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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 12:44 am Post subject:
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Bad Moon
This is an extremely rare module. I have never seen another copy of it on ebay or anywhere else in the last 8 years.
It is rare but copies are out there. I have seen 5 or 6 sold (some on Ebay, 1 on Dragonsfoot, 1 from Brett) in the past 3 years. I don't think many people have a good search on this one.
Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Last Visit: 18 Jun 2017 Posts: 148 Location: Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 6:55 am Post subject:
Mars wrote:
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Bad Moon
This is an extremely rare module. I have never seen another copy of it on ebay or anywhere else in the last 8 years.
It is rare but copies are out there. I have seen 5 or 6 sold (some on Ebay, 1 on Dragonsfoot, 1 from Brett) in the past 3 years. I don't think many people have a good search on this one.
I think Deadlord bought one off ebay for $5.. I was kicking myself that I had forgotten to bid... I rarely see this for sale..
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 11:31 am Post subject:
I think it is great. Many of these items are as rare if not more than some of the expensive TSR items. Sure patience is a virtue. But what if the values for these items began to stick instead of being wildly unpredictable? _________________
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 5:46 pm Post subject:
We've cost each other a penny over the past couple of years, but it's okay. I used to be concerned that we were pushing things out of the realm of most collectors, but then a funny thing happened--more items started appearing. It seems that high prices bring out more items, and more items means more chances to get one at a cheaper price. The theory has been working fairly well. The seller gets what they want, more money in a tight economy. The buyer gets what they want, a nice item. And the hobby gets what it needs; exposure, which means more collectibles come out of the woodwork. A great example is Lost Tamoachan. A seller had a mint condition one on ebay awhile back with a BIN of $2K. It sat out there with no takers. He relisted it with a Make Offer and they started pouring in. Mine was the best at $1,700. (I felt that a perfect example merited that price.) LTs had been going for $1,400-$1,600, so $1,700 looked a little high. Anyway, what happened after that? Three LTs popped up, and they all went cheaper (very good conditions). The cheapest went for $1026. (It shouldn't have went that low, but it did. I honestly didn't think a bid of $1050 would ever take an LT on ebay, but I simply can't pass up a good deal.)
The moral of the story? Unless it's a unique, there will be another one and probably cheaper. It's happened with the 1st print Woodgrain and many more things. $4,000+ to $2,610? Necromican is another great example. Lance had to have it and got it. What's funny about that, though, is that more popped up quickly and he kept buying them. I don't know why, but collectors who pay a lot for something one week don't want to see one of the same go for half the following week. If you see a collector win something at a high price and turn around and bid the same or higher again next week, it's a Reputation Bid. Anyway, Lance picked up three or four and the Necromicans kept coming! I think the last one went for less than $40 or something. Because of the press from the high prices, several people landed a Necromican who wanted one, and that is a very good thing.
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The classic confrontation :)
More like Laurel and Hardy. Lance and I have to be the most predictable bidders on ebay. I imagine that a few collectors are discouraged by the whole thing, and I'm sorry for that. The only thing I can say is please be patient. The collectibles people want will come. They always do. The second thing is to avoid thinking that ebay is the world. It isn't. I spend more outside of ebay buying collectibles than I do inside. There are collectibles everywhere. Go to yard sales, flea markets, hobby stores that sell used games, even book stores can have good stuff for next to nothing. For those collectors who are fortunate enough to live near a large metro, you could make good extra money combing the yard sales for games.
It's f*cking crazy what people will pay for something on ebay! _________________ "This is cool."
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It's f*cking crazy what people will pay for something on ebay!