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Thread: Good Deal in an Unexpected Place!

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    Good Deal in an Unexpected Place!

    Hey,
    So I somehow have gotten onto Hakes mailing list. Got their large catalog about a month ago, which is a very cool read and look if you can get one. 250+ pages of cool pop culture/political items. As I was looking through it, saw in a small little picture an item that I have been looking out for for some time - the Buck Rogers Star Searcher vehicle in box. Unusued and unplayed with.
    So ,what the heck - put in a bid, a low one for what they have gone for in the past, and forgot about it. Yesterday, what do you know, got an email saying I won the auction:

    http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?AuctionID=60&ItemNo=73307

    This item is a retooled Micronauts playset that was just redone to fit into the Buck Rogers line. Last one I saw on Ebay sold for over $650, so I am very happy I got it for half of that.

    This is the third time that I have bid on something from either an auction house online auction or an auction house itself. All three times I got the item, two times for a really low price. I highly recommend monitoring these sites - if you put in a bid and just let it ride, you can be suprised how often you might just get the piece. I guess these places don't get as much traffic as Ebay, so you can find the occasional diamond in the rough cheaply.

    Chris DVM
    Last edited by Chris DVM; Sep 5, '08 at 12:22 PM.
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    Funny thing, I held that in my hands at Tom's (Tomart) when I bought out half his warehouse... If I had known, I would had snagged it for you... He had so much stuff I was more selective and some items I had no idea about value/demand...

    Congrats!

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    Nice!
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    sweeeeeet!
    I am hooked on hakes!
    great stuff there all the time...

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    I like to look at Hakes, but usually the opening bis is already out of my league. Add on the buyer's premiuim and it goes even further away.
    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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    don't forget to hang around Hake's for the POST auction sale......

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    Quote Originally Posted by nayrbgo View Post
    don't forget to hang around Hake's for the POST auction sale......
    What's that?
    WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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    yeeeeeeehhhhhaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww!!!

    post auction sale!

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    You must have a lot more money than me cuz EVERYTHING on that site that I looked at is OVERPRICED!
    They just make up prices, it seems.
    Rich

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    Still too rich for my bank account!
    Too many toys. Not enough space!

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