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Mars
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:21 am

I tried to bid but Ebay shut me down since not in the UK

beasterbrook
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:26 am

and thats why you do a test bid first to see if you can bid...
Always ask to be put on the exception list if they agree to let you bid, have been caught out many times before...

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ashmire13
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:47 am

Mars wrote:I tried to bid but Ebay shut me down since not in the UK

Want me to bid for you??

EDIT

Damn, just saw that it'd finished, sorry.. :oops:

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lokiwookie
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 8:05 am

I asked if I can bid, but he didn't want to...

Adventures in Austerion : a fantasy RPG, with boardgame mechanisms and modular battlemap. By Guillaume Tavernier and GÃ©raud G.

Mars
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:15 am

lokiwookie wrote:I asked if I can bid, but he didn't want to...

I noticed the question about shipping to France.

ashmire13
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 1:37 pm

feel free to fire me a PM if you get UK only auctions in future chaps, as I don't always check the 'items on ebay' threads too regularly.

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mbassoc2003
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:16 pm

Likewise, anyone needing a proxy bidder on UK only auctions. Feel free to PM me.

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Mars
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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:46 pm

Normally, I find out it is US or UK only about 5 minutes before the auction ends but I appreciate the offer and see if I end up doing some preplanning in the future.

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Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:51 pm

Thanks for the offer too!

Adventures in Austerion : a fantasy RPG, with boardgame mechanisms and modular battlemap. By Guillaume Tavernier and GÃ©raud G.

cameosis
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:23 am

here you go, this one is quite a nice example:

Mithril M16 Female Ranger

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Pipswich
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:24 pm

Bleh, made me a bit ill to lose this one. I figured with no notice here and a mid week, mid day, three day auction I had it cold. My snipe never even registered.

Gratz to someone... and if you ever want to sell it... let me know!

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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beasterbrook
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:39 pm

LOL.. never mentioned on the interesting item list, but you would have to really be hoping that this would be missed.. I was bidder no1, I knew I'd never win just wanted to track it.. and what a final bid, must be up there as one of the highest non D&D item..
TFM? is the winner? I don't follow peoples bids much..

(Edit: yep TFM won this)

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Mars
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 7:07 pm

Ya, I put in a token bid ($328) too but would have been completely shocked if I won. It is the first copy that I think most of us have ever seen - anyone ever seen another copy? So, it would have been a tough item to judge price on.

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:33 pm

Holy crap, talk about weird.........
I was reading Different Worlds last night, and I read the interview of Ken St. Andre. He said he sold 40 copies at the con, and brought 60 back. I even told my wife about it (I got the usual blank look).
I would have guessed around $1,500.

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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 2:51 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/MERP-Middle-Earth-R ... 27aeff8322

Starting bid is wacky enough. Shipping is moronic.

Must have been whomped in the head one too many times while wearing this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/SCA-handcrafted-ste ... 27af19c769

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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:30 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Starting bid is wacky enough. Shipping is moronic.

Must have been whomped in the head one too many times while wearing this:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I clicked on the link and reported the seller for charging $25 for a standard flat-rate shipping box...double the actual cost.

When I hit the link again it was $15. I swear it changed in between my report and when I went back for another look.

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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:44 pm

FormCritic wrote:
I clicked on the link and reported the seller for charging $25 for a standard flat-rate shipping box...double the actual cost.

When I hit the link again it was $15. I swear it changed in between my report and when I went back for another look.

Just noticed that. Pretty sure the opening bid price dropped a bit as well. Still way too high though. These dont go for all that much in mint condition. I dont understand why sellers just dont stick stuff on Ebay with a low opening bid and see what happens. If what they are selling is worth it, they will end up getting a good end result more often than not.

And if the seller is reading this thread, congrats on the new baby.

You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:45 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Must have been whomped in the head one too many times while wearing this:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Whomped in the head? Both his arms and family jewels are missing!

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