eBay finds

[MR. Lurtzy]

Nonetheless...

[Witchkingx5]

what happened to you, Incognito? Are you still ket? Or FM? Or... someone else?

[Witchkingx5]

I found your rhymes pretty interesting, but yeah... it was like "haha, I kill everyone and noone will see why!" sometimes.

back to topic:

what is the difference between this and this? (besides price, of course) I suppose there are foils and/ or Masterworks included in the first set.

[ununtrium]

If there were, it would be more than $1000. Otherwise, I believe that he tries to sell to somebody in Europe who does not want to risk buying such an expensive set from overseas...and bites the bullet on the mark-up.

[MR. Lurtzy]

From the seller of the current 0P127:

"Where it was bought is immaterial.

I know of 4 worldwide: one in my collection. One was sold on eBay for 500.00, first one I ever knew about, about two years ago. The third one just sold on eBay for 632.00 two-three months ago, or even less? The fourth one is this. of course, there maybe more, but not many more, I am convinced."

Still, I find it suspcious that he refuses to tell where he got it... and that he personally has two copies.

[silver.telperion]

what is the difference between this and this? (besides price, of course) I suppose there are foils and/ or Masterworks included in the first set.

The fine print of the first set says it is missing seven cards but doesn't mention which ones.

I would say that suffocass is not including promos.  He as listed many overpriced auctions in the past including a lot of rares (all sets) and some ROS commons (only about 40 cards total) for $300.  This lot was listed many times.

The seller of the 0P127, is Radu Pitis of Canada.  I doubt it is a fake.  I have had many trades with him in the past though mahasamatman trade site.  I have also purchased from him off eBay.  As far as where he got it and how many he has, I have no clue.

[MR. Lurtzy]

Funny thing about Pitis... I've had a trade with him as well and it didn't go so well. I wouldn't recommend him.

[MuadDib85]

In my brief Mahasmatman experience, Radu was one of the people I traded with, and the trade was fine. I would give him a positive reference.

[silver.telperion]

Bottom line is still 1500 for one card is outrageous, even if it is 0P127.

[FingolfinFinwe]

I've traded with and sold to Radu a few times now.  All good experiences from me.

[ununtrium]

I can also vouch for Radu as an ebay seller and mahasamatman member. Anyway, I think that there are several 0P127s out there, given out to dAgents and such. WTG may have hundreds stacked away, but many could also have been thrown away, like the oversized Decaren convention promo for STCCG 1E. There will be more 0P127s on ebay, but it will probably be a long time until you can get one for a somewhat reasonable price...

[jcb213]

I too have done many transactions with Radu and highly recommend him.  I have traded with him multiple times, I have sold him stuff both on and off eBay, and I have bought stuff from him off of eBay.  In all situations he was a fantastic trader - always honest, good communication, and everything came as he described. 

[MuadDib85]

Ebay finds = Radu's fan club.

All of this positive feedback and I still bet no-one buys the 0P127...

[Yanko Markovic]

http://cgi.ebay.com/LOTR-TCG-ROS-ARAGORN-DOR-17O4-FOIL-MPF-T-D-BOOSTER-/290473561632?pt=LH DefaultDomain 0&hash=item43a192ce20

"AS CLOSE AS YOU'LL EVER GET TO 0P127 W/O SPENDING $700"

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

[ununtrium]

geekgee's list prices are quite high, I agree. However, off ebay she is very reasonable to deal with. I bought several RoS foils and other cards for not-so-crazy prices from her. I guess it all depends on whether you want to buy the flashy hunters block cards (DoR, Grishnakh, SoS, Gil-Galad etc.) or those rares you definitely need, if you play Hunters-only (land has changed, ceremonial armor, in the wild man' wake, spied from afar, gruesome meal etc).

BTW, there is a steady influx of listings from Poland which are quite good. Half of my collection stems from such auctions (... and I am only three MWs away from a complete Hunters block, including promos...).