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Re: What is up with this?
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Tue, 28 Sep 1999 20:34:21 GMT
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Frank Filz wrote:
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> The blue tubs are getting harder to find. I think only a few of the
> local stores have any left. If they aren't available, the $30ish that
> the price is now at is not absolutely unreasonable (compatable to the
> Classic buckets, but you don't get non-bricks which you may not want).
Hmmm. One opposing datapoint: the local WM had 12 blue tubs on the
shelf this morning. Four weeks ago they had zero. There must be some
still in the pipeline somewhere. The 12+ purple buckets I found a month
back are actually a better deal anyway.
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> In one way, I should encourage people to run from eBay, but as Larry
> points out, if the prices drop too low, the sellers will stop selling.
> All in all, for the most part, I think the prices on eBay are fairly
> reasonable. There are some spikes, but some of the sets I've seen go for
> ridiculously high prices have also gone for fairly low prices. My guess
> is that some of the spikes are caused by new AFOLs (I probably caused a
> short term increase in pirate set prices). Some may be non-fan
> collectors who think they're getting a good deal, and can turn the sets
> around later for a proffit.
The new AFOLs should spend some time at yard sales and flea markets.
The pickings are slimmer, but the finds (sometimes for only a few bits)
can be awesome. I suspect a few of the 'new AFOLs' have benefitted from
the run-up in the stock market :)
Ray
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| (...) But those 12 tubs don't do me any good unless I'm willing to pay you enough to encourage you to go get them and send them to me (obviously I don't actually need those 12 tubs or there would be no blue tubs in the stores I shop at). (...) I've (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) The blue tubs are getting harder to find. I think only a few of the local stores have any left. If they aren't available, the $30ish that the price is now at is not absolutely unreasonable (compatable to the Classic buckets, but you don't get (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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