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lejackal said:
MarkG said:
By the looks of the past few days £270 is a good price for a loose blue snaggletooth and over £100 for a loose hollow tubes Tusken !! WTF is going on ??
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£270 seems fine, how else are you supposed to make a profit when you bought it on eBay for £220?
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Oh how times have changed... used to be the reverse !!

Off to ebay I go for bargains as I can make a nice little earner on FB.
 
steve obi wan said:
eBay is the place to go ! FB prices are way off target on most things now .
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There are still about 6000 Facebook users who seem to think that eBay is the devil, because somebody else told them it was.

I imagine a good 85% of the stuff on the groups comes from Ebay now.
 
Mr-shifter said:
steve obi wan said:
eBay is the place to go ! FB prices are way off target on most things now .
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There are still about 6000 Facebook users who seem to think that eBay is the devil, because somebody else told them it was.

I imagine a good 85% of the stuff on the groups comes from Ebay now.
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Ben, I told you information on FB is fixed!! :D
 
I never see anything on FB I consider to be good value or a bargain. It's always priced right at the top from the get-go.

At least with eBay you can get a thrill from the low prices in the beginning and if you are lucky it might finish at a great price too!
 
The times you actually see a well priced item it's gone before you can do a damn thing about it
 
It was me who sold the blue snag on facebook is 270 overpriced for a really nice example im not looking for a argument just asking this was a very very good one and i didnt buy it from ebay for 220 it was mine.
 
Doesn't seem crazy to me if it was gem mint, I bought a fairly rough one for £135 earlier this year and most agreed that was reasonable
 
This is classic of Iain using a flash in cinema for Rogue One........ :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

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Here's a rock solid example of FB driving prices up. A trilogo Vader sold on eBay for $1000 because it had a rare Clipper sticker on the front. Thinking he is sitting on a fortune, some guy asks for a valuation on his standard and rather beat up one. He is swiftly told why the Clipper one went so high, and is given (IMO too high) estimates of $200-250. I think it's worth more like $100 max in ****** condition like his.

So what does he then put it up for sale for? $375! :lol:
 
:( Sigh..

That guy asked for my help when he bought that figure, in fact he literally wanted me there the moment he met with the previous owner so I could assess condition and advise on price in real time.

He bought the Vader and a Stormtrooper and I told him (based on rarity and condition) that he didn't want to pay more than $250 for the two (either $125 each or $100 for the Vader and $150 for the stormie)..he then haggled the guy down to $160 for both!

He knows full well what they are "worth" based on our conversation alone..just another opportunist "collector" who thought he could cash in after seeing a variant sell for a crazy price.
 
wrighty said:
This is classic of Iain using a flash in cinema for Rogue One........ :lol: :lol: :lol:
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haha - the funny thing is that I didn't even realise that they were mad - I took the picture (opening shot of the film), uploaded it to FB and then closed down my phone - it wasn't til I got out of the film and saw the commented that I realised just how many people had turned around !
 
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Classic! They all look utterly disgusted!! How dare you take a picture with your flash on in the cinema Iain! :lol: :lol:
 
itfciain said:
wrighty said:
This is classic of Iain using a flash in cinema for Rogue One........ :lol: :lol: :lol:
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haha - the funny thing is that I didn't even realise that they were mad - I took the picture (opening shot of the film), uploaded it to FB and then closed down my phone - it wasn't til I got out of the film and saw the commented that I realised just how many people had turned around !
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Barred !! :lol: :lol:
 
Joe said:
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Classic! They all look utterly disgusted!! How dare you take a picture with your flash on in the cinema Iain! :lol: :lol:
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I didn't even know that was a 'thing' :?
 
Really f@$k annoyed. A guy posted for sale 20-30 loose Jawas, I messaged him for a price for all of them, he wrote back saying some are sold and the rest I will do it for $320 shipped. I replied how about $300 and we have a deal. He replied saying no, so I said ok $320 and he said it is now $350. What an ass!! :x
 
edd_jedi said:
Here's a rock solid example of FB driving prices up. A trilogo Vader sold on eBay for $1000 because it had a rare Clipper sticker on the front. Thinking he is sitting on a fortune, some guy asks for a valuation on his standard and rather beat up one. He is swiftly told why the Clipper one went so high, and is given (IMO too high) estimates of $200-250. I think it's worth more like $100 max in ****** condition like his.

So what does he then put it up for sale for? $375! :lol:
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Saw that.

It's really quite irritating when you're asked for help and advice, and especially valuations and when it's not the info or price they want to hear they make their own up anyway.
 
Yet more three packs were limelighted - does anyone else just get bored/desensitised to them and other high end items?
 
I know what you mean, very little shocks me any more. I think the last thing that genuinely made my jaw drop was the trilogo Y-Wing discovery. It seems every day on Facebook somebody finds 50 MOCs for $10 from some old lady or a Head Man. But I think that's just collecting maturing in general, not just on FB. 10 years ago people would get excited about a loose Yak Face (OK that still happens in Echo Base :lol: )
 
wrighty said:
Really f@$k annoyed. A guy posted for sale 20-30 loose Jawas, I messaged him for a price for all of them, he wrote back saying some are sold and the rest I will do it for $320 shipped. I replied how about $300 and we have a deal. He replied saying no, so I said ok $320 and he said it is now $350. What an ass!! :x
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I hope you told him to get ******.
 
wrighty said:
Really f@$k annoyed. A guy posted for sale 20-30 loose Jawas, I messaged him for a price for all of them, he wrote back saying some are sold and the rest I will do it for $320 shipped. I replied how about $300 and we have a deal. He replied saying no, so I said ok $320 and he said it is now $350. What an ass!! :x
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So who was it Simon?
 
Mr-shifter said:
wrighty said:
Really f@$k annoyed. A guy posted for sale 20-30 loose Jawas, I messaged him for a price for all of them, he wrote back saying some are sold and the rest I will do it for $320 shipped. I replied how about $300 and we have a deal. He replied saying no, so I said ok $320 and he said it is now $350. What an ass!! :x
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I hope you told him to get ******.
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I have always liked your style. :lol:
 
wrighty said:
Really f@$k annoyed. A guy posted for sale 20-30 loose Jawas, I messaged him for a price for all of them, he wrote back saying some are sold and the rest I will do it for $320 shipped. I replied how about $300 and we have a deal. He replied saying no, so I said ok $320 and he said it is now $350. What an ass!! :x
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What a dick !! :twisted:
 

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