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Re: item prices
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lugnet.market.auction
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Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:30:54 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote:
> "Scott E. Sanburn" wrote:
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> > Hans,
> >
> > 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?
> >
> > 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.)
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 "kit-bashing" *2* 4547
club cars. If I stopped and thought, "Gee, I could sell these two for $400", I'd go
crazy. I have $100s of parts in each of my passenger cars. Kay Sarah;-)
-John
[1] As John Gerlach and John Kelly (J-1 and J-3) always say of the GMLTC, "We don't
follow directions very well" ;-)
> 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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