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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:06 pm 
 

Although I'm grateful for this service, do we need to see type 3 rarity (uncommon) items.

I guess I'm trying to say that the 5 x 8 rulebooks (Greyhawk/Blackmoor/Swords & Spells/Eldritch Wizardry/Gods Demigods & Heroes) seem a lot more common now...

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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:35 pm 
 

I agree. Especially when some of them look like they were worn as shoes on a snowy winter day.


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:52 pm 
 

Perhaps the query logic could be refined to target just first printings of those books, or something similar?


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:28 pm 
 

Easier said than done!  Using the search term "first print" doesn't help much; people with a first print often don't use it, and those that have a later print often do.  Nor does searching by 1975, 1976, etc help.  

I can eliminate them easily... but then the early prints will slip by.

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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 2:44 pm 
 

Invincible Overlord wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):I guess I'm trying to say that the 5 x 8 rulebooks (Greyhawk/Blackmoor/Swords & Spells/Eldritch Wizardry/Gods Demigods & Heroes) seem a lot more common now...

They always were. It's still useful to help spot the "better" sales though, IMO.

FoulFoot wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):Easier said than done!  Using the search term "first print" doesn't help much; people with a first print often don't use it, and those that have a later print often do.  Nor does searching by 1975, 1976, etc help.

It's never going to be possible to tease out the unlisted printings, either, when the people doing the listings don't know what to look for. :)


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:00 pm 
 

Invincible Overlord wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):Although I'm grateful for this service, do we need to see type 3 rarity (uncommon) items.

I guess I'm trying to say that the 5 x 8 rulebooks (Greyhawk/Blackmoor/Swords & Spells/Eldritch Wizardry/Gods Demigods & Heroes) seem a lot more common now...

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I would prefer to see these to continue to be posted.
Sometimes the seller will list earlier printings than advertised without knowing the difference.
In the last few months I have obtained 6 or 7 first print Supplements that were not listed as such and all of them at a nice discount over usual prices for such.
Perhaps other members here have done so as well, that or they have all the copies they want for them.

But yes, there are a lot of dogs posted as well.... and some are listed with ridiculous prices too.
I suspect there is no easy way to separate the overpriced dogs from the underpriced treasures.
However; I am able to separate them myself, or at least my ever growing stack of early print Supplements seems to indicate as much...


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:23 pm 
 

Sellers listing items with ridiculous prices seems to be a big trend lately. Some dumb ass even listed a REF1 for $299.


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Post Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 10:43 pm 
 

burntwire brothers wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):Sellers listing items with ridiculous prices seems to be a big trend lately. Some dumb ass even listed a REF1 for $299.

Case in point:

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Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:39 am 
 

would it be possible to split them in to different listings (category 3, and 4-5 or categories 3, 4 and 5)?


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Post Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 9:00 pm 
 

Not a bad idea!  Let me think about the implementation, and I'll see if I can get it done this weekend.

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 6:47 am 
 

stratochamp wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):would it be possible to split them in to different listings (category 3, and 4-5 or categories 3, 4 and 5)?


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Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:01 pm 
 

If watching for the 1st prints of the smaller booklets are important to our collectors, could we cheat a bit and toggle the rarity of the rares to level 4?

Bah... that won't help you with the e-bay search....

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Post Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2013 8:06 pm 
 

stratochamp wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):would it be possible to split them in to different listings (category 3, and 4-5 or categories 3, 4 and 5)?


I think that's a good suggestion, Bill.  FWIW, I lean toward two categories myself---3s, and then a combined one for 4s and 5s.

sauromatian wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):Based on the classification system for hurricanes, the Acaeum rarity codes are applied in like fashion. Buying a 5, for instance, may have an effect upon your wallet similar to that of your house being hit by a Category 5 storm.


LOL!---well-said!  :D


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Post Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 1:06 am 
 

grodog wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):
stratochamp wrote in Rares on Ebay (Autotracker):would it be possible to split them in to different listings (category 3, and 4-5 or categories 3, 4 and 5)?

I think that's a good suggestion, Bill.  FWIW, I lean toward two categories myself---3s, and then a combined one for 4s and 5s.


Wow, a suggestion of mine has actually been implemented. Maybe I should start writing letters to the editor in the newspaper. Actually I'll just celebrate by using proper capitalization for one post. But seriously, thank you Scott for making the change to the way the rares are shown.


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Post Posted: Sun Oct 27, 2013 8:41 am 
 

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