By
Stu
Dec 17, 2019
2019/12/17 4:57:31 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Seller: flourishingbooks63
(727)
Ended Dec 21, 2019
Buy-It-Now:
£2,150.00
[ Bids]
I wonder how close it will get to the £1600 that the current owner paid for it a couple of months ago. Been steadily dropping from that absurd £6000(ish) price that it was initially listed at...
(FWIW, as I'm watching it, I got an offer of a discounted BIN of £2100 a week or so ago).
Dec 17, 2019
2019/12/17 8:09:03 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Do those vouchers eBay occassionally throw your way count on big ticketed items like this e.g. if you had a 5% discount are they really going to knock another hundred off of an item like this?
Dec 18, 2019
2019/12/18 8:30:45 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Khamûl wrote:
Do those vouchers eBay occassionally throw your way count on big ticketed items like this e.g. if you had a 5% discount are they really going to knock another hundred off of an item like this?
Don't know - never had one. I assume any discount basically comes out of the sellers eBay fees.
On the subject of the book, I notice that the jacket on this copy appears to be a little taller than the boards of the book itself. Is this a common problem with the 1942?
Trotter - what is the fitment like on yours?
Dec 18, 2019
2019/12/18 10:05:21 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
This was a prev ebay sale at around £1600 , might help ?
I have used a voucher before and it comes off the sale value. There was max amount i think , cant recall what it was though
Dec 18, 2019
2019/12/18 16:36:28 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Don't know - never had one. I assume any discount basically comes out of the sellers eBay fees.
On the subject of the book, I notice that the jacket on this copy appears to be a little taller than the boards of the book itself. Is this a common problem with the 1942? Trotter - what is the fitment like on yours?
The dust-jacket fits exactly, though GA&U having made the book a smaller size, cut off part of the Runes at the top and bottom of the book. The doctored dust-jacket is the same size as the book binding.
Dec 18, 2019
2019/12/18 20:44:17 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
laurel wrote:
This was a prev ebay sale at around £1600 , might help ?
I have used a voucher before and it comes off the sale value. There was max amount i think , cant recall what it was though
Same copy as this one, just getting resold by the buyer who is a dealer.
Dec 21, 2019
2019/12/21 21:02:12 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Dropped again. £1950
Seller: flourishingbooks63
(736)
Ended Jan 3, 2020
Buy-It-Now:
£1,950.00
[ Bids]
Jan 3, 2020
2020/1/3 23:06:57 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
another small drop - £1,895
Seller: flourishingbooks63
(763)
Ended Jan 21, 2020
Buy-It-Now:
£1,500.00
[ Bids]
Jan 14, 2020
2020/1/14 18:22:08 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
Offered to watchers for £1,500.
This is all quite interesting as it is showing just how tiny the market for something like this is unless the condition/price combination are just right.