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Made in gb
Just the Bare Metal



Gloucester

So a guy who I believe to be the winner of a slayer sword in europe is selling it on eBay for €6000, should he be allowed to or shoul it be removed from sale due to its very nature and elite standing? Opinions???

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Jealous that Horus is Warmaster





Milton Keynes

no. its only a sword.

   
   
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Devestating Grey Knight Dreadknight





Australia

It's his, he can sell it if e wants. Why on earth would it be an issue?

"Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?" 
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut







If it's his property, I don't see the issue.

It's not like whoever buys it will be able to convince people they actually won it considering winners are all fully documented online.

   
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Lord of the Fleet






London

He's willing to sell something he won to make a quick buck, while the buyer will own a trophy that he should really have won rather than just bought off an internet auction site. No issue here.
   
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Secret Squirrel






Leerstetten, Germany

Do we know why he is selling it? For all we know there is a pretty legitimate and pressing reason for him to need some cash and the sword is something that can make that money in a short amount of time.

   
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Zealous Sin-Eater



Chico, CA

If it not your stuff he's selling, who cares.

Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something.
Man #1: Bob, there's nothing you can do.
Bob: Well, I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humor.  
   
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Did Fulgrim Just Behead Ferrus?





Fort Worth, TX

As long as the buyer doesn't try to represent it as his own trophy, there's really nothing wrong with it.

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One chants out between two worlds: Fire, walk with me."
- Twin Peaks
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Douglas Bader






Yes, ebay should refuse to allow him to sell his own property because some people on a gaming forum are outraged that someone else could buy a trophy without earning it.

There is no such thing as a hobby without politics. "Leave politics at the door" is itself a political statement, an endorsement of the status quo and an attempt to silence dissenting voices. 
   
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Bane Thrall





I remember seeing random trophies in thrift stores all the time.

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Longtime Dakkanaut





I have no idea what a Slayer Sword is...

Unnessesarily extravegant word of the week award goes to jcress410 for this:

jcress wrote:Seem super off topic to complain about epistemology on a thread about tactics.
 
   
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Secret Squirrel






Leerstetten, Germany

 Testify wrote:
I have no idea what a Slayer Sword is...


It's a sword you slay people with of course.

It is also the trophy you get for winning a golden demon painting competition.
   
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Androgynous Daemon Prince of Slaanesh





Norwalk, Connecticut

Perfectly okay. I draw the line at selling your children on eBay.

Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.

Manchu wrote:I'm a Catholic. We eat our God.


Due to work, I can usually only ship any sales or trades out on Saturday morning. Please trade/purchase with this in mind.  
   
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 Testify wrote:
I have no idea what a Slayer Sword is...
It's the trophy given to the winner of the Golden Demon competition.

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Paingiver







There are currently sixty-nine thousand eighty five results for trophy on ebay. I am sure some of those have already been awarded ans are sold as collectables, keepsakes, or memorabilia. If he is in the wrong, then the seller is among company.

I kind of hope that poor guy that won at gamesday Japan buys it.

   
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Lit By the Flames of Prospero





Rampton, UK

Sometimes gak happens in life and you need to make a quick buck.
   
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Stealthy Dark Angels Scout with Shotgun



SF Bay Area, CA

He can do whatever he wants with his personal property.

Plenty of cases of folks selling off their Olympic medals.

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5000+ (Deathwing and Ravenwing)
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Devestating Grey Knight Dreadknight





Australia

 Dais wrote:
There are currently sixty-nine thousand eighty five results for trophy on ebay. I am sure some of those have already been awarded ans are sold as collectables, keepsakes, or memorabilia. If he is in the wrong, then the seller is among company.

I kind of hope that poor guy that won at gamesday Japan buys it.


He still wouldn't be able to import it. That was the problem in the first place.

"Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?" 
   
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!!Goffik Rocker!!





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Buying it is morally ambiguous. Selling it is just kinda sad.

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Terrifying Treeman






The Fallen Realm of Umbar

No problem, it is his property.

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 Krellnus wrote:
No problem, it is his property.


Property laws are not based in morality. If a 4 year old girl spent hours lovingly making a macaroni card for her dad for his birthday and the dude sold it two hours later to buy cigarettes that would be morally reprehensible. You can do legal things that are morally wrong.

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Decrepit Dakkanaut






New Orleans, LA

He's probably selling it to pay his taxes or to help his sister go to school.

I hope he gets his feet back under him soon.

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The Hammer of Witches





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 timetowaste85 wrote:
Perfectly okay. I draw the line at selling your children on eBay.

Selling OTHER peoples' children? A-OK!

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Scuttling Genestealer





I have about as much of problem with this as I do selling children on eBay.

No issues here.
   
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Incorporating Wet-Blending






Australia

I see no issue with it. Hell, maybe he's moving and can't keep it.

"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
-C.S. Lewis 
   
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Commoragh-bound Peer





typing on my laptop!.

Yeah no issue here either, let the guy sell it if that what he wants to do with it.

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- Silver Knights space marine chapter. Around 3500 to 4000 pts(wip)

- Word Bearers 2500 pts (on hold)

- Sky Dogs imperial guard regiment. 2000 pts. 
   
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Battlefield Professional





St.Joseph MO

I know im not an amazing painter, but if it was cheap, it would make an amusing decoration for a Wargaming room.

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Mercenaries


Menoth 
   
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Lieutenant General





Florence, KY

Hmm, I could use a new letter opener...

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cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable
defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'

- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty
Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
 
   
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Longtime Dakkanaut






Think people put a bit too much importance on that sort of thing...though if I were to be looking to pick up a sword or three for my game room I could think of a few dozen which I would rather have:

http://budk.com/category/Swords/Fantasy-Swords/pc/2883/2888.uts

Throw in some stuff like the Predator mask and some of the big axes - you would still be paying less for an entire wall full of metal than what he will probably get for the "slayer sword".
   
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Dark Angels Librarian with Book of Secrets






Dude, he's not selling his virginity or a bodily organ. Its a sword given as a trophy.

Jeez...
   
 
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