ScketreWhisp wrote:You know, I never read but a couple of threads until someone points out I am being bashed somewhere...I appreciate the "defense" by those that posted in response
ScketreWhisp wrote:BClarkie... unlike you, I don't try to find the best deal or buy something at the cheapest price (ie: the $7.00 Chainmail you got)... when I find someone selling something way too low (ie: possibly by mistake on their part) I tell them... have even made a BIN to save the item, then paid them more or advised it should be put up for more since I don't need it.
ScketreWhisp wrote:I'd prefer to see items go for what the market shows they will go for... yes I bid $63.00 on a Dungeon 1 ... but someone wanted it more than me and paid more... as they should have... Currently they are worth more... not $150+ in my book, but hey.. I won't argue if they go that high...
ScketreWhisp wrote:As to Dragon Mags... yes on any Dragon 1-5 you will probably see me bid a very premium price, why, because I KNOW I can sell every single one I buy for higher than the price I am willing to pay... so don't expect to see Dragon 1-5 drop any time soon.
ScketreWhisp wrote:I just sold #5 in VF-NM for $139.00 and a Dragon #1 for $339.00 a few days before that... so I'll pay $330.00 for the same condition copy and resell it for a $9.00 profit... works for me... and in that case I would be "selling it for a small profit" which, in your book, is okay (and make a $34.00 donation to the Aceaum in the end and some how I don't think I would have made a dime).
ScketreWhisp wrote:Which brings up a small point, I don't see Creep1962/Cougarrinard making donations to the site in an form, so I am very unlike them.
ScketreWhisp wrote:If you are aggravated that a Dungeon 1 is selling too high, I'll sell you one of mine for a more reasonable price if you need it, your are an Acaeum member and I sell stuff to members at a lower rate, just ask.
ScketreWhisp wrote:Believe what you will 'B', I am just stating facts.
ScketreWhisp wrote:I am not determining what the current value is, the buyers are.. if they bid more than me, then their bid determined the value, not mine, anyone could have stopped at $35.00 and I'd be stuck with multiple copies.. you give me way too much credit.My point about the Dragons is that I will bid what I feel they are worth if I want to buy it and sell it for $10-$50 profit... even if it's only $10... I purchased 4-5 Dragon 1s over the last few months because like stocks.. I KNEW they would go up with the end of the printing of Dragon Mag around the corner... and with the Dragon 1s, it paid off... I paid $157.00 for one, $267.00 for another so yes, I got some good money on a few Dragon 1s... yet I still sit on 3 .... so have I made anything yet ???.
ScketreWhisp wrote:Moving as fast as molasses... damn, I need to increase the prices then, they are moving too fast... I have a store with items and more on the way for whatever unknown reason... (I just paid $1000.00 for a lot of stuff I don't even know what or if it's really worth) I was never in the eBay D&D store market until someone I know started talkin' smack to begin with... I really do not care if or when my items sell... it's good when they do and no big deal when they don't, I don't do this for a living, it's a hobby.
ScketreWhisp wrote:As to the donations, unless FoulFoot wants to stick his 2 cents in and confirm, not much I can do there since PayPal transactions and emails of same can easily be doctored when posted in a forum. I will only say I have made 10 donations to the site, amounts vary based on the last set of sales.. which reminds me I need to make one for the PotVQ sale I made that was not via eBay, so it will be 11 donations momentarily. My point was you like to compare me to others that aren't even close.. some of that apples to oranges thing you mentioned...
ScketreWhisp wrote:And the sale to CSH and Smarmy1, I took the items off the eBay store, used the Acaeum prices only and then made sure they were okay with the items and totals before we agreed... and they were less than in the store, didn't say I did or didn't make money on the items... and I wasn't the one worried about "selling it for a small profit".. those were your words... anyone should want to make the most profit they can... hello.. it's capitalism... a free market...
ScketreWhisp wrote:I don't think those prices were way out of line, and if they were, I would leave that up to them to tell me they were too high. And since I have owned the OCE Shrink and all the supplements for over 15+ years and the Silver Aniv I bought new, you have no clue if I made a nickel on those items (cept the Shrink Silver Aniv since I paid retail when I bought it)
ScketreWhisp wrote:You seem to get your feathers all up about stuff... will anyone raise cane if you ever decide to sell that $7.00 Chainmail for more than $10.00 ??? heck $14.00 would be a 100% profit and a low end price of $28.00 would be 400% profit... I am not sure we could live with that.(disclaimer: I saw the $7.00 purchase when it happened as a BIN, I THINK it was a Chainmail, heck it could have been an OCE for all I remember... I just know it was cents on the dollar for the actual value of the item)
tdewey10 wrote:Eh. I've got no issue with anybody making some bucks off of ebay. In an ideal world I would have preferred to sell stuff to acaeum members (some of whom I remember from r.g.b.m way back in the day) -- but I'm currently tight for money and push my crap on ebay so I can get the most money to pay Mr. Tax Man. I think my NM Dragon #1 set some kind of record for a sale back in August (399 or something) and while DR bid up to around 300-350 (against 3 other people) it was two other guys who bid it into astral plane territory.Of course I may be biased -- I don't mind the fact that Doug has a couple of Dragon #1 hanging around. At some point when I'm doing better financially I'm going to want to buy back a lot of the stuff I sold I remember back in the r.g.b.m days of waiting a long time for a #1 to show up. Really our hobby isn't that bad outside of the super raraes (the Daystars and etc) -- now Magic: The Gathering -- those guys piss me off.Hopefully this made some sense -- I'm three glasses of wine into the evening.
tdewey10 wrote:bclarkie you strike me as a nice guy but to be honest I don't care a great deal about this discussion (probably because I selling items isn't my job).I just think it is too bad that you and the other guy can't get along -- I'm not an A crowd acaeum member like you or Killjoy or etc. (more like a D crowd) but this place always seemed pretty amicable to me.Anyway enough of my feeble contributions to this thread. Hope you guys can work it out.
tdewey10 wrote: A crowd acaeum member like you or Killjoy or etc. (more like a D crowd)
ScketreWhisp wrote:I have been PM'd by a few to not respond to 'B's' posts in the future since he is always right....
ScketreWhisp wrote:So I guess I can live with that.. so I'll make this my last response to a 'B' post...y ONLY point about the "supposed" donation you continue to mention is, they are NOT "supposed"... not that donating gives me a "free pass" to "manipulate" the market... I only mean that I am very unlike Coug... should I actually have the power to manipulate, at least others have benefited besides myself... I use this site, thus I donate to it. I still have 2.. paid $99.00 for one and $169.00 for the other
gyg wrote:(Oh, and I've always considered myself something of an 'F' lister)(edited for a bit of punctuation! - Oh and do I hear jungle drums - CSH and Smarmy are both online now!! (Sorry just being mischievous!!!!)
tdewey10 wrote:I remembered the proper term too late -- D-lister not D-crowd.I'm such a moron.
gyg wrote:Nah - if you were a moron you'd me part of the 'M' crowd (but don't mention 'M' Bags )
Does anyone else find refreshing your ebay summary addicting?
Deadlord39 wrote:So, back to Early Dungeons, especially #6.
Prufrock wrote:I would hope tdewey10 would denounce scketrewhisp's intentions of running up the bids on his latest auctions. Otherwise I think you are complicit in the price fixing. Not wanting to piss anyone off, but if I was a seller and someone announced on these forums that they were going to run up the prices on my auctions, I would certainly denounce that action.Martin