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Re: Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Items
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 24 May 2004 15:39:17 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jimmy Park wrote:
> What I find bothersome is when there is only a small amount of a set available
> and someone buys them all to resale. At that point I think the person should do
> the considerate thing and just take what they will actually use/enjoy. I see
> this occasionally when a limited quantity of a rare set is found and they
> quickly disappear only to return to BL or ebay at inflated prices. Then the
> seller has added no value to buyers (via sorting) and has just inserted himself
> as an additional middleman.
It makes me debate the wisdom of posting great finds to the .shopping group. In
this case:
http://news.lugnet.com/market/shopping/?n=11511&t=i&v=a
The item was gone in about an hour and a half. I had tried probing the
inventory by trying to add a large amount to the shopping cart and was limited
to 99, so I assume they had at least that many (unless they've put in measures
to get around this loophole). Anyway, it seems like some reseller probably
gobbled them all up, though I can't be certain, of course.
Mark
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| (...) *snip* (...) Good point, Mark. Recently, I've found myself limiting my .shopping-related finds to member-only forums like Yahoo groups and private eMail lists. At first, I reciprocated good finds that I learned of on .shopping with similar (...) (22 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Weekly Update of New AuctionBrick Items
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| AFAIK, this seller, NinjaPrincess, is a woman who deals with bulk bought Lego which she sorts and resells. I vaguely recall her having bought some 20,000 copies of Final Duel IIs for $1 each for resale from some clearance/wholesale group. (...) (22 years ago, 23-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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