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Re: What some people will buy!
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:57:00 GMT
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These is really insane, have you seen the final bid? 128.some odd
cents.. This has got to be close if not a record for insane prices...


Troy Cefaratti wrote:

And the sad thing is, there really aren't any special pieces...

I think I could make probably 20 of these just out of the parts I have in
the basement!

Troy

John J. Ladasky Jr. <ladasky@my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:384BAF34.14C0DF6A@my-deja.com...
Hey there,

Get a load of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=210340270

23 pieces, currently going for... $71.00.

Is the calendar software over at eBay having some kind of Y2K problem?
Does somebody over there think that it's 04/01/2000?

O.K., so the set is "rare."  But I haven't paid more for many of the
coins in my coin collection, and those were 19th Century silver dollars
in uncirculated condition...

--
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-Tamy

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  Re: What some people will buy!
 
(...) That, for $128.+!?! That user id has a great lego sale page, but now I see where all the money goes. Hair-brained price for that. If it were boxed, I might pay $15 tops... Aaron maniac@vol.com (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: What some people will buy!
 
(...) I guess the real "value" here is not the parts, but the instructions. The parts are available in many other sets, but the "set" isn't complete without the instructions and a box, if this set even came in a box. The wording of the ad that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: What some people will buy!
 
(...) I bought a copy of that same set from Huw for $400. (Actually, I think it involved a trade too, but that was the value we agreed upon.) I was pretty happy to get it that cheap (back in 1997, I think). --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)

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  Re: What some people will buy!
 
And the sad thing is, there really aren't any special pieces... I think I could make probably 20 of these just out of the parts I have in the basement! Troy John J. Ladasky Jr. <ladasky@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:384BAF34.14C0DF...eja.com... (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)

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