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TheHistorian
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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:27 pm

TheMilford wrote:

I sold my 4th a few months ago for $26... I'm going to send her the link for as a ref... maybe she'll let hers go for close to that.

** expired/removed eBay auction **

I'd value it more like $12-15

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:31 pm

TheHistorian wrote:
I'd value it more like $12-15

Mine was pretty nice... not sure what condition her's is in exactly.

You can usually find them in lots for cheaper but solo I haven't seen one go for less than $20 in a while.

Why do you value her's at only $12-15?

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:51 pm

Because that's all I'd pay for a 4th print Screen.

So that's its worth. To me.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:15 pm

Fighting Wheel with some wear to the sleeve @ $141;
** expired/removed eBay auction **
- "very high" rather than totally "silly", perhaps, but a genuine sale to best offer rather than a seller's hopeful price.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:33 pm

faro wrote:Fighting Wheel with some wear to the sleeve @ $141;
** expired/removed eBay auction **
- "very high" rather than totally "silly", perhaps, but a genuine sale to best offer rather than a seller's hopeful price.

This has been up there for a long time...

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:48 pm

TheMilford wrote:This has been up there for a long time...

Yes, but actually sold on the 9th at that "best offer" price to eBay user adjdr (spotted that feedback placed on the 14th). Was this related elsewhere I'd missed?

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:24 pm

Did anyone that went to Gencon catch what the fighting wheel sold for???

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:42 pm

faro wrote:Yes, but actually sold on the 9th at that "best offer" price to eBay user adjdr (spotted that feedback placed on the 14th). Was this related elsewhere I'd missed?

I was just commenting... sad to see it go

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:17 pm

TheMilford wrote:I was just commenting... sad to see it go

Ah; gotcha... sry!

Time for someone else to have a go at listing one high, I guess.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:18 pm

faro wrote:Ah; gotcha... sry!
Time for someone else to have a go at listing one high, I guess.

I had hit him with a offer a while ago... don't remember what it was.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:25 pm

TheMilford wrote:I had hit him with a offer a while ago... don't remember what it was.

Well, I'd've thought they might've accepted if that was above mid-range in the usual $60-90 band but looks like that wait paid off for them, this time. Never can tell when a buyer's going to come along who's willing to go the extra mile...
Good luck on snagging one at a more sensible price.

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7.4 TAKING THE GAME SERIOUSLY: Don't"

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:34 pm

Good grief:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Dungeons-Dragons-RP ... 911.c0.m14

** expired/removed eBay auction **

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:44 pm

bclarkie wrote:Good grief:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Categorized incorrectly as books -> other. Somebody made off like a bandit on those.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:57 pm

jasonw1239 wrote:Categorized incorrectly as books -> other. Somebody made off like a bandit on those.

Incorrect category wouldn't have made any difference as the name's in there. Would still have been spotted and AOK for the seller if they hadn't been asked to relist with a $35 BIN.

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Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 11:59 pm

faro wrote:Incorrect category wouldn't have made any difference as the name's in there. Would still have been spotted and AOK for the seller if they hadn't been asked to relist with a $35 BIN.

Yep, naive seller taken for a few hundred bucks.

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:58 am

Crap! Why do they always relist when I'm not looking? That's what, three in the last four weeks like that?

Curses! Foiled again!!!

If it was relisted because someone asked, wouldn't it have been a hoot if a 3rd party nabbed the BIN first? :lol:

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:42 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-VINTAGE-MODULE-Vault-of-the-Drow-by-Gary-Gygax_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem27ab097183QQitemZ170373247363QQptZLHQ5fDefaultDomainQ5f0QQsalenotsupported

D3: Vault of the Drow.

Listed at about twice the value IF It was mint.

And it is not anywhere near that.

Seller states its in vgc....

(lol, where have we seen that statement before?)...

Look at the picture provided.

I will say one thing... at least the seller does NOT use Stock Photos...

Plus free shipping so not absolutley insane prices.

But I think this sellers prices are generally higher than they should be....

In many cases for the older TSR modules, by at least double.

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Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 5:11 pm

TheMilford wrote:
I had a nice talk with this seller... I explained that they are common items but seem to be in good shape. I directed her to our pages with pricing. She said she found pricing using T&T as a ref.

I told her that T&T are crooks and nobody buys from them.

Shoot her an offer.

Shockingly, my offer was rejected.

The odd part is that I don't see anyone with prices on a 4th print screen anywhere near $55. The peak seems to be $20-25 or so. Even T&T's prices seem to be around there.

There was a 2nd/3rd on ebay for $35 a couple weeks ago that got no bids.

Anyway, I guess the thing to remember is what thread we're in...

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