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HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:15 am

Ten cruddy books: $150

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:56 am

Wow, surprised by this one (sorry Lance):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=010

But this, on the other hand, was a pretty good deal:

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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:46 pm

whitetower wrote:But collectors -- it just seems both an odd and, frankly, an adolescent mentality.

You just described our mentality perfectly!

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:36 pm

bombadil wrote:Wow, surprised by this one (sorry Lance):

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No problem, I was expecting it... :lol:

I was a bit surprised myself.

Goofy Newbies.... :roll:

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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:51 pm

- Goofy Newbies.... :roll:

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true

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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:00 am

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:- Goofy Newbies....

true[/quote]

Yup, was watching that. Decided to stay away when I saw who was bidding on it (and when the price kept shooting up, up, up...).

Goofy Newbies is right..... :roll:

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:47 am

bclarkie wrote:

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Considering that this is at least the second time its been listed for that stupid price, its not likely...

Seemingly undunted by previous failures to sell $5 to $10 worth of books for $50 to $100:

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:roll:

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:58 am

Offered $5.

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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:35 pm

IttyBitty wrote:Yup, was watching that. Decided to stay away when I saw who was bidding on it (and when the price kept shooting up, up, up...).

I was rather surprised. If this is the new pricing trend, I really blew it at GenCon not fighting harder for the 1st printing books sans box (which sold for about $700 IIRC).

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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:50 pm

I'm pretty sure it's been listed before, but for the life of me I can't figure out what anybody wouldn't just be snatching up abcdex's "silver spine" D&DG for the steal of $30. :roll:

and the pages are tightly bound.

With that much duct tape, I'd certainly hope so. :lol:

Edit: forgot the link.
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 5:54 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44112

Ye gods!

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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:24 pm

Deadlord39 wrote:
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Ye gods!

You think? I mean, I wouldn't buy it because of the threat of photocopy/PDF/etc... But this isn't "wildly" out of line, IMHO. Maybe 20-25% over what might be a reasonable price.

Maybe the prices have been dropping lately :?:

I don't know

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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:21 am

nevcoup wrote:
You think? I mean, I wouldn't buy it because of the threat of photocopy/PDF/etc... But this isn't "wildly" out of line, IMHO. Maybe 20-25% over what might be a reasonable price.

Maybe the prices have been dropping lately I don't know

Well, he actually reduced it from $199. We discussed it here just the other day:

viewtopic.php?p=96989#96989

Although I would agree it not absolutely ridiculous, I would also say that it is rather high even where it stands now reduced from $199.

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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 6:14 am

Ye gods!

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

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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:06 pm

Three hours left, and seller coolcraniums_com has a Wrath of the Immortals boxed set going for $127.50!

. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/Box-set-Wrath-of-th ... 0172011534

Seller tgdavis2 appears to have made the majority of the 20 bids. Is the price an anomaly because of few data points, or is this actually a fair price, however insane it appears to me?

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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 6:22 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:Three hours left, and seller coolcraniums_com has a Wrath of the Immortals boxed set going for $127.50!

. . .
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Seller tgdavis2 appears to have made the majority of the 20 bids. Is the price an anomaly because of few data points, or is this actually a fair price, however insane it appears to me?

A certain song from an old movie leaps to mind, perhaps Veruca Salt's Daddy is bidding:

I want the works

I want the whole works

Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises

Of all shapes and sizes

And now

Don't care how

I want it now

Don't care how

I want it now

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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:11 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:Three hours left, and seller coolcraniums_com has a Wrath of the Immortals boxed set going for $127.50!

. . .
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Seller tgdavis2 appears to have made the majority of the 20 bids. Is the price an anomaly because of few data points, or is this actually a fair price, however insane it appears to me?

As DL said, Ye Gods! I just sold a boxless set for $25 in my store and it was only up for a day, little did I know how cheaply I was giving it away. I would have said a fair price for a nice boxed set was $50....but...... As a bit of pulling back the curtain, JohnGaunt traded me a beautiful Wrath of the Immortals box set last week for basically a few sheckels...! Anyway JG I'm putting the set up tonight and I'll split the profit with you, the least I can do since neither of us could forsee this ridiculous price...maybe the runner up bidder will jump all over it, I'm going to send him a link.

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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:01 am

Badmike wrote:Anyway JG I'm putting the set up tonight and I'll split the profit with you, the least I can do since neither of us could forsee this ridiculous price...maybe the runner up bidder will jump all over it, I'm going to send him a link.

A trip to a gentlemen's club would suffice. :wink:

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