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Re: 2nd largest lot on ebay (?)
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Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:47:20 GMT
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In lugnet.market.theory, Peter White writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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 of $2,500 at best.
Parted out I get a bit more for the sets, but nine underbed boxes
isn't much. I'd be shocked if even a perfect and complete parting-
out netted $9K.
> > 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 ?
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> It is big isn't it, probably to offset the lack of any images.
I agree.
> I probably would not call it fair use.
I also agree. What's its purpose there?
> 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).
Of course, they're everywhere.
> > BTW, in case anyone cares, the auction number is 555988173.
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> Sorry, I was a bit lazy.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&item=555988173
Me too.
LFB
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| (...) I have to agree with other posters, slapping a huge logo (which, I noted, was sourced from LUGNET(tm), not hosted elsewhere) on your auction with no text saying "this is neat, go here" or "Thanks for the set info" or whatever is cheesy. It (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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