serleran wrote:High opening bids essentially kill 90% of the interest, as only the select few with the money will want it, and they probably already have one, or three. Sucks, really, but such is the way of things. I wish it weren't right after Christmas and right before Valentine's Day... one day, though, I'll get a woodgrain again. Just have to wait and wait.

Yeh, it's a perception thing. If he started the opening bid at $1000, still a lot, he'd sell the thing.  Maybe his next "lowering" of the item will finally catch a fish.


Mike B.

Hilarious.

"This has sentimental value for me, so I want to make sure I get a decent value".

Translation:
"This is worth a bit, so I want to make sure no one gets it cheap."

bclarkie wrote:Jade Hare w/apology letter:


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1 opening bid of $9.99 with a reserve and a $150 BIN

Good catch.



One last warning, though: newbie seller, poor feedback, immediate payment required. Added together, I'm thinking: "my car payment is due the day after this auction ends." The winning bidder should be prepared for numerous annoying emails if he doesn't pay within three minutes.

The seller does not say if the Jade Hare itself is hole punched.
If you look where the letter covers the lower left corner of the module there is a dark spot that could be a punched hole.

Bunch of 21st Century Games mini rulebooks and box sets:



http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-TWE-Collectibl ... dZViewItem



Unfortunately it is a U.S. only auction.  Read a little further down and you find out why:

4. I do not ship outside of the US. Yes, that means you too, so don't send me a "please make an exception for me" eBay message. Sorry, you can blame...

   -the French. For some reason, they believe that they don't have to pay for what they've won, and get indignant when you say otherwise. It happened all three times with the only three French bidders I've ever had, so there's definitely something to it.

   -the Australians and British. I'm sorry that it takes a long time for mail to get to you, but I don't feel like being cussed at via email for it.

   -Me, for everybody else. I'm too lazy to fill out the international mailing forms.

Wonder if he ever sold anything to Cougar?  Jeez!  

I just asked:

Dear Seller, I am quite interested in possibly purchasing this module, but I was wondering if this item is hole-punched.  You clearly state the letter is hole-punched, but make no reference to the module itself and looking at your picture it appears that I can see a hole in it as it appears to be showing as much.  Can you please clarify for me if in fact the module itself is 3 hole punched? Thanks for your time, Brian

Hello, I'm the seller of the Jade Hare, I came here to clear up a couple of points since there was some untrue points flying around here:

1) my car is paid for, so I'm not going to pester anyone about not paying unless you are 7-8 days past the end of the auction and haven't even bothered to contact me.

2)  My feedback is low due to two crappy foreign buyers, one who wanted to use western union bidpay (scammer) and another who's package got lost in the mail and though I should refund them even though they didn't insure the package.

3)  My camera is mega-crappy, so to get a good clean shot of both items, I layered them.  I thought I mentioned both were hole punched in the description, unfortunately I missed it.

The reason I'm liquidating my collection is to make room for my new baby, all the cash I get from it will go to her college fund.    

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Babydragon wrote:The reason I'm liquidating my collection is to make room for my new baby, all the cash I get from it will go to her college fund.

Cool ... congrats. I sold a bunch of stuff when my 1-year-old was born, so I've been in that boat before.

One difference, though: he'll be going to community college. And he'll like it.

Kingofpain89 wrote:Bunch of 21st Century Games mini rulebooks and box sets:


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Unfortunately it is a U.S. only auction.  Read a little further down and you find out why:



Wonder if he ever sold anything to Cougar?  Jeez!  

  Of course he is entirely within his right to sell to who he likes - but lines  like that unfortunately make him just sound like a dickhead - and who wants to buy from someone who is rude as well as lazy?  



Plus, if you read the positive feedback comments too - there are a couple of comments which make him sound a bit 'optimistic' in his item descriptions too