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Just a word of thanks to Potomac ... a glitch in the BT broadband meant that they got 2 orders from me and they double checked within the hour.

Well Richard came though as expected....He did send me an email when the cheque arrived and the card arrived safely this morning.

I have emailed to tell him I'll be happy to leave feedback when possible

BTW his card_vault  id is active again

Yes...that wonderful feeling of carrying boxes, autographs and single cards through the mad crowd of BBC Good Food show visitors 

Catch up time

Over a year ago I won Pear Tree Leaf card 25/30 from an eBay auction from  ztaylork

Yes it was the highest price paid 

Could be why I haven't achieved the POAU nor SS ultra sets !

Predictions
1). Godric's Hollow will be the site of one Horcrux as it will be found to be the site/area where Godric Griffindor lived - possibly his house or a cave dwelling or one piece of his furniture

2). At least 1 Weasley will die - possibly Percy but more likely Molly

3). The trio will go to the wedding then the Dursleys then Grimmauld Place. At which point they will confide to Lupin and/or Tonks who convince them to go back to Hogwarts because of the still powerful incantantions on the schools to protect it against outside magic and beaucse Harry will have been left the Pensieve and other information in Dumbledore's will

4). Other members of the old DA will become involved and there is a chance that Neville's parents may be restored to sanity and health

5). Luna or Seamus may die in the midst of destroying one of the Horcruxes

6). Multiple battles at the end with 2 or more of the scooby gang attacking the snake. Somehow Snape and Wormtail will become involved and one will sacrifice himself to kill the snake. Harry and Voldemort battle but Hermione also attacks Voldemort thus allowing Harry to kill. The act of killing Voldemort will split Harry's soul and weakened by the fight he may well drift into a death-like coma to meet Sirius and Dumbledore and James and Lily

Probability  Low

Please let us know if you get your auction win won't you Douglas

Will do - It is a real pity as Richard has always been a friendly and efficient 
I just hope any current problems he may have sort themselves out OK

Try looking for cardvault247

As of yesterday cardvault247 has also been " No longer registered with eBay" - the last feedback for him went on at 14:15 on August 12 

He certainly couldn't be paid by Paypal earlier in the week either - so I paid by cheque

Has anyone mentioned this to the C**dT**k forums yet  

Even my wife thinks the Willow card is a great looking design ( and she only likes Star Trek and Simpsons cards )

So another vote for Props over Autos in this set  

Indeed - if one of the monster book props wasn't already on its way to me ( together with sets of Red, Green,  Blue and Gold promos ) then I would be in there too  

I expected a War at the end and didn't see one.  A little dissapointed,

Ah but the other one appearing just a couple of hours before the end did take away some of the late expected bids ( The new one went from US$100 to US$1525 in 90 minutes )

...nice to see Zach, Richard and Olly in there as well as me  

dis-cix has entered the bidding, I was wondering when he would.  this could be a crazy finish.

Well there is still your auction for a Ron auto too  

I don't think I'll be pushing the triple auto over the US$2000 limit though and I do expect a new ebayer called avde2004 to make an entrance as he/she seems to be paying at the top end for original and update cards in the last few days.

Actually this seller has been getting good prices for a couple of the Willows and the Monster Book of Monsters amongst others.

Whats really worrying is that, for once, TheCollectorZone prices are the same as or better than the ebay prices on some of the auctions I've seen - excluding the BIN for the Daniel Radcliffe  at GBP1250 of course

that guy is fun isnt he.... buys high ...sells low.

or even pushes auctions higher than they needed to be  

( Yes he did outbid me on HP stuff but previously a suspiciously similar name paid over the top prices for Bond and Dr Who cards too )

dis-cix

Do you mean what the incentives are for all the different coloured sets?  

Yes Olly but also what colours there are this time too  

I know there are ( in decreasing order of rarity/price)
Red ( 1 set per 5 cases of binders ? ),  
Blue ( 1 set per 3 cases of binders ? ),
Gold,
Silver

Is there a Green set again or any others ?

dis - still twiddling  thumbs whilst waiting for his 1 case to arrive

WOW!!  Thats crazy!!  I can see possibly the Harry autograph, but the rest, especially the George Weasley costume.  Definetely doesnt' give much hope for getting a master set. ztaylork

Well TheCollectorZone are asking UKP 999 for the Harry auto already and as for MPC's ebay auction for the Whomping Willow well whimper time again.

Anyone know the breakdown on the promos for this update then...

dis-cix won it.

and received it just 10 minutes ago !!!

Yes it got a VAT charge from the UK customs ( though thankfully they accepted ztaylork's declaration ) and yes it got the ParcelForce "handling charge" ( aka rip-off )

[Welcome dis-cix, may i ask whats in your HP POA auto/prop/costume set so far?]

Welcome dis-cix, may i ask whats in your HP POA auto/prop/costume set so far?  

Deep breath...

Sell sheet + Sell  Sheet for tins
Gold & Cards inc promo sets ( Red set on way + Silver 1,2 &3)
The 3 case toppers ( the Dementor card is the best of the whole set )
The 4 box toppers
8 of the autos ( Thewlis/Lupin still to get and I'm very doubtful about the Cards Inc preorder of Julie Christie auto...they have said it will be on its way soon...)
7 of the costume cards ( I got 2 of the pink Hermione and kept one with embroidery on it )
7 prop cards ( with imps and frog on their way )
Uk costume card
Honeydukes Candy card
and hopefully the peartree card

So Cards Inc set, Blue promos, Green promos and finish off the silver promos etc.

It was much easier to get a set of LOTR-FOTR  

The plan with the cash is to feed my dying credit card  dis-cix won it.

and paid for ..at the third attempt because PayPal rejected the amount on the first card or second card ( bank account ) so finally I had to put a new card with the smallest limit on and that it took !

I only wish there had been a cheaper way for you to get the money   ...oh all right that I hadn't been sniped with the previous one   or had seen the first BIN