Aneoth wrote:Resepctfully speaking. Why seperate most of the items from the Siver Box Set and sell them in a haphazard fashion like you are? It looks like from all of your auction listings, that you do have a complete silver anniversary box set, but for some reason you have decided to sell the items seperately and are combing them with other totally unrelated items in other listings. That is most comfusing to me.... I can almost understand the reasoning for some folks selling an L3 seperately, as for some reason it garners ridiculous bids on E-Bay. Sometimes even higher than a complete sealed box set does.But your auctions do not seem to fall in that category. It seems to be just jumbled up. So, I have a question. Why?
bclarkie wrote:With that, you can sell the L3 seperately and it would probably maximize you profits. Just my .02
Xaxaxe wrote:I've broken up five sets myself, beginning with one of the two sets I bought at the 1999 (?) GenCon convention.
Xaxaxe wrote:bclarkie wrote:With that, you can sell the L3 seperately and it would probably maximize you profits. Just my .02Not true, at least in my experience.Look at it this way: the L3 is a given. It commands ridiculous prices, so why not sell it seperately, right? I think we can all agree on this one.But what are you left with then? A Silver Anniversary set missing its most attractive item. What's the lure for the potential buyer? Personally, I'm going to pass if a seller says to me, "Hey, I'd love to sell you this expensive boxed set, except you're not going to get the best item." That's not much different than saying, "Hey, I'd love to sell you these New York Yankees baseball cards, but I'm going to keep the Derek Jeter rookie card for myself." Screw that.There's another problem, too. The buyer looking to replace his worn copies of the G series, for example, doesn't necessarily care about Ravenloft (or vice-versa). Nor does he care about the added expense of buying a big lot — not to mention the higher shipping for a boxed set — when all he's after is those G modules.Once the decision to sell the L3 has been made, breaking up the Silver set makes perfect sense. I've broken up five sets myself, beginning with one of the two sets I bought at the 1999 (?) GenCon convention. I usually sell the L3 alone (of course), group the G series together, sell Ravenloft alone, try to get a few dollars for the History of TSR booklet, then either take my chances with the remainder or add them to bigger lots. Thanks mostly to L3 and some good prices on the G series, I've shown a healthy profit every time.Of course, as with all eBay activities, YMMV. There's no way to control the very important variables of timing and luck, not to mention seller reputation and the ability to put together an attractive listing. All I can relate is my disagreement with some of the above posts and my personal experience: five Silver sets broken up, five nice profits shown. I'm not claiming it's gospel, but I thought I'd throw it out there ...
Ralf Toth wrote:Xaxaxe wrote:I've broken up five sets myself, beginning with one of the two sets I bought at the 1999 (?) GenCon convention. I like it! That way our complete / shrinkwrapped Silver Boxes become rarer and thus more valuable.
bclarkie wrote:Personally, if I was breaking the set up and selling it, I would most likely just list each module individually and let people fight it out for each module individually.