[Archive] Finds on eBay and Strategies for defeating Extortionist Pricing

Willmark:

Unlucky with that lot Willmark looked tasty those US shipping only lots never go as high as worldwide and i have met sellers who wont send abroard cause of US postal probs.

Canix
If I was a hatter type of CD I'd be mad. Since I'm a non-beardy, helmet/mask type of CD it doesn't make much difference.

Willmark:

Crap! lost out on a Chaos Dwarf Whirlwind by 1.00! I did beat out SWSNBN thou, however her bidding did drive up the price.

She is now getting beaten regularly on Chaos Dwarf auctions.

Doombeard:

what does swsnbn stand for ?

Doombeard:

nah biklinictoo lives in lincs essexgril lives in essex i know them both and have had dealings with them both in the past . biklinictoo had a collection of mine that somebody sold him - i left them round a mates house and discovered them up for sale on ebay about a year later! biklininctoo / warhammer crazy sold me them back for the same pric he paid for them - i was so mad !

Willmark:

“She Who Shall Not Be Named” you of all people should know WHO that is…

Willmark:

We all knew that some eBayers are setting ridiculous prices for CDs, but this really puts it in perspective:

Try this:

The Inflation Calculator

The price of Astragoth in 1995 (White Dwarf #185- May 1995, to be exact) was $8.50. Accounting for inflation…

What cost $8.50 in 1995 would cost $11.15 in 2006.

So looking at a certain someone’s eBay prices for said Astragoth: $39.82

In other words a profit margin of nearly 5 times the original price of the item. This becomes especially egregious when one looks at the rate of inflation. Of course some could claim cost of bidding, scarcity, etc… all of which are more or less subjective… and what do you have: Something that cost $8.50 in 1995 going for $39.82 11 years later…

Boggles the mind doesn’t it?

This_Is_My_Boomstick!!:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Games-Workshop-Chaos-Dwarf-Earthshaker-Cannon-Crew_W0QQitemZ250165853354QQihZ015QQcategoryZ44127QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

highest bidder is [/u] swsnbm

Pyro Stick:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Games-Workshop-Chaos-Dwarf-Earthshaker-Cannon-Crew_W0QQitemZ250165853354QQihZ015QQcategoryZ44127QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

highest bidder is swsnbm

This_Is_My_Boomstick!!
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This_Is_My_Boomstick!!:

Item number: 250165853354

earthshaker cannon, page 2 of chaos dwarf items on ebay

Pyro Stick:

Im up for bidding on that. It has no banner pole though so i dont know. Ill watch it for now.

Ewwwww. Swsnbn is trying to sell THREE bull centaurs for �45!!!

This_Is_My_Boomstick!!:

ouch that is so unfriendly, you can get them cheaper off gw, although they are stopping selling a lot of the older stuff on the shop taccording to warseer

Pyro Stick:

Why would they stop selling the old CD? If they have some stock left then its not like GW to try and make a bit more money.

This_Is_My_Boomstick!!:

heres the 2 links about the changes, the second one is on the gw us site but will probebly be a global effect

http://warseer.com/forums/other-gw-discussion/102773-mail-order-changes.html

http://us.games-workshop.com/news/current/DirectChanges.htm

Pyro Stick:

These Bull Centaurs are a great deal. �60 less than what SWSNBN sells them for and i dont think she even sells hers with a Standard in the unit.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warhammer-Fantasy-Chaos-Dwarf-Bull-Centaur-Unit_W0QQitemZ280159922658QQihZ018QQcategoryZ31400QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

zagor66:

:cheersPretty good actually.

Doombeard:

its worth noting that you can block certain bidders bidding on your items , please everbody try to do this so they dont fall into the hands of an unscrupulous dealer who will strip your hours of hard painted work away in seconds and sell on your stuff at 100% profit ! i have already blocked the main two dealers on bidding on my stuff and its working pretty well so far

Canix:

its worth noting that you can block certain bidders bidding on your items , please everbody try to do this so they dont fall into the hands of an unscrupulous dealer who will strip your hours of hard painted work away in seconds and sell on your stuff at 100% profit !��i have already blocked the main two dealers on bidding on my stuff and its working pretty well so far

iamahobgoblin
Ah ha thats why they are not snapping up the stuff at the bargain prices i see your lots going for ,a BT just went for �9.38 thats half��what swsnbn would pay �18 and then she would sell it for �30:hat
Good work on giving cd players a source of reinforcements:hat off

wallacer:

its worth noting that you can block certain bidders bidding on your items , please everbody try to do this so they dont fall into the hands of an unscrupulous dealer

iamahobgoblin
Brilliant in it's simplicity...

Pyro Stick:

Awesome! I was hoping you could do that. Now if i ever need to sell Chaos Dwarfs on ebay i know they will go to a good home. Hopefully. Do you think that most people that sell chaos dwarfs are members of this site and/or HoH?

I dont want to know how much SWSNBN or Warhammer Crazy will sell these for if they win. SWSNBN is bidding but has been outbid on both by biklinictoo

Astragoth NIB

Hobgoblin Archers NIB

Canix:

its worth noting that you can block certain bidders bidding on your items , please everbody try to do this so they dont fall into the hands of an unscrupulous dealer

iamahobgoblin
Brilliant in it's simplicity...


wallacer
Of course they can just buy under a different id.The prices they are paying for items is rising swsnbn just bought ES for �21 and biklinictoo just bought 28 metal cd inc two commands for �56(a good deal there)
Some lots (those bid on by volmacsweden and rotcivitbat) are going astronomically high but they obviously cant wait and are capable of painting there figures very quickly:o