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Post by Phenotype on Feb 14, 2007 9:34:26 GMT -5
After thinking about this for the last two days I have decided to close to raffle due to a lack of interest. Nearly 3 weeks into the contest only 53 slots have been purchased and I just don’t feel that I’ll be able to fill up the remaining 97 slots in the next week and a half. I will refund everyone’s money immediately and list the Zoids for sale on eBay over the next week. For some of you this may come as bad news as you were hoping at a chance to get the entire collection but from what I’ve been reading on the forum I think most people will probably be happy about this decision. As a consolation to all who entered the raffle I will pick one number at random and send you my ZoidFans LTD Chrome Shadow Fox. Your money will still be refunded so you get a cool LTD Zoid for free! I hope everyone’s okay with this decision, the raffle seemed like a great idea at first but as time went on I think we all began to realize it would have been better to put them on eBay. Oh well, we learn from our mistakes and we move on. -Phenotype
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Post by Moshii on Feb 14, 2007 12:49:15 GMT -5
...Dang... SB and I have spent the last...uh...three weeks planning on splitting. Dang. To eBay!
Ps-good luck managing all those auctions...
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Post by Phenotype on Feb 14, 2007 13:39:09 GMT -5
Thanks. I'm not going to list every Zoid individually, that would be insane. I'm still thinking about the best way to do it but I'm thinking that I'll probably group 2-3 non-LTD Zoids with every LTD and sell them in small lots. Some things like the Command Zoids, Baratz, and Custom Blox I'll sell together.
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Post by Moshii on Feb 14, 2007 13:47:07 GMT -5
Yeah, I figured that much. Idon't think even I am that crazy.
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Post by Charlie on Feb 14, 2007 15:28:06 GMT -5
Could the people who entered the raffle get a first hand bid of the items you want to sell?
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Post by Moshii on Feb 14, 2007 17:12:32 GMT -5
hey- now you can send one of your customs as a prize for the contest with out lowering any value!
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Post by Lionel on Feb 14, 2007 17:22:12 GMT -5
I think that now, you still can put some of your Zoids as prizes for the contest. Well, I will have to look at ebay for the Sissy...
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Post by Moshii on Feb 14, 2007 17:59:13 GMT -5
Could you tell us the LTDs that were for 2nd and 3rd place, please?
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Post by DigitalMan on Feb 15, 2007 5:33:10 GMT -5
Blast, with a 3/50 ratio I had a decent chance of winning Oh well, so much for that, I'm not rich XD Ironically, I think auctioning them individually would be a perfectly plausible idea... but I have a lot of spare time. A lot of spare time. Whole lotta spare time... And yeah, what were those runner-up prizes? O.o
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Post by Charlie on Feb 15, 2007 10:07:34 GMT -5
I agree that it may be harder to sell of regular zoids unless it's packed with some Ltd ones (or even hard to get released items like a glaive quama). I believe amenbo does it this way to clear off some of their stock. If it's possible, you may want to ask for bids of non-ltd zoids that you have in order to cut down on grouping possibilities. I still need a few more, so let us know if you'll be taking in some individual bids for the regular stuff. Thanks. I'm not going to list every Zoid individually, that would be insane. I'm still thinking about the best way to do it but I'm thinking that I'll probably group 2-3 non-LTD Zoids with every LTD and sell them in small lots. Some things like the Command Zoids, Baratz, and Custom Blox I'll sell together.
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Post by Phenotype on Feb 15, 2007 10:41:50 GMT -5
If it's possible, you may want to ask for bids of non-ltd zoids that you have in order to cut down on grouping possibilities. I still need a few more, so let us know if you'll be taking in some individual bids for the regular stuff. Which non-LTD kits would be of interest to people besides Glaive Quama, Mad Thunder, and the NAR Iron Kong? Right now I'm feeling like it's going to be impossible to sell the non-LTD kits unless I group them with the LTD kits but if there's a few that are hard to find and people express interest in them I'll sell those ones individually. Obviously I'd rather not have to group them but I don't want to get stuck with 40 random Zoids.
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Post by Charlie on Feb 15, 2007 12:57:40 GMT -5
I also collect the Tomy Boxes for reference art, so I could get a few of the regulars as long as the box and instructions came with them (e.g. guysack). I wouldn't pay much though, especially for items that had a corresponding hasbro release, but it could free up some of the things you need to get rid of.
Maybe others would be willing to do the same.
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Post by lionessmon on Feb 15, 2007 16:07:52 GMT -5
I need quite a few regulars as I have'nt been collecting that long so to get a few cheapish would be great
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Post by SkyKnight on Feb 15, 2007 16:33:30 GMT -5
Pheno, have you thought selling the Zoids as a set, i.e. Gojulas w/ Iron Kong (also with CP-10 &-11), Shield Liger w/ Zaber Fang (with both CP-01 & -02)... I think this can generate some interest as well.
I think to be fair to those who participated in the raffle, you could ask members what would be their top three choices from your collection, and see if both sides could work up a deal.
Good luck, Pheno!!!
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Post by Moshii on Feb 15, 2007 16:49:21 GMT -5
If it's possible, you may want to ask for bids of non-ltd zoids that you have in order to cut down on grouping possibilities. I still need a few more, so let us know if you'll be taking in some individual bids for the regular stuff. Which non-LTD kits would be of interest to people besides Glaive Quama, Mad Thunder, and the NAR Iron Kong? Right now I'm feeling like it's going to be impossible to sell the non-LTD kits unless I group them with the LTD kits but if there's a few that are hard to find and people express interest in them I'll sell those ones individually. Obviously I'd rather not have to group them but I don't want to get stuck with 40 random Zoids. Let's see..Igaun, Rev Raptor, Snipe Master, Lord Gale,Redler, Buster Eagle, Maccurtis, Saber Tiger, Mosasledge, Konig Wolf... for me at least. Any thing that can be darthed.
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