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Re: item prices
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lugnet.market.auction
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Tue, 25 Jan 2000 21:44:46 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Hans van Loenen wrote:
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> They
> > probably have their adicts full of the same item. Maybe I'm a dummie but • that
> > stinks.
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> Well, the market does determines prices. If I want to buy item X, which
> was 120.00 originally, and I had to bid 300.00 to get item x, I will.
> Most of the LEGO sets I have seen fluctuate, depending on a number of
> factors. I made some money on a few sets, and others, barely any. There
> are a lot of LEGO sets on Ebay, and if you can't find one of them, look
> somewhere else. It will surface again. I think you should be happy that
> there is E-Bay at all, I would not have some of the sets I always wanted
> to buy without it, where I was too young and didn't have the money to
> then.
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> Scott S.
Thats true. But what I mean is; why is someone buying of item x 10 sets?
In my opinion just to make a lot of money later on. And I followed ebay for a
while and there are a lot of people who have some sets already and still buy
some more. Almost all sets are MIB and unopend. So why did they baught them if
they never used them?
Hans
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| Hans, (...) What's wrong with making money? IMO, there is nothing wrong with buying anything for any reason. If I buy extra food for the winter, store it, and don't use it, and then maybe sell it at a higher price, is that wrong? If you have the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: item prices
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| (...) Oh no, not at all (at least in MY case) - sometimes only a few sets (or ONE set) have a part you need for a custom creation. If it takes 20 of that set to finish your creation, well, you're going to try to buy 20, whether it is all at once or (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
| | | Re: item prices
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| Hans van Loenen schreef: (...) Not everybody here's a millionair... I bought several of the cheap Shell 1999 promo's to use for trades/sale, so I can keep adding other sets which I otherwise would not be able to add to my collection. But why are you (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: item prices
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| (...) Well, the market does determines prices. If I want to buy item X, which was 120.00 originally, and I had to bid 300.00 to get item x, I will. Most of the LEGO sets I have seen fluctuate, depending on a number of factors. I made some money on a (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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