THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY!

[livewire]

Hi all I was just thinking about the vintage stuff I let slip through my fingers when I was new to collecting and didn't know what I was looking at.

I passed on a vinyl Jawa in the 90s for £80.
I came across a mailaway sealed bobba fett in box with letter in a Liverpool shop for £20 and thought I'm not paying that for I figure I can pick up for £10!
And then there was the complete ammanaman in a local charity shop for a few pound but I did not recognize it as being from starwars.
Swapping a carded tie fighter pilot on a palitoy card for a beat up old cloud car, he must have seen me coming!

anyone else with any sick to the stomach 'the one that got away' !!

Tom.

 

[Capetown]

Great topic!

I haven't made many mistakes like these as I'm relatively new to collecting.

Sure I lost out on many auctions because of clumsy bidding (forgetting to log in, bidding a split second too late, faulty sniper programs), but nothing that has stuck in my memory.

 

[livewire]

Its a changed world now for new collectors, I had no google I didn't even have internet! all i was armed with when I started was a jedi 65 back card!
I remember when I did get internet and everyone used yahoo to buy and sell and ebay wasn't really known about.

 

[poncho]

nothing major as slipped away from me as i never invest too much in something. ive been sniped on ebay of course, many times. but it has never got to me. my one regret is that i came across a box of figures at a car boot that the guy was selling at a £1 each he said i could have the lot for about £15 quid this was back in 98 I wish I did now because there was about 5 boba fetts and imperial gunner amongst these and some other randoms.

 

[edd_jedi]

You win some and you lose some. There were 3 local shops that sold lots of vintage where I lived in the mid 90s, and I remember seeing many Palitoy carded figures over the years. In fact I remember them being 'inferior' because they were 'only' the English ones. I wanted Kenner MOCs!

Sadly at the time they were all out of my price range - more than £100. I refused to pay more than that for a single MOC until about 2004, and must have let many figures now worth way more slip by.

 

[edd_jedi]

Actually, I've just remembered that about 4 years ago I turned down a partially resealed tri logo Jawa for £75. It was in great shape and only resealed at the bottom. Thinking about passing that up still makes me cringe! The cardback was probably worth £100.

 

[Jedi534]

I'm always turning things down and regretting it later. My latest would be about 2-3 months ago when I was offered an empty Cloud Car box for $10 and declined...

 

[Vole]

Sure.

I regret not buying ten of everything I saw between the years 1978 - 1985!

Don't you?

 

[Imperial nut]

Sure.

I regret not buying ten of everything I saw between the years 1978 - 1985!

Don't you?

yup