Sea-to-sky-games wrote:I meant Inverness. Thanks for so politely correcting me.If his intent isn't to sell it, why list it on his site? To display his ownership of it? I'm sure he wouldn't be disappointed if someone took him up on the offer.
dragonstrove wrote:LOL, I was wondering how long it would take for someone to complain about that. Look, these are my own private copies. I wasn't really looking to sell them, but I wanted to populate the "collector's area" of my web site. So I figured out what it would take for me to part with them, and if someone wants to pay it, they are out of here.Do I believe that will happen? Probably not. Am I trying to establish a new value for them? Nope. Did I just buy them and am looking to flip them for a quick buck? Nope, got them probably 8 years ago. But I have this new fangled web site that lets me show pictures, and well I have noticed that these have suddenly become one of my most viewed items, so people have obviously visited the site. There you have it. Michael
Thats why I posted the old link, so you could read it for yourself. If you are going to read up on all the old posts and act like you have actually been a member here for more than 6 weeks, then you might want to get your facts straight before popping off.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:His original comments are perfectly consistent with my observations (that is, he'd take the sale, but is doing it primarily for display). He values the Inverness at exactly $3000. That is, he'd be 100% indifferent between having the $3000 and having just the module.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:Believe it or not Brian, but all sellers do this. For instance, you do the exact same thing when you sell all your smaller items, except your reservation price for those items is obviously a lot lower.
HermitFromPluto wrote:I am confused with the discussion here. The first link on the thread shows the item is still available and has not been sold.$2,060.05 with the BIN still active.
red_bus wrote:He could be pretty wealthy and also misled by the Acaeum prices. While the index lists a M Tsojconth at $1150 (book value (?) ), if you look at the last few prices from auction in the description, it looks like prices might be on a fast climb - as there are two big recent figures towards the end. If I recall from the discussion on T&T's pricing - they actually used one or more of those prices as a guide for their sales listing. Now we have seen the last three go for $1366.76, $965.00 and $1120.75 (unless I am missing some )- so a possible downward trend, and we can see that they guy wasted nigh on a thousand dollars. But if he is busy (or busy and rich ) he might never know. I was happy to scoff at T&T's methods, but maybe they have a point... ps. to be clear here I am not suggesting that Acaeum should update its prices realtime, or even that regularly - that's not what I think it is for. Simply that with some rares people may see a rapidly rising prices where they are not.
Badmike wrote:For him, it was actually more economical to pay some ridiculous price all at once and get the stuff he needed all at one time, searching for the items actually wasted him money rather than save it.Mike B.
lucyjoyce wrote:I know some people like instant gratification, but to me the fun of collecting is in the hunt and in getting a bargain. Getting it all at once might fill your shelves, but to me it would cheapen the experience.
deimos3428 wrote:Ok, I'm not senile. Here's what Troll & Toad had to say in their own words a while back:viewtopic.php?p=71777&highlight=#71777Does anyone really believe the Tsojconth sold for that much, now? Neat marketing trick, I must admit. You don't have to be a bclarkie to figure this one out.
Badmike wrote:It certainly might raise an eyebrow. But isn't that a bit much in ebay fees to pay to just market/advertise an item? What is ebay's cut on a giant sale like that?Mike B.
bclarkie wrote:I am really glad you worked that out for him. I really love how you try to shoe horn someone else's thoughts into to your own faulty economic theories on buying, selling & collecting.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:If his intent isn't to sell it, why list it on his site? To display his ownership of it?
dragonstrove wrote:I wasn't really looking to sell them, but I wanted to populate the "collector's area" of my web site.
Sea-to-sky-games wrote:I'm sure he wouldn't be disappointed if someone took him up on the offer.
dragonstrove wrote:So I figured out what it would take for me to part with them, and if someone wants to pay it, they are out of here.