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Offline Bolingbroke

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Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« on: October 05, 2011, 14:39:26 »
... charge good money for a figure, and it doesn't even have all/the correct parts?

For eg: sellers charging a lot of money for monks and priests without their sandals, or with the wrong colour cloth sack ... that sort of thing.

Recently my wife got me a 3633 Robber and it had the wrong beard on. It drives me crazy. It would not bug me so much if they were cheap, but no ...
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And what is even more annoying is that such parts are then very hard to come by and it's next to impossible to complete the figure. The sheriff's grey spurs from 3627 is a case in point.
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2011, 15:29:48 »
Just out of curiosity, why do so many collectors find it so necessary to complete sets? If it is missing a structural part or the spurs I understand but why not in a different color? The black spurs are common, would they just look wrong or do they look fine and it just bugs you that they are not original?

I wonder this because there are so many customizers in here who never seem to be able to leave any klicky or building in its original state and then there are the ones who go to great lengths to put everything back
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2011, 15:34:58 »
I dont mind having a bifferent colour accessory on a klikcy, as long as I already have a complete one with the correct and proper accessories for display. So yeah, I do hate it if I am looking for a complete klicky with its proper accessories and the ones I found are all wrong, to put on display, but after that I dont really care.
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2011, 15:53:31 »
Quote from: Wolf Knight on October 05, 2011, 15:34:58
I dont mind having a bifferent colour accessory on a klikcy, as long as I already have a complete one with the correct and proper accessories for display. So yeah, I do hate it if I am looking for a complete klicky with its proper accessories and the ones I found are all wrong, to put on display, but after that I dont really care.

Same here :)

I wouldn't mind an incomplete friar ... but then its incompleteness should be reflected in the price!
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 16:05:37 »
I care for some things, but rarely. Quite often, if I want a certain set, it's because of a certain part or baseplate or klicky that I want to use for something else, usually for the zoo. So as long as the set has the parts I wanted it for, I'm good and don't care about the rest. On rare occassions, i want a set exactly as it comes, though, particularly certain specials, etc.

Anyway, so to answer the original question, if they charge a lot, yeah I hate that. But I love finding an incomplete set that has the particular things i'm looking for out of the set, marked way down because it's missing some other stuff!
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2011, 16:23:52 »
Well... ebay sellers can charge what they darn well please - and if two people are willing to pay a lot, that can drive the price to crazy levels.. Been on both sides of that..

Now, I see nothing wrong with that - except if it's listed/pictured as "original" and isn't. If you buy from a pic and it's green in the pic, can't come red in the post office!

Other than that.. look before you buy.
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2011, 20:31:14 »
Nothing, nothing, nothing can be more annoying than when sellers have like several rare/of interest sets, and they end up splitting them between several different auction lots

Arrrrggghhhh!!! >:( >:( >:(

It makes me have to spend so much money some times, but most of the time I don't bother buying any :no:

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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2011, 07:31:44 »
It's the buyer who decides the price paid, not the seller, even in Buy-it-now; if you think the price is too high, whether auction or BIN, then you don't pay it.  As for something being incomplete or with "wrong" parts, if the description says original, then you can go back to the seller and complain, ask for to return the item or for a refund.  The best thing though is to check beforehand that it's what the seller claims it is.
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2011, 07:48:42 »
Getting the right figures with the set seems difficult, I wonder if they just don't know or want to sell them seperatly for some reason, and give lots of newer figures with it?

Seems very common with the 3666 castle. Or they just depict a box and not the contents despite it being used.
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Re: Don't you hate it when ebay sellers ...
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2011, 09:03:51 »
I don't know, man. If I were a seller, I'd make an effort to give a complete figure if I'm asking x much money. It's like doing a good job when you're asked to do one for a certain amount of money.
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