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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:43 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0048991401

Gobsmacked. What in hell were they bidding on in this lot?

Check out my bid at the bottom of the list. I was looking for Stormwrecker.

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:52 am

MShipley88 wrote:
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Gobsmacked. What in hell were they bidding on in this lot?

Check out my bid at the bottom of the list. I was looking for Stormwrecker.

maybe lance can tell us

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:05 am

I dont even see a stormwrecker in that lot, only a "Shipwrecker".

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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:59 pm

bclarkie wrote:I dont even see a stormwrecker in that lot, only a "Shipwrecker".

Right...Shipwrecker.

Although.....Stormwrecker would also be a pretty cool title, wouldn't it?

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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 1:06 pm

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$96 opening bid?! I want what ever they are smoking. :roll:

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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:00 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TSR-The-Cla ... dZViewItem

Hmmm. Can't figure out the two bids for the same amount...

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Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 7:17 pm

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Hmmm. Can't figure out the two bids for the same amount...

Just means he placed another bid after his first one.

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:10 am

Guess he wanted to make sure he got it...

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Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:21 am

dbartman wrote:
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Hmmm. Can't figure out the two bids for the same amount...

Christmas shopping. New ebayer, sealed item that someone they know probably wants.

This is the time when people might want to pay more for stuff. I know it's irrational (but I'm sure we've all suffered from it at least once in our lives). If you plan on spending $80.00 for someone, but find something they want for $40 it almost feels too cheap . . . now you've either got to get a more expensive gift or a second gift . . .

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:14 am

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:lol:

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:56 pm

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Alan has just lost the distiction of being the person from the forum with the highest bid ever on an L3.

Why????

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:58 pm

Its got worse after I posted it. WTF is going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 6:01 pm

$139.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 9:17 pm

Wow, what a day! What's next?

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:34 pm

bclarkie wrote:Why????

bclarkie wrote:Its got worse after I posted it. WTF is going on?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

bclarkie wrote:$139.50

Why all the commentary, Brian? What am I missing? Was there a sale somewhere on question marks and exclamation points?

Oh, and "worse" is a very, very interesting choice of words there. From my perspective it got better.

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:53 pm

Howdy,

Good price for you, sure. That's all cool and good. Brian isn't complaining against you.

What Brian is saying is $139 is ridiculous from a buyer's perspective. Anyone can buy the entire Silver Anniversary set on any given week for $100. I just sold one for $111. Yet, someone will pay $139 for L3 without the rest of the set. :?:

Heck I should have said, L3 MINT!!! and I'll throw in the rest of a Silver Anniversary set for free! :lol:

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 10:57 pm

Duke, I am nothing but happy for ya. :wink:

That said, I really for the life of me could not figure out what Lance was thinking there.

I mean its great for you no doubt, but I mean realistically what the hell? I can tell you that while your auction was counting down, it made me decide to pick up this auction:

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It sat there for a full 6 days before I decided to pull the trigger.

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Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 11:07 pm

It was an unexpected result, I'll grant you that. It reminds me of the few times that I've sold a CD or DVD on eBay to a buyer who could have actually saved money and gotten a brand-new copy from Amazon or his local Best Buy. And, yes, the irony of you getting the entire set for less money is not lost on me.

Sometimes, who knows, though? Maybe it was "It Must Be Mine Syndrome" ... maybe fewer and fewer people are breaking up the boxed sets, making L3 a little more rare ... maybe it was eBay-n00bzOrz getting too excited (two of those guys appeared to be new-ish). Sometimes with eBay ... well, we wouldn't even have this thread if every result was predictable.

Honestly, I would have been thrilled with $90, so I'll take it.

And, hey, it all just gets handed over to the warden, anyway. Wife, I mean! Wife!

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