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Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:30 pm

The normal selling price for these is about $5-$15. I thought I overkilled the bid to get it but Serl wanted it more.

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:08 pm

Someone got a good deal on an early chainmail. 2nd Print 2nd ed I think.
I came back to the auction with 4 seconds left and missed it.

cgi.ebay.com/Miniature-Wargamnig-Ironcl ... dZViewItem

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Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:53 pm

argyrebasin wrote:Someone got a good deal on an early chainmail. 2nd Print 2nd ed I think.
I came back to the auction with 4 seconds left and missed it.

cgi.ebay.com/Miniature-Wargamnig-Ironcl ... dZViewItem

That's a screaming deal

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:45 am

The normal selling price for these is about $5-$15. I thought I overkilled the bid to get it but Serl wanted it more.

Sorry about that. I had no idea who was bidding on it, but its been on my list for a very long time, and the last one I saw and almost won I got sniped on so I didn't want to lose another one. I get tired of that, you know.

I did just recently lose out on an En Garde! if that helps any. I don't try to bid on stuff I know someone here wants... if I can help it.

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:10 am

argyrebasin wrote:Someone got a good deal on an early chainmail. 2nd Print 2nd ed I think.
I came back to the auction with 4 seconds left and missed it.

cgi.ebay.com/Miniature-Wargamnig-Ironcl ... dZViewItem

Nice one !!!!

My auction search missed that completely - not sure why, it should have picked it up...

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Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:18 am

red_bus wrote:
Nice one !!!!

My auction search missed that completely - not sure why, it should have picked it up...

I remember somebody posting that auction last week, joking that the Dragontales would go for a high price...

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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:21 am

a great deal for shaggymatt:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:17 am

aia wrote:a great deal for shaggymatt:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I had been watching that one.
If it had not had so many problems I would have bid on it myself.
I already have a couple of them in better condition though.

This one has problems; page tears, seperation, writing throughout.
Even so, you are right, it is a good price for that book.
The seller was totally honest and upfront about it too, with a very detailed description.

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Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:14 pm

like reading poetry, the way you write Aneoth (single line statements, not content, that is). is the "enter" key oversized on your keyboard?

very good price / but not quite a steal that chainmail.

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:09 am

I thought I put a decent bid in, considering it's missing the box...

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:47 am

deimos3428 wrote:I thought I put a decent bid in, considering it's missing the box...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

If I had seen it that bid would not have won.
I think that is an excellent buy even without the box.

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:54 am

Aneoth wrote:
If I had seen it that bid would not have won.

Not when lofenloc's proxy bid was probably closer to $1000 than to $500. :wink:

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:04 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Not when lofenloc's proxy bid was probably closer to $1000 than to $500.

Fair point :lol:

I did see it - but didn't bid. I thought it might go for around $300-400. No box, no reference or correction sheets and looks like a fair amount of staple rust. Books otherwise look very nice though. Not a bad price.

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:14 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:Not when lofenloc's proxy bid was probably closer to $1000 than to $500.

I said that bid, not that bidder.

If I had seen it that bid would not have won.
I think that is an excellent buy even without the box.

And I agree, he would have most likely won regardless; even if I had seen it, but the final bid would have been a bit higher than it was.

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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 8:37 pm

red_bus wrote:Fair point I did see it - but didn't bid. I thought it might go for around $300-400.

Ditto, though I expected it to be more like $200-$300 vs. $400.

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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:51 am

grrr!!!

i thought that this:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

would have ended up for much more than 50 bucks!!!

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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:11 pm

There was a Castle Falkenstein that just sold on eBay for $5. Why is that something I care about? Oh, only because I've been looking for one for like ever since it came out (only two stores in my area carried the book and only ordered 3, total and I didn't get one and they were never able to get a second order of them in...) and I had just told my fiancÃ©e that I was not going to buy anything for me until after her birthday and the wedding...

ARG!

Anyone interested in a trade?

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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:18 pm

serleran wrote:There was a Castle Falkenstein that just sold on eBay for $5. Why is that something I care about? Oh, only because I've been looking for one for like ever since it came out (only two stores in my area carried the book and only ordered 3, total and I didn't get one and they were never able to get a second order of them in...) and I had just told my fiancÃ©e that I was not going to buy anything for me until after her birthday and the wedding...

ARG!

Anyone interested in a trade?

If I had known how much you wanted the Falkenstein I would have bid and then traded you for some C&C stuff...gouging you in the process of course

Do you want me to pm you if I see another? I think I saw this one. Post the link?

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