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Tharizdun
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:43 am

I bought an operational store near L.A. for 20K. That was fully stocked and slightly profitable. The profit margin on those things is crap though. The upside is having a storefront so that you can order through WOTC and whatnot. That's the only upside, IMO :wink:

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:44 am

Lot including TSR Battle of the Five Armies, I.C.E. Battle of Five Armies, and The Battle of Helms Deep:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Same seller also has I.C.E.'s Lonely Mountain and Fellowship of the Ring boardgames.

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Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:07 pm

A decent set of Dragonlance including D11 at $27.50 with less than a day to go.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Sardan
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:19 am

g026r wrote:
I'm curious to know his expenses as well, particularly rent. I've got a feeling that he probably could cut them by a fair bit if he tightened up his shelving (there's a lot of it for the amount of stock visible), did the same with the other bits, and moved into a smaller location.

Granted, there may be a reason he's where he is, but to me it looks like there's plenty of wasted space.

I sent him an email. The shop has a lease which is up for renewal in November, he tells me that he will be renewing. The rent is "992"a month which I assume is $992 a month.

I also asked for a set of accounts and he told me he could email me a excel spreadsheet profit and loss account.

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:19 pm

I swear...nothing good ever shows up on Ebay anymore.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Starting to think the above seller and the below seller may be brother and sister and possibly married as well.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Or maybe they just use each others auction descriptions and live in the same city.

:lol:

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Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:45 pm

- Starting to think the above seller and the below seller may be brother and sister and possibly married as well.
think that before or after clicked on his setup?? hint. don't

bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:04 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:- Starting to think the above seller and the below seller may be brother and sister and possibly married as well.
think that before or after clicked on his setup?? hint. don't

I've seen that picture online before. He just stole it and modified it with the Ebay in the backround. It is still very "YIKES!!", none the less.

Needless to say for anyone who might be looking, it likely would be considered NSFW, so do not click on picture of the trailer if you are anyplace it can get you into trouble. And no I am not kidding.

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Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:13 pm

- I've seen that picture online before. He just stole it and modified it with the Ebay in the backround. It is still very "YIKES!!", none the less.
not sure why they thought was good idea :roll:

eBay + name of other partner/seller yes. slow to spot auction + bid??

bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:19 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:eBay + name of other partner/seller yes. slow to spot auction + bid??

I guess I don't know what you mean here.

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Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:21 pm

I guess I don't know what you mean here.

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bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:34 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:I guess I don't know what you mean here.

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I should be used to it by now I suppose.

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benjoshua
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:34 pm

bclarkie wrote:Needless to say for anyone who might be looking, it likely would be considered NSFW, so do not click on picture of the trailer if you are anyplce it can get you into trouble. And no I am not kidding.

Can people get reported to Ebay for pictures like that? I am not used to seeing that much meat without potatoes. :lol:

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bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:41 pm

benjoshua wrote:
Can people get reported to Ebay for pictures like that? I am not used to seeing that much meat without potatoes.

Well its borderline porn, so maybe. I mean it doesn't really show anything even though the guy is clearly fully naked, but its pretty damn close so I am sure Ebay wouldn't be really happy about it that's for sure.

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g026r
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:48 pm

bclarkie wrote:Well its borderline porn, so maybe. I mean it doesn't really show anything even though the guy is clearly fully naked, but its pretty damn close so I am sure Ebay wouldn't be really happy about it that's for sure.

The picture marked 'debby' in the background is of a topless woman. In other words: the seller probably could get in trouble.

I'm wondering what the story behind all this is myself. I've got the feeling that the layout is obviously meant as a swipe at the other seller, and I'm curious as to why.

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bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:55 pm

g026r wrote:
The picture marked 'debby' in the background is of a topless woman. In other words: the seller probably could get in trouble.

I'm wondering what the story behind all this is myself. I've got the feeling that the layout is obviously meant as a swipe at the other seller, and I'm curious as to why.

Oh, I didn't even catch that. The big fat naked guy was enough to want me to look away in a hurry. :wink:

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Deadlord
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:54 am

Is that brown box #320 for the year? They are becoming all too common.

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ashmire13
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:50 am

Borderline porn maybe, but it's still funny... or is that just me!??!

Rolls a '3'

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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:49 pm

bclarkie wrote:Needless to say for anyone who might be looking, it likely would be considered NSFW, so do not click on picture of the trailer if you are anyplace it can get you into trouble. And no I am not kidding.

Good God . . . my soul hurts after looking at that picture . . .

ashmire13 wrote:Borderline porn maybe, but it's still funny... or is that just me!??!

It's not at the goatse level of pr0n, but it is disturbing. Maybe it will be funny after my eyes can blink again.

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