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When taking a gamble on eBay really pays off...

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:24 am 
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Hello :) I frequently search eBay, nowadays I'm being totally mercenary and looking for stuff that's mis-listed, and going for far less than its actual value, with making a re-sale in mind.

During my search this last monday I found a listing entitled simply 'Epic Imperial Guard Models' - no pictures, all the description said was "complete in box not made", on at 99p.  Between the lack of pictures & description, and the £5 postage cost :O bidders had been deterred, so I started to think about taking a punt...

I was intrigued to say the least: which models were they?  Plastic Infantry? Metal tanks?  I wondered if it was someone who had no idea about 40k and Epic, and had actually mislisted a blister of 40k Imperial Guardsmen...

I sent the seller loads of questions, but they didn't respond.  It got within 60 minutes of the auction ending, and I decided it was worth a gamble: even a blister of 40k guardsmen is worth £5.99, so I could resell that and break-even...

Anyway, I won the auction, and waited anxiously to see what I'd actually won.

When the post came this morning I opened my parcel, and was absolutely gobsmacked.  This is what I found:



Then I opened the box, and my reaction was a bit like this line of dialogue:



:O

So, that was a mint, unassembled, new on sprue box of SM1 era Imperial Guardsmen, for £5.99.  Woo-hoo!  :cool:

Now, my only quandry is whether I want to make them, or sell them... can I resist the urge to do another Epic IG army? :D

Thanks for looking!





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PostPosted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:27 am 
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Epic Cadians time!  :)

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Imperial Guard when there was no GW-monopolized regiments time!  :whistle:

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Congrats, nice score.  :agree:


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Yeah, that too!  :vD

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:48 pm 
Splooge!


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WOW !!!!!!!!!!!! :wow: Really Nice find !!!    8v)

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You lucky, lucky, lucky Ba$+@£&! Well done!..  :agree:

Now remember I have lots of new type infantry bases for trade for those nasty horrid old square ones that you have there.  :whistle:  

If your interested PM me.   :;):

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No, use the square bases for a conscript formation!

Nice find, I'm jealous!

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Ah, I've been torpedoed!  :oops:  :tongue:

I'm just jealous too...  :alien:

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Didn't you know, Warhead?

I was a submariner.  My favorite technique involves sneaking up on some unsuspecting soon-to-be-victim and letting fly with torpedos! :p

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So your a Sub-Aquatic Ninja eh?!. Ah yes, if I recall correctly I believe their motto is 'A wet surprise from behind!' :oh:

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