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Re: Castle accessories arrived
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Date: 
Thu, 24 May 2001 21:21:21 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Brown writes:

For one or two of them, not knowing what the condition is?  Maybe $3 bucks
each.  For the possibility of getting 20+, brand new?  I'd pay $7 or $8 a
piece. (and the rest of the pack is worth the leftover, easily)

My $20 offer for 5138's was prompted by the possibility of getting a large
volume of them, brand new, all at once (relatively).  Convenience and a
guarantee of good condition is worth a lot to me (and I expect most people).

Consider that the other main source of this armour part is 6009, which is
not too hard to find at $10-$15, but is almost always used, and you'd be
paying for shipping 20 times.


James

Hmmm, now I was thinking that for a volume purchase you'd want the price to
go down, not up.  I'd rather mail stuff out all at once and take a lower
price rather than have to deal with 20 packages.

Six euro-armors literally just landed on my desk (what timing!) for just
under $4 each - and that includes a minifig and visored helmet with each.
And I got a 6009 for $5 on my desk yesterday (MIB).  I guess I'm just cheap.

Bruce



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  Re: Castle accessories arrived
 
(...) How many euro-armors does that make for you? And Bruce, where do I get a magical desk like yours? Kevin (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.castle)
  Re: Castle accessories arrived
 
(...) I'm not thinking about it as paying more for a volume purchase. I'm willing to pay more for the convenience of not having to deal with 20 packages (it's not just a hassle for sellers), and for the guarantee of good condition. Also, I have more (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)

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  Re: Castle accessories arrived
 
(...) For one or two of them, not knowing what the condition is? Maybe $3 bucks each. For the possibility of getting 20+, brand new? I'd pay $7 or $8 a piece. (and the rest of the pack is worth the leftover, easily) My $20 offer for 5138's was (...) (23 years ago, 24-May-01, to lugnet.castle)

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