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Re: What some people will buy!
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Wed, 8 Dec 1999 07:12:32 GMT
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I wrote:

Hey there,

Get a load of this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=210340270

23 pieces, currently going for... $71.00.

I suppose y'all saw the closing bid?  $128.51.  That's $5.59 a piece.
Troy Cerfatti was right, not a single piece was unique -- or, for that
matter, large or special in any way.

*Plus* there's shipping... want to bet it gets sent insured?

Some classic yellow castles (set #375/6075) haven't gone for that much.
And at least yellow castles have a full 779 pieces to recommend them,
including the rare yellow extreme slopes.

--
John J. Ladasky Jr., Ph.D.
Department of Structural Biology
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA 94305



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  Re: What some people will buy!
 
(...) I can't believe that set went for that much money. I had that set about a year ago. I sold it, but not for that much. It was on Ebay for $20 ended at like $35 with Shipping. People are going crazy, this is nuts. What has happened to this (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
  Re: What some people will buy!
 
$128 was a snip. While I am sure 1000's were made, very few of them seem to be in collectors hands for some reason. It was a Europe only set. I traded a used one with mint box and instructions to Todd when I "discovered" the set in 1997 for a MISB (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
  Re: What some people will buy!
 
John J. Ladasky Jr. <ladasky@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:384E04DF.639717...eja.com... (...) There is no way that someone could provide proof of value for an insurance claim of $128.51 on this set. I don't think USPS accepts auction results as (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.theory)

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  What some people will buy!
 
Hey there, Get a load of this: (URL) pieces, currently going for... $71.00. Is the calendar software over at eBay having some kind of Y2K problem? Does somebody over there think that it's 04/01/2000? O.K., so the set is "rare." But I haven't paid (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.market.auction)

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