Ridiculous eBay Auctions

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• JudgeChuck Member Posts: 1,591

  May 2016

  workshybum said:

  Ahh, he's a known quantity is he?

  Oh, yes... He was trying to sell a VW Camper poly for £99.99 and, having just checked, he still is!
  
  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEGO-40079-Creator-Mini-VW-T1-Camper-Van-Polybag-/262419853416
  
  

  

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• MattDawson Member Posts: 1,492

  May 2016

  Would you know, I sent them a message about it, and lo and behold the auction has been cancelled due to "the item being no longer available"...

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• chrisalddin Member Posts: 3,041

  May 2016

  MattDawson said:

  Would you know, I sent them a message about it, and lo and behold the auction has been cancelled due to "the item being no longer available"...

  seeing as "i think" shop4444bargains did the same thing with the camper van, and it now back up at that crazy price, i willing to bet it be be back later.
  

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• workshybum Member Posts: 64

  May 2016

  Surely anyone willing to pay that sort of money for this sort of stuff would know to do their research first?!

  

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• Lewis88 Member Posts: 29

  June 2016

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-/162080978460?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255
  
  Unless there's something I'm missing here, this is 11 used, cheap, incomplete, recent sets for £6,555!

  

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• workshybum Member Posts: 64

  June 2016

  Lewis88 said:

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-/162080978460?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255
  
  Unless there's something I'm missing here, this is 11 used, cheap, incomplete, recent sets for £6,555!

  Looks like they're trying to advertise several sets individually under one listing. If you look at the photos, the numbers at the bottom are (and I'm guessing here) the prices they want for each set, maybe? 
  
  I'm guessing it's been placed at a silly price to make sure nobody bids thinking they'll get the lot for a low price. 
  
  Quite why they didn't put them on a free ads site or under an eBay classified, I don't know. 

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• Tufted_duck Member Posts: 77

  June 2016

  Lewis88 said:

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-/162080978460?&_trksid=p2056016.m2516.l5255
  
  Unless there's something I'm missing here, this is 11 used, cheap, incomplete, recent sets for £6,555!

  And isn't that a really odd figure to end up at? Not £6500, not £6600, £6555?
  
  Maybe they have a bill to pay for that exact amount. 
  
  Perhaps they meant £65.55 based on prices from...somewhere

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• xwingpilot Member Posts: 799

  June 2016

  Perhaps they had been reading a newspaper, weighed their LEGO, found out the price of gold and then added a little bit...

  

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• samiam391 Member Posts: 4,507

  June 2016

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-set-collection-/322118093344
  
  One of the more obvious cases of shill bidding I've ever seen. 
  
  Yet of course they added... "no fake bidding as this is a expensive hobby and took years to aquire as any lego fan knows bid with confidence and thank you for looking!"

  

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• Fauch Member Posts: 2,712

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  there is a star wars box that I guess is supposed to be the death star and I can't find the tower of orthanc. funny that the most valuable sets are the ones you can't see on the picture.

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• hazz78 Member Posts: 31

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-10189-Taj-Mahal-/112013188817?hash=item1a14819ed1:g:ogkAAOSwOtBXTZvs
  
  One to avoid I think
  
  
  

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• richo Member Posts: 3,830

  June 2016

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  samiam391 said:

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-set-collection-/322118093344
  
  One of the more obvious cases of shill bidding I've ever seen. 
  
  Yet of course they added... "no fake bidding as this is a expensive hobby and took years to aquire as any lego fan knows bid with confidence and thank you for looking!"

  Needs reporting. Does look like serious shill bidding!
  

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  June 2016

  Nevermind that this is an auction for a sealed S10 CMF case, but the thing that caught my eye was the description.
  
  When does one not use a picture for photographic purposes?
  
  
  

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• TigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343

  June 2016

  SumoLego said:
  
  

  When does one not use a picture for photographic purposes?
  

  Hardly ever. It's usually the means to an end, not the end itself.
  

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• Brickaholic Member Posts: 342

  June 2016

  Looks a bargain - NOT
  
  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LEGO-Monster-Fighters-Haunted-House-10228-New-Retired-/152133091174?hash=item236bd6bf66:g:SSUAAOSwc1FXY8as
  
  
  

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  June 2016

  I wonder if all of the feedback from the 15 buyers will be negative...

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• SprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,780

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  What is it? Either a picture, or nothing at all.
  

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• Fauch Member Posts: 2,712

  June 2016

  19 sold and more than 10 left? sounds like someone who stockpiled them and is now trying to get rid of them after the bubble burst. but it didn't happen yet, right?
  I guess for that price some people thought it was worth the risk.

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  June 2016

  ^ There's a bubble?  I read somewhere that Lego is more vauable than gold.  It must be true!

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• chrisalddin Member Posts: 3,041

  June 2016

  23 ... there are 23 suckers who fell for this.
  the only way this is real is if some one did a 5 finger discount on over 32 set's.
  i call Bull Shit!
  

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• Fauch Member Posts: 2,712

  June 2016

  I really believe someone found a cornucopia full of haunted houses.

  

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• TigerMoth Member Posts: 2,343

  June 2016

  SumoLego said:

  
  I read somewhere that Lego is more vauable than gold.
  

  Gold itself enjoys a bubble. It's value lies in its perceived rarity - but it is only a perception, not reality.
  

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• JudgeChuck Member Posts: 1,591

  June 2016

  "Listing not found"... :-(
  
  What was the "scoop"?

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• Fauch Member Posts: 2,712

  June 2016

  someone sold like 25 haunted houses for like 12£ each. and still had more to sell for the same price.

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  June 2016

  Fauch said:

  I really believe someone found a cornucopia full of haunted houses.

  I'm holding out for the £50 UCS Falcons.  

  

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• SprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,780

  June 2016

  SumoLego said:

  Fauch said:

  I really believe someone found a cornucopia full of haunted houses.

  I'm holding out for the £50 UCS Falcons.  

  You can probably get one for 50 pounds of American money...
  

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• sklamb Member Posts: 516

  June 2016

  How much cash would 50 avoirdupois pounds of nickels come to? (I'm too lazy to google for the answer myself.) Or, even cheaper, pennies....

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• ricecake Member Posts: 878

  June 2016

  sklamb said:

  How much cash would 50 avoirdupois pounds of nickels come to? (I'm too lazy to google for the answer myself.) Or, even cheaper, pennies....

  50 pounds of nickels comes out to $227.00.
  50 pounds of pennies is $90.70.
  From what else I was able to find, a pound of dollar bills has about 454 bills. 50 pounds of $1 bills would be $22,700.
  

  

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• Legoboy Member Posts: 8,827

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FEHLDRUCK-Lego-71014-Serie-DFB-Boateng-Nr-17-Deutsche-Mannschaft-MISPRINT-/322148354553?hash=item4b0189c9f9:g:CGIAAOSwzJ5XXaQN
  
  Does this more accurate hairy back version really carry a premium?

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• dragon114 Member Posts: 642

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  unmasked deadpool http://www.ebay.com/itm/311638714061?rmvSB=true

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• samiam391 Member Posts: 4,507

  June 2016

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-323-Lego-Minifigures-Series-13-15-Monsters-Disney-Simpsons-4-Sets-/222162819660?hash=item33b9ef9a4c:g:y00AAOSw3YNXava-
  
  I love the description on this one.
  
  Sent them the following message:
  Are they actually fixed? I see lots of duplicates, which I assume are sons and daughters. Possibly some inbreeding too?
  
  Thanks,
  A Worried Veterinarian
  
  Anxiously awaiting their response, my potential bid depends upon it.

  

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• kiki180703 Member Posts: 1,064

  June 2016

  @samiam391 Well this is their response...
  
  "They are now currently fixed, but don't get them wet. While they don't require feeding, they may still eat. Make sure they don't after midnight."
  
  xD

  

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• Scott1 Member Posts: 48

  June 2016

  Just wow...

  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-7641-City-Corner-with-instruction-Vintage-/301973895596?hash=item464f0bf9ac:g:LXIAAOSwRH5XK2NO

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• SprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,780

  June 2016

  ^ Guess I'm rich, then...
  

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• Pitfall69 Member Posts: 11,454

  June 2016

  "Stickers are available" ...for another $2,000 ;)

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  June 2016

  ^ $1,999.95.
  
  (It's TRU pricing.)

  

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• Pitfall69 Member Posts: 11,454

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  I can see @Legoboy going through his spreadsheets to see if he has extra "City Corner" stickers ;)
  
  By the way. Are the instructions included or aren't they? It was like the other day when I bought batteries, but they weren't included.

  

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• stlux Member Posts: 2,450

  June 2016

  Interesting to call a 2009 set "vintage"...

  

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• catwrangler Member Posts: 1,895

  June 2016

  A lot of us start to feel old when the clothes and other trends of our teenage years become "vintage". For AFOLs, is it when sets released after you came out of your Dark Ages get labelled that way?

  

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• richo Member Posts: 3,830

  June 2016 edited June 2016

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-71014-German-Minifigure-No-23-Max-Kruse-New-In-Stock-In-The-UK-/262485525228?hash=item3d1d5b42ec:g:uQwAAOSwhQ5XQiyh
  
  I rest my case. lol

  

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• SprinkleOtter Member Posts: 2,780

  June 2016

  The City Corner came down a couple thousand today- now it's $90. What's that, a 99% off sale?
  

  

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• Pitfall69 Member Posts: 11,454

  June 2016

  A free "street broad" with your knock-off Lego set!!! 

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• MattDawson Member Posts: 1,492

  July 2016

  richo said:

  http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lego-71014-German-Minifigure-No-23-Max-Kruse-New-In-Stock-In-The-UK-/262485525228?hash=item3d1d5b42ec:g:uQwAAOSwhQ5XQiyh
  
  I rest my case. lol

  
  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  July 2016

  ^ It was just discounted!  A steal!

  

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• kiki180703 Member Posts: 1,064

  July 2016

  @SumoLego And it's only for a limited time! Go buy it now! ;)

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  July 2016

  ^ I just wish they had 15 of them.  I guess it's their loss...

  

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• samiam391 Member Posts: 4,507

  July 2016

  An embarrassment to chrome and an embarrassment to Jango Fett.
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-Minifigure-Rare-Chrome-Jango-Fett-/191914111584?hash=item2caef8f260:g:RHMAAOSw-KFXesxf
  

  

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• SumoLego Member Posts: 15,242

  July 2016

  The spear gun is a nice touch.

  

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• mustang69 Member Posts: 544

  July 2016

  I apologize if this has already been posted but I just saw this on Ebay,
  
  http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lego-10182-Cafe-Corner-Original-Empty-Box-No-Parts-/252395092167?hash=item3ac3eb78c7:g:xJ8AAOSwIzNXPU4g
  
  Would anyone actually pay that much for an empty box? Especially in that condition?!
  
  
  

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• oldtodd33 Member Posts: 2,729

  July 2016

  Well, there are 12 people watching it so maybe.

  

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