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tfm · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:57 am Post subject: ST1

$2342 is the current price. Do you think the high bidder with one feedback is going to scare everyone away, or is the need greater than the shill fear?

http://cgi.ebay.com/TSR-D-D-AD-D-ST1-Up-the-Garden-Path-Very-Rare_W0QQitemZ8804008855QQcategoryZ44114QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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scribe · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 10:35 pm Post subject:

Linky please. I can't keep up whilst traveling. Low feedback bidders do (and should) arouse suspicion, unfortunately.
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Ralf Toth · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 7:55 am Post subject:

Did Malcolm sell any other ST1's except this one?
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tfm · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject:

I don't know. I don't follow Malcolm any more ever since he lied to me. As I told Adam, Malcolm had agreed to sell the two ST1s he had for sale at the time to me, and then backed out on the second one, which pissed me off. I received the first one no problem. Then

Hiya

I'm picikng it up at UK Gencon, I'll send you pics then.

Assuming you still want it? :)

BTW, do you want me to keep it qiuet that you bought the other copy from me or not?

Cheers,
Malc

And later, after pestering him, I get this:

Hiya

apologies for not getting back to you.

OK, I'll come clean (altho I would appreciate it if you dont mention
this on the Acaeum).

I recently met Mike Brunton, one of the authors of St1.

It was in a social situation, and a bit of a surprise, so I
didnt have any modules with me, however I am hoping that he will
sign all the copies of st1 that I have. Unlike Graeme Morris, he has
indicated that he has no objection to signing them.
He doesnt live that close to me tho, so engineering this may take a bit
of time.

So for the time being, I'm afraid I have decided to keep all the copies
of the module I have.

Sorry for messing you about.

Cheers,
Malc

I hate it when people say one thing and do another. If he didn't want to sell me two, then he should have been up front about it.

I don't know how many Malcolm has. I would guess four after this sale, maybe three.
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Ralf Toth · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 8:32 am Post subject:

Yes, I can perfectly understand that you are unhappy about this. A deal's a deal and there is no backing out of it. Do you think, signing the copy will improve it's value?
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tfm · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 2:39 pm Post subject:

No. I don't think just a signature alone is enough to improve the value of a gaming item. The only scenario where a signature might improve the value of a gaming item would be a presentation copy. That first PH that Gary wrote "The first one ever sold" into comes to mind. That's unique and special, which is why I bid $1400. It still wasn't enough to win, but I had fun.
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