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    Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Mike Stanley
   (...) That just demonstrates the level of insanity some completists can achieve. :) To some a set is worth the some of its parts. To others the set as an entity has value that far outweighs the sum of its parts. I fall into one of those groups. :) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Todd Lehman
   (...) Although in this case, completism was 100% of the motivation, it's not always about completism. For example, Suz and I were bidding on an extremely rare old '75 Wild West set, (URL) an auction Matt Chiles held about a year ago. The set was (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        Re: CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Steve Bliss
     (...) Steve (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
   
        MSRP? Tangential question Was(re CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Larry Pieniazek
   Todd Lehman wrote: <major snippage> (...) 1975 and that it cost 8.85 pounds MSRP. Why not either show the price in USD converted, or show it in pounds? Or is that a future enhancement? (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.database)
   
        Re: MSRP? Tangential question Was(re CFD: e-bay (aka ranting and raving) —Todd Lehman
   (...) Yes, showing MSRP in non-US$ is a future enhancement... (But conversion is not; aside from temporal eddies in the exchange rates, things may simply cost more or less in another country... For example, in Germany this year you can buy for DM (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.admin.database)
 

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