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bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:29 am

dadcaresforkids wrote:i think this is a little high even for this nice piece
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That's actually down from before. They were trying to sell it(and other 1st print supps) for $250 for awhile. $120 isn't too bad for 1st print though, but generally anything that TrollandToad sells is synonymous with "Silliest Price" :wink:

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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 12:12 pm

bclarkie wrote:but generally anything that TrollandToad sells is synonymous with "Silliest Price"

That is the first thing I thought when I opened the auction. We could probably have a very busy thread if restricted to only T&T's silliest prices.

A lot of their bulk items are at good prices but the items they deem as rare are ridiculously priced. I'm hoping my transaction with them works out - I've won about 116 auctions

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:33 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ADD-VAULT-OF-THE-DROWN-by-gary-gygax_W0QQitemZ250394692563QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_Jeux_JeuxSociete_JeuxRoles?hash=item250394692563&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Be sure to bring your floaties.

And try not to choke on the BIN price.

He has another of that series listed as well.

Both of them at $149..... USD........

http://cgi.ebay.com/ADD-DESCENT-INTO-THE-DEPTHS-OF-THE-EARTH-by-gary-gygax_W0QQitemZ250394691299QQcmdZViewItemQQptZFR_YO_Jeux_JeuxSociete_JeuxRoles?hash=item250394691299&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4%7C65%3A10%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

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Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:45 pm

Aneoth wrote:Be sure to bring your floaties.
And try not to choke on the BIN price.

Bet you what happened is he ran it through a spell-checker and let it auto-correct everything.

He has another of that series listed as well.
Both of them at $149..... USD........

They've got nothing on his S1 and S2: $162 USD.

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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:34 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/3-Dungeons-Dragons- ... dZViewItem

Ok the auction price is fine, but look at the pictures and check out the old price stickers on these things!!!

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

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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:07 pm

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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:46 pm

bbarsh wrote:
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Ok the auction price is fine, but look at the pictures and check out the old price stickers on these things!!!

That is old Valhalla Games stock, the erstwhile global master of silly prices. It seems they closed down as there are a lot of Western Australia Sellers auctioning off old Valhalla stock at the moment. We were discussing it a little in this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=7354

The problem with this old stock is that a lot of it was re-shrinkwrapped by Valhalla, so the inside of the items is a lucky dip. The Monsters! Monsters! I recently bought is in great condition - except there is a Valhalla Games company sticker on the contents page! Impossible to remove because it is old paper. Most of these old Valhalla things seem to have comapny stickers on the inner pages somewhere.

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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:36 pm

HermitFromPluto wrote:
That is old Valhalla Games stock, the erstwhile global master of silly prices. It seems they closed down as there are a lot of Western Australia Sellers auctioning off old Valhalla stock at the moment. We were discussing it a little in this thread:

viewtopic.php?t=7354

The problem with this old stock is that a lot of it was re-shrinkwrapped by Valhalla, so the inside of the items is a lucky dip. The Monsters! Monsters! I recently bought is in great condition - except there is a Valhalla Games company sticker on the contents page! Impossible to remove because it is old paper. Most of these old Valhalla things seem to have comapny stickers on the inner pages somewhere.

Pathetic.

Truly Evil :twisted:

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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:20 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/1979-TSR-DIVINE-RIG ... dZViewItem

Now I have not tracked these since I purchased my last one a couple years ago. But this sure does seem heavy.

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/

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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:27 pm

bbarsh wrote:
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Now I have not tracked these since I purchased my last one a couple years ago. But this sure does seem heavy.

Wow. I've never seen one go for that much. May be a US buyer taking advantage of our dollar.

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:28 am

This is just sad:

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He wants $115 for a later printing of Tractics that doesnt even have the correct box bottom. :roll:

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:34 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:He wants $115 for a later printing of Tractics that doesnt even have the correct box bottom.

Come now, "Traveller" sounds sort-of kind-of like "Tractics"...

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Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:45 am

bbarsh wrote:
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Now I have not tracked these since I purchased my last one a couple years ago. But this sure does seem heavy.

I have to laugh at the sellers E-Bay name...

Appropriate indeed.

She/He SHOULD be OOOO SOOO HAPPY!

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Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 3:01 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-Dungeons-Dragon ... dZViewItem

"The binding is excellent!"

What the hell did they do? Tape it up on a wall and take a sandblaster to it?

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Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 7:26 pm

Kingofpain89 wrote:
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"The binding is excellent!"

What the hell did they do? Tape it up on a wall and take a sandblaster to it?

LMAO

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Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:34 am

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Is it me, or is okay to be sad when they disassemble the items out of the boxed set? :cry:

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:36 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/DUNGEONS-DRAGONS-4T ... 240%3A1318

His BIN is over $20 a book and his shipping is at least $15 over actual priority cost.

I've found 4th edition books going for more like $10 t0 $15 each and none so far have been hard to find.

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:38 pm

JasonZavoda wrote:
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His BIN is over $20 a book and his shipping is at least $15 over actual priority cost.

I've found 4th edition books going for more like $10 t0 $15 each and none so far have been hard to find.

But it's a deal! The seller says so himself!

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