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dwarf
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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:03 pm

guerret wrote:Were we talking about crazy prices for sealed items?

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Shrinkophiles are well alive

$145 for a DL1 in SW. Not common in that condition but $145...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEDWX:IT

and $152 for a DL2 in SW...

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Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 8:28 pm

dwarf wrote:

Shrinkophiles are well alive

$145 for a DL1 in SW. Not common in that condition but $145...

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and $152 for a DL2 in SW...

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Crazy. I paid my DL1 $34.11 including shipping. I can't find how much I spent for DL2, but if I remember correctly it was even cheaper. DL2 is fairly common in SW, while DL1 is considerably harder to find, so I had a good bargain on that one.

Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 1:55 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-25TH-SILVER-ANNIVERSARY-BOXED-SET-MINT-L3-100_W0QQitemZ380221926452QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_RolePlaying_RL?hash=item5886fe2c34

This price Seems a bit over the top.

$228 (USD)

or

149.99 UK Sterling...

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benjoshua
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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:20 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-25TH-SILVER-ANNIVERSARY-BOXED-SET-MINT-L3-100_W0QQitemZ380221926452QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_RolePlaying_RL?hash=item5886fe2c34

This price Seems a bit over the top.

$228 (USD)

or

149.99 UK Sterling...

Especially when you consider who's selling it.

Truth is worth finding and life is too short to work for money.

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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:24 pm

benjoshua wrote:
Especially when you consider who's selling it.

And he appears to have 3 of them... :roll:

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dwarf
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:14 am

L3 BIN for $171 !!

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For this price you can easily get the whole anniversary boxed set !

Recent auctions for L3 in near mint condition seem to end for far less than $100, something in the range $60-90. And during last months several have been sold.

Of course, as it's a BIN, you can be sure to get it, but for twice the price of a classic auction.

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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:09 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-AD-D-25TH-SILVER-ANNIVERSARY-BOXED-SET-MINT-L3-100_W0QQitemZ380221926452QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_RolePlaying_RL?hash=item5886fe2c34

This price Seems a bit over the top.

$228 (USD)

or

149.99 UK Sterling...

Come on now, this is really getting beyond obnoxious.

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oh, and then there's the fine print

This is in it's original shrink wrap. The shrink wrap may have a few holes, or tears, there may be slight wear at the corners, but the box cannot be pulled from the shrink wrap without tearing more of the shrink wrap.

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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:21 pm

Clearly some T&T employee's intellectually challenged offspring has just started their summer internship early, in the RPG department. I think "Shrinkwrap, tattered" would pretty much cover it.... no pun intended.

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Gnat the Beggar
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 12:57 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220588134890

I asked the question.

Here is the response.

Hi,

I sincerely apologize but this is the price determined by our product specialist based on rarity, cost of obtaining and our competitors pricing.

- trollandtoadstore

Bolding added by me.

Product Specialist?

How do you qualify for that job?

Work for Amazon sellers for a while?

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misterspock
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:38 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220588134890

I asked the question.

Here is the response.

Bolding added by me.

Product Specialist?

How do you qualify for that job?

Work for Amazon sellers for a while?

That's hilarious :lol:

Looks like a bunch of us need to fire off resumes for that job! I bet you can work from home, to boot, and since they don't require you to look over the physical product anyways

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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 1:46 pm

I'd be ok being in another continent as well then! :lol:

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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:06 pm

Position Vacant - T&T product specialist , must have own opposable thumbs.

TheHistorian
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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 10:56 pm

When you're priced well above T&T, I uppercase AMBITIOUS:

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Legitimately tough to find with the maps, but even if this were nicer, it's about 5x a realistic price:

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I didn't really calculate whether the base price is high or not (probably is), but I'm concerned that the photos were taken on Mars (Mark is that you?), so shipping could be high:

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Areas of interest/knowledge: Harn, WFRP, Ars Magica, anything BRP based such as CoC, Runequest, Pendragon and all their related games

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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 6:24 pm

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Think this guy is confused about what the original Rahasia module really is.

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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 4:51 pm

Yikes! One of the higher finishes for one of these I've seen lately.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWAX:IT

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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 5:16 pm

SimperingToad wrote:Yikes! One of the higher finishes for one of these I've seen lately.

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I sold one late last year for about the same amount.

It was also Near Mint, and was a 1st Print, have no idea which print this one was.

I have seen them sell for considerably more too.

So, at just $56 and $4 shipping, I do not think that is a rediculous price at all.

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Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 7:35 pm

Gnat the Beggar wrote:
I sold one late last year for about the same amount.
It was also Near Mint, and was a 1st Print, have no idea which print this one was.
I have seen them sell for considerably more too.
So, at just $56 and $4 shipping, I do not think that is a rediculous price at all.

Must have missed that. I usually see them go for about $35-40ish with shipping. NM probably not, but some not far off.

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Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 6:40 pm

OMG!!! No reserve! Get it cheap! :wink:

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