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« on: June 29, 2006, 11:35:32 PM » |
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Sorry for the subject title. I couldn't think of anything better. I was watching five GOFU cards on Ebay that were listed as US shipping only. After contacting the seller, she said she would consider shipping to the UK in the future, but not at the moment. This seller has 0 feedback, but hey, everyone has to start somewhere. The devil in me emailed her 10 hours before the auctions ended to let her know what my first bids would have been  This is what happened to the finished auctions:- Fleur Auto...my proposed bid $50...sold for $34.33 Karkaroff costume #850/850...mpb $20...sold for $9.99 Stadium banner...mpb $20...sold for $9.99 Death Eater DE1...mpb $40...sold for $29 Letter to Sirius #76/90...mpb $60...sold for... wait for it ..... $46.12  Good luck to the winners. |
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Roz
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« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2006, 12:31:36 AM » |
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I can't believe that Sirius letter prop price... she/he must be gutted  |
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DaveH
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« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2006, 12:31:50 AM » |
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The same happens when sellers don't offer Paypal. as overseas bidders can't bid unless they can send cash in the post, or have the hassle of sending a bankers draft.
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Bogleg
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« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2006, 12:41:43 AM » |
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I can't believe that Sirius letter prop price... she/he must be gutted Not half as much as the little girl who will get an empty top loader for her birthday where this card should be |
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Roz
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« Reply #4 on: June 30, 2006, 12:44:25 AM » |
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aww bless  keep hunting, you never know your luck |
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Anna
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« Reply #5 on: June 30, 2006, 12:53:39 AM » |
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I've seen auctions by UK sellers that have sold well below normal prices even though the seller accepts PayPal. I think the reason why the card selling prices were low was because of the high shipping charges for international buyers. I'd have to really love a card to pay $15 for shipping to the US.  I know why the shipping charge is so high, to protect the seller, but I personally would rather pay less for shipping. |
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« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2006, 01:18:57 AM » |
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I didn't bid very much on them precisely because the seller had NO feedback at all... I'm willing to take a chance, but not that much of a chance... The Sirius letter was also blank - no writing...
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« Reply #7 on: June 30, 2006, 08:43:30 AM » |
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I didn't bid very much on them precisely because the seller had NO feedback at all... I'm willing to take a chance, but not that much of a chance... The Sirius letter was also blank - no writing...
I'll admit, I haven't been paying much attention to the Sirius letter cards, seeing as how I'll probably never get one  , but have any of the Sirius letter cards we've seen had writing on them? All the ones I've seen have been blank. |
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« Reply #8 on: June 30, 2006, 09:21:36 AM » |
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I didn't bid very much on them precisely because the seller had NO feedback at all... I'm willing to take a chance, but not that much of a chance... The Sirius letter was also blank - no writing...
Anyone with a scan of a Sirius Letter that isn't blank? |
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« Reply #10 on: June 30, 2006, 09:35:51 AM » |
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This PROP should have been called "Envelope to Sirius". |
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kbmum
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« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2006, 09:51:21 AM » |
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The word "Sirius" is written on the envelope. There should be one or two swatches with those letters, unless Artbox wasn't allowed to use it (like the permission form).
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EmmasOneandOnly
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2006, 10:15:33 AM » |
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Why wouldn't Artbox be able to use it  This PROP should have been called "Envelope to Sirius".
I agree, but since its "Letter " there should be a note or something Harry wrote, unless there isn't an actual letter  |
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Bitsy
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2006, 10:55:48 AM » |
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Probably the only variant is some owl spit, in which case, if I had pulled one like that, I'd probably get bird flu. |
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Roz
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« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2006, 01:58:37 PM » |
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The word "Sirius" is written on the envelope. There should be one or two swatches with those letters, unless Artbox wasn't allowed to use it (like the permission form).
You say that (and indeed we did hear that) but we got more interesting things on the permission form than we have had on the Sirius letter. Crests. Potter, Per(mission), etc etc. When it came out there were quite a lot of permission forms with writing on, and the price didn't differ too much for those with or without writing on. |
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kbmum
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« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2006, 05:58:08 PM » |
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Why wouldn't Artbox be able to use it Supposedly, Warner Bros. didn't want the text of the permission form used for the cards. We originally heard something similar for the wanted poster, that there would be only blank swatches, but we ended up getting a lot of really nice variants with lettering and parts of the picture. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 03, 2006, 02:23:02 AM » |
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Sharon
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« Reply #19 on: July 03, 2006, 02:41:22 AM » |
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This could be a case of the other auction falling through, although the number is different They are a major seller and so hopefully there is nothing dodgy about this. However the buyer of the first card is a major HP collector - I have bid (and lost) against them many times. How about dropping them an email and asking if they have the card? This seller would know better than to use a stock photo on such an expensive card, especially one where there are so few variants. I will keep my fingers crossed for you  |
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