Author Topic: ebay makes me laugh (my ongoing eBay mockery thread) (Read 141474 times)

Midaski · « **Reply #875 on:** October 25, 2013, 01:44:00 PM »

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FEMALE-PIRATE-2-Painted-28mm-/261309958528?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3cd7498980

£100+

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #876 on:** October 25, 2013, 01:47:10 PM »

And she even is used.

BAWTRM · « **Reply #877 on:** October 25, 2013, 02:32:20 PM »

Looks like a lot of shill bidding. The eight bids previous to the last were all from the same person.

zifnab0 · « **Reply #878 on:** October 25, 2013, 02:44:47 PM »

Quote from: BAWTRM on October 25, 2013, 02:32:20 PM

Looks like a lot of shill bidding. The eight bids previous to the last were all from the same person.

That's automatic bidding. g* put in a top bid between £102.01 and £104.01. If you click "show automatic bids," you can see that s* kept trying to outbid g*, but ebay automatically increased g*'s bid.

I don't get why people would pay so much for this model. Is the painter well known or is this a rare model?

Finlay · « **Reply #879 on:** October 25, 2013, 02:57:50 PM »

not even a good model

BAWTRM · « **Reply #880 on:** October 28, 2013, 10:32:10 AM »

Quote from: zifnab0 on October 25, 2013, 02:44:47 PM

Quote from: BAWTRM on October 25, 2013, 02:32:20 PM
Looks like a lot of shill bidding. The eight bids previous to the last were all from the same person.

That's automatic bidding. g* put in a top bid between £102.01 and £104.01. If you click "show automatic bids," you can see that s* kept trying to outbid g*, but ebay automatically increased g*'s bid.

I don't get why people would pay so much for this model. Is the painter well known or is this a rare model?

Ah, thanks for the clarification!

And I have no idea why you would pay so much for this model. The picture is quite small too, making the eyes look really squinty on the model. Does not attract me one bit, but hey, inside side-boob view I guess?

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #881 on:** October 29, 2013, 10:42:30 AM »

I continue to find it annoying when things sell for full retail price.

Just buy it from GW directly if you're prepared to pay full price!

Finlay · « **Reply #882 on:** October 29, 2013, 11:12:00 AM »

Yep. Someone just bought a venom I was watching for retail price.

Fandir Nightshade · « **Reply #883 on:** October 29, 2013, 11:16:58 AM »

I sometimes think that those offers must be buddies of the guy buying it back so he can start another run. I can´t understand why anyone would buy something used from a shady private trader for the same or higher cost.

Sig · « **Reply #884 on:** October 29, 2013, 11:22:46 AM »

Could possibly be lazy people who want stuff assembled and are using dad's credit card. Or people from countries under the embargo where online stores won't ship and things are many times more expensive locally (south America as I understand it, and parts of Asia).

rufus sparkfire · « **Reply #885 on:** October 29, 2013, 11:28:52 AM »

New stuff, in the box, for full retail, to a buyer in the UK!

I see this all the time.

Sig · « **Reply #886 on:** October 29, 2013, 11:37:59 AM »

Bill O'Reilly is right, you can't explain that.

Midaski · « **Reply #887 on:** January 16, 2014, 03:10:29 PM »

Now this shows initiative .................

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Plasma-Beam-for-plasma-rifles-or-cannons-Imperial-Guard-SpaceMarines-or-any-/261372929602?pt=UK_Toys_Wargames_RL&hash=item3cdb0a6642#ht_304wt_1402

Archon · « **Reply #888 on:** January 16, 2014, 09:37:52 PM »

Quote from: Finlay on October 29, 2013, 11:12:00 AM

Yep. Someone just bought a venom I was watching for retail price.

I really don't get this. I've watched 15 stormtalons this month, and every single one has sold for at least $36 plus S&H. At GW its $45. The *best* deal has saved like $5. Sure, it's $5. But really? The worst ended up paying $5 over retail at $9 S&H....

Edit: shortly after posting this I got one for 12 under retail.... lucky? W-E power?

Pinn · « **Reply #889 on:** February 13, 2014, 04:37:04 AM »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=321320574771#ht_177wt_1362
26 "pro painted" knights for $510 (or best offer)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Karl-Franz-on-Deathclaw-PRO-PAINTED-/171240685392#ht_86wt_1362
"pro painted" Karl Franz for $150+ - Originally all he had posted for an image was the GW stock photo. I sent him a message saying that I doubted his paint job was 100% exact to the GW version. He responded saying that it actually is 99% close (lol). I guess he must have received other similar messages and eventually posted his photo. He's been posting it every week since November or so.

These things always make me laugh.

S.O.F · « **Reply #890 on:** February 13, 2014, 05:01:45 AM »

The Back Table has a thread dedicated to wonders such as these...Ebay is quite amazing

Finlay · « **Reply #891 on:** February 13, 2014, 08:13:26 AM »

Those pro painted knights are among the worst offenders I've ever seen,

Aldaris · « **Reply #892 on:** February 13, 2014, 08:54:57 AM »

Hey, they have a wash and everything! It's a well known fact only pros use more than base colours.

harv · « **Reply #893 on:** February 13, 2014, 10:37:55 AM »

Well he sold this for $95.00 and another Karl Franz on Deathclaw for $125.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tomb-Kings-Necrosphynx-PRO-PAINTED-/171188793494?nma=true&si=DFUAespiqyKzf%252FNZzi%252FQH3r%252FiFU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

So there are people out there willing to spend that much money. Might have a go trying to sell my tat for the crazy prices

Timbor · « **Reply #894 on:** February 13, 2014, 12:30:17 PM »

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You are looking at a professionally painted Tomb Kings Necrosphinx miniature produced by Games Workshop. I am a legally blind model painter, and this model has been painstakingly and carefully assembled, and painted by myself. This model is set and ready to drop onto the scene. this is a model constructed of plastic, and sturdily glued together and painted to a standard of excellence that I try to achieve with all my models.

What? So if I paint my stuff with my eyes closed that can justify selling it for silly prices?

Syphon · « **Reply #895 on:** February 13, 2014, 12:42:18 PM »

So if that guy ranks as a pro painter, do I get to call myself a member of 'Eavy Metal?

Delthos · « **Reply #896 on:** February 13, 2014, 02:07:48 PM »

Quote from: Timbor on February 13, 2014, 12:30:17 PM

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You are looking at a professionally painted Tomb Kings Necrosphinx miniature produced by Games Workshop. I am a legally blind model painter, and this model has been painstakingly and carefully assembled, and painted by myself. This model is set and ready to drop onto the scene. this is a model constructed of plastic, and sturdily glued together and painted to a standard of excellence that I try to achieve with all my models.

What? So if I paint my stuff with my eyes closed that can justify selling it for silly prices?

Well to be fair, in his eyes it looks just like the Heavy Metal picture, after all he is legally blind! To him it does justify the price.

Finlay · « **Reply #897 on:** February 13, 2014, 02:17:01 PM »

at least they're ok, compared to those knights!

Midaski · « **Reply #898 on:** February 13, 2014, 11:05:49 PM »

I think ebay's wonderful.

I've had a couple of cracking deals this week.

Pinn · « **Reply #899 on:** February 14, 2014, 12:32:53 AM »

Someone made an offer on the knights. If it was anything more than $50-75 he should have jumped all over it. I just wish I knew what the offer made was. Also, about the legally blind guy, I'd imagine the last Karl Franz he sold was actually decent looking. Then he saw it was easy money, quickly painted a new one, and was hoping to get the same results.

Also about the knights, the same guy is selling an Empire army for $500 with a decent number of models which are much better painted than the knights. It's still no where near worth $500 though.

My best ebay deal was, for $47 shipped: 3 demigryphs, cannon/crew, 10 handgunners, 28 halberdiers, mini rulebook, warrior priest, box of pistoliers, 10x knights, general. All of which are newest possible models, unpainted but mostly assembled. Some of it was broken but was very easy to fix.

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