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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:15 am

While filling in holes in my collection (read: I don't play Runequest), Duck Tower was one that took a while to find. I remember paying more than for most JG adventures, but that price seems crazy high.

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 3:27 am

This is the 3rd, 3rd print "Of Skulls and Scrapfaggot Green" I have seen. The first went for 99 cents, the second went for $2.25. The third went for $35.99

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I think its price is increasing exponentially!

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 9:54 am

leadjunkie wrote:Duck Tower was one that took a while to find.

I watched ebay for months looking for that one, lost a lot of auctions with it going for $30+. Then I lost patience & spent an hour looking through Google searches for it. A copy had been sitting for who-knows-how-long in Fine Games' low-tech online store for $3, along with a yellow-cover Apple Lane for the same price.

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 6:45 am

i do find it interesting that a 0 feedback bidder has now jumped into this lot that we are all watching....

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what do you think?

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:29 am

That seems to be the main problem with eBay's new Shiller Protection Program.
Loss of confidence from buyers who think that an auction is being shilled.
This will also hurt honest sellers when a newbie shows up.
Perhaps there should be a setting on auctions to allow the seller to set a minimum feedback level that is permitted to bid.
I know there is one to block bidders with negative feedback.

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 7:37 am

Yeah who knows nowadays, could be a reseller or someone who wants people to avoid the auction due to the thought of a shiller, etc. Course I think there will be snippers for this auction.

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:41 am

Which is why it is wiser to snipe rather than toss on bids.

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:57 am

FormCritic wrote:Which is why it is wiser to snipe rather than toss on bids.

Wiser still, would be for eBay to institute "popcorn" bidding. That is where bids placed within the last few minutes of an auction closing extends the auction by 10 minutes or so. This accomplishes two things. 1) it nullifies people who are using sniping software and 2) insures that the seller truly gets the highest bid.

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 11:33 am

leadjunkie wrote:
Wiser still, would be for eBay to institute "popcorn" bidding. That is where bids placed within the last few minutes of an auction closing extends the auction by 10 minutes or so. This accomplishes two things. 1) it nullifies people who are using sniping software and 2) insures that the seller truly gets the highest bid.

lol....
imagines bids on one of a kind and extrreamily rare items lasting for decades........

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Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 2:46 pm

leadjunkie wrote:
Wiser still, would be for eBay to institute "popcorn" bidding. That is where bids placed within the last few minutes of an auction closing extends the auction by 10 minutes or so. This accomplishes two things. 1) it nullifies people who are using sniping software and 2) insures that the seller truly gets the highest bid.

That would be good for Ebay...not for us snipers.

Sniper programs would then be set to snipe according to the new rules. There would still be sniping.

One thing I really like about sniping is that I set it for exactly how much I am willing to pay and then walk away.

If I later decide that I don't want to bid, I just cancel the snipe with no one else caring anything about it.

That way, it is impossible for a shiller to bump me up artificially.

It is also impossible for Ebay to tell everyone else what I'm bidding on.

If I were a seller, I would hate sniping because it discourages impulse bidding. As a buyer, I love it.

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 4:41 am

Nice price on the Dungeoneer Compendium Jason. I've been watching this and the highest I've seen it go for before your $10.50, was $4.04!

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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 5:35 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:Nice price on the Dungeoneer Compendium Jason. I've been watching this and the highest I've seen it go for before your $10.50, was $4.04!

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i used to have about 50 of them

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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:37 pm

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Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:46 pm

FormCritic wrote:
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For some reason these sell very well. I think I'm sold out on them and they've gone for as high as $15 ( $24 seems silly to me too).

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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:06 am

oh yeah he is the guy with the ludicrous BINs. have happened across his listings often. often gone straight past them too.

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Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:10 pm

FormCritic wrote:
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A long time ago, I actually made him what I figured were reasonable offers on this and another item. As I recall, his counter offer for this one was $22.50. I'm not surprised to see that he still has it. I later found one NM from Noble Knight for $9.95, I think.

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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:24 am

Nice Hantlers wrote:
A long time ago, I actually made him what I figured were reasonable offers on this and another item. As I recall, his counter offer for this one was $22.50. I'm not surprised to see that he still has it. I later found one NM from Noble Knight for $9.95, I think.

These often appear on Ebay in the $3 range.

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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:32 am

FormCritic wrote:
These often appear on Ebay in the $3 range.

I always ask $9.99 and they always sell, but I don't charge shipping. If I could get them at $3 apiece in bulk I'd stock up on them.

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