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JohnGaunt
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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:05 pm

The decimal point in the starting price seems to have shifted a few places too many:

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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:20 pm

JohnGaunt wrote:The decimal point in the starting price seems to have shifted a few places too many:

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Ok... so I finnaly bit at one of these and ASKED the seller, in a nice way, if he was on drugs when he put the original bid in. We'll see... :lol:

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Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:45 pm

Invincible Overlord wrote:
Ok... so I finnaly bit at one of these and ASKED the seller, in a nice way, if he was on drugs when he put the original bid in. We'll see...

Cmon you guys the dice are worth TEN DOLLARS a set, that only leaves $690 to account for in this auction.....

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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:57 am

Look on the bright side...if he sells that lot for $700, most of the collectors on this site have the potential to be millionaires.

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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:46 am

This was the response I found in my e-mail this morning to my querry:

"No, these are the books my husband played with when he was a child. He wanted to sell them at this price. I don't want to sell them because they aren't worth the trouble and the cost of the fee to put them up.

- lil_spade_84"

So she's blaming her husband...

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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:11 am

Invincible Overlord wrote:This was the response I found in my e-mail this morning to my querry:

"No, these are the books my husband played with when he was a child. He wanted to sell them at this price. I don't want to sell them because they aren't worth the trouble and the cost of the fee to put them up.

- lil_spade_84"

So she's blaming her husband...

Good for her, because her husband is a frikken moron.

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Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:22 am

Badmike wrote:
Good for her, because her husband is a frikken moron.

Mike B.

she's talking about him like he's dead.

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Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:09 pm

Umm....anyone wanna hit the $250 BIN on this one?

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Didn't think so.

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Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:42 am

Katchoo wrote:Ah! Yes, please consider me interested if the buyer doesn't come through. I guess I had no idea that this item was this rare. I bought one when I was a kid... but I cut it up, like many did, it seems. lol

~Kat ^_^

The buyer came through yesterday. I was about to get excited for you. Wait, that didn't sound right. You know what I mean. :wink:

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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:39 pm

benjoshua wrote:The buyer came through yesterday. I was about to get excited for you. Wait, that didn't sound right. You know what I mean.

Ah, that's OK. Thanks for thinking of me.

~Kat ^_^

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Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:26 am

Maybe not the "silliest", but still a bit high for a pretty common item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Advanced-Dungeons-Dragons-Dungeon-Module-S3-9033_W0QQitemZ170301193707QQihZ007QQcategoryZ64QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

...of course, if the BIN seems a bit steep, you can always "Make an offer and get it for less"

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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:05 am

I know they're not exactly easy to find.. but $125? I coughed my cookies onto my screen...

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-D-D-THE-WORLD-OF-GREYHAWK-FANTASY-WORLD-FOLIO-NEW_W0QQitemZ200307754130QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item200307754130&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A13%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:32 am

argyrebasin wrote:I know they're not exactly easy to find.. but $125? I coughed my cookies onto my screen...

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-D-D-THE-WORLD-OF-GREYHAWK-FANTASY-WORLD-FOLIO-NEW_W0QQitemZ200307754130QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item200307754130&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2%7C65%3A13%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

Shrinkwrap makes people do crazy things. :wink:

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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:35 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Shrinkwrap makes people do crazy things.

IIRC Monte Cook's went for over $500 a couple years ago.

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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:01 am

most others finished $20-30 those sales http://completed.shop.ebay.com/merchant ... ec0Q2em283

bclarkie wrote:
IIRC Monte Cook's went for over $500 a couple years ago.

remembering blue logo folio at $200+ got snapshot for $500+??

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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:00 am

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:most others finished $20-30 those sales http://completed.shop.ebay.com/merchant ... ec0Q2em283

remembering blue logo folio at $200+ got snapshot for $500+??

No, I don't usually save screen shots, I am just going off memory. It was a later printing for sure with the blue ink though. I tried doing a few forum searches because I know we all discussed it briefly, but I came up completely empty.

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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:21 am

bclarkie wrote:
No, I don't usually save screen shots, I am just going off memory. It was a later printing for sure with the blue ink though. I tried doing a few forum searches because I know we all discussed it briefly, but I came up completely empty.

I actually found where were discussing it, but no one ever posted a final price:

viewtopic.php?p=35078&highlight=folio#35078

The last update concerning the price was $225 with 30 mintues to go.

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Rakeesh sah Tarna
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:40 am

bclarkie wrote:The last update concerning the price was $225 with 30 mintues to go.

+thx brian. explains could not find as older than thought = other pc. curious now

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