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harami2000
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:27 pm

a2jeff wrote:Some of them went for almost as much as the R's!!

Almost as much, Jeff?

T1 (SW'd with slight spine creasing); $218
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8737492864

R1 (SW'd NM; "copy #1"); $213
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8732815590

:lol:

:lol: :lol:

(erm, am I overdoing those LOL's? )

a2jeff wrote:Maybe not, I'd probably only get $10 each...

Or even less than his SW'd UK4, perhaps; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8726513652 ?

A worryingly sane $6 for that...

Zenopus
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 8:51 pm

harami2000 wrote:
A worryingly sane $6 for that...

For some reason, I find that extremely funny.

I would've paid at least $6.50!

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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:06 pm

zhowar1 wrote:
harami2000 wrote:

A worryingly sane $6 for that...

For some reason, I find that extremely funny.

I would've paid at least $6.50!

*nods and ups the bid to $7*

(my personal copy is well trashed... hey, but at least I got it back from the loan)

Half tempted by SW'd X8 (same seller) at $12, too; http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 8726515507

Definitely an indication the crazy "must have" SW competition is /extremely/ limited in scope.

Lord Soth
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:27 pm

bclarkie wrote:
a2jeff wrote:Good lord someone snarfed down too many insanity peppers on geo's mono shrinks:

search-completed.ebay.com/search/search ... amp;fsoo=1

Some of them went for almost as much as the R's!!

Maybe I should throw a few up and pay for my Fazzle that way....

Maybe not, I'd probably only get $10 each...

Well, seeing those prices makes me glad I didnt even bother to put in snipes on them.

I may be a little guy out here in the D&D collecting universe but how are you supposed to get anything with crazy bids like this! I wanted to get the mono White Plume Mountain to add to the collection but some dumb azz bid over $200 on it?????? I might have gone $60 or so and I thought that was crazy! What is going on out there? Is it just me or are people blowing thier retirement funds on D&D collectables? Probably just me.

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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 9:29 pm

macordani wrote:
bclarkie wrote:
Well, seeing those prices makes me glad I didnt even bother to put in snipes on them.

I may be a little guy out here in the D&D collecting universe but how are you supposed to get anything with crazy bids like this! I wanted to get the mono White Plume Mountain to add to the collection but some dumb azz bid over $200 on it?????? I might have gone $60 or so and I thought that was crazy! What is going on out there? Is it just me or are people blowing thier retirement funds on D&D collectables? Probably just me. :?

Dont feel too bad, there is just absolutely no accounting for how stupid some people can be. :roll:

There will be others, many others being sold, and you should be able to get them for a somewhat reasonable price somewhere along the line. :wink:

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:25 am

That is a bit high, but the last time i saw the monos in shrink "properly" auctioned they hit around or over the $100 mark.

You guys need to remember that only a few people know what the rpgas are, but just about everyone knows "Tomb of Horrors" , "white Plume Mountain" etc. and the mono/pastels are the holy grails of those.

bclarkie wrote:
macordani wrote:
I may be a little guy out here in the D&D collecting universe but how are you supposed to get anything with crazy bids like this! I wanted to get the mono White Plume Mountain to add to the collection but some dumb azz bid over $200 on it?????? I might have gone $60 or so and I thought that was crazy! What is going on out there? Is it just me or are people blowing thier retirement funds on D&D collectables? Probably just me.

Dont feel too bad, there is just absolutely no accounting for how stupid some people can be. There will be others, many others being sold, and you should be able to get them for a somewhat reasonable price somewhere along the line.

"What can I get for $10?"

"Mint Rare and Shrinkwrapped-just pick that bar of soap up for us pls, we love you long time!"

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:47 am

$810 for a shrinked Rahasia. Is that in line? I have a near mint Rahasia(not shrinked) but if I thought I could get $500 I would put it up for auction. I just do not understand this.

Deadlord
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:25 am

Nah, $810 is just some stupid noobie.

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

killjoy32
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:42 am

Deadlord36 wrote:Nah, $810 is just some stupid noobie.

which some not so stupid noob bid $800

Are we nearly there yet?

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:21 pm

I figure there has to be Saudi Oil money coming into this....it's the same guy bought up all those shrinked monos....I smell offshore gun dealers looking for clean discreet investment opportunities....then again, I had this idea that there are aliens at Roswell sitting around playing with mint ST1's and OB3's....

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:57 pm

RWilson wrote:I figure there has to be Saudi Oil money coming into this....it's the same guy bought up all those shrinked monos....I smell offshore gun dealers looking for clean discreet investment opportunities....then again, I had this idea that there are aliens at Roswell sitting around playing with mint ST1's and OB3's....

Or a middle eastern counterfiet operation gearing up for our market.

This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:33 pm

bbarsh wrote: Dungeon Master Screen | eBay

Why did they bid up an old DM screen as high as $34. :?

"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 3:40 pm

The North Koreans are almost certainly in on it...some sort of Manchuian Candidate scheme with a pre-programmed killer launching his plot by bidding up RPG prices.

As for insane RPG bids...I am only a little guy, watching the big dogs fight, but it seems to me that the powerhouse bidding was started by members of a little-known internet cabal known by the crpytic acronym of ACAEUM. Bastards! :lol:

:lol: :lol:

Mark

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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:25 pm

28 post #70, Dragon magazines, not even in that great of condition:

Dragon Magazine Lot | eBay

$160 opening bid.....No comment.

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Zippanthropus
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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:12 pm

28 post #70, Dragon magazines, not even in that great of condition:...

...$160 opening bid.....No comment. Smile

I wonder if he'll accept gold from my Magic-User....

Kingofpain89
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2005 10:56 pm

D D AD D TSR RPGA The Investigation of Hydell R 2 | eBay

When I saw this I vomited in my mouth a bit. What a frickin joke. :evil:

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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 1:44 am

KingOfPain wrote:D D AD D TSR RPGA The Investigation of Hydell R 2 | eBay

When I saw this I vomited in my mouth a bit. What a frickin joke.

Wow, that's rude

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

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Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2005 10:53 am

KingOfPain wrote: Ad&d Battlesystem: Games | eBay

When I saw this I vomited in my mouth a bit. What a frickin joke.

That's too much, but it's actually the closest-to-reality price of all his BINs. All he has to do is wait for a guy with lots of money that doesn't recognize the concept of condition, though.

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