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Badmike
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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:08 pm

Chucho68 wrote:Am I missing something here?

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Maybe it was a keyboard mistake...then again, maybe not.

Hector.

Powells, like Amazon, often has some ludicrous prices for "rare" gaming materials.

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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 12:10 pm

Badmike wrote:

Powells, like Amazon, often has some ludicrous prices for "rare" gaming materials.

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Yeah....this is rare.

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:roll:

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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 2:58 pm

Powells is not really game savvy. Although these two listings are "ludicrous," most of their prices are just "high."

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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:00 pm

This listing just made my day:

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Overpriced common items + ridiculous shipping + clueless seller = having a laugh at someone else's expense.

:twisted:

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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:06 pm

That what happens when someone that sells "Platinum Pro Audio and Guitar Gear" attempts to sell a bunch of D&D stuff.

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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 4:10 pm

Am I missing something??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Unearthed-Arcana-AD ... 4aa8dac09b

:lol:

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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 5:40 pm

Chucho68 wrote:Am I missing something??

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Hector.

It's "vintage." That's even better than "rare."

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Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:02 pm

Grug Greyskin wrote:
It's "vintage." That's even better than "rare."

Can you even imagine if it were both?

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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:28 am

Crazy prices

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0535881132

http://cgi.ebay.com/Gamma-World-First-E ... 4cf57941cf

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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 12:46 am

Blackmoor wrote:Crazy prices

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Dont know what the big deal is.

Seller combines shipping to save you money... :lol:

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Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 10:25 am

Gnat the Beggar wrote:
Dont know what the big deal is.
Seller combines shipping to save you money...

Yes, but the description was lifted from the Acaeum web site without an acknowledgement. Even the hyper links to the 'table', the Dungeon Geomorphs, and the Monster & Treasure Assortment, point back to the Acaeum.

If you compare the description the seller has for the box set as opposed to the one on this site, you will notice something missing:

http://www.acaeum.com/ddindexes/setpages/basic.html

Five pre-colored dice in a small poly bag (no D10 or dice crayon)

However, the seller does mention the dice are missing later in his auction listing.

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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2011 5:15 am

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A quick search shows a few examples selling for around the $40 range...so why this seller decided to list theirs for $163 is beyond me. Maybe they are hoping grandma wants to buy one for Billy, and chooses this one because it is new???

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:08 pm

Something to lift your spirits...

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:43 pm

Wow. That's just crazy stupid.

Sorry, Pip. Had to be said.

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Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 9:20 pm

3.5 sells just fine when you have the right ones, lol. Give it another five or ten years and the stuff will finally go back over cover price, chuckle.

This one, on the other hand is pushing it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1st-Printing-3-5-3- ... 45f8ee6434

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:47 am

Pipswich wrote:3.5 sells just fine when you have the right ones, lol. Give it another five or ten years and the stuff will finally go back over cover price, chuckle.

This one, on the other hand is pushing it.

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And this would be my generous estimate:

PBH - 40

DMG - 30

MM - 20

MM2 - 25

MM3 - 25

Complete Arcane - 20

Complete Warrior - 20

Complete Adventurer - 20

Complete Scoundrel - 20

Complete Divine - 25

Libris Mortis - 20

Draconomicon - 25

Fiendish Codex I - 30

Manual of the Planes - 10

Deities & Demigods - 10

So you're only high by $200.00... :wink:

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 11:50 am

Yeah, and I just bought the Player's Hand Books 1 and 2, Dungeon Master's Guide, and the Monster Manual 1, 2, & 3 for less than $18.00.

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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2011 12:38 pm

It has two things going for it: free shipping and it's for 'True Collectors":

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Hector.

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