"Do Rare / OOP terms etc make you buy?" Topic

While surfing eBay I noticed the heavy use of both these terms in lots of descriptions for fantasy figures and even the odd SciFi or two but not in any of the other periods (inc ones that where OOP in the description).

Oddly, people used these terms even when selling two or three of the same item…

So do you look to buy such things?

Yes but the price is more important
Yes and stuff the price
Nope they are normally a rip off
Nope never buy from eBay

Nope never buy from eBay. Simples.

Nope they are normally a rip off.

Nope never buy from eBay

Agree with the above.

I do buy on Ebay. I don't pay attention to those descriptors. They're usually incorrect anyway.
If the price is ok, I'll buy it.

No. Usually the item is neither rare nor OOP.

I buy only if they put "L@@K!" in the description. That's a classy seller IMO. Plus, don't you know that *everything* on ebay is either OOP or Super Rare, even when not?

Ok, that's enough sarcasm from me for one day…

"Do Rare / OOP terms etc make you buy?"

Nope / No.
Unless the seller is gets "A++++++++++++++++++++++++++" ratings… Taking after you CPBelt..

3 things guaranteed to be overpriced:
Rare (or any such description)
Pro Painted
Listings with sellers name/initials in the title.

Sad thing is some sellers really seem to believe this is working to their advantage.

Nope they are normally a rip off, besides many times it is still usually available from someone as a regular stock item.

I keep an eye out for specific things I'm looking for. If the price is too high (for me) I wait (and wait, and wait) until a better deal comes along (usually does.) However, sometimes I get nailed on impulse buys…. ;-)

OOP items do sell and for higher prices than current models.
Some people are willing to pay more for the classic look. Others are trying to complete armies with the older models.
I used to deal with used GW figs in the store and it was quite common for space marine players to ask for beakies when they were OOP.
My guess is that GW brought them back because of the demand.

no

The fact that something is OOP (and I will do the research, the BS on the listing is meaningless) might accelerate my purchase if I like the price, but what I will pay still has far more to do to how useful an item would be to me, and what the trade-offs in my hobby budget are.

I'll be the judge.

Only buy if the price is right.

Nope they are normally a rip off.

Not a rip off if there's a market for it, right? If I want to buy a figure for say $15.00 USD, and I am willing to pay that much, then it's not a rip off so long as the figure is as advertised, even if you value the figure at $1.50 USD. Free market. My choice, even if a poor one in your eyes.

Depends on what it is – I will pay a premium for something missing from my collection but there a re people willing to pay more than me…which is why I still have gaps in my collection…grrrrr. Pro-painted is a term I feel is mis-used to a greater extent and one which won't even get a look in from me.

If it's OOP, I'll say so. If not, not.
I don't think it ever made a difference.

Nope, they are normally a rip off. Just because it's out of print doesn't make it rare or valuable, yet many (if not most) sellers seem to think so (as do many at the con flea markets). AH games are a dime a dozen, yet sellers seem to think they own the only copy in the universe and try to sell them for exorbitant prices. And often times, that item labelled rare isn't.

I do sometimes filter by "rare" or OOP" but do they MAKE me buy? Never.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No – I only buy stuff that is readily available and in production.

Depends on the item. I recall paying what amounted to $140 USD for two boxes of LAMIs for the Mongoose SST game by the time I was done negotiating with one fellow. Those figures regularly go for about $6 USD a piece last I saw when I was trying to acquire more and gave up on it. Kind of considering reselling them now. I'm not sure what posessed me to want them in the first place. GW cadians look a billion times better, even if they aren't blessed with some females figures in their ranks.

no

Other way round. I don't buy because it says OOP, I use OOP as a search term because I'm mostly interested in finding items that are OOP (mainly 1980s Citadel miniatures, because that's what I like best).

I often contact sellers who put OOP on Garrison figures that are still in production. Same figures will then crop up again, still saying OOP.

Do my advice would always be: check that the statement is actually true in the first plkace.

No.

Just search 'salute 2012' on UK ebay if you want to see some rare OOP figures… some selling for more than the entrance to the show!

I think that those of us who inhabit this board generally have a very good idea of what is, or is not, hard to find in our hobby. Our researches are not limited to eBay, and our experience in the hobby often reflects more years than the age of the person selling the alleged "OOP" or "Rare" item.

The phrases are not (obviously) limited to auctions/sales just within our hobby, and I for one find the words an indicator that the seller doesn't know what they're talking about.

Duck

Too many items are listed as Rare/R@RE/LOOK/L@@K/OOP that quite frankly are not.

I want what I want.

Usually what I want is to fill in a gap in my forces. Or costume bits for LARP/Airsoft

I won't buy something because it is rare or out of production, but if it fits my needs, if it is part of a range I have already (so no scale mismatch), and the price is good enough (from my point of view), I'll be interested.

Neither "rare" or "OOP" interests me in the description whether it is true or not. The picture, size (in the description) and price drive my purchase on E-Bay. The main discriminator for me is size (and thus, compatibility with other figures) – if the picture and text don't tell me, I don't buy.

i tend to know what is rare or OOP already. At REcon convention, I just picked a copy of Standard games 'Dark Blades' and Samurai Blades to sell. The Samurai Blades sold before we left the convention.
I know both were hard to get. I will use that term 'hard to get' since I do not know if it is OOP or not. If unsure I use hard to get rather than OOP or Rare.

Another OOP item we sold at the Recon show was a Red Wings of Wars Red baron Fokker. We did not have to put a 'tag' on it.

No.

I desire gaming pieces and to me a degree of replace-ability is preferred. The only times I might be tempted to buy a rare or oop item is as a replacement for one of the same that I currently use if my one was damaged or needed larger numbers of the type.

x42

Ain't an ebayist.

I've seen too many "OOP/Rare" listings where the item is either not OOP or OPP but not particularly rare.

I bid on what interests me.