cdenham wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:
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I've contacted the seller and they indicated they have more listed than the 8 (sold 1) currently shown.  The value in these may go down for a bit.  I haven't asked if they were real or how they came across so many.

That is nice work if they are fake.

Same seller.  I picked up a couple off of him a little over two years ago.

Here's an old listing:


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It looks like he picked up a bunch of old stock from somewhere.  I never asked, but it would be good to know.  If they aren't authentic, I would be surprised.  The quality it top-notch.  The ones I received were actually in better shape than those shown in the picture.

grodog wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Frank confirmed the authenticity of them when I brought the two that I bought from the same seller to him for inspection at GaryCon last year or the year before.

Confirmed again.

muaddib5 wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:Woot!  I think I just purchased the last one!  :D

I thought I bought the last buckles from that seller several years ago before any of those auctions. Reading back to our discussion when the listing reappeared a considerable time later, their reply was deliberately obfuscated. "Last one" would be a stretch, I suspect.

They only have that format; stated by some to be staff-only, which would explain the larger remainder stock perhaps?

I sent them a message and said I was interested in the lot. I was told at the time they had 13 left but I believe they have sold more than that many since I asked.

I also asked where they had acquired so many and they were very vague and claimed to have no idea where they got them.

Very strange.

cdenham wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:I sent them a message and said I was interested in the lot. I was told at the time they had 13 left but I believe they have sold more than that many since I asked.

I also asked where they had acquired so many and they were very vague and claimed to have no idea where they got them.

Very strange.

Appears to be obtained from another party that slowly provided more and more. Not strange to me at all. Just business.

faro wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:

cdenham wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:I was told at the time they had 13 left

Still telling context-sensitive truths, then?
("13 in this box in my hand"?)
I was under the impression that someone else was holding stock for them, too, to explain the weasel-wording received here.

Somewhat miffed about that gamesmanship as I paid what would've been a fair price first-time around - instead of haggling for a cheap deal - for the number they stated they had left, on the basis that there were no more. Then some months later, those dozens of others appeared...

Interesting TSR belt buckle developments are afoot.  So it's been five days and the buckle hasn't shipped yet.  I sent an eBay message to the seller asking if the buckle had shipped and his reply was, "When did you order".  Yikes, not a good start.  So, I provided the information and the item number and the seller's second reply, "Takes time to send stuff have patience and fart itll make you fill better"  .  Interesting message for a seller to send a buyer.

So the eBay ID for the seller I purchased from is (pearsonmichael) who's been a member since August 4th, 2013 (with 100% positive feedback).  The auction I bought my buckle from had 30 available   .  He has another TSR buckle auction going right now with "more then 10 available" with 10 of those sold.

The contact information (via PayPal) when I sent payment was to Joe Pendleton (verified) listing a phone number with a (903) area code.  Doing a Google search, that number list's to a business in Winona Texas named Benches and More.  I called the number and it rang but went to voice mail and the box isn't set up.

Is this the same eBay seller others have bought buckles from?  If so, how many does this guy have?  Or is there a possibility, do to the sheer numbers he's selling, that the buckles are being fabricated and sold as "new old stock"?

faro wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:

muaddib5 wrote in Interesting Items Currently on eBay:The contact information (via PayPal) when I sent payment was to Joe Pendleton (verified) listing a phone number with a (903) area code.  Doing a Google search, that number list's to a business in Winona Texas named Benches and More.  I called the number and it rang but went to voice mail and the box isn't set up.

Yes; same (903) area code/personal details/business link from my payment back in August, 31st 2013 ($876 --- won't say how few buckles that was when they gave the impression that was the entire remainder stock, as I've been in such a position before when buying what little was left of TSR's stock from Aaron/NKG).

At least y'all shouldn't be caught out by messages out of the blue several months later along the lines of "Apparently he has plenty buckles and didn't want to sell me all the ones he had before but now as the holidays are approaching, he has asked me to help him out." this time around.
n.b. Only that particular buckle in pewter; none of the others.
Quite a jump from their very first "Hi I think we have 6 to 7 more of these buckles".

Here's the seller's latest message, "You need to get laid go eat some shit and fuck a fat women" .
ROFL, I don't think I'm getting my buckle!

someone bought 13 from him on this one auction .. was that when he said he "had 13 left"?

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