"Oh god that cant be right" ebay auction thread

[Hicks]

Ebay is stupid.

REALLY stupid...

I really really pity anyone who buys those for that absurd price...

Some sellers really think OOP means made out of solid gold!!!

EDIT: Wow 3000th post!!!

[Nephilim of Sin]

Some buyers really think OOP means made out of solid gold!!!

Fixed that for you....

[sigur]

Just because we talked about it some time ago:


What the.... ?

[shelfunit.]

Ebay is stupid.

REALLY stupid...

I really really pity anyone who buys those for that absurd price...

I am sooo close to "ask seller a question" why is this item marked OOP and priced 6 times higher than RRP? If nothing else it will appear in the "questions asked" box near the bottom of the page.

[t-tauri]

I am sooo close to "ask seller a question" why is this item marked OOP and priced 6 times higher than RRP? If nothing else it will appear in the "questions asked" box near the bottom of the page.

Only if the seller chooses to show it.

[Earthbeard]

I am sooo close to "ask seller a question" why is this item marked OOP and priced 6 times higher than RRP? If nothing else it will appear in the "questions asked" box near the bottom of the page.

As T-Tauri answered only if seller shows it.

Spend any amount of time browsing Ebay and you'll tons of stuff like this, including other sellers that list current plastic kits as RARE, OOP, Limited Release and other such fabrications.

Hopefully not too many people are stung by it, but such is life I guess.

[shelfunit.]

Only if the seller chooses to show it.

I had wondered if this was the case, shame they don't have to - it would be interesting to see their responses.

[t-tauri]

I had wondered if this was the case, shame they don't have to - it would be interesting to see their responses.

If you had to show it all sorts of problems open up. Adverts, abuse, all sorts of malicious intereference. In some cases it would be good for the questions to show- discouraging the rip off merchants- but in far more situations it'd be a pain for the honest seller.

[Haravikk]

I had wondered if this was the case, shame they don't have to - it would be interesting to see their responses.

I've seen craploads of stuff on eBay marked as OOP when it's not. I'm wondering if people selling stuff on eBay actually know what it means or if they're just including it because most other listings have it!

You'll see loads of stuff listed that shouldn't be, some is admittedly buried in one of the collectors sections on the GW site, but others are actually listed normally! Seen a number of Dwarf Slayer "OOP" musicians, even though it's the exact one included in the command set. As well as "OOP" "champions" which are no longer in the command set, but are sold separately on the GW site as Daemon/Dragon Slayers!

As for "Oh God that can't be right" sales, I saw a sale of one of the White Dwarf subscription minis (the current aviator one) go for over £20! I'm interested in the mini, but the same again I'd rather just get the two year subscription!

[Tregar]

I've got an item on eBay, including my delivery costs, that is currently at a higher price than it costs to buy in a GW (Or buy it online, including delivery, from GW, or even less from a discounted retailer). I could understand jittery buyers making this mistake in the heat of the moment in the closing seconds, but this is within 1 day of the auction, with 4 days left. And I've even taken a few things off the sprues! Madness!

[captian Maklai]

check out this, i think the paint job is alright, but 40 quid!???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warhammer-Well...item563b38e91b

[shelfunit.]

check out this, i think the paint job is alright, but 40 quid!???

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Warhammer-Well...item563b38e91b

I would be offended if someone asked me to pay fourteen quid for that, let alone fourty.

[Haravikk]

I would be offended if someone asked me to pay fourteen quid for that, let alone fourty.

In fairness it is pretty well painted, but I can't imagine that colour scheme is going to fit in with many armies though, which makes the asking price quite weird. I mean, painting is a time consuming activity, and if you put effort in then it's only natural to expect that you're adding value to the model, but not everyone's going to feel the same, so asking for £40 up front is a bit of a cheek!

If it was the colour scheme I wanted, and I didn't mind paying to skip having to paint it myself, then £40 isn't that unreasonable. But painting is part of the fun of the hobby for me, and I like slightly unusual colour schemes

[blongbling]

In fairness it is pretty well painted, but I can't imagine that colour scheme is going to fit in with many armies though, which makes the asking price quite weird. I mean, painting is a time consuming activity, and if you put effort in then it's only natural to expect that you're adding value to the model, but not everyone's going to feel the same, so asking for £40 up front is a bit of a cheek!

If it was the colour scheme I wanted, and I didn't mind paying to skip having to paint it myself, then £40 isn't that unreasonable. But painting is part of the fun of the hobby for me, and I like slightly unusual colour schemes

The thing is, that model is painted using army painter so the level of skill needed is less, no offence meant to the Ibis boys,

[Shadey]

I think your right. It's that olive drab loin cloth that gives it away.

Base coat, a quick dip then a coat or two of matte varnish and its done.

[Nephilim of Sin]

But hey, at least the postage is free!!!!

[bert n ernie]

I'd avoid it simply because the quantity is 2. I always feel uneasy when something painted is in multiples.
Plus the fact that anyone who wants something painted like that wants more than one model.

[Shadey]

Well he may be asking for a lot but isn't being misleading.

Regardless of how much skill it did or didn't take it does look decent, and that is what is important. I just don't get the look down on something because it isn't challenging mentality, rather than judging something on it's own merits.

[TheDuke07]

I call it...the COMPENSATOR

[Lyynark]

I call it...the COMPENSATOR

Good lord, he must feel really inferior, but why didn't he just get a Porsche?