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Re: EBAY insanity!
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 02:58:15 GMT
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I wrote the seller about this 15K lego creation and this was his reply: "It was
actually a typing error that I couldn't change that led to the $15000 price
tag,
I really meant $1500, but ebay doesn't let you modify the price after posting."
From the one photo I saw, that ship is most impressive, but not 15K!!! I hope
this clears the air for some.....

Chet


In lugnet.general, Ectal Greenhaw writes:

When I saw that, I just about fell out of my chair. It might be cool
(who can tell from the picture), but it just ain't worth 15K. :) It
makes the $20 hat sound almost reasonable. On the other hand, I suppose
a creation that involved 18,000 pcs would cost $360,000.

(I'm going to get some silver bricks, scuff them up, and sell them as
depleted uranium bricks for $50 a pc.)

D Blomberg wrote:

This original cruise ship is interesting...
$15k for 18k pieces.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=123095994

-- dave



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(...) Damn, I was hoping it was $15,000 for 18,000 pieces. That way I could have sold (on eBay) my new red Gothic Cathedral (20,000 pieces) for $17,000! (Oh sure, just because 70% of the pieces are 1x1, 1x2, 1x3 and 1x4 red bricks, that shouldn't (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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When I saw that, I just about fell out of my chair. It might be cool (who can tell from the picture), but it just ain't worth 15K. :) It makes the $20 hat sound almost reasonable. On the other hand, I suppose a creation that involved 18,000 pcs (...) (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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