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tntwargo
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 8:23 am

ODD set with Infernax

Doesn't anyone else see something odd about this auction? Not only does the seller have a zero feedback rating, but they have been a member since 2003 and talk about offering another gem from their collection in the auction. Anytime I see a 0 feedback from a longtime member, I wonder what they have been doing all those years. I would rather a 0 rating be a newer member. It just makes more sense. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I would not touch this auction with a 10' wooden pole. -Tom

Started playing D&D at Great Lakes in '76-'77. Went to Dungeon in Lake Geneva. Got to adventure in original Blackmoor. SavedÂ some rare pieces from then, not in best shape: Palace of Vampire Queen, Beastmaker Mountain. Started collecting recently.

Deadlord
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:26 am

Infernax is a neat litle item. Always been one of my favorites, though it's not terribly useful.

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

Deadlord
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:11 pm

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Couple lizard logo supplements.

If you hit a Rowsdower, you get to keep it.

bombadil
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:45 pm

tntwargo wrote:ODD set with Infernax

Doesn't anyone else see something odd about this auction? Not only does the seller have a zero feedback rating, but they have been a member since 2003 and talk about offering another gem from their collection in the auction. Anytime I see a 0 feedback from a longtime member, I wonder what they have been doing all those years. I would rather a 0 rating be a newer member. It just makes more sense. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I would not touch this auction with a 10' wooden pole. -Tom

Good shilling strategy. Put an item up for sale under a new (or 0-feedback) ID, then bid on it with your reputable ebay ID.

Not that that's what's happening in this instance...

Let mirth prevail!

Kosh Vorlontay
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:04 pm

Dragonbone with 8 hrs to go:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

"Ah, you seek meaning? Then listen to the music, not the song."

"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."

red_bus
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:04 pm

This guy has a few interesting older items (yes, I am thinking of the 1940s mixing bowl).

eBay listings

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!

Blackmoor
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 7:48 pm

PM-Knight wrote:

SHHHHHH!!! or you'll wake the Giant Bidders that live here.

Oh no, I think they heard you, Hey OVER HERE, look at this auction with a Combat Wheel . . . ahhh look at it spin

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Whew, I hope that distracted them

This is not the Rare fighting wheel like this one

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/miscpag ... front.html

It is the Dragon giveaway

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

Zenopus
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Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:55 pm

FYI, NobleKnight has a copy of the Dungeonmaster's Index (by Dave Arneson) for $150:

Dungeonmaster's Index

No picture; stated as VG/NM

Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:08 am

[quote="zhowar"]FYI, NobleKnight has a copy of the Dungeonmaster's Index (by Dave Arneson) for $150:
$40 on ebay more usual. other copy looks rough but often is

Theleb
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:01 am

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:
zhowar wrote:FYI, NobleKnight has a copy of the Dungeonmaster's Index (by Dave Arneson) for $150:
$40 on ebay more usual. other copy looks rough but often is

I don't recall ever seeing a copy that was not in rough condition. It always seems to be battered.

jasonw1239
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:18 pm

Brown book set, no box.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Check out my Chaosium sourcebook.
Secrets of Tibet

Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 5:59 pm

- Brown book set, no box.

** expired/removed eBay auction **
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only oce but good price + mailing cost for working or reading copy

gyg
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:03 pm

JasonZavoda wrote:
I find the zero feedback of the seller especially enticing.

not everyone has been scared off just yet!!!

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

JasonZavoda
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:16 pm

gyg wrote:
not everyone has been scared off just yet!!!

It may well be for real it is just very odd to see someone who has been on ebay for awhile with no feedback post this kind of auction. It rings bells, it does.

gyg
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:54 pm

All sorts of alarm bells should be ringing, but hey, life's a risk!!
I would imagine that he has answered more than one question, regarding inspection of the items and/or possibility of personal collection (the ultimate way to not get ripped off

).
Bottom line is that this auction will probably go for slightly less than it might be expected to, mainly because if the zero feedback issue. (And a good chance it will go to a member here?)

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

copycat
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:05 am

If I had the money, I'd be bidding. Not worth doing it if there's no risk.

Those who can, don't. Those who should not, do.

JasonZavoda
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 12:29 am

serleran wrote:If I had the money, I'd be bidding. Not worth doing it if there's no risk.

If you had the money then there'd be no risk. Besides if you pay with a credit card you are pretty safe from being defrauded on ebay.

aia
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:17 am

zhowar wrote:FYI, NobleKnight has a copy of the Dungeonmaster's Index (by Dave Arneson) for $150:

Dungeonmaster's Index

No picture; stated as VG/NM

....what's that exactly?!?!

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