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Re: What some people will buy!
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lugnet.market.theory
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Date:
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Tue, 7 Dec 1999 20:28:43 GMT
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Troy Cefaratti <[mnementh@]Spamcake[nacs.net]>
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It appears that for the buyer, this set was one of the last 2 sets need to
complete his space collection. Given that the set is supposedly rare, I can
understand paying a premium for the set in order to complete the collection.
I wouldn't have paid that much of a premium, but apparently he would.
Troy
Will Middelaer <betamale@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:FMDME9.3Kx@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.market.auction, Tamyra Teed writes:
> > These is really insane, have you seen the final bid? 128.some odd
> > cents.. This has got to be close if not a record for insane prices...
>
> I guess the real "value" here is not the parts, but the instructions. The
> parts are available in many other sets, but the "set" isn't complete • without
> the instructions and a box, if this set even came in a box.
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> The wording of the ad that mentions how the set was largely unknown until
> recently made me think, just for a second, that this was some MOC with • sham
> instructions printed up, so that someone could "discover" a lost set and • sell
> it for big money. Sort of like the way variants crop up for mini-fig
> collectors.
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> The other theory I had on this one was that someone is trying to • artificially
> inflate the market, trying to draw out other high bidders by carrying on a
> sort of farce auction, which would then create an unreasonable comparable • out
> there so that $100 for this tiny set would look like a bargain.
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> I wouldn't have bid $5 on this set. You can't play with instructions!
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> Will
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> (Followups to .theory)
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| (...) I guess the real "value" here is not the parts, but the instructions. The parts are available in many other sets, but the "set" isn't complete without the instructions and a box, if this set even came in a box. The wording of the ad that (...) (25 years ago, 7-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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