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Grug Greyskin
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Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:33 am

JohnGaunt wrote:Seller has non-TSR items, Grenadier yellow boxes, and . . .

. . . an antique vibrator . . .

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From description:

" . . . This item is in its original case and has 5 attachments. It looks like one of them is missing . . . I plugged this thing in and it works like gangbusters . . . "

"purely for medicinal purposes" LOL

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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:38 am

Two things amuse me about this listing:

1. It is in Toys/Hobbies ---Games --- Role Paying

2. What is wrong with ordinary chocolate topping you buy in the supermarket?

CHOCOLATE-FANTASY-BODY-TOPPING

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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:06 pm

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I was lurking this one, hoping to get it for cheap with a snipe.

I almost won a copy of The October of Chaos.

With $5 starting bid and $5 shipping....kind of an increase over the 99 cent copy I won a year or so ago.

Mark

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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:07 pm

HermitFromPluto wrote:Two things amuse me about this listing:

1. It is in Toys/Hobbies ---Games --- Role Paying

2. What is wrong with ordinary chocolate topping you buy in the supermarket?

CHOCOLATE-FANTASY-BODY-TOPPING

And only $8 for shipping!

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

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Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:38 pm

Game a little tiresome is it?

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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:21 am

Well, I suppose technically the category is "Toys/Fantasy/Roleplaying"...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Passion-Parties-Toy ... .m14.l1318[/i]

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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:36 am

Grug Greyskin wrote:Well, I suppose technically the category is "Toys/Fantasy/Roleplaying"...

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to help buy my children extra Prechool learning supplies.

and the raffle tickets in the listing make one wonder........

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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:14 pm

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This is weird. The scan for this item is the lid for the Map of Middle-Earth Jigsaw Puzzle. Note the 2 whited-out areas on the top left and right corners. They hide the word puzzle. Nowhere in the add do I see that that this is a jigsaw puzzle being sold. If it is the puzzle a $50 BIN is certainly high. Maybe the seller can clear this up for me. :?:

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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 12:19 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Map-Middle-Earth-Lo ... 997-OOP-Ra re-MC_W0QQitemZ250270131751QQihZ015QQcategoryZ44111QQssPageNameZWDVWQQ rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is weird. The scan for this item is the lid for the Map of Middle-Earth Jigsaw Puzzle. Note the 2 whited-out areas on the top left and right corners. They hide the word puzzle. Nowhere in the add do I see that that this is a jigsaw puzzle being sold. If it is the puzzle a $50 BIN is certainly high. Maybe the seller can clear this up for me.

Seller just cleared this up for me. It is the poster. Since he couldn't get a good photo for the poster he used the puzzle box scan since it was identical.

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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:40 pm

This one made me chuckle. Excellent Condition 8.5 out of 10

All the miniatures are missing!

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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 6:58 pm

Well, that seller is notorious for that sort of thing. Likewise, for other GW items, like Treasure Cards or White Dwarf inserts, that are actually print-outs or pdfs. Pisses me off.

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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 7:53 pm

serleran wrote:Well, that seller is notorious for that sort of thing. Likewise, for other GW items, like Treasure Cards or White Dwarf inserts, that are actually print-outs or pdfs. Pisses me off.

If that was cheap (ie not $100 but maybe like $10.00) I would buy that. Believe it or not I have the minis and not the box or contents

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Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:14 pm

Heh. I believe it. I would have been interested had 1) it not been so expensive, 2) were complete and 3) I had not just bought a complete copy from Crazy Egor for less.

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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:59 pm

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"Nerdy"?

I think I'm insulted.

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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:03 pm

I REALLY liked the Kalamak books

Yes, me too. So much I actually know how to spell it.

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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:03 am

This is not a laughable description but a laughable item:

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What kind of roleplaying is going on here? Wait! Do NOT answer that! :wink:

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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:16 pm

Heh. That belongs on DF. Thanks for the link!

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:39 am

The description isnt very funny but the photo sure is:

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Kinda interesting how there is so much wear to that corner but the thing is shrinkwrapped, which isnt even mentioned in the description. I darn sure wouldn't bid on it.

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