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copycat
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:29 pm

I wanted the Necromancer's Book. $15 wasn't horrible for it -- and, its going to be traded for a larger, more valuable thing, anyway, so I figured why not. The rest... umm, yeah. A bit on the end of high.

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smarmy1
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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:42 pm

I love shrink just as much as the next guy, but this was a little crazy even for me ....

1983 TSR Dungeons & Dragons Set 1 Basic Rules UNopened

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Keep it sealed! :wink:

Hello Mrs. Cleaver, Theodore.

Gee, Mrs. Cleaver ... That certainly is a lovely dress.

napoleonsdad
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Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:14 pm

Quote:
http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-2nd-Edition-HU ... temZ280247 854213QQihZ018QQcategoryZ2545QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Where do we start with this one? First of all there's the ridiculous BIN price of $300. Not even sure if the $75 opening bid price is worth it. The real kicker is the $50 shipping cost for media mail

After seeing that this seller had a second auction with a $50 media mail charge as well I reported it.

The seller did reduce the shipping to $30. Still an obscene amount for media mail.

HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:37 pm

This one really caught me by surpise. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't recall seeing one of these go for anywhere near this price before:

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bclarkie
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:15 pm

This is why you have to love Troll and Toad. :roll:

They listed this last week at $1,600.00:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

And not very surprisingly, it didn't sell. So what do they do in response to listing it too high and it not selling? They list it again, only this time with a higher starting bid:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

:lol:

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Kingofpain89
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:33 am

Unexpected high price for a fairly common item:

http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Box-Set-The-Ci ... dZViewItem

Looks like a bit of "noob" action going on there. :wink:

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Johnson
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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 9:53 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:Unexpected high price for a fairly common item:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Looks like a bit of "noob" action going on there.

I've noticed these are defintely on the "up" recently.

Cheers,

Malc

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Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 10:36 am

lawrenson wrote:
I've noticed these are defintely on the "up" recently.

Cheers,
Malc

They are harder to find complete than some boxed sets. The maps and 24 handout cards especially. The set itself is crap, post Gygax lets emasculate the campaign stuff that came out at that time. The city is ridiculously small and nothing compared with the complex lankhmarish style that Gygax wrote about.

FormCritic
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 1:14 am

It only takes two or three collectors in a genre to drive the price up for some time.

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GreyM
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:14 pm

Dungeon Master's Copy of The Ghost Tower of Inverness (was posted under interesting items thread but when the bidding ended....I thought it should be here as well

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0251217637

topped 3 grand USD...over twice what its valued for per Acaeum ;-)

so much for the Acaeum price setting scandal :roll:

g026r
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:33 pm

Anyone have any idea who i***o (229) is? Because thefantasymuseum wasn't the only person to outbid lofenloc.

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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:08 pm

g026r wrote:Anyone have any idea who i***o (229) is? Because thefantasymuseum wasn't the only person to outbid lofenloc.

Wow, can anyone remember Lance losing an auction for a rare? If it's happened, I don't remember when.

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Blackmoor
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:12 am

GreyM wrote:Dungeon Master's Copy of The Ghost Tower of Inverness (was posted under interesting items thread but when the bidding ended....I thought it should be here as well

** expired/removed eBay auction **

topped 3 grand USD...over twice what its valued for per Acaeum

so much for the Acaeum price setting scandal

A "DM" copy has never been auctioned on Ebay before therfore the Acaeum price was at best a good guess. Now we finally have a value. Congrats TFM for buying this incredible piece.

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Mars
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Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:33 am

Badmike wrote:Wow, can anyone remember Lance losing an auction for a rare? If it's happened, I don't remember when.

I have beat out Lance a couple of times but not very often. The last time it happened, I beat Lance but didn't make it past TFM.

HermitFromPluto
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:37 am

Anyone know who 0***m (1608) is on that list? They've just popped up on another auction I'm interested in and if it is someone here I'd prefer to leave it.

Blackmoor
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:44 am

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Is this real? Dungeon Tiles Set 1 for $200.00

Anybody want mine

(really!!)

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aia
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:16 am

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

Is this real? Dungeon Tiles Set 1 for $200.00

Anybody want mine (really!!)

errr... ok, it's a bit expensive... :oops:

but shipping is free... :roll:

nerelas
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 8:14 am

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

Is this real? Dungeon Tiles Set 1 for $200.00

Anybody want mine (really!!)

Wow... There are two sitting on the shelf of my local mall bookstore. I guess I'd better stop by to pick them up today and throw them up on eBay

. That's just ridiculous; you could buy two Dwarven Forge sets for that price. Does anyone have an explanation for it?

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