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Post Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 9:13 am 
 

Lord Dynel wrote:
So this starts some time after the first auction?


Actually, anything can be entered into the Auction Store as long as the price is set at under $40, it does not have to go through the auction first.  It's good if you want a fixed price for the item but don't want to put it in the Auction itself (sort of like Ebay stores vs Ebay auctions)  So the Auction Store is full of items from the very first hour of the con. A good strategy is to take a cruise through the Auction Store first thing Thursday morning to nab anything that might have been placed withing and underpriced.  Last year I had about 100 items in the auction store and they actually sold pretty well compared to the auction itself.

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Post Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 9:36 pm 
 

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Actually, anything can be entered into the Auction Store as long as the price is set at under $40, it does not have to go through the auction first.  It's good if you want a fixed price for the item but don't want to put it in the Auction itself (sort of like Ebay stores vs Ebay auctions)  So the Auction Store is full of items from the very first hour of the con. A good strategy is to take a cruise through the Auction Store first thing Thursday morning to nab anything that might have been placed withing and underpriced.  Last year I had about 100 items in the auction store and they actually sold pretty well compared to the auction itself.

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Thanks, Mike, for the advice (sorry in the lapse in reply, I've been sick the past week).  You've really been helping this GenCon newbie out!

So, if I may ask one more question - what are some of the good "regulars" in the dealer's room that will be selling/usually sells older D&D product?  Someone mentioned a few back before, but was that list comprehensive?

  

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Thanks, Mike, for the advice (sorry in the lapse in reply, I've been sick the past week).  You've really been helping this GenCon newbie out!

So, if I may ask one more question - what are some of the good "regulars" in the dealer's room that will be selling/usually sells older D&D product?  Someone mentioned a few back before, but was that list comprehensive?


I think it pretty much changes every year....Crazy Egor is always there and had a lot of goodies in 2007, but in 2008 I didn't buy anything there. I would definitely walk the entire floor, sometimes you can find some good deals tucked back in the corner booths.  In 2007 Pagan PUblishing had a small booth near the back and they had lots of great OOP stuff including old Unspeakable Oaths and adventures like Walker in the Waste.

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Badmike wrote:I think it pretty much changes every year....Crazy Egor is always there and had a lot of goodies in 2007, but in 2008 I didn't buy anything there.


I'm not sure if I mentioned this before in this thread or not.  Before Origins and GenCon I went to Egor's Store and dropped $350+.  I probably could spent more too.  All of the items I did pick up I thought were very good buys.

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I'm not sure if I mentioned this before in this thread or not.  Before Origins and GenCon I went to Egor's Store and dropped $350+.  I probably could spent more too.  All of the items I did pick up I thought were very good buys.


Did you use the words "Good Buy" and "Crazy Egor" in the same sentence?   :D

Seriously, I've scanned through his items before and although they were quality items, they always looked to be very expensive.

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Did you use the words "Good Buy" and "Crazy Egor" in the same sentence?   :D

Seriously, I've scanned through his items before and although they were quality items, they always looked to be very expensive.


I dunno...most of the stuff I bought at Crazy Egor's booth the last couple of years was priced about what I expected it to be.  Some items were a bit higher and I found a few items that were priced very low.  Seems that the rarer the item, the better deal, but that was just my impression.


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 1:51 pm 
 

Okay, so Crazy Egor's (usually) is a stop, but be on the lookout for other places as well.  Go to the Auction store relatively early and try to hit the auctions on Friday and Saturday night.  Okay, I think I got it.  Thanks to everyone with the great advice, and if there anything other tidbits of wisdom, I'd surely appreciate it!

  

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Post Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:23 pm 
 

Hi,

come round to the lawrenson/burntwire/Mr X booth, for lots of goodies  8)

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