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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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 26-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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