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red_bus
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 2:44 pm

Was slightly optimistic that I might snag this at £1375 but there were others who wanted it more! ... and to be fair I was looking to fill some gaps rather than get the whole lot. But the letter would have been nice. Congrats if it was someone here

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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grodog
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Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2019 3:50 pm

Wow, nice lot!

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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 5:41 pm

And the first couple of lines of issue 1 sums it up! Mr Livingstone had the right idea:)

TheHistorian
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:47 pm

red_bus wrote in Argh!! Just missed!:Was slightly optimistic that I might snag this at £1375 but there were others who wanted it more! ... and to be fair I was looking to fill some gaps rather than get the whole lot. But the letter would have been nice. Congrats if it was someone here

If you didn't already have #9, what would've been the point?

Who was it that snagged a set of these at the GenCon auction a few years ago for a ridiculously low price, like $50-100? It was someone here.

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burntwire brothers
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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:17 am

The GenCon price was $300. If I remember right.

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red_bus
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2019 5:40 am

Argh! ... another in the long-running series of Red_bus gets close but not close enough!!

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I think the market has outstripped me

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TheHistorian
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 9:44 pm

red_bus wrote in Argh!! Just missed!:Argh! ... another in the long-running series of Red_bus gets close but not close enough!!

I think the market has outstripped me

Do you stop bidding just because you don't have any more money? That's your problem right there!

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Deadlord
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2019 10:44 pm

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I am pretty sure this will be the ARGH!! Just Missed! listing of 2019.

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red_bus
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 8:33 am

TheHistorian wrote in Argh!! Just missed!:
Do you stop bidding just because you don't have any more money? That's your problem right there!

I knew I was doing something wrong :lol:

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Skullhammer
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2019 10:47 am

TheHistorian wrote in Argh!! Just missed!:
Do you stop bidding just because you don't have any more money? That's your problem right there!

Haha! Man, that hits way too close to home.

d3rmond
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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2019 10:46 am

Skullhammer wrote in Argh!! Just missed!:
Haha! Man, that hits way too close to home.

I think I am to blame on this one

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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2019 9:59 pm

Yet another reason to despise EBay.

Came across this lot, and instantly went for the BIN, as it seemed a good deal all things considered.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Hit the BIN button, and got transferred to the checkout. When I went to the PayPal button, EBay deemed it necessary to verify my ID by having them call my phone, at 10PM. While I was busy seeing if I could find an alternative (like logging in to PP first, then trying again) to prevent EBay from waking everyone up, someone else snagged the listing, which I was under the assumption could not happen if one hit the BIN already.

As I was typing this, the thought occurs that maybe the reason for the verification was that I was second on the BIN?

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