I saw this on ebay and I was astonished by the price. Can someone explain why this figure is worth 1,600 dollars.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MasterClub-The-Russian-Officer-WWI-Scale-1-35-MCF35109-/380362696745?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item588f622829
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Why is this one figure worth this much?
Youngun
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 03:55 PM UTC
duckdawgs
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 04:12 PM UTC
obviously this guys some kinda nutcase judging by the other items he has for sale...
Tiger_213
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 04:13 PM UTC
I'm curious too! Will be happy to read all the stupid and ridiculous answers. 
zontar
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 05:33 PM UTC
I'm guessing he wants to keep it but his wife wants him to get rid of it 
Happy Modeling, - zon
Happy Modeling, - zon
spartan01
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 07:26 PM UTC
This guy fell off the crazy train on the way to crazytown
Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 08:23 PM UTC
http://magazin-soldatiki.ru/products/producers/?SECTION_ID=3249&ELEMENT_ID=54734
It costs 340 Roubles so about 11 USD ,8 Euros and 7 GBU
It must be an embarrassing huge mistake !
10.1699 GBU + 10 GBU for postage, it isn't cheap but it sounds better
anyway, they also sell a PENCIL which only costs about 1200 Euros
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-x-LYRA-Rembrandt-Aquarell-Pencil-Watercolour-Blue-41-/390145149112?
A bargain indeed!
sdk10159
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 09:15 PM UTC
Because some fool thinks there's at least one individual out there willing to part with his money
spacewolfdad
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 09:30 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Because some fool thinks there's at least one individual out there willing to part with his money
I reckon that about sums it up, there is some joker selling positive feedback, I think that about takes the prize for stupid things on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/One-Penny-Feedback-/170975844168?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27cef45748
All the best,
Paul
PantherF
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 10:33 PM UTC
You see a lot of stupid things on eBay, if you look hard enough and NONE of it is worth revealing as common sense should be your guide. 
~ Jeff
~ Jeff
hofpig
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 10:43 PM UTC
I don't know what that seller hopes to achieve but it must be some sort of scam somewhere along the way. Makes me ashamed to be british. $1600 for a packet of sanitary towels?
Paul
Paul
ponpon400
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:03 PM UTC
this figure is part of putin personal collection
Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:05 PM UTC
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I don't know what that seller hopes to achieve but it must be some sort of scam somewhere along the way. Makes me ashamed to be british. $1600 for a packet of sanitary towels?
Paul
If it were true, that would be an incredibly silly scam! I think that ANYONE would be so fool to buy these items at such ridiculous prices!
They might have used a sort of computer process to insert the prices in the web pages....but apparently something has gone wrong
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this figure is part of putin personal collection
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AlanL
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:09 PM UTC
Hi Alex,
Simple answer is it is not, unless someone decides to pay that ridiculous amount of money and then it is worth it to him/her, but I doubt they would get a return on their investment Still stranger things have happened,
Good laugh though
Al
Simple answer is it is not, unless someone decides to pay that ridiculous amount of money and then it is worth it to him/her, but I doubt they would get a return on their investment
Still stranger things have happened, Good laugh though
Al
Tiger_213
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:51 PM UTC
Quoted Text
I don't know what that seller hopes to achieve but it must be some sort of scam somewhere along the way. Makes me ashamed to be british. $1600 for a packet of sanitary towels?
Paul
Wow Paul, you guys are still angry over the 'British tea party'? "Getting back at the Yanks, one clueless Ebay user at a time!"
AJLaFleche
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 02:13 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextBecause some fool thinks there's at least one individual out there willing to part with his money
I reckon that about sums it up, there is some joker selling positive feedback, I think that about takes the prize for stupid things on Ebay.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/One-Penny-Feedback-/170975844168?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27cef45748
All the best,
Paul
Well, this penny guy isn't selling a penny. If you look a bit further, you'll see his scam is he will post positive feedback if you make a one penny bid. However, he does say if you want the penny, he'll have it for you at his home. Now, the thing to do is for all of us in other countries to swamp him with bids and force him to loose moneyon every transaction or incur much negative feedback.
thewrongguy
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 03:21 AM UTC
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LYRA-Beechwood-Wood-Ruler-20cm-Metal-Edge-3145-20-NEW-Lyra-stands-for-quality-/380403698656?pt=UK_Stationery&hash=item5891d3cbe0
Well this IS made in Germany. I think it's probably the Mercedes of it's respective field.
Well this IS made in Germany. I think it's probably the Mercedes of it's respective field.
spoons
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2013 - 04:51 AM UTC
Hi Everybody
Its the free listings ebay does every fortnight,
allows buisness users to use up there free listings or lose them.some ebayers take a chance and see if some one will pay. you can see for yourself just look for something general you now the price of,i looked for a camera bag most are around £15-30 i found one made of cloth for £300 the sellar was listing the rest for £12..
Its the free listings ebay does every fortnight,
allows buisness users to use up there free listings or lose them.some ebayers take a chance and see if some one will pay. you can see for yourself just look for something general you now the price of,i looked for a camera bag most are around £15-30 i found one made of cloth for £300 the sellar was listing the rest for £12..
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Friday, January 18, 2013 - 04:57 AM UTC
Maybe too many Tesco hamburgers ... or an inventive way to launder money?? 
firstcircle
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Posted: Friday, January 18, 2013 - 06:35 AM UTC
It's pretty clearly a mistake in that if you subtract the first two digits from the £ price then you get what sounds like the likely actual price, so £2.99 for the ruler, 99p for the pencil etc. £16.99 still sounds too much for this figure, the RRP is more like £10.99.
I see that this dealer uses a service to list the stuff on Ebay called Frooition, and it's a fantastic advert for them...!
"...our eBay Store and Listing designs come with design management software, which allows you to create your listing from inside your account and list directly to your eBay Shop, saving you both time and money.
(Not only is this nice addition easy to use, it comes with full support from our team of eBay Experts so you can get the most out of your eBay with our fantastic tools)"
I see that this dealer uses a service to list the stuff on Ebay called Frooition, and it's a fantastic advert for them...!
"...our eBay Store and Listing designs come with design management software, which allows you to create your listing from inside your account and list directly to your eBay Shop, saving you both time and money.
(Not only is this nice addition easy to use, it comes with full support from our team of eBay Experts so you can get the most out of your eBay with our fantastic tools)"
Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, January 21, 2013 - 04:57 AM UTC
Maybe it's solid gold and primered over. A way of smuggling gold out of the country? 
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