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Post Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:08 pm 
 

Kingofpain89 wrote:
I have bought from Guido quite often in the past and even though he doesnt always have the best descriptions and isnt the nitpickiest grader, he usually provides great pictures and his customer service is better than most sellers.  He is also a member of the forum.  Too bad he doesnt include the crazy stories with his auctions anymore.  We used to give him some shit over those a few years ago but they were an interesting read to say the least.  :D


I liked the stories too, in time!
Like a lot of other things on ebay, those days seem to be fading awa.

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Post Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:42 pm 
 

Busman wrote:I love this guy:


** expired/removed eBay auction **



The following quotes are all from his item description:

   * S1 - TOMB OF HORRORS monochrome ; some highlighting
   * The lot is in excellent condition (see item Rating System below).

   Excellent = clearly not new, but still in great shape; no serious problems; no writing, highlighting, or stains; light corner/edge wear; may have price tag still affixed (good item for a typical user)


I've looked through several of his items and they are listed as in excellent condition and most list some or a lot of highlighting.




Awwww, F!!!  :oops:   Not a cut and paste error, just a plain screw up.   Thanks for calling me on it.   I have been using the same rating system for so long . . . .    I think I noticed the highlighting after the initial grading and then forgot to change the grading.  



Busman - was it me that mixed up the items and did not send the one in the pic?   If so let me know bud, I will make it up to you somehow.



Sorry King, no stories any more.   Got too much flak for causing "search" problems and my daughter grew up.   The growing up part makes me saddest.   Maybe she will travel with me to Gen Con and we can share a few with ya.



Anyhow, if I ever mess up on someones eBay auction, let me know!!   I will fix it.


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Post Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 12:47 am 
 

Guido-the-Gypsy wrote:
Awwww, F!!!  :oops:   Not a cut and paste error, just a plain screw up.   Thanks for calling me on it.   I have been using the same rating system for so long . . . .    I think I noticed the highlighting after the initial grading and then forgot to change the grading.  

Busman - was it me that mixed up the items and did not send the one in the pic?   If so let me know bud, I will make it up to you somehow.

Sorry King, no stories any more.   Got too much flak for causing "search" problems and my daughter grew up.   The growing up part makes me saddest.   Maybe she will travel with me to Gen Con and we can share a few with ya.

Anyhow, if I ever mess up on someones eBay auction, let me know!!   I will fix it.


No, it was another seller. And I even ended up giving them a positive rating. Like I said, the item I received was in similar condition, so it wasn't terrible.

And no worries about the item description, I actually got a chuckle out of it. It's so obviously is a cut and paste job that you have to laugh.

  


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Post Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 8:21 pm 
 

Yup, bought from ya too. Recommended.
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Post Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:02 pm 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/players-manual-DUNG ... dZViewItem



Check out the picture of this guy's headquarters :lol:   Which car do you think he found this book under? :wink:

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:12 pm 
 

napoleonsdad wrote:
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Check out the picture of this guy's headquarters :lol:   Which car do you think he found this book under? :wink:




I recall seeing that seller appearing in this forum in the past... :puker:

If you want to test your constitution... :puker:  click on the picture of his trailer. :puker:


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Post Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:20 pm 
 

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I recall seeing that seller appearing in this forum in the past... :puker:
If you want to test your constitution... :puker:  click on the picture of his trailer. :puker:


Why did I look at that? Cruel man, cruel.

  

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:34 pm 
 

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Why did I look at that? Cruel man, cruel.


:lol: Think it is now an initiation process for posting Ebay links

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Post Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:06 pm 
 

I recall seeing that seller appearing in this forum in the past...  
If you want to test your constitution...   click on the picture of his trailer.


The puking emoticon sums it up pretty well.  God only knows where that book has been.

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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:22 pm 
 

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The puking emoticon sums it up pretty well.  God only knows where that book has been.


Don't ask him how he flattens stuff out...


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:51 pm 
 

Seller has six auctions for  "Dungeons & Dragons Original Collector Edition!!"



. . . eBay listings



But, wait.  That's a picture of the Manual of the Planes, not an OCE.  The two sentences of the item description that actually mention the item say "TSR Original Collector Edition . . .  Unless otherwise stated you are bidding on the item in the pic."



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Same seller has Jack Chick's Dark Dungeon tract.  "Comic From The Game Convention. If you was not there you didn't get one."  Ummm, WTF?

  


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:58 pm 
 

JohnGaunt wrote:Same seller has Jack Chick's Dark Dungeon tract.  "Comic From The Game Convention. If you was not there you didn't get one."  Ummm, WTF?


And apparently it costs $18 to ship it to Canada.  How's the US shipping on it?  Just as bad? :lol:


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:34 pm 
 

And apparently it costs $18 to ship it to Canada.  How's the US shipping on it?  Just as bad?



Here's a quote from the seller:

International buyers please be aware shipping is higher for international first class or international priority mail, but we will try and ship a item the cheapest way we can


They charge Canadians $20.65 for shippingand overseas buyers $28.40.  Maybe the seller doesn't realize that a single book can fit into a Priority mail flat-rate envelope for a lot less?

It would cost $7.99 for the seller to ship to me and I just happen to live in Boise, ID too.

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:58 pm 
 

I just had to post this one up.




** expired/removed eBay auction **




New in package? Like, he'll gift wrap it for you? I honestly tried to understand...and it just didn't work. Maybe you guys will have better luck. :)



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Post Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 3:16 pm 
 

I just had to post this one up.

http://cgi.ebay.com/L2-THE-ASSASSINS-KN ... -PACKAGE_W 0QQitemZ150223542688QQihZ005QQcategoryZ44112QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc mdZViewItem

New in package? Like, he'll gift wrap it for you? I honestly tried to understand...and it just didn't work. Maybe you guys will have better luck.  




Maybe the picture isn't the one he is selling?  One time a guy listed a new shrink wrapped B11 or B12 with a photo of a very used module.  When asked about it he said that he didn't have time to post a photo of the shrink wrapped item so he just used an old photo he had.  It turned out to indeed be shrink wrapped.

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Post Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:47 pm 
 

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Post Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:38 pm 
 

The price is a bit much, but the title made me chuckle:



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"gammagammagammalordknightsong"?



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This one made me wince: "RARE lot of The Dragon magazines 4 DUNGEONS and DRAGONS", where the "4" means "For", and number of magazines is 15.



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Post Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:42 pm 
 

:scratch:  :scratch:  :scratch:

How in the world did you find that? Does any of that nonsense actually show up in a standard eBay title search?

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