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Post Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:34 pm 
 

deimos3428 wrote:http://cgi.ebay.ca/Complete-AD-D-1st-Ed ... dZViewItem
Apparently, the enthusiasm is contagious.  $450 BIN.  8O




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Post Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 7:36 pm 
 

Mars wrote:Okay, I know Valhalla Games has been mentioned already for some of its crazy prices but I think this one takes the cake:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 8823509460

But only 1 special person can buy it for this price. WOW!




Unless Australia is having a very bad time right now, some thing like 1 USD equalling 50 AUD, this is sheer folly.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:00 pm 
 

guerret wrote:
Mars wrote:Okay, I know Valhalla Games has been mentioned already for some of its crazy prices but I think this one takes the cake:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 8823509460

But only 1 special person can buy it for this price. WOW!


Unless Australia is having a very bad time right now, some thing like 1 USD equalling 50 AUD, this is sheer folly.


Ok, cmon, fess up. "Valhalla Games" is an elaborate joke/put on by someone here, right?   I  mean, no one wanting to do legitimate business on EBay would have this many knee-slappingly funny statements peppering their description of items (and let's not even talk about the hilarious prices!)

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This has got to be a joke, right?



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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:28 am 
 

badmike wrote:
Ok, cmon, fess up. "Valhalla Games" is an elaborate joke/put on by someone here, right?   I  mean, no one wanting to do legitimate business on EBay would have this many knee-slappingly funny statements peppering their description of items (and let's not even talk about the hilarious prices!)

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 Shop labels: Since 1991, almost all secondhand items also had a shop label, this being a small deep-yellow label, discreetly placed. This label is near-impossible to remove. At one stage, we also began putting this label on new items (similar to what many bookstores do with their stock), however, we discontinued that practice a short time later. So, generally, almost all new items won't have a shop label.


This has got to be a joke, right?

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No no is true !  is true  ! :lol:

They really did stick the labels on, and most of the time the little white diamond labels are actually under the shrink  8O

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:44 am 
 

well they sound like bad-news whichever way you look at it and they are to be avoided at all costs!

no way i am gonna go anywhere near them thats for sure!  8O  8O

btw brendon, did you get my e-mail earlier?

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:57 am 
 

Al wrote:
btw brendon, did you get my e-mail earlier?


Yep. Got the spare bedroom set up for you. I've heard you're so quiet we won't even know you're here...... :wink:

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 12:25 pm 
 

AdderMcOne wrote:Al wrote:
btw brendon, did you get my e-mail earlier?


Yep. Got the spare bedroom set up for you. I've heard you're so quiet we won't even know you're here...... :wink:

...and the missus said no probs, so it's all good.


hehe top man :)

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:04 pm 
 

What the hell?...

:?:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1
  

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:08 pm 
 

seeyouinescrow wrote:What the hell?...
:?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1




must be the gold plating on each of the items that were auctioned :D



insane!



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Post Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:16 pm 
 

Non-cynical guess: Those two newbies are just excited and getting wrapped up in a bidding war.

Cynical guess: One of them is a shill.

OTOH, there are 20 items in that lot. That puts it at $15 per item (for now, anyway), which is not the silliest thing I've seen even today.
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:03 am 
 

seeyouinescrow wrote:What the hell?...
:?:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1




Same bidder...holy crap!



http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-lot-World- ... dZViewItem
  

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Post Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:49 am 
 

seeyouinescrow wrote:Same bidder...holy crap!

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-lot-World- ... dZViewItem


As always, those who believe "prices are rising" will use this as supporting evidence of that assertion.



OTOH, I will cling to the belief that some people are inherently stupid.  :P
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:49 pm 
 

That looks like a pretty good condition early Greyhawk folio.

(By the way...does anyone else here prefer to spell it grEy a opposed to grAy?)


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Post Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:51 pm 
 

MShipley88 wrote:That looks like a pretty good condition early Greyhawk folio.

(By the way...does anyone else here prefer to spell it grEy a opposed to grAy?)


i thought it was spelt Greyhawk anyway?

or am i wrong?

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Post Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:55 pm 
 

Wot! No Africa Corps avatar in this thread? Lemme go PM him!


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Post Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:09 pm 
 

MShipley88 wrote:That looks like a pretty good condition early Greyhawk folio.

(By the way...does anyone else here prefer to spell it grEy a opposed to grAy?)


I have used both, but I think I now just use grEy (though in dealing with Greyhawk, I've never actually spelled it with the 'A')

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Post Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:39 am 
 

troll & toadlets have a fighting wheel up - BIN at $157.45!



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :B:SS:UK:1


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Post Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:07 pm 
 

Ok, I thought this lot was ridiculous when it $300 out of the blue. Now $405!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even for newbays this just f-ing nuts.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... %3AIT&rd=1


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