Ebay - you want how much for it???

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I don't collect 80s comics but this seems a tad pricey for Transformers comics!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-early-Tr ... oEde6-JBDw
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Adam Eterno wrote:I don't collect 80s comics but this seems a tad pricey for Transformers comics!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-early-Tr ... oEde6-JBDw
It works out at £1.50 a comic which seems reasonable to me for 30 year old comics. However his comment about loose covers would put some off I think, and the fact he's only posted one photo.

Plus his listing ends on a weekday when most people are at work.
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Lew Stringer wrote:
Adam Eterno wrote:I don't collect 80s comics but this seems a tad pricey for Transformers comics!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-early-Tr ... oEde6-JBDw
It works out at £1.50 a comic which seems reasonable to me for 30 year old comics. However his comment about loose covers would put some off I think, and the fact he's only posted one photo.

Plus his listing ends on a weekday when most people are at work.
I always look for listings finishing during the day as working from home, I have an advantage! Just looked up transformers comics and the set of 300+ recently sold for around 50p each (£165) so not as outlandish as I thought.
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Lew Stringer wrote:
Adam Eterno wrote:I don't collect 80s comics but this seems a tad pricey for Transformers comics!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-early-Tr ... oEde6-JBDw
It works out at £1.50 a comic which seems reasonable to me for 30 year old comics. However his comment about loose covers would put some off I think, and the fact he's only posted one photo.

Plus his listing ends on a weekday when most people are at work.
a lot of people use their phones now to check listings at work etc i assume i always use phone more than laptop now for ebay.
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If these are vintage, I must be positively ancient! £10 a comic for these won't be getting many takers I'm sure: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACTION-FORCE- ... Sw-RRXC8qQ
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Yesterday on ebay I noticed TV Tornado issues 1 and 2 both with free gifts going for around £650 each.
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Was that the asking price Steve; or had bids taken them up that high?

For a few years, one E.Bay seller has tried to sell a 1965 edition of `Beezer` with its `Spinner` free gift at almost £300. He has finally reduced it to £185. Some sellers will really persist on trying for high as price as possible!
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alanultron5 wrote:Was that the asking price Steve; or had bids taken them up that high?

For a few years, one E.Bay seller has tried to sell a 1965 edition of `Beezer` with its `Spinner` free gift at almost £300. He has finally reduced it to £185. Some sellers will really persist on trying for high as price as possible!
They're BINs so I'd be surprised if they sold. £679 and £659
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This chap must have read about the rare 1973 album. He really should use spellcheck though! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rupert-bear-a ... Sw9eVXVrFs

This guy can spell annual but he's a little ambitious in his price for 39 annuals although he will kindly accept offers! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Comic ... SwmtJXUycQ
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I'm glad the seller will accept offers! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TORNADO-1979- ... SwnNBXYH6w
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what about this joker ive always found her prices to be a joke but £100 for final roy of the rovers takes the biscuit lol
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROY-OF-THE-RO ... SwZd1VZLMz
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It's really crumpled, too!
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big bad bri wrote:what about this joker ive always found her prices to be a joke but £100 for final roy of the rovers takes the biscuit lol
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROY-OF-THE-RO ... SwZd1VZLMz
I've come across him/her before as well. I'm amazed they manage to sell so many items!
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they have rejected my offers before as well even though its only been £1 or £2 less than asking price.,there must be a lot of desperate mugs out there or they make so much money they can afford to keep hold of stuff
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big bad bri wrote:what about this joker ive always found her prices to be a joke but £100 for final roy of the rovers takes the biscuit lol
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROY-OF-THE-RO ... SwZd1VZLMz
Adam Eterno wrote:I've come across him/her before as well. I'm amazed they manage to sell so many items!
So have I, and so am I. A friend of mine in the Wirral has been interested in an issue of The Skipper that they have been advertising for a couple of years, not because he wants to buy it but because he wants to see how long it will take before they reduce the price to a more realistic level. It has not dropped even one penny in that time. The names Hannah and Zoe by the way are the Christian names of the couple's two daughters. They may have to wait quite a while though for their new summer outfits or their ballet classes!
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