Biggest Ebay bargain?

[Kinky Gerbil]

I have all 3 Star Wars games on the Snes, plus loads of others, if there's anything people are looking for/want to buy.

Best Ebay bargain? Probably the Play-Off Final DVD

how much

 

[Withdean Wanderer]

No idea what the going rate is - might have to look on Ebay, thinking of flogging them on there.

PM me an offer if you want

 

[eastlondonseagull]

There's a haunted Atari 2600 console up on eBay, very funny

If link doesn't work, just search for 'haunted atari'. Spooky.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8277587276&fromMakeTrack=true

 

[fatbadger]

Easy - my Eikon Basilike. The Eikon was a book published in secret (the first printing appeared within days of Charles I's execution), invariably in small editions so that it could be hidden amongst one's clothing. Being found with a copy was very dangerous, but it was an important marker for Royalists. Certainly all copies found by the authorities would have been destroyed. It contains Charles's last musings and prayers. My copy is a 'Madan 8', printed on the 25th of March.

The guy selling it didn't know what it was. He listed it under its subtitle - he hadn't noticed the title in Greek in small letters at the top of the title-page. As a result, nobody else spotted it (I only stumbled across it by accident while searching for something else). When I emailed him at the end of the bidding to organise postage, I called it an Eikon Basiliike - he wrote back saying it wasn't that, and did I still want it! At that point, I thought he might realise what he had done, but luckily he didn't. I kept quiet after that, and it arrived a few days later - for the princely sum of £23 including postage. Even better, when I opened the parcel, I discovered it was bound in an 18th-century Jacobite binding, adding enormously to its historical interest. I've since been able to research its ownership history back to the 1670s through auction catalogues.

Those are the kinds of bargains I like on ebay - not so much getting things I want cheaply, but getting things I thought I would never have because I would never be rich enough.

 

[Tesco in Disguise]

gonna look for sega master system - alex the kid was out of this world and would love to play it again. will feel all warm inside...

be careful mate. rob got a master system for christmas last year. when he invited me over for a session with sonic and alex kidd i nearly split a log, but when i arrived i couldn't believe that i used to think it was the greatest game ever. keep it special in your mind. don't ruin the dream by actually experiencing it now - just doesn't compare these days.

 

[Eggmundo]

Easy - my Eikon Basilike. The Eikon was a book published in secret (the first printing appeared within days of Charles I's execution), invariably in small editions so that it could be hidden amongst one's clothing. Being found with a copy was very dangerous, but it was an important marker for Royalists. Certainly all copies found by the authorities would have been destroyed. It contains Charles's last musings and prayers. My copy is a 'Madan 8', printed on the 25th of March.

The guy selling it didn't know what it was. He listed it under its subtitle - he hadn't noticed the title in Greek in small letters at the top of the title-page. As a result, nobody else spotted it (I only stumbled across it by accident while searching for something else). When I emailed him at the end of the bidding to organise postage, I called it an Eikon Basiliike - he wrote back saying it wasn't that, and did I still want it! At that point, I thought he might realise what he had done, but luckily he didn't. I kept quiet after that, and it arrived a few days later - for the princely sum of £23 including postage. Even better, when I opened the parcel, I discovered it was bound in an 18th-century Jacobite binding, adding enormously to its historical interest. I've since been able to research its ownership history back to the 1670s through auction catalogues.

Those are the kinds of bargains I like on ebay - not so much getting things I want cheaply, but getting things I thought I would never have because I would never be rich enough.

How much is it worth then?

 

[Rangdo]

Cloth nappies. I paid £4.49 plus £6 postage. The retail price if I had bought each nappy was well over £100 and they were brand new, never been pooped in.

Bet that didn't last long

 

[Rangdo]

I got a Sony 2GB Pro Duo memory stick for £23 the other day. Brand new boxed. Amazon want £70+ and Argos well in excess of £100.

 

[fatbadger]

How much is it worth then?

Hard to say. To be honest with you, I'm only interested insofaras I know I couldn't afford it if it had come up for sale on the specialist market! Copies listed on the web range from £100 to £2000 (but copies on the web are often overpriced!), but none of the ones I can find currently for sale have a binding as interesting as mine. It's also one of the rarer printings (according to Madan in his survey of the book's printing history, he knows of no more than 6 copies in existence). The interest of the binding and the ownership signatures have been recognised in its auction history, and I suspect it would go for £1000-£1200.

 

[Benny Seagull]

be careful mate. rob got a master system for christmas last year. when he invited me over for a session with sonic and alex kidd i nearly split a log, but when i arrived i couldn't believe that i used to think it was the greatest game ever. keep it special in your mind. don't ruin the dream by actually experiencing it now - just doesn't compare these days.

what are you talking about? it was the greatest game in the history of the world and nothing i have played since has made up for those lost hours thanks to al spilling fizzy pop all over the damned console. (can i sense a 'shattered dreams parkway' quote coming my way....!!)

 

[A Melbourne Albion Supporter]

I picked up 2 Atari 2600's and a shed load of games when i first went onto Ebay

Almost everything i have bought on there have been bargains.

Got my film SLR for $1300 instead of $6000 rrp