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harami2000
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 4:14 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5200644511
(the new bid suits you better, Stephen!

)

bombadil
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 4:24 pm

harami2000 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5200644511
(the new bid suits you better, Stephen! )

I think I know the scan you're referring to... :wink:

johnhuck
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 5:10 pm

harami2000 wrote:What was your reason for that $603 bid then, out of interest?
Auction had been going 50 minutes out of seven days and all you've got are two 400 * 300 scans and a text description.

Reputable seller, accurate sounding description, and the scans looked good enough to place a marker. I may choose to follow up that opener. And then again I might not. It remains to be seen. :wink:

killjoy32
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 5:23 pm

johnhuck wrote:
harami2000 wrote:What was your reason for that $603 bid then, out of interest?
Auction had been going 50 minutes out of seven days and all you've got are two 400 * 300 scans and a text description.

Reputable seller, accurate sounding description, and the scans looked good enough to place a marker. I may choose to follow up that opener. And then again I might not. It remains to be seen.

reason for bid...umm... i want one?

Are we nearly there yet?

harami2000
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 5:40 pm

*chuckles*. OK, fair enough!

Must admit that high bidding at the start of an auction is a new technique for obtaining a win at lowest possible cost, but maybe you're all kinda flush for cash just now.

=
*looks at Stephen's bid increment...*. hrmm... spoiled my "fun" there.

rosenkav
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:08 pm

798$ and still more than six days to go?

Whoooooppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

"It's mint, it's a first print, and it's mine!"

KA-POW

"Not anymore".

harami2000
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:14 pm

rosenkav wrote:798$ and still more than six days to go?

Whoooooppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

(means nothing, sorry!

)

Waiting for some poor clueless sod to come along and think "that looks like a nice investment" just because of the headline price, so soon.

bombadil
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 6:36 pm

Get off the stick, girls, and dig your high heels in! Come on, somebody's got to knock me off there!

Deadlord
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:00 pm

Whoa guys, before you get too juiced up, I had to revise the description. I just noticed that 3 of the corners are actually barely poking thru the shrink. I revised the description, and if anyone has bid on it, please feel free to retract your bid if you prefer. I apologize for missing this detail, I had thought it was just the usual slightly tight cornering of shrinked mods. Still a great copy!

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

bombadil
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:46 pm

Deadlord36 wrote:Whoa guys, before you get too juiced up, I had to revise the description. I just noticed that 3 of the corners are actually barely poking thru the shrink. I revised the description, and if anyone has bid on it, please feel free to retract your bid if you prefer. I apologize for missing this detail, I had thought it was just the usual slightly tight cornering of shrinked mods. Still a great copy!

Makes no diff to me. How sweet it is...

Deadlord
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 10:10 pm

I know I might be being anal, but those of you who have bought/traded with me before know I am a stickler for detail.

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

Ethesis
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Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:25 pm

harami2000 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5200644511
(the new bid suits you better, Stephen! )

I'm amazed to read:

US $798.00

Time left: 5 days 14 hours

With five days left?!

Regards,

Stephen

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:19 am

Only 13 hours to go on Toymom's auction and there have been no additional bids since the 22nd. Here's hoping that there is a fury of snipe's in the last couple of minutes. :D You guys aren't going to let "thedukester" win are you?

deimos3428
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 8:33 am

Ethesis wrote:
harami2000 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 5200644511
(the new bid suits you better, Stephen! )

I'm amazed to read:

US $798.00

Time left: 5 days 14 hours

With five days left?!

Yes, and with two of them running at the same time...(you might wanna put yours up, looks like the market is pretty hot.)

Xaxaxe
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 2:59 pm

KingOfPain wrote:You guys aren't going to let "thedukester" win are you?

Careful ... what if he's also a regular poster to these forums? :wink:

Xaxaxe
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:32 pm

... and here come the vultures and snipe-kings! (I say this with affection, having done it many times myself)

My $735 held up for a couple of days, but it's history now. We're under two hours to go ... let the gamesmanship begin!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :X:ON:US:2

Plus, we get to do it all over again with Frank's nice-looking copy!

bbarsh
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 7:53 pm

Hmmm...watch OB3 auction or American Idol with the wife and kids...Oh the agony...

Screw it, I'm gonna watch the Pistons in the other room and set the alarm clock to catch the final minute of OB3...ha...problem solved!

A man's got to do what a man's got to do!

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/

bclarkie
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2005 9:15 pm

harami2000 wrote:(no "bids" allowed with $25 of anyone else's: US "bids" only)

updated list:
$809 - beyondthebreach
$835 - bclarkie
$900 - beermotor
$925 - draco76
$950 - dbartman
$975 - afoolandhis$ (is that really a D&D collectable you're wagering?)
$1,001 - ifearyeti
$1,150 - bbarsh
$1,215 - pleveich
$1,392.84 - Xaxaxe
$1,525 - KingOfPain
$1,783.50 - The Wraith (wager not yet stated)

US $856.56

Looks like I win. I was only off by $21.56. :wink:

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." -Neitzche

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