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Re: item prices
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 06:29:19 GMT
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"Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
> Hans,
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> Hans van Loenen wrote:
> > 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?
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> 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 money, go for it. Some people don't think it's
> fair, but oh well. Don't support the people you don't agree with. For
> example, I bought a few copies of set #1775 1) It is a cool plane, and
> 2) I bought a few extra to pay for the initial ones for me. If you don't
> like it, feel free not to buy it. I found most of my auctions were
> fairly reasonable, and some weren't.
A big "ditto" from me here--for example, I bought about 14 Sith Infiltrators on
clearance, and I've parted four out and auctioned most of the pieces off--which
provided enough to pay for the other ten! The goal is for my hobby to support
itself; ideally, I can also provide parts at below the normal acquisition cost for
builders too. I don't deal much in MISB sets, though--I can't understand it only as
far as I myself am concerned; if I got a Metroliner or Club Car somehow that sucker
would be parted out and appearing in Space or Pirates MOCs within a matter of hours,
and the track and train-specific bits would be up on eBay. (Stop twitching, GMLTC
people.)
Here's a good example: I bought a 4565 for a few (like 18) pieces, and sold it sans
those parts to someone who wanted the rest of the set for the train gear--I took a
tiny bit of a loss, but overall it was well worth it.
So I'm perfectly happy with people trading in MISB sets on eBay--it supports their
own hobby, because many of them have their own "functional" collections too. I'm a
little bit more suspicious about people who treat LEGO as only a commodity to be
bought and sold and have no love for it--but then again, that's true of anyone who
can't understand the devotion. (I'm a very suspicious person as a result.)
best,
Lindsay
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| (...) No, seriously, I don't give a rat's patootie about *any* set put out by TLC- I bust'em all up [1]. I don't even build them-- I let my kids. Then they get cannibalized. Right now I'm half way through an observation car that required (...) (27 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Mr L F Braun wrote in message <388FE5BF.171A36CE@p...su.edu>... (...) of hours, (...) twitching, GMLTC (...) While there are many sets I would do this with, if I lucked onto a Metroliner, I would either keep the Metroliner as is (of course I am into (...) (27 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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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 (...) (27 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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