eBay Bargains, Deals, etc.

This reminds me of back when bootsales (locally) were mostly worth going to and some local sites didn't charge insane amounts to sellers so as to just mean the events don't happen there anymore.. It had to be.. mm.. late 90s, early 2000s, McDonalds had done a series of Smurf figures which had the large M embossed on the back of the head, which was a fine enough thing. A while later from this first range (or so) there was a guy selling them at a bootsale. I was still collecting Smurfs (never had a huge amount, and still got them, with some spares anyway) and the guy was charging a bit for them and saying how the M meant 'Modern' cause these were the Modern smurfs, compared to the old ones... erm.. nope.. M for McDonalds ^_^ if the arch font didn't give it away.

Doesn't take too much information for someone to go from 'I don't know what this is worth' to 'lets charge a fortune cause I THINK I know what I'm talking about
 
A seller with some nice bits (not someone I've bought from before)

I'd been tempted by the scenarios, but when they were £100 for the two it was rather nice, but now they are getting on for their normal prices I'm less keen. Lovely looking copies however. Ending today at 2300.

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I did take a quick punt on the WFRP collection last night, but was outbid :( Not that I needed them (I have it all in various content), but there were some editions in there I didn't have. Still someone got a bargain given the normal cost of the books individually.
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Whilst some of the rest is tempting I think I'll be good!

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Eric said:
A seller with some nice bits (not someone I've bought from before)

I'd been tempted by the scenarios, but when they were £100 for the two it was rather nice, but now they are getting on for their normal prices I'm less keen. Lovely looking copies however. Ending today at 2300.

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I did take a quick punt on the WFRP collection last night, but was outbid :( Not that I needed them (I have it all in various content), but there were some editions in there I didn't have. Still someone got a bargain given the normal cost of the books individually.
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Whilst some of the rest is tempting I think I'll be good!

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is McDeath really worth that much or is it orcs drift driving it up? I think I might like those floorpans - will probably never use them but its all things I lost over the years. I have a fantasy of playing WHFRP seriously if I ever get to retire
 
Jamiie said:
is McDeath really worth that much or is it orcs drift driving it up?
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Both, I think, and as they're boxed & look in good nick. So much is getting split and sold separate nowadays, army rosters, card cutouts, rule books etc :(
Bidding at £257and rising. Jeez.
 
orkwrangler said:
I think the prices are a bit delusional for a book that is (sort of) still in print. The hardback Louise Sugden helped reproduce was £40 last time I checked.
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Yep, which makes me think is it speculative investment via 'deep pockets', a genuine buyer/collector or something entirely different? I mean it's a lot of dough to be left up on shelf or glass cabinet. Why not wait for something to crop up later. But then ppl/magpies collect all sorts...
 
I think it's the condition, they both look really nice and are fully uncut from the looks of things. Although I'd personally put a ceiling of about £100 each on them, hence when they were at £50 each I thought "yeah I'd have some of that", but not now. It's not like these days you actually need them to play the scenarios so it'd be much more "collection" than anything else.

orkwrangler said:
I think the prices are a bit delusional for a book that is (sort of) still in print. The hardback Louise Sugden helped reproduce was £40 last time I checked.
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That Oxfam sale is just daft. The original RT books are slightly nicer - the printing in the scanned and republished copy isn't quite as nice I think, although Louise did a great job of cleaning it up and producing it. I think they might still sell copies at Warhammer World, but it was only the RoC ones there when I was last there for Bootleg BOYL. The originals can still be picked up for £30-60 more typically if you wait around for an auction and can cope with perhaps a little bit of spine repair, etc.

Fighelm said:
Yep, which makes me think is it speculative investment
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I've said before, I suspect long term most of the market for this stuff will die off as, well, ahem, we die off. That's not to say it'll go (plenty of people buy antiques and they can be worth plenty), but I doubt things really won't attract the prices they do at the moment. I'm sure the market for later editions is warming up right now as those people get to a point where they maybe have spare money to spend on toys of their youth. Still that is myself speculating on their speculation! :)

Hard to know with these auctions who the buyers are. The WFRP set ended with each book/item being about £20 I think. Depending on luck most of the books go for about £30-40 generally, but I've picked up some at £10. So it could be someone looking to buy stock, or maybe just a fan that saw an opportunity to get a full set. My desire was partially to have a few "spare copies" and to fill in a few edition blanks (I mostly have the Hogshead editions) in the collection.
 
I'm 100% NOT saying this about the seller, so no-one moan ^_^

I'm sure people are aware of Leaf casting.. I'm not sure this kinda paper works for it, but I do wonder how many rule books and stuff are restorations vs good quality. end of the day, doesn't really matter apart from... well.. Restoration price vs Original price should be noted. (damn, this kinda thing has been on my mind too much of late)
 
Eric said:
That Oxfam sale is just daft. The original RT books are slightly nicer
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The softback is the edition I have. It fixes some errata. But not £150 worth. Mine is perhaps devalued because it doesn't have a Garfield sticker.
Eric said:
I think they might still sell copies at Warhammer World
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Rogue Trader was made-to-order for £40 relatively recently. They can't be hard to pick up.
 
Eric said:
...I suspect long term most of the market for this stuff will die off as, well, ahem, we die off...
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Yes. I think stuff is coming out of the lofts and garages now, in 'readiness' for want of a better word. Priority change? Maybe stuff left at elderly relatives (rediscovered stuff?), or by family who don't have the space anymore (or those who have shuffled off this mortal coil) and it's been cleared out? We can only speculate.
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I'm sure the market for later editions is warming up...
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Agree totally, Eric, seems a relatively recent 'thing' this explosion in prices on WHFB especially. 1e ruleset boxed, forces of fantasy, and individual parts of the box sets sold separately have rocketed in just last, say, 18months. 2e and 3e also... Was some cheap stuff in charity shops, now exploding...
 
Fighelm said:
Be a dear and make sure you're vacuum-packed separately, for when the grave robbers/night hawks come for any of yer oldhammer archeology. ;)
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And entombed at the end of an appropriately themed dungeon complete with minions. Although do make sure all the doorways and spiked pits are built to disability-access standards for the bunch of old gits who'll be questing for the loot.
 
what's the name of that company that do.. kinda modern style but not totally awful fantast figures which are all built around 'disabled' characters? so you get a wizard in a wheel chair and stuff. Nice ideas them. (kinda reminds me of the Barbarian chief in Ronan the Barbarian)
 
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