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bbarsh
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:11 am

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Wow

There are a couple of nice (printings) in ths lot, but this price really shocked me. T&T stuff sometimes does well, but overall this might be $150 auction.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:11 pm

bbarsh wrote:There are a couple of nice (printings) in ths lot, but this price really shocked me. T&T stuff sometimes does well, but overall this might be $150 auction.

first 4 listed = $150 combined postage does rest??

better value than
** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **
+ others $100+ :>

Last edited by Rakeesh sah Tarna on Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

simon
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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:14 pm

Badmike wrote:
.......but in the guy's defense, I've been regularly selling the 1E books for $25 each with no problem. I've actually sold out of most of the 1E books at that price lately, I'm thinking of raising it to $30 each for the PHB and MM.

Mike B.

I have sold good condition hardbacks for £20. As a set these do look pretty good. Last year when £1 = $2 it would have worked out at $120. If they were in the UK I would have paid quite a bit for them; just for the condition.

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Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:02 pm

Rakeesh sah Tarna wrote:
first 4 listed = $150 combined postage does rest??
better value than
** expired/removed eBay auction **

** expired/removed eBay auction **
+ others $100+ :>

There is no comparing T&T stuff to Merp...

I looked really hard at that T&T auction again...I still do not see the value. Not even close.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:07 pm

Why did this go for $31 instead of $5?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0026193739

It's an incomplete 1st edition AD&D Forgotten Realms boxed set: with no box and one map missing.

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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:34 am

Geoffrey wrote:Why did this go for $31 instead of $5?

** expired/removed eBay auction **

It's an incomplete 1st edition AD&D Forgotten Realms boxed set: with no box and one map missing.

Seller got real lucky. Should have went for $5.00

Games can get you through times of no money but money can not get you through times of no games!!

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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:18 am

Blackmoor wrote:Seller got real lucky. Should have went for $5.00

Unless the two competing buyers knew that there was a copy of Secret of the Sages tucked in as well.

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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 2:52 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0336008884

I must be missing something...I'm surprised this is going for so much, and there's still 12 hours left on the auction. I thought these were going in the $40-$50 range on Ebay, especially since it's a later print with the TSR Logo. Heck, even Troll and Toad has it for less than half of this auction price.

Is the bonus Dragon Mag worth the extra $60?

... I looked back at the auction bidders, and they've got a mini-war going on between a 0 and 2 feedback bidder. I wonder if it's a shill game...

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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 3:21 pm

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

I must be missing something...I'm surprised this is going for so much, and there's still 12 hours left on the auction. I thought these were going in the $40-$50 range on Ebay, especially since it's a later print with the TSR Logo. Heck, even Troll and Toad has it for less than half of this auction price.

Is the bonus Dragon Mag worth the extra $60?

... I looked back at the auction bidders, and they've got a mini-war going on between a 0 and 2 feedback bidder. I wonder if it's a shill game...

Dumb and dumber..... :roll:

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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 4:09 pm

is worth as much as what sells for i guess :lol:

or as little
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Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:29 pm

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Advanced-Dungeons ... dZViewItem

Not even finished yet!

You can never have too much of something you didn't need in the first place.

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:50 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0142611116

Am I just ingorant to what this is worth, or is this high for this item? What is a reasonable price for this? I would like a complete (intact) copy, but have no idea what is considered a sane price after seeing this auction. lol

~Kat ^_^

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 3:10 am

Kingofpain89 wrote:
Dumb and dumber.....

...It ended at $150!

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:01 am

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

Am I just ingorant to what this is worth, or is this high for this item? What is a reasonable price for this? I would like a complete (intact) copy, but have no idea what is considered a sane price after seeing this auction. lol

~Kat ^_^

A little high maybe but not too much....these were designed to be cut up so to find one that has survived without damage is reasonably rare. However it could be that there is a box of SW AC3 sitting in somebodys loft which will be sold for next to nothing.

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 5:06 am

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

Not even finished yet!

Looks like its in decent nick. Seems to be that any core rulebooks are going well at the moment. Or the seller could have got lucky with a nooby ebayer.....

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 7:39 am

simonmwh wrote:
A little high maybe but not too much....these were designed to be cut up so to find one that has survived without damage is reasonably rare. However it could be that there is a box of SW AC3 sitting in somebodys loft which will be sold for next to nothing.

He's right. That's my auction by the way, and it is in great condition. The bidder hasn't paid yet and if he doesn't come through, I'll ask if you'd like it.

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

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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:06 am

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

Am I just ingorant to what this is worth, or is this high for this item? What is a reasonable price for this? I would like a complete (intact) copy, but have no idea what is considered a sane price after seeing this auction. lol

~Kat ^_^

Price seems about right. However, I do see these going up in the next couple years, if not this year. They do not come up very often and when they do, they are almost always missing pieces.

I know it seems a little high for a simple D&D module/accessory but this item is not as scarce as a B10, but it is not far off. The AC 3/5 (supposed to be AC

is even more difficult to find, let alone intact.

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 12:05 am

benjoshua wrote:He's right. That's my auction by the way, and it is in great condition. The bidder hasn't paid yet and if he doesn't come through, I'll ask if you'd like it.

Ah! Yes, please consider me interested if the buyer doesn't come through.

I guess I had no idea that this item was this rare. I bought one when I was a kid... but I cut it up, like many did, it seems. lol

~Kat ^_^

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