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deimos3428
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:21 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:A fellow black coffee drinker!!! Hot, cold, or left on a burner long enough to have texture. Black coffee is my fuel of choice!
None of those sissy "grande! Frappe! Latte!" drinks for me!
Besides, I'd rather have a large Tim Horton's black coffee than something poured by a "Barista" any day!
My motto is "If it's not strong enough to stain wood, it's not coffee!"

I agree, but I will occasionally use cream if I'm too impatient to let it cool. My preference is cold, black, and as close to the consistency of pitch as possible.

gyg
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:58 am

** expired eBay auction **

description made me laugh - guess it's not hers

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

HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:34 pm

A must to own!

First print dungeon masters rulebook - only $12.00 starting bid

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:47 pm

The photos are the funny part. Are they accurate images of the last thing an adventurer sees when charging into a dragon's lair?

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Badmike
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 4:43 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:The photos are the funny part. Are they accurate images of the last thing an adventurer sees when charging into a dragon's lair?

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** expired eBay auction **

Yeh, and after drinking a fifth of Cuervo Gold....

Mike B.

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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:38 pm

One of my alternate eBay accounts won this. Shipping was discounted to Media Mail, so it's a $15 Rules Compendium and whatever the other bits are.

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** expired eBay auction **

The seller seemed nice enough, but what kind of monster uses "unusual horse toy straps to your leg for your child to" as an auction title?

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Yes, it's safe for work, though I didn't think before I clicked. :oops:

flying_purple_monkfish
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:52 am

wtf!??? that thing is scary! pure terror.

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HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:59 am

Clifford was embarrassed entering the meeting room when he realised he'd forgotten to do up his fly.

Take II

Clifford was embarrassed entering the meeting room, when he realised he'd left his unusual horse toy strapped to his leg.

stumbling tiger
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:56 am

Auction for "White Plum Mountain":

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Mmm-mmm: yummy white plums. :lol:

napoleonsdad
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:23 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=44112

Near New :?:

killjoy32
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:03 pm

napoleonsdad wrote:
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Near New

well it might be to someone in the 3rd world somewhere

Everyone is entitled to my opinion

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g026r
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:05 pm

Clearly what the seller means is that he stores it near a new copy. :lol:

(I've found that abcdex is sometimes a little generous with quality ratings, but that's just ridiculous.)

napoleonsdad
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:46 am

Clearly what the seller means is that he stores it near a new copy.

(I've found that abcdex is sometimes a little generous with quality ratings, but that's just ridiculous.)

Maybe the linoleum is new :idea:

silver_beetle
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:51 pm

Excellent physical condition. Excellent copy in general and has no writing or marks other than a previous owner's name on the front cover and on the booklet cover.

Well, it is still vaguely rectangular...

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napoleonsdad
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:41 pm

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This doesn't really qualify as laughable but it's close enough.

I really don't hold much regard for sellers who make it the responsibility of the buyer to find out the details of the item being sold. Are the sets complete??? I guess it's up to me to ask.

The laughable part is the sentence "You may not make a claim with Paypal as my items are sold as is". :roll:

sauromatian
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:46 pm

silver_beetle wrote:Well, it is still vaguely rectangular...

The rectangular prism of a book is of course 'the lozenge-shaped world of Glorantha.'

Xaxaxe
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 7:40 pm

napoleonsdad wrote:"You may not make a claim with Paypal as my items are sold as is"

Um ... sure I can. Just watch me!

Orcus spare me from idiot sellers who think that they can take away buyers' rights ...

silver_beetle
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 1:51 pm

Xaxaxe wrote:Um ... sure I can. Just watch me!

Orcus spare me from idiot sellers who think that they can take away buyers' rights ... [ Image ]

I think the only time that strategy (saying the item is sold as-is) would be a device that is advertised as non-operational. E.g., I sold a couple of minidisc recorders that were kaputt, and I very clearly advertised them as such. Because they were sold as-is, someone couldn't come back and say "they don't work!" But, I guess it's that the item has to fit the description.

"We were put on this Earth to fart around."
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napoleonsdad
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:05 pm

I think the only time that strategy (saying the item is sold as-is) would be a device that is advertised as non-operational. E.g., I sold a couple of minidisc recorders that were kaputt, and I very clearly advertised them as such. Because they were sold as-is, someone couldn't come back and say "they don't work!" But, I guess it's that the item has to fit the description.

The thing that really tees me off is this seller (and others) makes it incumbent on the buyer to find out what they are bidding on. I mean really, it should be up to the seller to describe what they are selling (I can't tell what's in the boxes) otherwise he is running nothing more than a mystery grab bag auction and should denote that in the title.

forkbeard
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:57 am

He doesn't like people who watch his items. hehehe.

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