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2011/11/16 04:34:20
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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You know it's funny this one popped up in this thread. I am currently in the market for Epic Titans and saw this a few days ago. I knew they were in print so I didn't bite. Honestly even if they were oop I wouldnt pay that much for those 2 crappy FW Titans. Give me good old metal anyday.
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2011/11/16 10:35:05
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Contagious Dreadnought of Nurgle
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2011/11/16 10:48:16
Subject: More eBay Follies
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The Hammer of Witches
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Two possible explanations here.
The first is that the FW titles (in fact, all of GW rulebooks) are not available to the book trade. Anyone not familiar with the company but familiar with bookselling will check the availability under the ISBN and get back records that make it look like it's out of print. Now, there are a good deal of opportunistic people who buy up OOP books and whack the prices up to something astronomically stupid. It's worth their while doing it for the 1 in 1000 people who actually are willing to pay for it. It's disgusting to me, because it artificially inflates second hand book prices as others see the price and imitate it. So we end up with a ridiculous premium on out of print books. But, hey, what can you do? So, it could be that this guy is one of those guys. I'd bet on it, personally.
The second is that it's a typo.
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htj wrote:You can always trust a man who quotes himself in his signature.
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2011/11/16 18:15:19
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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htj wrote: Two possible explanations here. The first is that the FW titles (in fact, all of GW rulebooks) are not available to the book trade. Anyone not familiar with the company but familiar with bookselling will check the availability under the ISBN and get back records that make it look like it's out of print. Now, there are a good deal of opportunistic people who buy up OOP books and whack the prices up to something astronomically stupid. It's worth their while doing it for the 1 in 1000 people who actually are willing to pay for it. It's disgusting to me, because it artificially inflates second hand book prices as others see the price and imitate it. So we end up with a ridiculous premium on out of print books. But, hey, what can you do? So, it could be that this guy is one of those guys. I'd bet on it, personally. The second is that it's a typo.
Or:
I've actually had this one explained by an Amazon seller before: It's a listing to let people know they have it, but they're not quite sure what the final price they'll be charging is.
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2011/11/17 00:16:41
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Willing Inquisitorial Excruciator
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But who is going to inquire "Hey, I saw you have this book for $1800 bucks, how much are you selling it for?"
Particularly when its easily available from GW or FW direct for a ton less.
I had heard that some companies use programs to add a small percentage to the cost of an item, so that it compares similar items, and charges a tad more, as a way to make updating webstores easier. When multiple companies do that, the prices jump up across the board as the bots battle it out.
I'd bet its on the odd chance somebody actually plunks down the money for it. I guess it depends on how much it actually costs to post it in the first place. +shrug+
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2011/11/17 09:28:37
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Krazed Killa Kan
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That's the old Nicodemus special character from Mordheim, in truth it is quite rare, wouldn't say is $100 dollar rare, but it is quite hard to find...
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2011/11/17 09:29:23
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Avatar of the Bloody-Handed God
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I have one, if anyone want it. $25 shipped and its yours....
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2011/11/17 11:10:58
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Tunneling Trygon
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2011/11/17 11:19:53
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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2011/11/17 11:25:46
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Tunneling Trygon
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Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:
Seems legit
Seen his other sales listed? Try the ripper swarm for £100 that says "genestealer" in the description. Or if marines are your thing then a £100 rhino. No pics. Personally I think this is a money laundering front ...
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2011/11/17 11:37:42
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Roaring Reaver Rider
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ruminator wrote:Battle Brother Lucifer wrote:
Seems legit
Seen his other sales listed? Try the ripper swarm for £100 that says "genestealer" in the description. Or if marines are your thing then a £100 rhino. No pics. Personally I think this is a money laundering front ...
Ones with pics tend to be priced fairly :/
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2011/11/17 12:55:52
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Leaping Dog Warrior
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from the same seller - a PS3 controller for £200, and £4 postage????
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2011/11/17 12:59:31
Subject: More eBay Follies
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The Hammer of Witches
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Platuan4th wrote:Or:
I've actually had this one explained by an Amazon seller before: It's a listing to let people know they have it, but they're not quite sure what the final price they'll be charging is.
That is the most ridiculously tenuous excuse I've ever heard. I don't buy it for a second.
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htj wrote:You can always trust a man who quotes himself in his signature.
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2011/11/17 16:07:14
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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htj wrote:Platuan4th wrote:Or:
I've actually had this one explained by an Amazon seller before: It's a listing to let people know they have it, but they're not quite sure what the final price they'll be charging is.
That is the most ridiculously tenuous excuse I've ever heard. I don't buy it for a second.
It's a very common practice for TF sellers on Amazon. A $50-100 G1 figure will go up on Amazon for 200% mark up, 2 weeks later, it's down to the average price.
It's an interest drum up to get them on the map.
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2011/11/17 16:24:19
Subject: More eBay Follies
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The Hammer of Witches
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So rather than just put it at the price they intend to sell it at, they put up a fake price so they can, what, look up and see what the price is meant to be? Which takes all of ten minutes? I can't say as this strikes me as very logical. Sounds more like trying your luck at suckering someone and then lowering the price when you fail to sell it.
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htj wrote:You can always trust a man who quotes himself in his signature.
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2011/11/17 22:35:31
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Lit By the Flames of Prospero
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2011/11/17 22:37:45
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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lol @ £400 for a 60g ssd. This has to be some kind of laundering scheme.
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2011/11/17 22:43:14
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Death-Dealing Ultramarine Devastator
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But surely the insertion fees would be ridiculously high for all these, with almost no chance of making a sale? I am a confused little dolphin...
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2011/11/17 22:51:25
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Angry Blood Angel Assault marine
Tampa Bay area, FL
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automatonsleuth wrote:
But surely the insertion fees would be ridiculously high for all these, with almost no chance of making a sale? I am a confused little dolphin...
I get offers all the time for free listings on ebay. I read a while back that most of the time those are placeholder listings or something that are then modified at a later time to have the correct information. not really sure on that, as I am not really an experienced ebay seller.
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2011/11/18 03:08:26
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Longtime Dakkanaut
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Ebay gives normal sellers 50 free listings a month. If you own a store you do not get 50 free as a default, but you do get lower prices for each listing. Ebay also has free listings day a few times a month. I do speak from experience as I am top rated seller and complete at least 100 transactions a month.
On a side note check this out. Not a hobby auction, but still totally ridiculous.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110770535096#ht_500wt_922
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2011/11/18 03:22:18
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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I'll never understand contemporary art.
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"Bryan always said that if the studio ever had to mix with the manufacturing and sales part of the business it would destroy the studio. And I have to say – he wasn’t wrong there! ... It’s become the promotions department of a toy company." -- Rick Priestly
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2011/11/18 03:27:08
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Lord of the Fleet
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Aerethan wrote:I'll never understand contemporary art.
Dont you know! True art is incomprehensible! 
Ebay is a garage sale, sometimes you get good hauls, other times its a shakedown
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2011/11/18 19:13:25
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Lit By the Flames of Prospero
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inquisitorlewis wrote:Ebay gives normal sellers 50 free listings a month. If you own a store you do not get 50 free as a default, but you do get lower prices for each listing. Ebay also has free listings day a few times a month. I do speak from experience as I am top rated seller and complete at least 100 transactions a month.
On a side note check this out. Not a hobby auction, but still totally ridiculous.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110770535096#ht_500wt_922
hahaha
That really is ridiculous.
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2011/11/26 02:00:00
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Warning From Magnus? Not Listening!
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yay! free shipping, o wait, wait what?
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Notice: If you notice this notice you will notice that this notice is not worth noticing
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2011/11/26 02:01:09
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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Norn King wrote:yay! free shipping, o wait, wait what?
Why do you bump random threads with nothing but spam? Just wondering.
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"Bryan always said that if the studio ever had to mix with the manufacturing and sales part of the business it would destroy the studio. And I have to say – he wasn’t wrong there! ... It’s become the promotions department of a toy company." -- Rick Priestly
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2012/01/16 04:59:12
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Most Glorious Grey Seer
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2012/02/21 03:10:17
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Most Glorious Grey Seer
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Filing this under, "Wut?" As in your face when you see those beautiful, crisp miniatures and the word *Mint* in the auction title.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-2-Warhammer-40K-Space-Marine-2-Wolfes-Games-Workshop-MINT-/330686978165
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2012/02/21 04:02:01
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Excellent Exalted Champion of Chaos
Lake Forest, California, South Orange County
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It almost looks like the detail on the muzzles is melted from whatever they used to try and strip the models. Certainly NOT mint condition. False advertising galore.
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"Bryan always said that if the studio ever had to mix with the manufacturing and sales part of the business it would destroy the studio. And I have to say – he wasn’t wrong there! ... It’s become the promotions department of a toy company." -- Rick Priestly
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2012/02/21 13:29:41
Subject: More eBay Follies
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Stubborn Hammerer
Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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That thing is hard to put together! You'll need 2, maybe 3 booklets to even begin getting it right.
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2012/02/21 21:34:46
Subject: Re:More eBay Follies
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Fireknife Shas'el
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1000 dollars us for a space marine megaforce
when you can buy all the models new for 350 dollars right......
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