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Subject: 
Re: EBAY insanity!
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:51:08 GMT
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Chet Corbin wrote:

> 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

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 matter.)

Well for only $1700 I think I'm gonna keep it.

(heh-heh)
Gary Istok



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  Re: EBAY insanity!
 
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 (...) (27 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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