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JasonZavoda
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:54 pm

Double post please delete

"You get more with a kind word and an excruciator than with just a kind word."

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JasonZavoda
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:54 pm

Lurker Below wrote in the one that got away....:Missed this one by four minutes, last week.

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Looked back through the seller's history and saw this.

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I got lucky with two smaller items, and some Acaeum regulars also got some bargains as well.

LB

Wow, this seller got boned.

"You get more with a kind word and an excruciator than with just a kind word."

beasterbrook
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:59 am

don't you hate finding something you are looking for in the completed section on ebay.. in a section you never look in.. Grrr

Brette:)

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throwi
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 8:06 am

I let a 4th or 5th print D&D white box go early this week, it had 4-5 supplements too. Box looked to be in great shape, and one of the books was a 1st print I believe. All of it went for around $275... but outside my current post-GenCon2013 budget. This darn white box is one of the few items I wanted to get at GenCon but was outbid on each of them. Oh well, I'll get one next year I hope!

~throwi

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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:36 am

5th. Looked pretty good apart from fairly heavy staple rust, initials and ink stamp(?) on one cover. US-only might've helped keep the end price down a bit but some OCEs without "extras" are still going for pretty much the same.

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vs.

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"7.3 ORGANIZING THE PARTY: Always have a keg, even if it's BYOB...
7.4 TAKING THE GAME SERIOUSLY: Don't"

PM-Knight
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 9:58 am

Lurker Below wrote in the one that got away....:Missed this one by four minutes, last week.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Looked back through the seller's history and saw this.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I got lucky with two smaller items, and some Acaeum regulars also got some bargains as well.

LB

OMG

I think I'm going to be sick :pale:

OMFG

I even had a few items from seller in my Watch List, but never saw these listed. I need to lie down.

"Okay, we turn the corner and see a Purple 'WHAT' !?!" . . (the DM rolls a 20 or so he says) . . It all went black right after that.

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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:01 am

throwi wrote in the one that got away....:I let a 4th or 5th print D&D white box go early this week, it had 4-5 supplements too. Box looked to be in great shape, and one of the books was a 1st print I believe. All of it went for around $275... but outside my current post-GenCon2013 budget. This darn white box is one of the few items I wanted to get at GenCon but was outbid on each of them. Oh well, I'll get one next year I hope!

~throwi

Here is a nice 4th print set and the booklets appear to be in great shape ... check it out :bounce:

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"Okay, we turn the corner and see a Purple 'WHAT' !?!" . . (the DM rolls a 20 or so he says) . . It all went black right after that.

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faro
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:15 am

I haven't checked but that one should have a sticker.

(Nice $30+ surcharge - on the current $100 - for anyone bidding from over here).

"7.3 ORGANIZING THE PARTY: Always have a keg, even if it's BYOB...
7.4 TAKING THE GAME SERIOUSLY: Don't"

throwi
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Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:23 am

PM-Knight wrote in the one that got away....:

Here is a nice 4th print set and the booklets appear to be in great shape ... check it out :bounce:

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Thanks PM-Knight, in my watch list now. Maybe, just maybe, I can get one before I die. ;-)

~throwi

faro
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Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:06 am

throwi wrote in the one that got away....:
PM-Knight wrote in the one that got away....:

Here is a nice 4th print set and the booklets appear to be in great shape ... check it out :bounce:

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Thanks PM-Knight, in my watch list now. Maybe, just maybe, I can get one before I die. ;-)

~throwi

Perhaps listing the set on two threads isn't the best way to keep the price down, though?

The 4ths are still relatively underrated, IMO. As had been noted before I doubt that oft-repeated "25,000 copies" comment ever applied to that print alone -- perhaps to all 4ths and 5ths combined, at a push, but there's no single, bulk printing for that number of copies apparent in the various transitional forms and numbers of copies seen of each. 02c, anyhow.

"7.3 ORGANIZING THE PARTY: Always have a keg, even if it's BYOB...
7.4 TAKING THE GAME SERIOUSLY: Don't"

faro
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Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 4:40 pm

... might've gone higher with more advance notice?

(nm...)

"7.3 ORGANIZING THE PARTY: Always have a keg, even if it's BYOB...
7.4 TAKING THE GAME SERIOUSLY: Don't"

WolfByte
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Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2013 11:00 pm

This 5th printing looks like it is in alright shape for the price and the dice add a certain cool factor (except where is the 6 sided?)

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faro
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Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 7:55 am

Good spot. Listed under "Entertainment Memorabilia > Other" and still fetching a decent price. Would be interesting to know what date is on the Zocchi guarantee given that that's a typical later box 5th.

The set itself looks fine aside from the slightly dished lid; however, the apparent light mottling tallies with what appears to be fairly heavy staple rust(?). Perused, then filed away in a damp storage area for a few decades? :/

"7.3 ORGANIZING THE PARTY: Always have a keg, even if it's BYOB...
7.4 TAKING THE GAME SERIOUSLY: Don't"

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Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:14 pm

When BINs are NOT the way to go:

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This is the same seller that sold the Tsojconth (spelled Tsosconth in the listing) for 19.99...

Losing a lot of money listing with BINs without doing any research.

Hopefully some other Acaeum members have picked up these deals.

Some BINs are still available that aren't too bad.

aia
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:52 am

This is a great score for me:

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PM-Knight
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 9:40 am

dbartman wrote in the one that got away....:When BINs are NOT the way to go:

This is the same seller that sold the Tsojconth (spelled Tsosconth in the listing) for 19.99... 8O

Losing a lot of money listing with BINs without doing any research.

Hopefully some other Acaeum members have picked up these deals.

Some BINs are still available that aren't too bad.

This is SO incredibly frustrating. I have been watching this seller, saved as Favorite Seller, and Following this seller ... essentially the eBay version of stalking, but I get no notifications. In addition, I just checked her listings a few days ago ... would have loved to get a few of those items ... PMO PDT_Armataz_01_19

"Okay, we turn the corner and see a Purple 'WHAT' !?!" . . (the DM rolls a 20 or so he says) . . It all went black right after that.

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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 10:26 am

aia wrote in the one that got away....:This is a great score for me:

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Congratulations! I had a snipe set that would have cost you a bit more, if it didn't win it for me, but there was an eBay glitch (!) and it didn't go off. You got it cheap.

LB

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Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2014 11:42 pm

Well, I gave it a shot, but just wasn't willing to go high enough, I guess.

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Frankly, given that it was a DM copy, I think it still went for less than it should have. I'm surprised there weren't more bidders. Did I miss something?

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