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    Re: FS: 7110 Star Wars LandSpeeder —Mike Stanley
   (...) While I'm sure you'll find someone with more sense than patience to buy this, I'd say this actually belongs in .buy-sale-trade, wouldn't you? I have to say, though, that I find this only slightly less distasteful than the loser on eBay who (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: Sorry —Daniel Darby
     Sorry for posting in the wrong group. It was a mistake. I know better. It was late and I did not pay attention to what I was doing. I am also sorry if I offended anyone with the post. I preordered two complete Star Wars sets in January. I am keeping (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
    
         Re: Sorry —Mike Stanley
      (...) I don't feel the need to hide my opinions in e-mail, so I'll just move this over to .debate. How is this different from others selling or auctioning their items? It just is. If I were to find a cache of Metroliners at a local store for $100 (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: Sorry —Larry Pieniazek
      I don't agree. To me there is a fine, but pretty distinct, line between "If you have to have this RIGHT NOW, I'll hook you up, but you're gonna pay. It will be easily available later. Maybe you should wait." and "Star Wars is rare, it's going to (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: Sorry —Mike Stanley
       (...) Ok. :) (...) I see a bit of difference, yes. (...) You can't STOP people from acting foolishly, but you don't have to be the one to help a fool be parted from his money, do you? (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Lego selling practices —Adam Yulish
        <snip> (...) <Adam holds his nose and jumps in, flailing limbs wildly> The assumption that someone is being foolish is questionable. When the new Star Wars movies come out, I'll bet many fans would pay $50 to be able to sit in on the pre-screening (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Lego selling practices —Christopher L. Weeks
        (...) Right. This is, I think the crux of the disagreement. I think paying whatever a metroliner is 'worth' these days for one is foolish...sort of. It would be foolish for me because I'd rather have $300 (or whatever) worth of other stuff. For (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Sorry —Larry Pieniazek
        (...) Think about what you're saying for a minute: If he's hellbent on doing it anyway, it's not morally wrong that he does it, and it's not hurting anyone except himself, it's not really any of your business whether I help him part with his cash or (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Sorry —Mike Stanley
         (...) I did. I think I agree with you more now than I agree with what I said earlier, if that makes sense. I think that comes close to admitting that I may have been wrong, but I'm not sure because I don't do it that often. :) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Sorry —Barry McFarland
         (...) I think I agree with you now Mike. Although my initial gut feeling was similar to yours, I think that is due to past experience with other collectible scalper types. How is this any different than everyone pre-ordering the sets from S@H at (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Sorry —Jasper Janssen
         (...) YM Darwininan. HTH. HAND. Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Sorry —Barry McFarland
         (...) No, I meant Darwinian (Hey! who turned my "w" upside down?) Barry (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
        
             Re: Sorry —Jasper Janssen
         (...) *slowly, his jaws widen into an evil looking grin* Hi, Barry. Guess? Jasper (26 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
       
            Re: Sorry —Simon Robinson
        <about someone buying stuff at a really high price> (...) There's a couple of points there. Firstly, I don't think there was anything wrong with what Daniel was doing. As several people have pointed out, he was honest about what he was selling. I'm (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
      
           Re: Sorry —Simon Robinson
        (...) How many of the population out there would think we're all pretty silly for wanting to spend money on some plastic bricks anyway? Quite a few I'd suspect. So perhaps we ought to be wary about saying someone is foolish in spending money on (...) (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
     
          Re: Sorry —John Reeve
      (...) AMEN! Johannes Reevius, Pastorius Legorius (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
    
         Re: Sorry —John DiRienzo
      The price is not all that out of line IMO. Some foreign sets sell at 4 to 6 times the actual cost right after they come out. I think you are doing a favor to anyone who might want the set, especially non US residents who have much longer to wait, (...) (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: FS: 7110 Star Wars LandSpeeder —Christopher L. Weeks
   (...) [snip] (...) I think it's substantially different. He was straight about it's value. They guy on eBay portrayed it as rare, didn't he? Are they available world-wide right now? Perhaps international buyers would consider that a bargain. (26 years ago, 18-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
   
        Re: FS: 7110 Star Wars LandSpeeder —Jasper Janssen
   (...) No way they'll be available here for another few months. I _still_ wouldn't pay it, but then, _I_'m not a die-hard SW fan. Jasper (26 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.market.shopping)
 

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