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FormCritic
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 4:06 am

napoleonsdad wrote:
That's like saying $20 for shipping plus a $100 handling fee.

The listing has been taken down.

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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:53 pm

Someone probably gave eBay a nudge and mentioned that they were missing on out final value fees because of that. :lol:

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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:50 pm

FormCritic wrote:

The listing has been taken down.

The listing is still working fine for me, although the link quoted in napoleonsdad's message is not correct.

Here's the listing:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:43 pm

I reported him again for "circumventing fees" with excessive shipping.

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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:51 am

I e-mailed him about it as well. It's changed now.

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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:47 am

Deadlord39 wrote:I e-mailed him about it as well. It's changed now.

Well, OK....he lopped almost $99 off of his shipping price..

Now he has it down to $27.11!

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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 11:55 am

Now it is down to 21.08
Pictures would be nice, but that is probably asking too much!

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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:11 pm

Maybe it would have been wiser for the seller to take the listing down and then start over? Many potential buyers probably dismissed his auction after see the ridicously shipping charge. Live and learn hopefully :wink:

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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:58 pm

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:00 pm

** expired/removed eBay auction **

He has dozens of items, all with high bids!!

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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:02 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Module-G123-G1 ... TS-9058-EX C_W0QQitemZ200141070111QQihZ010QQcategoryZ44112QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1 QQcmdZViewItem

He has dozens of items, all with high bids!!

I was going to gloat but it looks like my copy didn't do so well

Aug-10-07 Aug-17-07 08:23:30 PDT US $37.00 D&D Module G1-2-3 Against the Giants TSR 9058 *UN-USED*

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:06 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-DONT-GIVE-UP-th ... dZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-CHAINMAIL-medie ... dZViewItem

Gimme a break!

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:03 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Gimme a break!

King, I sold mine for $125.00 a couple of weeks ago ... and I have 4 SW Chainmail 8th prints up for $89.00 ... so you never know... someone out there will buy them eventually ... I mean look at the Dragon # 1 at $355.00 already and I have one in the store for $349.00 that 3 people with new accounts or less than 10 feedback want to buy (and I won't sell to them).... I have 3 more Dragon # 1s to put online this weekend... eventually someone will pay the price...

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:12 pm

people with new accounts or less than 10 feedback want to buy (and I won't sell to them

That's a bit unfair. I am a new user on eBay. Feedback is only a 2 right now, but I have not received 3 items so I haven't given feedback to those sellers (and hence, no reason for them to leave me any,) giving me, at most, a tentative 5 (awesome, huh! But, you started at zero, too.) This attitude would outright prevent me from making a purchase from you because I have only recently been able to get eBay and PayPal to be friends. I understand it, but a blanket policy just irks me.

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:14 pm

ScketreWhisp wrote:
King, I sold mine for $125.00 a couple of weeks ago ... and I have 4 SW Chainmail 8th prints up for $89.00 ... so you never know... someone out there will buy them eventually ... I mean look at the Dragon # 1 at $355.00 already and I have one in the store for $349.00 that 3 people with new accounts or less than 10 feedback want to buy (and I won't sell to them).... I have 3 more Dragon # 1s to put online this weekend... eventually someone will pay the price...

Creep1962 is that you?

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:32 pm

ScketreWhisp wrote:
King, I sold mine for $125.00 a couple of weeks ago ... and I have 4 SW Chainmail 8th prints up for $89.00 ... so you never know... someone out there will buy them eventually ... I mean look at the Dragon # 1 at $355.00 already and I have one in the store for $349.00 that 3 people with new accounts or less than 10 feedback want to buy (and I won't sell to them).... I have 3 more Dragon # 1s to put online this weekend... eventually someone will pay the price...

So under what ebay account would this store be?

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:46 pm

ScketreWhisp wrote:
King, I sold mine for $125.00 a couple of weeks ago ... and I have 4 SW Chainmail 8th prints up for $89.00 ... so you never know... someone out there will buy them eventually ... I mean look at the Dragon # 1 at $355.00 already and I have one in the store for $349.00 that 3 people with new accounts or less than 10 feedback want to buy (and I won't sell to them).... I have 3 more Dragon # 1s to put online this weekend... eventually someone will pay the price...

Well I guess we know where this guy is getting his prices from then. $125 for a TSR DGUTS is an abberation to say the least. Shit, I know someone who paid less than that for a 1st print Guidon DGUTS this past week. And anyone that pays $89 or more for an 8th print Chainmail is just plain too lazy to look elsewhere. You are right though...eventually some dumbass will pay your price. Regardless of if someone does or not...its still a silly damn price.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:52 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
You are right though...eventually some dumbass will pay your price.

Just don't be real surprised if this time next year its still sitting on your shelf collecting dust....

"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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