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Re: Castle accessories arrived
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 24 May 2001 18:49:35 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Frank Filz writes:
> Mr L F Braun wrote:
> > In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:
> > > (wishing he'd heard about this soon enough to get some himself, instead of
> > > having to corner the second-hand market)
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> One thing that I think is kind of neat here is that the lack of a 2nd
> hand market in most of these packs says that they actually mostly went
> to people who wanted them for themselves instead of to resell. I'm sure
> we will see some on eBay and whatnot, but for the most part, it looks
> like these went directly to the people who wanted them. I certainly
> don't have anything against reselling, but I do think it's nice when the
> people who want an item get it directly (or more directly). I can't
> imagine any Lugnetter is sitting on 5138s figuring they can get more if
> they hold onto them longer.
Yeah, I figured right away that most people would be keeping theirs. I
mean, I'm willing to buy these for $20, but I wouldn't sell them for that
low. ;)
I had hoped that either there were more of them or that one of the resellers
had snagged some.
> Unfortunately for James, he was about a day too late in his offer. It
> wouldn't surprise me if many of the buyers asked about 5138 realizing
> that if James was offering what he did, even if they over bought and
> James wasn't interested in them all, they would find someone else
> willing to pay.
That's what I was hoping for, but like you say, I caught on a day late. :/
Ah well, there's worse fates. :)
James
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| (...) One thing that I think is kind of neat here is that the lack of a 2nd hand market in most of these packs says that they actually mostly went to people who wanted them for themselves instead of to resell. I'm sure we will see some on eBay and (...) (24 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
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