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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 11:56 pm

benjoshua wrote:I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-AD-D_W0QQite ... dZViewItem

How many of us are going to ask him, "What are you selling exactly?"

His description is as clear as it could be..

it is:

sddsdf

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 1:21 am

sauromatian wrote:
What do you mean? I see 100%.

Sorry. I was not clear. I am paraphrasing the Seller. If you read his opening sales pitch, he states the item is available from an Amazon Seller who has lousy feedback compared to himself with 100%. i.e. why buy an item with scuffing on the cover for $47 from an Amazon Seller with 96% feedback. He has one in NM condition, has 100% feedback and will start the bidding at a mere $26.

I always find it amusing when Sellers refer to Amazon as silly prices abound amongst the Second Hand book sellers that list there.

However, I know that particular Seller to be very good. His 'I wanna sell second hand cars' sales pitch made me chuckle. I'll edit my original post to make it more clear.

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:42 am

benjoshua wrote:I don't think I have ever seen anything quite like this:

** expired eBay auction **

Aneoth wrote:His description is as clear as it could be..

it is:

Quote:
sddsdf

hmmm....I see the "d" & "d"....& "d".....but I see no "a" and is that really a LOT of AD&D?

....oh well....I guess I bid it up to $1 per letter

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 9:04 am

sddsdf is a left-handed quicktype.

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:00 am

Yeah, for Some D&D Stuff, Dumb F---

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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:23 am

Nice one!

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 2:06 am

Deadlord39 wrote:sddsdf is a left-handed quicktype.

I still think that the cat wanted to try his paw at listing an item.

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:14 am

Katchoo wrote:
I still think that the cat wanted to try his paw at listing an item.

~Kat ^_^

lol

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:17 am

Katchoo wrote:
I still think that the cat wanted to try his paw at listing an item.

~Kat ^_^

Maybe.

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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 7:12 pm

Perhaps he is selling Rage of the Rakasta then.

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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:55 am

So this is what "Used Condition" looks like...

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Advanced-Dungeons-Dr ... 0225511586

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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 4:13 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:So this is what "Used Condition" looks like...

** expired eBay auction **

give the seller their due though - at least they did describe correctly.

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Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 4:27 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:So this is what "Used Condition" looks like...

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Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 8:39 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:So this is what "Used Condition" looks like...

** expired eBay auction **

Hey...give the seller some love! The shipping is only $8.95!

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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 1:39 pm

Erm... I'm confused by the pictures:
** expired eBay auction **

(Actually, almost all the guy's RPG items seem to be the same, this one's just picked at random. I get it, you've got a lot of stock -- I'd have liked to have seen the actual item you're offering though. :roll:

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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:00 am

Extremely rare upside-down printing of Keep on the Borderlands.

** expired eBay auction **

"Slightest to none shelfwear".

Seller must be smoking dried moose droppings up there in Ontario. Obviously something wrong with his eyes. :lol:

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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:57 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:"Slightest to none shelfwear".

Maybe it's a crappy "stock photo".... :lol:

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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:09 pm

That is funny. Look at his M1, "clean pages free of stains or writing" - maybe there is a fine print disclaimer down the bottom - 'this statement excludes tears, scrunching, folding and having been fed through a shredder.'

http://cgi.ebay.com/D-D-Blizzard-Pass-M ... m153.l1262

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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:57 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:That is funny. Look at his M1, "clean pages free of stains or writing" - maybe there is a fine print disclaimer down the bottom - 'this statement excludes tears, scrunching, folding and having been fed through a shredder.'

** expired eBay auction **

Or dog rogered.

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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:26 pm

[edit: Removed my critical comments because I asked the seller if he knew these were coverless. Seller says, "NO! I did not Thank You! I have covers to match, I know nothing about D&D I guess you found that out. I will revise"]

. . .
** expired eBay auction **

Last edited by JohnGaunt on Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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