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Post Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:04 am 
 

Tyr edition of Bushido


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Post Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:00 pm 
 

SimperingToad wrote:Something you don't see every day. Original art for one of the Grenadier Gold Box sets, plus extra.


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Now that went for quite a bit more than I thought it would!:  $1902.65!

http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0988497899


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Post Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 4:22 am 
 

Nice BIN on Necromancer lot:


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Post Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:43 am 
 

aia wrote:Nice BIN on Necromancer lot:


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Hey, thanks.

For the first time during check out (i have not bought or done much on ebay in a while), it asked me to link my paypal and ebay accounts for "faster" check out. First of all, it takes all of about five seconds to check out normally, so faster seems like a straw man. They had two options: Link accounts and Not, now. I was looking for a third: F..K Off, but I could not find it. So I went with Not,no...or ever.


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Post Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 10:16 am 
 

Leading Edge Aliens board wargame in shrink, 3 hours left, $76 atm:  
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grodog wrote:Leading Edge Aliens board wargame in shrink, 3 hours left, $76 atm:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110954883375


Finally! Yes, it was not cheap, but I was sick of losing.


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Post Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:20 pm 
 

bbarsh wrote:
aia wrote:Nice BIN on Necromancer lot:


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Hey, thanks.

For the first time during check out (i have not bought or done much on ebay in a while), it asked me to link my paypal and ebay accounts for "faster" check out. First of all, it takes all of about five seconds to check out normally, so faster seems like a straw man. They had two options: Link accounts and Not, now. I was looking for a third: F..K Off, but I could not find it. So I went with Not,no...or ever.


I was wondering what that change to the checkout was. At first I thought I somehow got sent over to a phony/phishing site. I wound up not bothering linking anything either.

  

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Post Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2012 6:39 pm 
 

Ebay bought Paypal years ago, so linking the accounts isn't much of a risk.  I did it, and the process is a little cleaner.  Not a big deal either way.


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bbarsh wrote:
grodog wrote:Leading Edge Aliens board wargame in shrink, 3 hours left, $76 atm:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110954883375


Finally! Yes, it was not cheap, but I was sick of losing.


That's a really good price, Bill:  congrats :D


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Post Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 9:11 pm 
 

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Finally! Yes, it was not cheap, but I was sick of losing.


That's a really good price, Bill:  congrats :D



That is a nice game. The AH Starship Troopers Boardgame (Movie edition, not the original) uses similar mechanics. If you can get hold of the AH game it is a simple and enjoyable tactical boardgame.


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 3:12 am 
 

First, the item:


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...then the question: is this the correct thread or is the silliest price the correct thread? I honestly miss the reason for such a high price...  8O


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 9:31 am 
 

aia wrote:is this the correct thread or is the silliest price the correct thread? I honestly miss the reason for such a high price...

Well, it's NobleKnight. 6% discount (wow!!!) from their normal retail. In fairness, all the hard copy has to be shipped from Finland, and that costs big time. (I know first-hand; we had to send a box o' stuff home when we were there last summer. Cripes.)

PDF much cheaper direct from LotFP here.


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:19 am 
 

Nothing reminds a reseller that prices are not fixed quite as directly as the cost of international shipping.  It is quite common for overseas shipping to cost more than the item.  In one instance two years ago, a customer paid $68 to have a rather common $10 item shipped to Australia.  When I asked why they were willing to pay the shipping the reply was direct and easy to understand.  They could not find another seller willing to ship the item to them.

I firmly believe that an item is worth what the buyer will pay.  And, I do not assume that there is not a buyer when I decide not to pay any asking price.  

If NKG shipped in a case and is playing postal arbitrage to their own financial advantage, good for them.  That is what a business is supposed to do.  If that is the case, any of us who decide they are benefiting too much from the arbitrage, is welcome to have a case shipped over and compete based on price.  I, for one, don't see the benefit to a second party starting a price war.  And, if NKG and/or T&T are the only vendors to bring these in... then their customers have a reason to keep coming back in spite of occasional flames on this website  Ehh?

So is the price silly?  It doesn't appear to be to me.  I certainly expect they will sell it/them.


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:05 pm 
 

It also appears to be out of print, so I'd guess its price has more to do with that than shipping costs.


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 4:08 am 
 

...a new NK auction:


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is the item really uncomplete? ...is the price fair? (to my eyes, in case it is a complete set, the price seems very interesting!)


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 10:46 am 
 

Pipswich wrote:Nothing reminds a reseller that prices are not fixed quite as directly as the cost of international shipping.  It is quite common for overseas shipping to cost more than the item.  In one instance two years ago, a customer paid $68 to have a rather common $10 item shipped to Australia.  When I asked why they were willing to pay the shipping the reply was direct and easy to understand.  They could not find another seller willing to ship the item to them.

This is so true. I am severely geographically disadvantaged, living on the continent which is most frequently excluded as a shipping destination on eBay (I live in South Africa). This frequently means that my options are quite limited when hunting down rarer items, and since I'm usually not the only international buyer, I generally end up participating in auctions which go higher than those which limit the buyer to the US. Add the actual costs of international postage, and on average, I probably pay about twice as much for collectables as I would if I was in the US.

But, as I once pointed out in the "Introduce Yourself, Fellow Collectors" thread, I can at least boast that I probably have the largest D&D collection on the continent :D.

  

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:56 pm 
 

aia wrote:...a new NK auction:


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is the item really uncomplete? ...is the price fair? (to my eyes, in case it is a complete set, the price seems very interesting!)



This is a tough one to find complete and I would say that a complete one may go in the $400 - $500 range.  An incomplete one like this is worth maybe $80 or so for parts.  NKG is not the company you want to buys rares from by any strentch.


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Post Posted: Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:49 am 
 

grodog wrote:Leading Edge Aliens board wargame in shrink, 3 hours left, $76 atm:  http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110954883375


Finally home from work and this was here waiting for me. I am having a Smarmy moment, though...I bought it to use, but tearing the shrink is somehow giving me pause!


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