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Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 20:55:41 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Shiri Dori writes:
In lugnet.castle, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
With only 21 hours left this 6066 camoflouged output is stuck at just $17.50
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=278828274
Recent ones have gone for $60+

Is there anything wrong?

Not *wrong* - just something that scares off lots of people...

Shipping costs. The runner of the auction lives in Germany - there's a $10 fee
for exchange rates, + minimum $10 shipping... My guess would be, people don't
wanna take risks with faraway, costly shipping.

HTH,
-Shiri

(FUT .market.theory)

Yeah, I'll second that-- with either $10 or $20 shipping and a $10 "bank fee",
(unless you want to pay CASH [rather dangerous]), that's between $20 and $30
more than the listed price.  In addition, there's also wait time. In the US,
shipping takes a matter of days-- overseas takes weeks. Shipping by airmail,
you might get the set 2 weeks after you send payment-- and by 'surface' mail
it's something like 4-6 weeks delivery time!  Also, keep in mind that bid
snipers are EVERYWHERE. Don't be suprised to see this item go WAY up 10 minutes
before the auction ends.

DaveE



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  Re: anything wrong with this auction?
 
I checked on some closed auctions involving some sellers from Germany...very few sets got "great" bids, even for desireable sets like the #6666 Ambulance. Still, it's hard to tell in a market with no set prices. Perhaps two Forestmen Collectors or (...) (25 years ago, 18-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)

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(...) Not *wrong* - just something that scares off lots of people... Shipping costs. The runner of the auction lives in Germany - there's a $10 fee for exchange rates, + minimum $10 shipping... My guess would be, people don't wanna take risks with (...) (25 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.market.theory)

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