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The problem with that is that what Larry sees as decent and what I see as
decent are two different things. Which is fine by me. I came out of the dark
ages a little less than a year ago and have gotten pretty big into trains since
(something I wanted to do when I was younger, but it was just too
expensive--I guess it's more now). I have been trying to collect the 9V
stuff that I missed and have a rule I try to stick by. I will only spend
twice the original value (rounded to the nearest dollar & based on what
Lugnet says the MSRP is) plus shipping. Therefore decent for me would only be
$30 for a blue hopper car. I believe Larry stated that a decent value to him
would be $50 (for a straight sale), more than three times the original value.
I guess I may just have to suffer through life without a blue hopper car (or
bid 30 when he puts another one on ebay and hope I don't get outbid). I think
I can probably get over it if I don't get one.
In lugnet.market.auction, Mark Harrison writes:
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> Prior to Busy Bee finding a stash of hoppers, this set mib went for $60 to $80
> US. When this little hiccup in supply gets absorbed by rtlers, the price will
> again creep back up to this level. So if you want one you had better make • Larry
> a decent offer.
>
> Mark H.
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| (...) When I got a supply of them from Shop@Home, I believe they were selling them at 50% off their regular price, and I paid $16.50 for them. I looked through my old catalogs, but I couldn't find the Hopper Car in any of them, so I can't confirm (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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| Prior to Busy Bee finding a stash of hoppers, this set mib went for $60 to $80 US. When this little hiccup in supply gets absorbed by rtlers, the price will again creep back up to this level. So if you want one you had better make Larry a decent (...) (25 years ago, 13-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.theory)
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