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Keith the Thief
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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 10:17 am

This so frustrating. I've been looking for a nice 1st print of MA for a while now ... when I saw the price ...

... my God, I felt like Chuck Jones had drawn my eyes.

I posted a question not too long ago concerning MA's valuation, and I believe the response was that a copy generally sells for $75-80.

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Posted: Sat Jan 20, 2007 11:19 am

invincibleoverlord wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the hand in the photo remind you of our old friend Maxi ?
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Why, is it holding a bong???

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napoleonsdad
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:54 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0075234531

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0075233477

Better hurry if you want these bargains

Near Mint condition :wink:

The Tome of Magic doesn't look like it has any contents.

IttyBitty
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 1:16 pm

napoleonsdad wrote:
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Better hurry if you want these bargains Near Mint condition

The Tome of Magic doesn't look like it has any contents.

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:24 pm

Am I missing something in this auction that would justify the price tag?

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IttyBitty
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:58 am

JohnGaunt wrote:Am I missing something in this auction that would justify the price tag?

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Wishful thinking.... :roll:

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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:04 am

invincibleoverlord wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the hand in the photo remind you of our old friend Maxi

Thanks for posting that ... ridiculous eBay photos are kind of a hobby of mine; I can't get enough of them.

I just can't help wondering what goes through people's heads when the decide to add awful photos to their listings. I mean, for one thing, we live in a digital age: if your first effort sucks, just take another shot!

I'll tell you what goes through my head, though: "This person can't be bothered to take a halfway decent photo; I wonder what else they can't be bothered with?"

deimos3428
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:21 pm

I know this set is popular, but it's not exactly "super rare".

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... &rd=1&rd=1

FormCritic
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:30 pm

deimos3428 wrote:I know this set is popular, but it's not exactly "super rare".

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Well, he got 13 bids...

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le Rahib
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Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:15 pm

Well, ebay france, probably not highly interesting for you, but look at the last 20 minutes of the bid history...

It was a great "mano a mano" -if you use this italian expression, but I am sure you will unterstand :wink:

Condition (Good, not better).

Link

This french module is a combination of DL3, DL4 + DL5.

Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:28 am

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:?:

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

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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:57 am

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I just sold one it better condition....funny thing is the price was identical!

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HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:14 am

I know that Avalon Hill's Dune is a popular game, but this is really getting up there in terms of price:

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Xaxaxe
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Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:38 am

Wow, that's one of the higher Dune results I've ever seen, especially for the "Sting" version.* Also, according to the description, the game is not 100-percent unpunched.

Man, it's results like this one and the recent rash of hela-high prices for the Dwarfstar games (these have been mentioned in some other threads) that have me wanting to do another round of eBay sell-offs. Hell, my copy of Dune is much nicer than that one!

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*In talking with Peter Olotka, one of the designers of the game, it's become very clear to me that practically no one involved thought the "Sting" cover was a good idea. Well, no one except the muckety-mucks at Avalon Hill ...

gyg
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:12 am

what price shrink wrap?

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You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:17 am

gyg wrote:what price shrink wrap?

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That is that guy who posted here a few months ago asking people what they though he should put as prices on the stuff in his store. Everyone who posted a response was pretty much of the concesus that on a shrinkwrapped Mentzer Basic set that he he should put a price of ~£10 at the most. His response was essentially, "Thanks for all the help guys. Based on all of your responses, I think that I will put it in my store for £35."

I guess he finally figured out that no one wanted to buy it for £35 so he graciously lowered the price to £30. What a moron. :roll:

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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:22 am

Actually, I was partially wrong, here is the thread right here:

viewtopic.php?t=4828

It seems that he finally decided on £20 after everyone respnses. Since it didn't sell at all much, he decided to actually raise the price.

Interesting strategy there....

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gyg
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Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:24 am

bclarkie wrote: Interesting strategy there....

my thinking exactly - but ehat do I know? :lol:

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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