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Mkman
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:26 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44112



Take a looky. For those wanting to have money and want a quick collection!
  

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 4:31 pm 
 

Where was this guy a couple of years ago!!!



I could have saved about $1000 in shipping!!!



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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:52 pm 
 

yeh i first saw this when it was listed and thought "gee is that all I get"... I think can say now that my collection can now be officailly called "large"...LOL



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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:23 pm 
 

And just about everything in there I've bought at local used book stores over the past 2-3 years in mint condition, often for no more than $7.  Ditto on that "is that all?" thought, ;)
  

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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:23 pm 
 

I hate it when these large collections fail to mention the condition of the items! How can anyone attach a value to these things if we don't know the condition.



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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:27 pm 
 

I hate it when the lister does not know how to, or does not use the <br> tag so it is easy to scan the list of items being auctioned in large lots.



I am too lazy nowdays to read a paragraph that long just to see if there is a hidden treasure.
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:39 pm 
 

yes I must admit to that as well, can't be bothered scanning through the whole lot when they are listed like this, all nice laid out shows some efforft on the sellers part...



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Post Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:19 am 
 

One of the main reasons I more or less stopped buying huge lots was condition...  paid too much only to get a ton of stuff that was incomplete, reeked of mildew, scribbled on, etc.  Too many people selling lots like these don't know jack about collecting, and can't be arsed to go through EVERY book and comment on it.  Granted, I've also got a few "I can't believe its this old and in this condition" lots too.
  

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Post Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 8:58 am 
 

I don't know.  It didn't take me too long to look through the list.  I reckon there must be upwards of 100 items there, so $500 doesn't seem too bad.  The condition doesn't look too grim either, but an email requesting a bit more information couldn't hurt...
  
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