high to me for used magazines that are still available directly from the publishers.
Unless it was issue one of course.

But perhaps this is due to the higher cost for them shipped from US to UK?
And the seller is only listing for UK Buyers.

Posts: 6304 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:15 pm

HermitFromPluto wrote:

$1075! Is the winner a member here?

This price didn't surprise me at all. That's about what the last went for a few years ago.

Posts: 2000 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:19 pm

Interesting auction...

bclarkie wrote:

This price didn't surprise me at all. That's about what the last went for a few years ago.

IIRC the last one (way back in Feb 2007) went for $1,035 - sweet condition but not shrinkwrapped. Not something I've gone out of my way to keep records on, so apologies if I've missed one!

I'm not quite sure how complete SW needs to be to counted, mind you, and IMHO incomplete, "shredded" but encompassing shrink on a warped module is less good looking than SW with a single neat cut across the top allowing the module to be taken out. That doesn't translate into auction realisations, however, as for some reason, some people seem to pay extra not only for the plastic, but whether the plastic encompasses the item, however tentatively. Boxes are slightly different, perhaps.

The set before that, I think, (March 2006) was $343; fine box but a few of the contents lightly used. I can live with the $700 difference as that's probably still (a lot) more than an unexciting brown box is worth.

Brian had a roughish box up for sale here (Jun 21, 2007) but not sure whether that was sold "locally" or went to eBay. Yeah, the last "fully" SW'd one was around $1k, too, but the record for that sale would be on my other PC, I think. I get the feeling that most of those brown boxes have been pulped for one reason or another in the past 25 years; deservedly so? Wink

Posts: 3881 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:20 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:

But the BIN seems high to me for used magazines that are still available directly from the publishers.

I think the BIN seems high because we know TLG will have another sale and they will be $2 each and if you order enough, you can get free shipping (at least in the US).

Posts: 2000 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:26 pm

misterspock wrote:

I'll see if I can delete my previous post Laughing

Just post another 20 messages: "no-one" ever looks back to the previous page. *jk*

Posts: 2703 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 3:04 pm

Mars wrote:

I think the BIN seems high because we know TLG will have another sale and they will be $2 each and if you order enough, you can get free shipping (at least in the US).

Especially true.

Posts: 1435 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:21 pm

kicking myself now.. I was offered 2 shrinked boxes waaay back when.. but for some reason didn't finish the deal... oh well...

Brette:)

Posts: 253 · Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:59 pm

i won the 10th anniv. set last night. there is not much i'm missing, so the price was reasonable to me (as it would be to degassy as well, obviously). david i thought you crystalized some of the valuation of the item very well (but i'm on the opposite side of the fence from you). to me a module that has a carefully cut opening in its' shrinkwrap such that the module could be removed for viewing, might as well not be in the shrink at all. the value in shrinkwrap (if original shrinkwrap of course) is that it is proof that the interior module (or items inside a boxed set) have not been touched (and therefore devalued) by a consumer. i would obviously have preferred the shrinkwrap to be completely intact, and i will keep looking for one in that state, but i feel with reasonable certainty that the items inside the box are in the same condition they were in at the time of packing. that is what i am willing to pay up for...