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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:37 am

Now THIS one does indeed belong on these pages.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D-D-TSR-2002-Original-White-Boxed-Set-9th-Prt-3-Supplements-Chainmail-OCE-/320778111143?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aafdd88a7

Starting Price of $349.99.

Yet another overpriced OD&D Set with supplements 1-2-3 (all w/Wizard Logo), and Chainmail (Silver; 3rd Ed, 8th Print)

Set includes the Reference Sheets, the Box has extensive water damage and light crushing, but all the books look minty.

Expensive at about three times suggested e-Bay price.

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Invincible Overlord
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 1:27 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:Now THIS one does indeed belong on these pages.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/D-D-TSR-2002-Original-White-Boxed-Set-9th-Prt-3-Supplements-Chainmail-OCE-/320778111143?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aafdd88a7

Starting Price of $349.99.

Yet another overpriced OD&D Set with supplements 1-2-3 (all w/Wizard Logo), and Chainmail (Silver; 3rd Ed, 8th Print)

Set includes the Reference Sheets, the Box has extensive water damage and light crushing, but all the books look minty.

Expensive at about three times suggested e-Bay price.

Nah... just a little overpriced these days on Ebay...

On a really good day:

150 for the OCE (even in its current condition), and

30 each for the four books = 270

Seriously... prices on the OCE's can be as cheap as 65, or as expensive as 200, depending on if someone gets into a bidding war.

I sent him a pm explaining this...

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Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:53 pm

Nice price :lol:

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TheHistorian
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:57 pm

I might be convinced of huge, but not so much ultimate:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/260882942703

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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:02 pm

TheHistorian wrote:I might be convinced of huge, but not so much ultimate:

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$300 shipping? So $11 a pop for each item at min bid. 90% of this looks like trash to common.

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Mars
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Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 11:14 pm

JasonZavoda wrote:$300 shipping?

"Will not exceed $300 US". I think the seller is just too lazy to check the actual cost. But sure beats the estimate of $10,000 shipping to Canada.

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:48 pm

The latest overpriced OCE set.

While possible the box was never opened, I somewhat doubt that.

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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 2:33 am

Wow...$800

I wonder if what the seller means is that HE has never opened the box. Or, maybe he just doesn't want to have to show what the booklets inside look like.

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Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:35 pm

The world has gone nuts, nuts, nuts... over shrink.

Modules. The L1 and I1 are particularly

:

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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 11:06 am

SimperingToad wrote:The world has gone nuts, nuts, nuts... over shrink.

And yet a shrinked Geomorph goes for much less than otherwise would be expected:

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If I had seen this, I might have bid the price up a bit....

stylean
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 3:45 pm

SimperingToad wrote:The world has gone nuts, nuts, nuts... over shrink.

Modules. The L1 and I1 are particularly :

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2 of those were my fault and not totally WTF in terms of price. I was just tired of missing them and this seller usually has accurate descriptions, so I figured why not. Besides, I got the geos so it balanced out. And I already snagged the mint copy of Space:1889 for like ... $5 so shipping was already paid for. Yay.

The last 3 L1's have gone for over $70 a pop (I probably missed a couple though). The I1 really made me scratch my head. Shrug.

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Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:38 pm

Hard to sell at 1/9th the starting bid sometimes.

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Serian
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Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:27 pm

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It must be because getting a boxed set with those contents is pretty rare ...

Matthias
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:42 am

I got a chuckle out of this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/290639999081

Especially the "Very good condition - may find some faint pencil markings" and $5.00 shipping parts.

HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:03 pm

Matthias wrote:I got a chuckle out of this:

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Especially the "Very good condition - may find some faint pencil markings" and $5.00 shipping parts.

Awesome! I might buy it and get it framed! :joker:

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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:02 pm

Matthias wrote:I got a chuckle out of this:

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Especially the "Very good condition - may find some faint pencil markings" and $5.00 shipping parts.

OK - We have an all-time winner in this category. Or, at least in the sub-category of "Most Balls."

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TheHistorian
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Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:06 pm

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Sure, it's overpriced, but the bigger problem is the risk of not being able to return it in case of shipping damage...

...look at the username.

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stylean
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2011 5:33 pm

LOL, the bid history looks like someone just got pissed and said "enough".

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