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Post Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:21 pm 
 

It had plenty of bids so I guess a few people here saw it - how I miss being able to check up on what everyone else is bidding on!


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Post Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:22 pm 
 

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R2,R3 and Dark Tower all for less than £100 - damn right the one that got away David 8O


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:16 pm 
 

Great win here for harami:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Could easily have gone for nearly twice that.  Won't likely see one in such nice condition again for a looooooong time.   :mrgreen:


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 1:20 pm 
 

Had I known, I would have gone for it. Didn't expect anything to be in that category (Board & Traditional Games > Horror & Monster Games). There's a newbie lesson. I'll have to learn to use search functions. :cry:

  


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:27 pm 
 

SimperingToad wrote: Didn't expect anything to be in that category (Board & Traditional Games > Horror & Monster Games).

I'm with you, but nearly 1600 views, not many rpg items get much past 200.  Is this seller doing something special to get that much interest, or is it just a lot more people being curious in the board games section and clearly still not getting a great price anyway!?

  


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 5:45 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:Great win here for harami:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Could easily have gone for nearly twice that.  Won't likely see one in such nice condition again for a looooooong time.   :mrgreen:


I would love to see a photo of Harami's collection. It must be amazing. I see he just bought your Woodgrain as well.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 6:46 pm 
 

HermitFromPluto wrote:I would love to see a photo of Harami's collection. It must be amazing. I see he just bought your Woodgrain as well.


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:24 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:Great win here for harami:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Could easily have gone for nearly twice that.  Won't likely see one in such nice condition again for a looooooong time.   :mrgreen:


Why didn't someone tell me?  i've been looking forever and would have bid a ton more...damn.

Edit:  I suppose it's my own fault, and I shouldn't whine, but that was exactly what I'd been hoping to find.  It's so hard trying to replace one's childhood...and ow, that hurts.


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Post Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:40 am 
 

Hi,

was at a Wargames Convention at the weekend.

Was browsing at the Bring N Buy and saw someone looking thru a pile of stuff. I couldnt see everything he had, but it included half a dozen Strategic Reviews, plus what looked like a first Tegel, an Inferno, plus a load of other stuff. He bought them all - 19 items , 19 pounds.

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Post Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:20 am 
 

lawrenson wrote:Hi,

was at a Wargames Convention at the weekend.

Was browsing at the Bring N Buy and saw someone looking thru a pile of stuff. I couldnt see everything he had, but it included half a dozen Strategic Reviews, plus what looked like a first Tegel, an Inferno, plus a load of other stuff. He bought them all - 19 items , 19 pounds.

Ho hum.   :D

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Malc, you didn't do a running tackle at him, rugby style, and get the items for yourself?   I'm disapponted  :D

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Post Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:25 am 
 

bombadil wrote:Great win here for harami:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


Could easily have gone for nearly twice that.  Won't likely see one in such nice condition again for a looooooong time.   :mrgreen:



geez that looks in good condition! Makes my £50 5th print look a bit tatty....   :oops:


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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 1:23 pm 
 

Here are a few good prices that I was either out-bid on, or (as usual) forgot to bid in the first place:

- Pagan Publishing Tales of Terror @ $113 @  
** expired/removed eBay auction **

- Pagan Publishing Courting Madness @ $215 @
 
** expired/removed eBay auction **

- Boot Hill BH5 Range War in shrink @ $20 @
 
** expired/removed eBay auction **

- Silver Anniversary boxed set @ $64 @
 
** expired/removed eBay auction **

- Erol Otus' Booty & the Beasts @ $84 @
 
** expired/removed eBay auction **


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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:36 pm 
 

The Silver Ann was a pretty decent snag.  Too bad we can't congratulate winners openly the way we used to.  Now we have to guess or wait for them to identify themselves (yes, you, red_bus  :D ).


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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 2:51 pm 
 

:lol: sadly not me.  I deliberately left off the Courting Madness because I knew grodog was looking - shame you didn't get it Allan..  Thought the Tales went a little high, but that Booty looked nice. Agree that Silver Ann was a decent snag  :D


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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:11 pm 
 

bombadil wrote:The Silver Ann was a pretty decent snag.  Too bad we can't congratulate winners openly the way we used to.  Now we have to guess or wait for them to identify themselves (yes, you, red_bus  :D ).


I am fairly sure that the SA set went to Serleran. I was the underbidder and was hoping to snag it for a song.  Oh well. :)


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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:18 pm 
 

bclarkie wrote:
I am fairly sure that the SA set went to Serleran. I was the underbidder and was hoping to snag it for a song.  Oh well. :)


With the bad economy I personally just don't have the extra cash, but if you do, you really should be in full-on buying mode right now.  The lack of serious bidders on a lot of these items makes for a buyer's paradise.   You could really fill in some holes in your collection, or re-sell for a considerable markup some time in the future.  Conversely, if you didn't have to sell right now, I wouldn't.  Lots of the reliable high bidders seem to have dropped out of the system lately.

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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 3:39 pm 
 

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With the bad economy I personally just don't have the extra cash, but if you do, you really should be in full-on buying mode right now.  The lack of serious bidders on a lot of these items makes for a buyer's paradise.   You could really fill in some holes in your collection, or re-sell for a considerable markup some time in the future.  Conversely, if you didn't have to sell right now, I wouldn't.  Lots of the reliable high bidders seem to have dropped out of the system lately.

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The world economy right now sure has affected things and things are really kind of in a weird place.  Sometimes I see things go for almost next to nothing for what they should be going, but every so often I see some items go for way more than they should.

It's seems like that its much more of a lottery now than ever.   I mean Ebay is always a lottery, but it seems the situation is far more volatile than it was even this time last year. It's kind of crazy.


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Post Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 5:03 pm 
 

Badmike wrote:
With the bad economy I personally just don't have the extra cash, but if you do, you really should be in full-on buying mode right now.  The lack of serious bidders on a lot of these items makes for a buyer's paradise.   You could really fill in some holes in your collection, or re-sell for a considerable markup some time in the future.  Conversely, if you didn't have to sell right now, I wouldn't.  Lots of the reliable high bidders seem to have dropped out of the system lately.

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My lack of bidding lately is directly related to the stock market declines :(
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