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| | | (...) <snip> Right on! Just be careful not to run afoul of eBay ToS... I have heard they have pulled people's ID's for this. (long time readers know I've tilted at similar windmills in the past) Hopefully noone has the audacity to be actually doing (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Michael Golaszewski
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| | | | (...) Well, look at this, at the moment on eBay there is a person selling the new 10 000 set as "very rare". Not only that, but the title of the auction is "Lego Legos GUARDED INN COMPLETE SEALED *NEW* " - the only thing sealed about it is the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Damian Garcia
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| | | | "Michael Golaszewski" <michaelg@ozbricks.com> wrote in message news:GGyFvr.I3o@lugnet.com... (...) new 10 (...) "Lego (...) is (...) leaves (...) perfect (...) The auction you are referring to is actually a relist of one that ended with buy it now (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | (...) Yeah, that guy is a piece of work! His response to me was classic! But I am told posting the words of others' without their consent is a no no. Just contact the bidders instead. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Well can you paraphrase it??? We can always use a good chuckle. (23 years ago, 24-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | (...) Key points were: Set 10000 is identical to set 6067 [Which we know is not exactly correct.] AND... I make no attempt to suggest that this is the original set. [in which case, he could have fooled me for the various ways he clearly attempts to (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —James Brown
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| | | | (...) Well, if you aren't particularly ethically obsessed, you can always setup a throw-away e-mail account at yahoo or hotmail, and use that instead of your "real" e-mail address. Nothing for eBay to threaten. James (Who would never ever advocate (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —John Gerlach
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| | | | (...) Or, do as Larry (hail, Larry!) has done in the past: post an auction item for "info on where to get the Guarded Inn", and set an opening bid at 1 cent. Encourage people to "contact the seller" if they have any questions - when they do, just (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Lately when I jave done that (or selling empty boxes or "just the instructions" etc) I have had the auction cancelled and eBay warned me to cease and desist, on pain of loss of ID. Goodness I dislike eBay. But I still hold my nose and use it (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Roxanne Jeanson
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| | | | (...) I agree with everything that is being said in this discussion. I don't care much for eBay either even though I use it once in a while. There is a auction site that is completely free. When I found it last year I was the only one selling Lego (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | (...) -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Timothy Wade
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| | | | I'll add my two cents to this... I did something in a similar vien the other day, although it wasn't quite the same and on retrospect, I'm a little ashamed. I emailed directly the highest bidder on an original Metroliner to inform him that he could (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) I am NOT stating any opinion on the current market value of the original 6067 Guarded Inn. It is the original artifact, and with box or especially in MISB condition, I would expect it to get more than the new 10000 set (how much more is a (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Timothy Wade
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| | | | | | (...) I completely agree with you on this matter - it's whatever the market will bear. (...) I agree with you here again - I guess my issue is ignorance on the buyers part, and there is probably not much anyone can do about that. We're better (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Bob Parker
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| | | | | In lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, Timothy Wade writes: snip (...) Here is the real estate appraisal industry's definition (there are several, but they all say this basically) of "market value"(1): "The most probable price, as of a specified date, in (...) (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Lawrence Wilkes
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| | | | | "Timothy Wade" <tmw0850@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> wrote in message news:GH3nFH.Jyy@lugnet.com... (...) I noticed 2 MISB Metroliners listed at an starting price of $450 each They closed without bids I emailed the seller telling him why this might of (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Kyle D. Jackson
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| | | | (...) Was the Metroliner being bid on a MISB set? If it wasn't, some of what I'm going to say may not apply. But if it was... I think you are making an error if you are equating the market values of the Original ML with the Re-release. The original, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Timothy Wade
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| | | | (...) My first mistake was in the email - it wasn't a metroliner, it was a Metroliner Club Car. I'm not sure if it was MISB or not... (...) I wasn't trying to equate the original with the re-release, I completely understand that they have different (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Ben Cox
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| | | | (...) I personally don't agree with interfering with a legitimate auction. To interfere would be like assuming a "Robin-Hood" type role. Definitely not fair for the seller, and certainly not our job. |3en (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | | | | | Re: Sellers of Guarded Inn as if it were 6067, BE ON NOTICE!!! —Timothy Wade
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| | | | (...) beware" (...) fair (...) From my Original Post: (...) Probably. It just angered me to see this fellow willing to shell out over $100 (...) I understand that it's not our position to interfere with a legitimate auction, and it was a gut (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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