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Re: anything wrong with this auction?
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lugnet.market.theory
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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+
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> > Is there anything wrong?
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> Not *wrong* - just something that scares off lots of people...
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> 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.
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> HTH,
> -Shiri
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> (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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| 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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