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Re: Nothing like speculators
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:21:05 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Mark Papenfuss wrote:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> > As I the only one who thinks a 700% markup is a little excessive for a tub
> > that's not even a year old?
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> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19012&item=5913850643
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> > -Orion
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> But to answer your question, no you are not the only one who thinks that is a
> little excessive - but if people are willing to pay for it....
It's what they are willing to pay but are they completely informed? If this
seller had it listed for $80 with a message that the tub's contents had a
Bricklink value of $100 then I'd be OK with the price.
-Orion
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| (...) I am sure anybody willing to pay that much for it knows exaclty what it is - and I think it would be safe to say that they are Bionicle freaks. Plus nobody is forcing them to buy it, they are doing so at their own free will. As far as stating (...) (20 years ago, 1-Sep-04, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) I have seen it sell for $150 two different times, and over $100 more than a few times. Crazy? Yup. But Lego/TRU only gave 6 of them to each TRU... and thats IF the TRU got it (here in San Diego there was only 2 stores that got them at all). (...) (20 years ago, 31-Aug-04, to lugnet.market.auction)
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