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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 8:42 am

Gnat the Beggar wrote:The SW is torn along the entire top and part way along a side.
Its not a SWed item anymore.
The OLD flimsy torn SW plastic is now serving as a low grade covering.

If you view shrinkwrap simply as an indication that the item is unused, then it still serves that purpose (unless you think it has been used, and stored in the s/w between uses). Often shrinkwrap holds moisture inside (hello staple rust!) and warps the item, so unless it's perfect I usually remove it anyway.

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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 10:46 am

MetamorphosisSigma wrote:
If you view shrinkwrap simply as an indication that the item is unused, then it still serves that purpose (unless you think it has been used, and stored in the s/w between uses). Often shrinkwrap holds moisture inside (hello staple rust!) and warps the item, so unless it's perfect I usually remove it anyway.

Cannot argue with your last statement, I sometimes do the same thing.
But your first statement could be argued with (Yes, I see you added a caveat).

IMO: Once the SW is torn all the way across the top, it is no longer SW.
It's just a cheap low-grade bag.

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Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 1:47 pm

tiro wrote:Third print woody with interesting plus:

** expired/removed eBay auction **

Just received the 1st print Gamma World set from this seller. Though I am pleased with the transaction, since others here are likely bidding on the woodgrain I thought it worth mentioning that there was a bit of undisclosed staple rust in the GW booklet, and a very faint musty odor to the entire set (not so much that I'm alarmed, and there is no other evidence of mold, but I know some people have zero tolerance for this). The woodgrain may or may not have the same issues.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 3:46 pm

AD&D Players Handbook 1st print, UK seller

a few missing pages

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIRST-print-HB-1st-Edition-AD-D-Players-Handbook-Gygax-/160591922191?pt=UK_Toys_RolePlaying_RL&hash=item256406440f

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Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:43 pm

Seller has a few newer common sets (Ravenloft, Dragonlance, Birthright). Completely uninteresting were they not in Shrink. More opium for the shrink wrap junkies.

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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:07 pm

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First printing Greyhawk supplement, with some markings

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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 8:36 pm

Interesting TSR mail order?

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Adventures in Austerion : a fantasy RPG, with boardgame mechanisms and modular battlemap. By Guillaume Tavernier and GÃ©raud G.

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Posted: Thu May 26, 2011 11:40 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Grenadier-lot-D-D-miniatures-/190537996114?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c5cf31752

by the time you see this the listing will likely be over, but Scroll down and watch the video anyway.

I got a couple of laughs.

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:00 am

I've never seen a video as part of a listing before. I could see how that could be a great idea for some listings. Maybe not this one though.

"He has a hammer like Thor" is a great selling point.

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:28 am

Icar wrote:"He has a hammer like Thor" is a great selling point.

Since when does an elf-gnome use a hammer?

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:44 am

Mars wrote:
Since when does an elf-gnome use a hammer?

Since when are there elf-gnomes? Sounds like a fetish gone horribly wrong on so many levels.

Ya know, if I were doing a YouTube video describing items being sold, I'd at least make the attempt to make it sound as if I knew what I were talking about instead of pulling a Chi Chi Rodrigueeez.

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:02 am

Note to self: clip fingernails before making a youtube video describing my Gren.... Gren.... Grenaders.

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Posted: Fri May 27, 2011 10:41 am

Gnat the Beggar wrote:by the time you see this the listing will likely be over

Also can't send across the Atlantic because to Europeans they're (quote) "not for sail"
(no airplanes where he lives, I guess)

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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 5:48 am

Chin up, Aaron.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0784942001 => http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0525763268

Would at least expect an uncropped scan for the extra $1,240, you'd think?

Or is it
** expired/removed eBay auction **
, even (for a mere $1,085 markup) - since that's the same description as ripmichaeljackson's sale as well as being the same cropped pic for all three?

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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 2:22 pm

faro wrote:Chin up, Aaron.

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Would at least expect an uncropped scan for the extra $1,240, you'd think?

Or is it
** expired/removed eBay auction **
, even (for a mere $1,085 markup) - since that's the same description as ripmichaeljackson's sale as well as being the same cropped pic for all three?

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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 10:45 pm

Rules Cyclopedia

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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:02 pm

a BIN/Best offer on a Silver Anniversary set

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Posted: Sat May 28, 2011 11:23 pm

Outdoor Geomorphs from member Clangador

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