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guerret
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 5:01 pm

Blackmoor wrote::lol:

The Holy Grail: Books | eBay

Uhm. A 2% share in case these two guys find the Holy Grail. Considering no one has found it for centuries, I think it would be a hazardous deal.

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 5:05 pm

Blackmoor wrote::lol:

The Holy Grail: Books | eBay

Thats hilarious..

Hum, we could do something similiar.. We could search for Gygax's first woodgrain boxset and sell shares to those who want to sponser the effort.

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 5:06 pm

guerret wrote:
Blackmoor wrote::lol:

The Holy Grail: Books | eBay

Uhm. A 2% share in case these two guys find the Holy Grail. Considering no one has found it for centuries, I think it would be a hazardous deal.

well its only going to cost £1, so thats a pretty good deal and its not a lot to lose

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 6:50 pm

guerret wrote:
Blackmoor wrote::lol:

The Holy Grail 1 Shares Contract | eBay

Uhm. A 2% share in case these two guys find the Holy Grail. Considering no one has found it for centuries, I think it would be a hazardous deal.

[french accent]Besides, we've already got one.[/french accent]

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:07 pm

[equally outrageeeeous freeench accent]

Go away, or we shall taunt you some more!

[/equally outrageeeeous freeench accent]

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 9:20 pm

What is hilarious is that they are "seasoned" hunters. Wouldn't that imply past successes?
I'm a seasoned Quest for the Golden Orb Hunter myself. Been hunting for ages.

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:21 pm

NetRodent wrote:
rielsys wrote:just wondering where the post of all the prints ended up? this kind of stuff really excites me, didn't know that was more than 3 prints since that's the only things i seen of them the type of covers for them

2nd Edition printings

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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 11:34 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=2545

I just wanted to point you back to this finished auction.

"Laughable" as it apparently sounded, my Buy-It-Now offer of $20 was in fact very close to the final price for this item. It did not sell for anything near the $75 or $100 figures that were mentioned by others here.

I based my offer on what the lot was likely to go for and what the seller's previous lots had sold for.

If the seller had not bumbled about Ebay, making snotty remarks he could easily have sold these separately for more than he got.

If he had chosen not to snub me...no matter how rude I apparently was...and had taken my suggestion of making a counter-offer, he probably would have gotten more money.

But, I'll also know how to handle it better next time.

Mark

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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:14 am

MShipley88 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=2545

That's a great price for that stuff!!

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 12:47 am

guerret wrote:
Blackmoor wrote::lol:

The Holy Grail 1 Shares Contract | eBay

Uhm. A 2% share in case these two guys find the Holy Grail. Considering no one has found it for centuries, I think it would be a hazardous deal.

Man, look at the pile of utter crapola that same seller is peddling.....

Mike B.

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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 5:12 am

MShipley88 wrote: If he had chosen not to snub me...no matter how rude I apparently was...and had taken my suggestion of making a counter-offer, he probably would have gotten more money.

But, I'll also know how to handle it better next time.

Mark

hey mark

i didnt think you were "rude". i think it could have been worded a lil more advantageously, but that aside, looks like your value was pretty much spot on there. well done for that. its not much of a consolation really, but still nice to know when youre on the mark. once he pays fees on that lot, hes gonna pretty much be left with that anyway.

Al

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 9:19 am

Never realized Dragonlance was "uber-cool" ( see Urban dictionary ) :

** expired/removed eBay auction **

guess this person thought they paid by the word when listing ( bet they get that BIN :roll:

) :

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Lot | eBay

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:30 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8418703735

:lol:

No Cthulhu mythos, just "Colin"....

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 3:08 pm

Are you criticizing the spelling?

Colin is a version of Collin. I believe that Colin Powell spells his name that way.

I just checked...yes, he does.

Mark

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 3:25 pm

MShipley88 wrote:Are you criticizing the spelling?

Colin is a version of Collin. I believe that Colin Powell spells his name that way.

I just checked...yes, he does.

Mark

I once knew a fellow named Kawlin. (He was chinese, however, so he may have been going for a phonetic spelling of the name.)

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 4:07 pm

Lordan wrote:Never realized Dragonlance was "uber-cool" ( see Urban dictionary )

I never realized that Dragon was spelt G R A G O N. Damn, me and my D's and G's!

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 4:38 pm

Zippanthropus wrote:
Lordan wrote:Never realized Dragonlance was "uber-cool" ( see Urban dictionary )

I never realized that Dragon was spelt G R A G O N. Damn, me and my D's and G's!

GRAGON = Urban speak ( ebonics? who the hell knows ) for "uber cool" (see link ):wink:

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Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:05 pm

Lordan wrote:
Zippanthropus wrote:
I never realized that Dragon was spelt G R A G O N. Damn, me and my D's and G's!

GRAGON = Urban speak ( ebonics? who the hell knows ) for "uber cool" (see link ):wink:

I don't get it. Let me go listen to k-fed's music and drop my IQ 20 or so points and I'm sure it will make sense.

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