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Re: 200+ Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle Auctions!
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lugnet.market.theory
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Fri, 9 Nov 2001 20:15:22 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Bryan Wong writes:
> > I am astonished to see so many 4709 Hogwarts Castle auctions at eBay. As
> > many as 229 at the time of this writing! I guess this is an indicator of
> > how fast these sets are flying off the shelves.
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> Could also be a sign of people snapping them up at Costco and selling them
> for more on eBay. Costco had them for $70 USD which is quite a good price
> for a fairly new set retailing at $90 USD more commonly.
Yep. They're on sale at Target for $85 (oooh, big discount)
right now too. But I think Richard's got a point there--and
I think some of those auctioneers are going to be disappointed,
because the HP Lego distribution is pretty good worldwide so
far.
> A few weeks ago it was also possible to snatch up a few HP trains for $30
> each because of an apparent misprint in a TRU sales ad (whereas TRU wouldn't
> make good on the price, Walmart WOULD DO price matching).
I'm sorry I missed that. Wait, no I'm not. I don't like
that set. :)
> Whereas the former was posted about up front in these very Lugnet
> newsgroups, the latter is something I expect many people might have done but
> not have admitted publically.
I would probably have done it. It's grey enough for me that
I'll consider it Darwin's wiggle room. :)
> BTW, sorry to foul the waters of your thread in its infancy with my froggy
> presence, but since everyone hates me anyway -- I just don't care!!!
Bad frog! Bad! (In all seriousness, though, why do you think
that? I know that some people don't cotton to you, but hate is
a pretty strong word. I know *I* don't hate you.)
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| (...) Could also be a sign of people snapping them up at Costco and selling them for more on eBay. Costco had them for $70 USD which is quite a good price for a fairly new set retailing at $90 USD more commonly. A few weeks ago it was also possible (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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