mdr003 wrote:I just had a troublesome quandary.I've been looking for a particular boardgame for the past three years, called Ant Wars. It was designed by Dave Trampier and Jason McAllister, and published as their second game (after Titan). In the past three years I've seen it on ebay only once, about a month after I started looking. I was outbid on that copy but thought, no matter, it will come up again soon.Of course, I never saw it on ebay again. As well as weekly searches on ebay, I do semi-regular google searches, hoping to find it at one of the big OOP stockists. A year ago I found a hit at a place called Enterprise Games... but it was a cached page, and their copy had long gone.So today I did a search, and came up with a hit - on a current page - the seller had it in stock, in near mint condition. It was a little pricey, but after three years it would have had to be stupidly pricey to make me hesitate.What did make me hesitate though was the reseller - Troll and Toad. I've never bought from them before, and after reading numerous anecdotes on here about their service and rather optimistic condition grading vowed that I never would. Of course, vows are all well and good and are easy to keep, until the time comes when they get tested. So.... do I take a risk with T&T and buy the game, or do I hold on to my principles, pass on it and wait for it to come up again elsewhere?Before you reply, I should add that its a rhetorical question - my principles lasted for all of 30 seconds. Thats how long it took my desire for the game to overcome them and I placed the order.I'll let you know how it goes, with regard to T&T service and whether the game is as described. Hopefully I'll be able to report back good things.RegardsMike
Badmike wrote:Generally, the complaint with T&T is that their items are stupidly overpriced....if you found the game for a decent price (for you), you probably benefitted. I don't believe in cutting off your nose to spite your face in this instance. Now, if it had been a more common item (say, a D&D module) I would have suggested waiting a bit to see if a better deal pops up.Mike B.
Deadlord39 wrote:Response from Ypsilanti (sounds like a fukin creature):
bclarkie wrote:BTW, not to change the subject, but avoid this seller at all costs:eBay listingsThis is the same guy as before, back again for the THIRD time now. I think everyone should also report him to Ebay as well as he is the Yspilanti, Michigan version of jonb, he steals people's money. We need to bring this down before he can steal anyone elses money. It looks as if he already has some completed auctions, but its not to late. For more info on this guy from his past incarnations, check here in the locked "Shady Dealer" thread:viewtopic.php?t=1688&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=ypsi&start=923