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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:20 am

bclarkie wrote: Mint condition, except for the two that are shittily painted.

"Mint condition", "Complete as far as I can tell", and "Good condition for its age" the bane of my eBay and Amazon purchases.

bclarkie
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 12:31 am

JohnGaunt wrote:"Mint condition", "Complete as far as I can tell", and "Good condition for its age" the bane of my eBay and Amazon purchases.

Trust me, its not just you. It happens to all of us. :lol:

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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 7:52 am

Beholder and green slime are harder to get (around $40-$50 range). No real commons in there though, the rest normally go in the $15-$25 range so not that out to lunch

I would have guessed $250, so they broke even with bulk shipping. :lol:

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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:42 am

bclarkie wrote:

Oh and then of course there is these two auctions:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Wow, since when did "deceased" become a descriptive keyword???

One of the few auctions I actually think would be better without pictures.....those are awful.

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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:13 pm

Badmike wrote:
Wow, since when did "deceased" become a descriptive keyword???

One of the few auctions I actually think would be better without pictures.....those are awful.

Mike B.

Yeah, the polite term most people 'round here use is "passed away," or just "passed," but even that seems strange to me. Reminds me of pass gas for strange reason. I guess "died" is too blunt. Of course, it's better than "croaked," "bit the dust," "gone to the great by and by," "met his maker," "gave up the ghost" and other such terms. I think the descriptive term, "the late Gary Gygax" would be a more efficient use of space without the same morbid feel.

I've too much time on my hands. Talking about death is depressing. Sorry about that. :oops:

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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 1:43 pm

benjoshua wrote:I've too much time on my hands. Talking about death is depressing. Sorry about that.

Well, those aren't your auctions, so you don't need to apologize.

Now here's an auction with a description that made me laugh because of a single word:

. . .
** expired/removed eBay auction **

I hate to get rid of it but I have to sell off several of my Sci Fi RPGs and this Gamma World boxed set happens to be one of them. I'm also offering another Gamma World set and my Traveller set so please take a look at those auctions as well if you're interested.

Back to this auction and the contents.

If you win, you will receive the following:

1980 version of TSRs Gamma World
Fold out Hex map (some writing on it from previous adventures)
56 page Rule Book

1 Module
GW1 Legion of Gold

A shitload of Suppliment articles I've collected over the years:

I'm thinking about using "assload" in future auctions.

misterspock
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:54 pm

bclarkie wrote:

How about this one:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Mint condition, except for the two that are shittily painted.

Apparently he's got more treasures in his bag of goodies...

http://cgi.ebay.com/Advanced-Dungeons-D ... dZViewItem

JohnGaunt
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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 5:13 pm

misterspock wrote:Apparently he's got more treasures in his bag of goodies...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

P'raps he is thinking of the Monty Python skit that has the flying pigs . . .

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Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2008 8:16 pm

benjoshua wrote:
Yeah, the polite term most people 'round here use is "passed away," or just "passed," but even that seems strange to me. Reminds me of pass gas for strange reason. I guess "died" is too blunt. Of course, it's better than "croaked," "bit the dust," "gone to the great by and by," "met his maker," "gave up the ghost" and other such terms...

In my corner of the medical world, we use the term "expired". As in "The client expired at 22:15". Always reminded me of a carton of milk.

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Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:59 pm

I know they don't come up every day, but please...

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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

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

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Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 12:37 pm

lucyjoyce wrote:
In my corner of the medical world, we use the term "expired". As in "The client expired at 22:15". Always reminded me of a carton of milk.

In Parliament, they use the term "those who have gone before us"... which I think is ace.

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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:51 am

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dungeons-and-Drag ... 240%3A1318

Either its a couple of nooby ebayers bidding or this is getting badly shilled.....I have a few copies of PHB 3.5 if anybody wants to pay £26 for them!

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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:24 am

This H1 went for more than I would have expected. The power of shrink I suppose.

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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:37 am

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

Either its a couple of nooby ebayers bidding or this is getting badly shilled.....I have a few copies of PHB 3.5 if anybody wants to pay £26 for them!

The 3.5 PHB is going for far more than it should, at the moment. The dumping of them hasn't started yet, so people are going "I can't find any!" and bidding them up above cover. :roll:

(Check out what sellers are asking for it on Amazon, f'r'instance: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ ... 133&sr=8-2 )

(Which isn't to say there might not be shilling going on.)

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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:49 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Advanced-Dungeons-a ... dZViewItem

Ummm, no.

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Johnson
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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 1:02 pm

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

Ummm, no.

These were dumped in the UK a few years ago.

I bought a load for £1.00 per box, I think it was.

Cheers,

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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:36 pm

! everyone loves cake!

Pipswich Peddles (and trades) for his collection!
http://stores.ebay.com/Pipswich-Peddles

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Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 7:25 pm

Pipswich wrote:I think this is neat. What is the actual value of the set?

What size are the counters for DL12?

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