mikeygees | 15 Apr 2014 7:11 p.m. PST |
What a joke. You can buy the complete pack for the same price on foundry's website
. auction |
wrgmr1 | 15 Apr 2014 7:23 p.m. PST |
What's the old saying
.there's a sucker born every minute. |
Brian Smaller | 15 Apr 2014 7:25 p.m. PST |
If someone buys it then they must think they are getting a bargain. They will be happy. Or suicidal when you tell them how much they could get it for from the source:) |
sillypoint | 15 Apr 2014 7:26 p.m. PST |
Understand markets my young paduan, :). U can by a glass of coke from the bar, a small bottle of coke from the fridge or a large bottle from the shelf. Different costs, same coke flavour, ;) Gone are the carefree days of eBay bargains I think. |
mikeygees | 15 Apr 2014 7:35 p.m. PST |
Geez, and I thought we (historical wargamers) were the exception
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Gonsalvo | 15 Apr 2014 8:09 p.m. PST |
PLUS 1.99 shipping for a single 25mm figure, no less! |
Micman | 15 Apr 2014 9:49 p.m. PST |
I have another one for you. auction 5 ships from the old Starline 2200 line. I bought 2 of these for $5 USD each at a Sears Surplus back in the day. You can buy the new castings for about $45. USD The only real difference is the old plastic heavy cruiser (Enterprise) in his box. Of course I have seen him list it at least 4 times. Crazy. |
Space Monkey | 15 Apr 2014 10:37 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I see 'old/rare/oop' Ral Partha and Grenadier figures all the time that I know are still available from IWM or Mirliton. |
Virtualscratchbuilder | 16 Apr 2014 4:09 a.m. PST |
It's like the guy on eBay that routinely sells resin Combrig kits for double or triple what you pay at freetimehobbies.com. |
OldGrenadier at work | 16 Apr 2014 4:27 a.m. PST |
There may be another phenomenon at work here as well. "Yes dear I listed that old stuff on Ebay. No dear, it didn't sell." You put it up for sale to please the significant other but you put a price on it that no one in their right mind would pay. |
Private Matter | 16 Apr 2014 6:12 a.m. PST |
That's a great idea OldGrenadier! I hadn't thought of that as a way to deal with my wife hounding me to thin out my collection of precious wargaming figures and supplies. If this works I can show her I tried and I can keep my stuff. |
YogiBearMinis | 16 Apr 2014 7:27 a.m. PST |
ANother even more devious reason to post items at inflated cost is to establish a high value of the item for insurance purposes. Create a sock puppet account, list items at inflated prices, then lose said items and claim the value on your insurance. When asked to defend the valuation of the item, say "It has been listed on Ebay for X, and although it did not sell it must be worth at least 75% of X" in replacement value. Voila. |
YogiBearMinis | 16 Apr 2014 7:28 a.m. PST |
Just to be clear, I am not advocating this approach. But some of these listings are real head-scratchers. |
Long Valley Gamer | 16 Apr 2014 7:40 a.m. PST |
I have great respect for the guys who can get upwards of $25 USD-40 for a well painted 25mm figure. It's beyond me who would pay that much unless they just collect the pieces. I once saw someone pay $80 USD
hard to believe but true
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Inkpaduta | 16 Apr 2014 10:32 a.m. PST |
I was looking for a book on Amazon. Found two places that had it used. One sold it for $8 USD-9. The other sold it for $11,420. USD Who would ever pay that much for just a plain, nothing special paperback book? |
Gangrel | 16 Apr 2014 10:49 a.m. PST |
Regarding Amazon, I have been told by some sellers that they use a ridiculous sale price as a 'placeholder' so that they can keep their stock entry there while they wait for new stock to arrive. When that happens they can then lower the price to the real one, so I'd imagine that's the case there. Not that that has any bearing on 'rare' Foundry miniatures, of course. |
Rdfraf | 16 Apr 2014 3:11 p.m. PST |
My brother would have two accounts and would post one item that was I good shape at rather inflated price the. He would post the same item under a different name with the item described as in excellent shape at the price he really wanted to sell. People checking ebay for time would see both auctions and conclude the 2nd one was a very good deal since the first one was selling at a very high price. |
John the OFM | 16 Apr 2014 5:32 p.m. PST |
I have no problem with entrepreneurs fleecing the stupid. All these "EBay Outrage!" threads mystify me. |
CPBelt | 17 Apr 2014 1:43 p.m. PST |
He forgot to use "L@@K" in the auction's title. All fake rare auctions need that in the title. |