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Post by TruBuffyFan on Sept 3, 2005 17:53:46 GMT -5
I have been looking around on ebay, and I just have one question... When the heck the the values of the sideshow figures sky rocket? Inparticular I mean the original Buffy, Angel, and SPIKE! Have I just been out of the loop, or was this a recent thing? I mean, Spike is going for 500 on up! I sure could use that money right now, but I dont think I would ever consider parting with my sideshows...
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Post by thezepposideman on Sept 3, 2005 18:08:17 GMT -5
that spike you saw, I saw it too. Its not a real bid to the bidders i think, just trying to muck seller around. Look how many have zero credibility.
I guess because its sold out and not many ppl sell the human face spike, but that is outrageous
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Post by punkrawkerspike on Sept 3, 2005 18:21:52 GMT -5
I saw that Spike, too! Normally on eBay I see $70-80 as the going rate on him...but $500! I had to laugh.
Before, I saw a MAC purple dress Cordelia listed for $1,000. I'm pretty sure also that somebody else on the forum mentioned they had seen a MAC Spike for that price, too.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 3, 2005 18:44:57 GMT -5
Okay, I have a weird hobby and it's watching Sideshow ebay auctions. I posted about this on another board but the Spike figures have been rising for awhile now (and so have GD and Angel). Here's what I put on that other board about what these figures were selling for recent auctions I currently have on my watch page:
$122 + $14 s/h - regular Spike
$232 (s/h price not specified) - Exclusive Spike
$122 (s/h price not specified) - Regular Spike
$395 + $10 - Exclusive Spike
$432us/235gpb regular edition.
And a few others I'm currently watching are at:
$510 ($10 s/h) regular edition with 1 days left.
$516 ($8 s/h) regular edition with about a day an hour left.
And there is one other auction that has Spike (Exclusive), GD Buffy and Angel that is currently at:
$610 ($15 s/h) with 1 1/2 days left.
The Buffy and Angel figures aren't going as high as the Spike figures but there has been a trend for their prices going up as well. Saw a couple recent GD Buffy's go for about $80 and one went for $167. Angel has been selling for about $60. A couple of months ago both of these figures were still around the same as the Sideshow price.
My guess for this upward swing is these figures are becoming rarer and rarer as more people are discovering the Sideshow Buffy line and starting to collect.
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 18:54:05 GMT -5
All those bids for $100+ are completley fake. Sideshow made thousands of GD Buffy and Angel, and at the time there was no 'exclusive' version. Spike was, I beleive, the first exclusive offered through Sideshow with actual hands, but the prices on ebay are complete BS.
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 18:55:23 GMT -5
Just another observation about Spike...
One of the auctions over $500 has a seller with 4 feedbacks and all bids are kept 'private'
The other auction has a seller with 1,400+ feedback, but a high bidder with 0 feedback.
Ok...even more auctions with spike landing $500+ WTF?
Two auctions have the same high bidder and he has 1300+ feedbacks....what is going on? I'll glady sell my Spike for that amount!
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 19:00:18 GMT -5
The bidder 'allforspike' has purchased ATLEAST 6 other spikes in the past month all from $150-$400 and currently has bids on a few more. Is he having a Spike Army? Is it time to sell mine? The answer is Yes and Yes
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Post by punkrawkerspike on Sept 3, 2005 19:03:32 GMT -5
The bidder 'allforspike' has purchased ATLEAST 6 other spikes in the past month all from $150-$400 and currently has bids on a few more. Is he having a Spike Army? That's kind of a scary thought. I'm imagining some guy living in a basement with his hair dyed platinum blonde wearing a t-shirt with JM's face on it, walls plastered in posters, calenders and pictures of Spike...cardboard cutouts of Spike...multiples of every piece of Spike merchandise ever created decorating every square inch of the room... The list goes on. *Shivers* ...then again, maybe it's just James Marsters himself and he has a fixation with objects that have his own face on them... |
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Post by Digital Leonardo on Sept 3, 2005 19:03:47 GMT -5
If I had Spike, I'd sell him right now!
For 500$, yeah, I would in a heart beat! I say go for it! Make some good money off your Spike, since someone wants them all in the world.
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 19:10:41 GMT -5
I e-mailed the bidder who seems to be getting dozens of spikes...I'll see if he respondes. I will glady sell my opened regular edition Spike for $400
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Post by TruBuffyFan on Sept 3, 2005 19:19:59 GMT -5
Their are a several at these prices on ebay... The Buffy and Angels have also been going in the 70+ range... I can not believe these are fake! Thats horrible! The only ones listed on ebay that are spike are all highly priced! Some are even in the UK or wherever the GMB price is from... That one is going for 533 USD... I would like to know if the person responds to your email vamp spike!
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 19:20:58 GMT -5
Funnyt thing is, most have someone with 0 bids bidding high and higher for no reason.
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $516.00 Aug-31-05 20:54:20 PDT
allforspike ( 1310Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $506.00 Aug-28-05 20:30:56 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $500.00 Aug-31-05 16:06:19 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $450.00 Aug-31-05 16:06:00 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $400.00 Aug-31-05 16:05:25 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $300.00 Aug-31-05 16:03:21 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $250.00 Aug-31-05 16:02:54 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $200.00 Aug-31-05 16:02:23 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $155.00 Aug-31-05 16:02:03 PDT
anitathegoddess ( 0 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days) US $125.00 Aug-31-05 16:01:35 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $110.00 Aug-31-05 14:39:12 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $105.00 Aug-31-05 14:36:35 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $100.00 Aug-31-05 14:28:47 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $84.00 Aug-31-05 14:27:47 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $82.00 Aug-31-05 14:27:32 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $80.00 Aug-31-05 14:27:08 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $75.00 Aug-31-05 14:26:33 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $70.00 Aug-31-05 14:26:10 PDT
weehedgehog1960 ( 0 ) US $64.00 Aug-31-05 14:25:02 PDT
anthc1955 ( 69Feedback score is 50 to 99) US $60.00 Aug-31-05 09:16:04 PDT
anthc1955 ( 69Feedback score is 50 to 99) US $55.00 Aug-31-05 09:15:49 PDT
goodg1rl2 ( 0 ) US $50.00 Aug-29-05 07:07:56 PDT
anthc1955 ( 69Feedback score is 50 to 99) US $45.00 Aug-28-05 19:52:49 PDT
goodg1rl2 ( 0 ) US $41.00 Aug-28-05 10:18:14 PDT
jerishepherd ( 4 )New eBay Member (less than 30 days)About Me US $40.00
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 19:22:06 GMT -5
Someone with 0 feedback bids $64 then all the way upto $110 for no reason. Then again with $125-$500. The only conclusion I can think of is the seller is obviously shilling his bids, and by starting out low he wont have to pay as much to list it (starting at $5 instead of $500). Odd.
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 19:27:47 GMT -5
A spike just sold for $516 to a bidder with 0 feedback. Allforspike has a high bid of $510, but got outbidded. WTF.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 3, 2005 20:12:14 GMT -5
I also noticed that the "AllforSpike" guy/girl has bought a bunch of these, for huge amounts of money too. I also wondered why he'd want this many (he's also the one who bought the GD Buffy for $167 too). Wonder if they recently won the lottery.
And, yeah, I'm tempted to list one of my Spike figures too. I have the exclusive version and my daughters each have the regular version but those seem to be selling for almost as much as the exclusive are right now. But, I know with my luck, I'll list them and these crazy people will come to their senses and stop bidding!
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 3, 2005 20:15:30 GMT -5
Oh yeah, just one other observation. In the list of ebay buyers that VampireStake listed the last one "Jerishepard" has also been bidding on these over and over again and has not seemed to have won one yet but is auctioning one off to sell even though they are supposedly trying to buy one. So yeah, makes you wonder if this is a group of people relisting the same figure over and over again to try and up the prices and then they'll list one for real and see if they can get some sucker to buy it at those prices. The Spike figures are usually pretty high but no where near this high -usually around the $200-300 mark for the exclusive and $150 mark for the regular.
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Post by TruBuffyFan on Sept 3, 2005 20:17:38 GMT -5
their is one right now with BIN 39.95, and its the exclusive!!! I dont even have that exclusive for me! I wish I had the money soooo bad! I want that verson bad!
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Post by VampireStake on Sept 3, 2005 20:24:44 GMT -5
their is one right now with BIN 39.95, and its the exclusive!!! I dont even have that exclusive for me! I wish I had the money soooo bad! I want that verson bad! DAMN MISSED IT! |
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 3, 2005 20:26:04 GMT -5
TruBuffyFan, where is that? I can't find any Human face Spike figures with a BIN price.
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Post by FireflyFlanatic on Sept 3, 2005 20:29:37 GMT -5
I'm thinking the AllforSpike guy is legit because of how many feedbacks he/she has but am thinking that Jeri person (who only has 4) is trying to scam someone into giving them money for a Spike figure so they can pay for one they are trying to win. Because why would you have the same thing listed that you are currently trying to bid on?
They are bidding on one that ends tomorrow and the current price is at $510 and they have one listed that ends in two days that the current price is $506. Both are the regular versions of Spike.
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