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Re: 2nd largest lot on ebay (?)
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lugnet.market.theory
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Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:30:27 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Ray Sanders writes:
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> At least this one has an up-front list of the sets it contains. Seems a tad
> pricey to me, but who am I to say what something is worth.
At their estimate the starting bid is two thirds their estimate of retail.
Buy it now is five-sixths. Throw in a big chunk of freight and splitters and
resellers are going to struggle to make decent money for their time.
I don't see many Lego auctions above the $500 mark too.
> I wonder why that big bright Lugnet logo is at the bottom of the auction ? Is
> the seller a lugnet member ? Is that legit fair-use ?
It is big isn't it, probably to offset the lack of any images.
I probably would not call it fair use.
I guess many people use it as a resource and aren't too interested in the
chit-chat.
Saw some other auctions using Todd's Fibblesnork background (uncredited).
> BTW, in case anyone cares, the auction number is 555988173.
Sorry, I was a bit lazy.
pete.w
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| (...) It's 66,000 (roughly) pieces. I usually ballpark $0.10 a piece as a fair estimate of true 'value' for retail sets. By that standard those sets ought to be worth perhaps $6,000. But without pictures, they shouldn't be surprised to get an offer (...) (23 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) At least this one has an up-front list of the sets it contains. Seems a tad pricey to me, but who am I to say what something is worth. I wonder why that big bright Lugnet logo is at the bottom of the auction ? Is the seller a lugnet member ? (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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