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ashmire13
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:12 pm

bclarkie wrote:Why is that the new trend on Ebay seems to be that you can sell anything, no matter how ridiculous the price is as long as you offer "FREE SHIPPING!!!"?

Case in point:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

geez!

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TheHistorian
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Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:02 pm

bclarkie wrote:Why is that the new trend on Ebay seems to be that you can sell anything, no matter how ridiculous the price is as long as you offer "FREE SHIPPING!!!"?

Case in point:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

You can offer anything, but can you *sell* it? We'll see...

HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:16 am

I think Australia should be called the country of silliest bidders at the moment. There are a few newbies (who have already racked up big feedback scores) who are in an RPG 'I want everything' collecting frenzy. There are usually 150 to 300 RPG items up at a time in Australia and over the past few months everything D&D seems to be going for ridiculously high prices.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Who are you, you desperate freaks? Why don't you join us here and learn how much you are overpaying! PDT_Armataz_01_27

Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:18 am

HermitFromPluto wrote:There are usually 150 to 300 RPG items up at a time in Australia and over the past few months everything D&D seems to be going for ridiculously high prices.

except g+d mods?? ^^

timebeing
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:51 am

not ebay but i liked what he wanted for his collection, you know since gary died.

http://www.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/021425.html

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:55 am

timebeing wrote:not ebay but i liked what he wanted for his collection, you know since gary died.

http://www.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/021425.html

nice link thx

optimist and then some + somehow doubt b10 complete ^^

benjoshua
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 8:04 am

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:nice link thx
optimist and then some + somehow doubt b10 complete ^^

He wants a minimum of $500.00 for everything. It'll be worth that by the year 2100. Just tell him to hang on the them for that long and he'll get his asking price.

Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:21 am

benjoshua wrote:
He wants a minimum of $500.00 for everything. It'll be worth that by the year 2100. Just tell him to hang on the them for that long and he'll get his asking price.

I love how after asking and being told by numerous people that its not worth anywhere more than $200 MAX, his response is simply:

"Eww,

I would accept $500 shipped at least"

:lol:

Maybe someone would be better off telling him to wish in one hand, piss in the other and see which one fills up first. :jocolor:

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:44 am

bclarkie wrote:
I love how after asking and being told by numerous people that its not worth anywhere more than $200 MAX, his response is simply:

"Eww,

I would accept $500 shipped at least"

Maybe someone would be better off telling him to wish in one hand, piss in the other and see which one fills up first.

That thread just made my day....nice to wake up and see something funny like that right off, sort of like a "joke of the day" to cheer me up. Ebay has only been around for, oh, I don't know, like a decade now? Easiest thing in the world to go there and compare prices.

Mike B.

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:59 am

On the other hand, I've stumbled across a couple of forums in the past couple of years where there's been a post along the lines of "I'm getting rid of my old brown box D&D rules. Anybody want it for $200?" Followed a couple of lines later by "Thanks, it's been sold".

Let mirth prevail!

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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:58 pm

Have to nominate myself.

Used turbolister and forgot to change the price. Last one I sold was in the shrink therefore the price. This one is not...oops :lol:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0322012173

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

New modules for your Old School game http://pacesettergames.com/

Everything Pacesetter at http://pacesettergames.blog.com/

SoulCatcher78
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:24 pm

bbarsh wrote:Have to nominate myself.

Used turbolister and forgot to change the price. Last one I sold was in the shrink therefore the price. This one is not...oops

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Who knows, someone might go for it...wouldn't be the first time and it sure wont be the last.

Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:09 pm

timebeing wrote:not ebay but i liked what he wanted for his collection, you know since gary died.

http://www.magictraders.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/021425.html

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Grug Greyskin
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Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 9:14 pm

bbarsh wrote:Have to nominate myself.

Used turbolister and forgot to change the price. Last one I sold was in the shrink therefore the price. This one is not...oops

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I saw this when it was first listed. Considered posting it here, but thought I would spare you the indignity. :wink:

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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:09 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com:80/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... SS:US:1123

Umm, umm, no.

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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:13 pm

bclarkie wrote:
** expired/removed eBay auction **

Umm, umm, no.

I'll see you that price and raise you the last four on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0786914246/ref=sr_1_olp_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237587110&sr=8-5

Stupid dropshippers.

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Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 8:35 pm

Badmike wrote:
I'll see you that price and raise you the last four on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0786914246/ref=sr_1_olp_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1237587110&sr=8-5

Stupid dropshippers.

Mike B.

wow...it's a fun read but I don't think it's worth that much, lol. I wonder what I could get them to pay for the whole set (White Plume Mountain, Against the Giants, Descent into the Depths (iirc), and Queen of the Demonweb).

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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:26 am

i think this is a little high even for this nice piece
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