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Deadlord
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:43 am

I've tooled on that seller for quite a while now. No matter how mean I am, his e-mails are always very happy and chipper. Frustrating.........

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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:55 am

For that price, I would hope the guy is offering a free reach-around.

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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:29 pm

He insists it is rare, and worth a fortune. I tried to sell him one, but he's not interested, even at the discount price of $59.99!

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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:46 pm

lokiwookie wrote:$181 for a mono B1...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

17 euro to send to Canada

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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:49 pm

The sad part is that the B1 might not even be his most ridiculously priced item:

eBay listings

Take your pick from page 1.

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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:13 pm

bclarkie wrote:The sad part is that the B1 might not even be his most ridiculously priced item:

eBay listings

Take your pick from page 1.

He actually sold one as well

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Deadlord
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:05 pm

A new eBay ID also located in Germany buys an ridiculously priced item. Shill.

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:26 pm

Normally, I wouldn't post something sold by the Burntwire Brothers, but... WOW:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

$43.66 for one pin? I have 7 of those things (in 5 different colors, still in the packages), and I don't think I paid that much for the whole bunch. Am I undervaluing them, or did the last two bidders go crazy?

Found some invoices. My buying history on the square RPGA pins:

April 2007: GBP 9.16 for a set of 4 (green, purple, red, yellow-orange)

September 2007: USD 10.50 for 3 (blue, purple, yellow-orange)

I've been trying to get two sets (one for my collection, one to wear), but if the blue one is going to start selling for $40 a pop, I may have to put that plan on the back burner. (I didn't even bother bidding on this one because the early bidding looked high to me.)

Congrats to the Burntwire Brothers on the sale! I guessing/hoping that the final bid on this item is, in part, a testament to your reputation as top-notch dealers.

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:27 pm

Zenfinite wrote:Actually, Spellfire is a REALLY fun card game, as long as you ignore the existence of chase cards.

They actually do have some worth, however. The 1st and 2nd edition chase card sets you listed are so cheap because, honestly, the chase from those sets suck. I've seen the good rares go for near $100. Each. Really, just depends on what you have.

Zenfinite

When Spellfire came out at Gencon, many (and I mean MANY) people were really looking forward to checking it out. We wanted an alternative to MtG - and how could you miss with the entire D&D universe at your finger tips. But they did.
The system is bland. Sure it can be fun, but it is also lame. The artwork did me in. I was totally pissed that they just rehashed old artwork.
So there you are playing a just OK game with recycled artwork. All the air in the room quickly vanished. I am still amazed that people will actually pay for these cards.

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

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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:50 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/D-D-TSR-X1-The-Isle ... dZViewItem

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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:14 pm

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

In the last month, I have listed 3 X1s in shrink, none of which of which went for more than the opening bid of $4 and one of the times I listed one it went unsold for $4.

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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 6:36 pm

In the last month, I have listed 3 X1s in shrink, none of which of which went for more than the opening bid of $4 and one of the times I listed one it went unsold for $4.

There are at least 3 SW X1's in ebay stores that could have been had for a fraction of the bid amount. Makes no sense.

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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:08 pm

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

Yes. Allow me to add a series of bulging eyeballs as well. That must be some sort of record for X1

Someone should start a thread that notes down price records for common items.

Magelin
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 10:20 pm

Hey Brian, if you've got one of those left in shrink, I'll even give you FIVE bucks for it. I don't have that one in new condition.

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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:12 am

Check out the rest of montymc1's wins from whitetower67's auctions:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V ... ed=1&all=1

Shrinkwrap seems to make some people go a bit crazy for some reason. But there is nothing that I can think of that makes sense for someone to pay $43 for War Rafts of Kron and $62 for The Savage Coast that are not in shrink. Baffles the mind.

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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:11 am

While I do find it fascinating that you can just pull up a buyer and check out everything they are bidding on, I also find it just a little bit disturbing.

Sure you can go through someone's feedback and check out their history...and that is ok. But I have never been a fan of this feature. It just seems a little intrusive.

Those price are just plain silly, though.

Speaking of high. I usually don't like to point out my own auctions, but man...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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

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Wags
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:02 pm

How can you see what someone is bidding on? I don' t know how to use that feature yet!

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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:05 pm

You have to be logged in, but: go to advanced search, choose find items by bidder. Enter the user id, and there you go.

Or use this link: eBay listings

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