bclarkie wrote:I am in utter AWE right now... Some Jack Ass actually out bid Wackaman333 bid of $450.00 to win this auction. I am totally speechless............ cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... 5954223324
harami2000 wrote:bclarkie wrote:I am in utter AWE right now... Some Jack Ass actually out bid Wackaman333 bid of $450.00 to win this auction. I am totally speechless............ cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem& ... 5954223324I thought that was the seller's shill acount...? *jk**shrugs at the crazy buyer*Was worried enough that was gonna happen the last few times...
deimos3428 wrote:The same buyer also purchased sandralock's punched Tsojconth.
mdr003 wrote:The only problem with his auction was the discrepancy between stated auction reserve ($300) and actual ($290)... it could well have been an honest mistake, or it could well have been his reaction to the crap he got with the last listing (where the price was bid up to $299.99 by two acaeum members, just for a laugh).
mdr003 wrote:Either way, the only harm done with the discrepancy in the 2nd listing of the item was to throw a spanner in the works when the same interferance was attempted a second time.
mdr003 wrote:My opinion is that the seller has done nothing wrong apart from have an inflated idea on what his item was worth... and I guess he was proved right in the end, with three legitimate bidders willing to pay $300+.
harami2000 wrote:p.s. Obviously I'd rather not post the above, since it clearly indicates that I place the value of said item above the sub-$100 range it was sometimes selling for a couple of years ago, but since you called my hand...
Traveller wrote:harami2000 wrote:p.s. Obviously I'd rather not post the above, since it clearly indicates that I place the value of said item above the sub-$100 range it was sometimes selling for a couple of years ago, but since you called my hand...From my interpretation of what you posted, I don't get that impression at all.
Traveller wrote:The winner paid too much, the seller was totally dishonest (BOTH times), and the item just isn't worth the hassle, especially when all the seller can do is toss out foul slurs over a deliberate misstatement of the reserve price.
grodog wrote:harami2000 wrote:harami2000 wrote:Does anyone have the other character sheet pads (probably more than one issue) which GW released after they were official TSR distributors (1975), but pre-dating those later pads (1978)?These were advertised/mentioned in NFB and O&W, then WDs 1 & 3, only.(This is where the "An early ad in White Dwarf lists this item as having 20 pages; unknown if that was later revised, or a 20-page version was actually released (thanks to Bruce Robertson for this info)" confusion arises from, on The Acaeum listing).I think this is the set that I got in Kansas over the holiday; mine definitely had more than 20 pages left..........but I don't recall offhand if it had a TSR logo or not, or the date on it. I thought it was 1977, but I'll check to see when I get back home from work.
harami2000 wrote:harami2000 wrote:Does anyone have the other character sheet pads (probably more than one issue) which GW released after they were official TSR distributors (1975), but pre-dating those later pads (1978)?These were advertised/mentioned in NFB and O&W, then WDs 1 & 3, only.(This is where the "An early ad in White Dwarf lists this item as having 20 pages; unknown if that was later revised, or a 20-page version was actually released (thanks to Bruce Robertson for this info)" confusion arises from, on The Acaeum listing).
harami2000 wrote:Just reminded to respond on this one...grodog wrote:...but I don't recall offhand if it had a TSR logo or not, or the date on it. I thought it was 1977, but I'll check to see when I get back home from work.The red pad with Alan Hunter artwork is definitely (c)1978 with 50 pages.
grodog wrote:...but I don't recall offhand if it had a TSR logo or not, or the date on it. I thought it was 1977, but I'll check to see when I get back home from work.