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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 8:26 pm

sauromatian wrote:How easy is it to retract a bid? A seller's shill could bid to find the highest buyer's maximum, but at that point has lost the sale & will owe fees for making the shill. If the seller can retract a shill bid, then bid over again to just below that maximum, they can force any buyer to pay their maximum bid.

That's always been the case.

Retracting bids is simple. I haven't retracted a bid in a while, and I'm too lazy to try and find the appropriate pages on eBay.

From member, bids can't be retracted in the last 24 hours of an auction. Only a certain number of bid retractions are allowed every [90?] days; if one retracts too many bids, then the account is suspended for a month.

Multiple accounts are a good way to get around being temporarily suspended.

g026r
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Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:17 pm

On the other hand, one can always just send off a second-chance offer to the non-shill bidder afterwards.

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

deimos3428
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:29 pm

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Gygax-mania is sweeping eBay in full force. Considering you can still get one direct from the original publisher (link below) for $34.95, paying more and having to deal with other bidders seems a bit silly. Plus, the same seller had about 8 copies on BIN last week, for something like $12.95, and nobody cared.

http://www.fuzzyheroes.com

zdaddyo
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Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:57 pm

49.99 for a moldy Eldritch? That is a bit of a stretch for a starting bid.

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Mercenary_Roadie
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:30 am

Ekim Toor wrote:
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I know issue #6 is a fan-favorite but isn't this a little crazy?

Zero feedback bidder?

And to think that it will be mailed in an ;

You magazines will be mailed to you in a bubble envelope that costs over $1.00.

Mercenary Roadie

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g026r
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:03 am

Over a dollar?! Clearly this is one seller who's willing to splurge on packaging! :roll:

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

bbarsh
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:59 pm

I know things are bit nutty right now. But...

http://cgi.ebay.com/DUNGEONS-DRAGONS-DU ... 0032206905

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/

Blackmoor
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Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:09 pm

bbarsh wrote:I know things are bit nutty right now. But...

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I sold one of these for $45.00 once (silver anniversary edition)

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

Ekim Toor
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:09 pm

It's time to start listing those B2's.

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Xaxaxe
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 10:10 pm

Two bidders only, both with low feedback, and plenty of other B2s out there ... looks shill-a-licious to me.

g026r
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:03 pm

AD&D B2 Keep on the Borderlands module., first edition circa 1980. Hard to find.

If Keep is "hard to find", I'd hate to think of what that makes something like ST1. :lol:

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

napoleonsdad
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Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 11:36 pm

It's time to start listing those B2's.

Yeah, I would say so

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HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:37 pm

Presenting!!! EXTREMELY rare Dungeon fantasy role playing game. Game appears to be complete but may not be.....

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Quick get it now only US$125!!!

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:42 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ORIGINAL-1974-DUNGE ... dZViewItem

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

g026r
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:44 pm

Yeah, I put in a low bid on that one and have had to pick my jaw up from the floor just about every time I log into eBay and see what new heights it's hit.

Yikes.

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

zdaddyo
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 1:09 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:8O

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Must have been because it had Chainmail with it. Yeah, that's it...

killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:08 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dungeons-and-Drag ... 0206614673

Are we nearly there yet?

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:39 pm

killjoy32 wrote:
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Dont these UK books usually go for a tidy sum? I dont bother to look for these so I dont know how much they usually fetch.

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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