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Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:13 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
I can only assume that they are extremely common. I see the Scarred Lands stuff at used book stores all the time with price tags of less than $10 and they still dont move off the shelf. The Malhavoc stuff is also pretty common from what I can tell with the exception of Ptolus. But I have no idea how many of those were printed.

Ptolus is less common because of its very high retail price; I think it was over $100 retail

Very little(if any) of the S&S or malhovic stuff is worth more than retail price.

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 12:29 pm

Blackmoor wrote:Ptolus is less common because of its very high retail price; I think it was over $100 retail

Ptolus.com wrote:Price: $119.99

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 3:30 pm

Yeah maybe some of the S&S stuff can be uncommon, but I've never followed it on ebay since I bought when each book came out. Some of the early stuff was good, it was near the end things changed for the worse. The Forsaken elves, ugh :roll:

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 5:59 pm

4E books are not retaining their value. The lowest prices that I have seen so far are . . .

Two DMGs at $3.99 each plus shipping:

. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0335318175

. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0335317525

One PHB for $0.99 plus shipping:

. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0417395383

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3.5 PHBs are still in the range of $17.50 - $22.50 + shipping.

Iron Kingdoms products, with the exception of Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, are still well over cover.

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:06 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:4E books are not retaining their value. The lowest prices that I have seen so far are . . .

Two DMGs at $3.99 each plus shipping:

. . .
** expired/removed eBay auction **

. . .
** expired/removed eBay auction **

One PHB for $0.99 plus shipping:

. . .
** expired/removed eBay auction **

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3.5 PHBs are still in the range of $17.50 - $22.50 + shipping.

Iron Kingdoms products, with the exception of Five Fingers: Port of Deceit, are still well over cover.

That's crazy, and I thought $10 per 4e book was a deal.

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:27 pm

Plaag wrote:That's crazy, and I thought $10 per 4e book was a deal.

$10 for a 4E book is a good deal. The insanely-low prices above indicate to me that no one really cares about 4E. "Do I want to bid on another 4E book or watch TV? I think I'll watch TV."

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:33 pm

I'll take a look at the 4e prices once the 4e Village of Hommlet arrives: if I can find a set for $20 or so, I may even buy them

How many "core" books are there in 4e these days??

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 10:53 pm

grodog wrote:I'll take a look at the 4e prices once the 4e Village of Hommlet arrives: if I can find a set for $20 or so, I may even buy them How many "core" books are there in 4e these days??

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Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 11:01 pm

Plaag wrote:
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