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Xaxaxe
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:00 pm

Ah, Talisman ... down that road leads madness. Madness, I say!

Talisman (second edition) was one of my first collection fetishes when I discovered eBay. I finally had it all (sans Dragons), all in nice individual boxes, by about 1999 or 2000 ... and then I re-sold all of it. I think pursuing Talisman was more fun than owning Talisman.

Sorry, I'm getting off-topic ... give me a few minutes to find and post something laughable.

g026r
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:02 pm

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:I wish there was some way I could block their schwag from my auction searches - I waste more time sorting through their false advertising than any other damn seller.

If we're talking eBay, then you can -- it just takes a bit more work.

On the advanced search page there's a field that allows you to exclude sellers. It's not immediately visible (since eBay hides all the extra search fields until you click the second 'Advanced Search' link), and you've got to go back to said page for every subsequent search.

On the other hand, saving the search to your favourites afterwards will keep the excluded sellers list.

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

guerret
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Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:09 pm

beasterbrook wrote:
2nd ed or 3rd ed?

Brette:)

2nd Edition Talisman has no such expansion. I have the complete 2nd edition myself, and it's:

Talisman
Expansion Set
Adventure
Dungeon
Timescape
City
Dragons

Narl
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:03 am

This is probably a bargain, but I have no idea what is being sold:

http://cgi.ebay.com/dugeons-dragonsover ... dZViewItem

Narl

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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:31 pm

I found this (and the seller's other, similar auction descriptions) rather humorous. [Non-TSR]...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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flying_purple_monkfish
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:55 am

well er... um. I see what looks like a he-man figure and some dice...

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Badmike
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:17 am

Narl wrote:This is probably a bargain, but I have no idea what is being sold:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Narl

Looks like someone cleaned out their loose mini and dice drawer! Surprised there isn't a pair of socks in there somewhere....

Mike B.

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g026r
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 12:44 pm

Only partially laughable description, but I came across this while searching:

To Canada -- US $20.00
USPS Priority Mail International Flat Rate EnvelopeTM

You know, it's really nice when by their own shipping quote they're showing me that they employ a 100%+ shipping markup. :lol:

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

g026r
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:38 pm

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0011743150

From an auction for the 2nd ed. Ravenloft Domains of Dread sourcebook:

These sell for up to $199 at internet booksellers.

I want to know what Internet booksellers this seller has been checking, because even the highest priced copies at Amazon and abebooks aren't even a quarter of that. :lol:

"Reader, Carthegena was of the mind, that unto thoſe Three Things, which the Ancients held Impoſſible, there ſhould be added this Fourth ; To find a Book Printed without Errata's."

Badmike
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:43 pm

g026r wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

From an auction for the 2nd ed. Ravenloft Domains of Dread sourcebook:
I want to know what Internet booksellers this seller has been checking, because even the highest priced copies at Amazon and abebooks aren't even a quarter of that.

Always nice to see a seller so dedicated to his buyers he's willing to take a $190 loss on an item like that... :roll:

Effing idiot.

Mike B.

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benjoshua
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:29 pm

I like the line in this guy's auction, "PLUS IF the auction is won within 7 days, two additional mags: dragons 208 and 146."

** expired/removed eBay auction **

And, when else would they be won? :roll:

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flying_purple_monkfish
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:37 pm

ahahah wow.. my mind just broke.. I mean that's almost as good as the question someone asked on a forum the other day "How many centimetres are in a kilogram?"
My brain broke at that, it honestly broke. My partner tells me it can be done using quantum physics but I argue that ANYTHING is possible with quantum physics. Maybe this guy is using a similar theory? Hmm, the same auction running tangently in alternate realties perhaps?

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guerret
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:30 pm

flying_purple_monkfish wrote:"How many centimetres are in a kilogram?"

42!

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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 8:47 pm

flying_purple_monkfish wrote:Hmm, the same auction running tangently in alternate realties perhaps?

Only if the auctions aren't being observed.

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Xaxaxe
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 9:38 pm

Check out Diamond Dave's latest "VCG."

http://cgi.ebay.com/GAMMA-WORLD-1981-B- ... p1638.m122

That's a pretty cool addition to the cover: flying blue guy firing red death ray.

Dave, you are the biggest joke on eBay.

smarmy1
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:12 pm

Xaxaxe wrote:Check out Diamond Dave's latest "VCG."

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Dave now says he is a 'Gold' powerseller. Is this new? Or has the Coug's alchemy experiment finally worked by turning titanium (powerseller) into gold? :lol:

DaCoug wrote:
VGC
About me & Terms of Trade
Very please to announce that I am now GOLD rated powerseller
Shipping: I will ship Worldwide, but Buyer pays shipping & handling costs!
PLEASE NOTE AS OF 7 APRIL ROYAL MAIL POSTAGE CHARGES HAVE GONE UP

Ooops!!! Apparently he has been gold for some time.

Hello Mrs. Cleaver, Theodore.

Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ... That certainly is a lovely dress.

gyg
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:05 am

for some time he had been a 'rated powerseller' - the titanium went but was never replaced! (Typical Coug really - eg Post office prices are still going up in April and different currencies is heading 4 but 1-3 have disappeared - cutting and pasting but no actual thinking)-

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

Deadlord
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 10:00 am

flying_purple_monkfish wrote:ahahah wow.. my mind just broke.. I mean that's almost as good as the question someone asked on a forum the other day "How many centimetres are in a kilogram?"

Got that beat. One of the salespeople asked me the other day if I could use Peachtree to replace Active Directory in our Windows 2003 network.
I'm guessing the guy had a BIN up, or he means PAY withing 7 days. Either way, it is a shameful abuse of grammar.
If you really want a laugh, look at some of the listings on Craigslist. The spelling and grammar would make a 6 year old laugh.

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