Sea-to-sky-games wrote:
You need Brian to get on your case.. you'll be past 2000 in no time.

I am sorry, what exactly have you contributed to this site?

Duke,
Before you go, can I appropriate that awesome Couglander pic for my avvy?

Thanks man!  

STS

I'd buy 500 copies at $900 each.

Xaxaxe wrote:StS, you seem stunned that we all don't subscribe to your bizarre theories of economics. Don't be; most of them don't even make any sense. That doesn't mean you have to post them over and over and over ...

Yup have to agree with that!  

Xaxaxe wrote:Brian, where is all the anger and venom coming from? Check your last 100 posts: how many times do you use terms such "moron," "clueless," or "idiot"? How many rolly-eyes have you used? What's with the over-the-top attacks on certain targets?

Brian, definitely time to ease off.  STS is definitely getting under your skin and that is not a good thing.  Key point here is that most of the people here don't subscribe to STS's beliefs and no amount of his pushing them will change that fact.  Besides I have better things to focus on like meeting the REAL Acaeum members at GenCon!

Xaxaxe wrote:Whatever; you guys figure it out. I'll check back in a month or so and see if anyone here is actually discussing D&D collecting. Or maybe I won't, seeing as how the signal-to-noise ratio here is getting to be as bad as Dragonfoot's.

Hopefully that is not the case ... the valuation board is depleted enough as it is right now.

"Rut Ro, Runk Again!"

"clink"

Badmike wrote:
Wow, someone just had to have it.  Insanity.  

Mike B.

Hi guys!
I'm the ....... (add your preferred definition of me) guy who just bought the caverns of tsojconth for 2 grands
Since it's not too much time that I know of the Acaeum, I'll use this opportunity to make your acquaintance!
I just wanted to give you some insight on what I did, which I hope will help solve some of your questions (about my actions)

I'll start with the "rational" reasons:
1) As some have pointed out, I live in Italy. This brings some interesting things. First of all, these getting paid in EURO raises a lot my purchasing power versus the dollar... I used to buy in the US - actually, I used to be one of your customers, Mike! How are you doing these days? Happy to meet you again!!!!! (BTW, I'm Luca from Italy, check your records from 5-6 years ago... - sorry for the spin off.
What was I sayng? Oh, yeah! My money is worth a lot nowadays! that's the first thing.
Second, I can't go to all the CONS that happen overthere... Actually I've never been to one. I wish I could go to GENCON some day.. Maybe for my honeymoon! This means that I have only the net to get some of the stuff that I want.
2) Yes, I'm willing to pay higher sums than the "normal e-bay deals" - if something like that can really exist... I usually look only for SW items, and honestly, to me buying from a big retailer, which "should" be more reliable, is totally worth the 5 or 10 bucks more that I pay. Moreover, once I find people that I can trust, I rarely buy somewhere else if they have what I need. I hope this explains why I stick with the people I "know", like I did years ago with Mike B.
I actually I'm also a recurring customer from NKG (Hi Aaron), which probably has bought a new Viper by now with my money....
This for the same reasons: great service, cheap prices (believe me: no matter what you think, if I bought the same thing in italy, I would have spent 20 to 30% more - even after S&H costs. The sale price for the new colossal blue dragon in Italian stores is 40€ i.e. around 50$....)
3) per the reasons above, AD&D collectors'stuff is rarer in italy, and is therefore more valued.
One of the most complete italian guides rates the module I just bought as ultra-rare and worth 1400€ (around 1800$, more or less)
4) luckily, four uninterrupted bull years in the Stock Exchange have given me more money for my hobby!

These are the ratonal reasons, but the real truth behind my purchase is quite simpler (if maybe stupid).
I'm a huge fan of AD&D since more than 20 years. And I decided to eventually collect ALL of the D&D-AD&D items ever published. possibly in Mint or SW conditions, so I can pass them to my son(s) as my personal legacy... (Or to Manolo if I won't have kids....).
I don't care about the monetary value of those items. Actually, I don't plan to ever resell them. I'm not looking for the best deal. If I get one, all the better, but to me the importan thing is "to get the item".
To me, D&D items are part of my youth, and some of my fondest memories. not an investment that must be "sound", but the well into which to throw the money made with "sound" investments (sorry for the pun)!!!
Besides, as long as someone is willing to spend one and half million dollars for some stupid collection of old signatures, I'll always be in good company at the sanitarium!!!!!

And, I too saw the Inverness at Dragontrove.
And, Yes, I toyed with the idea of buying it.
And, if you don't take it off your site, I'll probably do it as soon as I have the money!
And I won't put it for sale, for sure! I already buoght the IKEA displaying glass to put it under...

hope to hear from you guys!

see ya

Luca a.k.a Sven

bombadil wrote:Well, congratulations, Luca.  Did it arrive yet, and if so, how was the condition?

Thanks!
actually it arrived this eve with FedEx.
It seems in NM conditions as described!
Gosh, typed sheets and ziplog bags... these really were the good days of old!

Wow Sven.  I'm sure the offers to sell other rares have been coming in, but if not, I'll try to save you a few thousand in the currency of your choice:

Post what you're looking for here first!  (In the Classifieds section.)  These guys won't rip you off.