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geekhack Marketplace => Classifieds => Topic started by: isaske on Thu, 20 August 2015, 03:07:42
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This is very hard for me to do, since I'm a real fan of brocaps and love him and his dedication to this community.
Since I'm in a real pinch from a financial point of view, I sadly need to sell those. I've been collecting them for the past 2 years and the decision to sell them was really hard but turned out to be unavoidable.
I just don't want people to bash on me because of the price I'm selling them for (I DO NOT want to make profit from having Brocaps and participating in Bro's sales!) so I felt the need to atleast say why I'm doing it in the first place.
What's up for grabs?
Mellow yellow V2 (MX)
Northen Lights GID Reaper (MX)
Bro-Ho-Ho Reaper (MX)
Slurple V2 (MX)
Gamer set ESC key - Pink (Topre)
Gamer set ESC key - Purple (Topre)
All keys are unused, never unpacked from the plastic bags, never put on a keyboard. They were exclusively owned as collectibles.
Price: 380$ for all (I DONT SELL THEM SEPERATELY, THEY COME AS A PACK! Take it or leave it.)
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Sorry you have to sell. They look gorgeous.
If you decide to part with them individually, I'd love to pick up the Bro-Ho-Ho Reaper and Slurple V2. I don't own any Bros, but am extremely interested in seeing the details for myself.
Good luck with the sale and your financial situation.
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PM'd
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
They are not priced much higher than the normal price for a BroCap. Maybe he trying to make back the extra money he had to pay for shipping, customs etc? You don't know if he'd making a profit or not. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
Compared to ebay auctions I see for $150 PER cap.
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I have been looking for a brohoho for awhile I never thought I would have a shot it looks like I still don't 8-/
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If someone is interested in splitting, I'll take the reapers only.
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
They are not priced much higher than the normal price for a BroCap. Maybe he trying to make back the extra money he had to pay for shipping, customs etc? You don't know if he'd making a profit or not. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
Compared to ebay auctions I see for $150 PER cap.
I'm not giving him a hard time for the price although it sounds like an unfortunate situation.
Norther lights reaper
$35
Brohoho
$35
Slurple
$32
Mellow yellow
$25
Gamer set
Esc pink
$15
Gamer set Esc purple
$15
$157 for just the caps
let's add another $50 or so for S&H just to be safe
$207 (roughly)
Again I'm not critiscizing just stating facts
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If someone is interested in splitting, I'll take the reapers only.
thats what I wanted but no response 8-/
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If he came down to atleast a semi-reasonable price i would consider buying and splitting up to those who wanted. But currently his prices just cause 100% loss for someone selling at retail. You would need like 75$ per cap, including just the esc's
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when has shipping ever been included in resale price? :confused:
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People don't act like if you were in a pinch you would not do the same thing.
These are sold privately for much more than is being asked here.
Isaske you might have better luck on ebay or even r/mechmarket but do be cautious with who you deal with, ship well packaged and take photos to protect yourself from sleazy buyers.
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People don't act like if you were in a pinch you would not do the same thing.
These are sold privately for much more than is being asked here.
Isaske you might have better luck on ebay or even r/mechmarket but do be cautious with who you deal with, ship well packaged and take photos to protect yourself from sleazy buyers.
i think the issue is:
I DO NOT want to make profit from having Brocaps and participating in Bro's sales!
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Personally I don't think the price is THAT bad. Individually, it's pretty reasonable. I offered to buy all of them and would be willing to split up the gamers and reapers but I haven't heard back from him.
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People don't act like if you were in a pinch you would not do the same thing.
These are sold privately for much more than is being asked here.
Isaske you might have better luck on ebay or even r/mechmarket but do be cautious with who you deal with, ship well packaged and take photos to protect yourself from sleazy buyers.
i think the issue is:
I DO NOT want to make profit from having Brocaps and participating in Bro's sales!
Right he doesn't want to make profit but his current life situation dictates that he needs to.
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If he came down to atleast a semi-reasonable price i would consider buying and splitting up to those who wanted. But currently his prices just cause 100% loss for someone selling at retail. You would need like 75$ per cap, including just the esc's
I would be forever grateful if someone bought and split this buy up for others.
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Pm'd a bunch sorry about that haha
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How about we get some people together, buy them, and make a raffle? (for example 38 people pay $10 and have a 1/38 chance to win)
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I'll take em. PM incoming.
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I've offered to take them a couple of times I think they are gone 8-/
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He never got back to me either
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Bro-Ho-Ho is a Reaper I love, it's a shame yours never saw love and was kept in a sealed bag :/ I wish I could afford to liberate these, just for that Reaper
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Bro-Ho-Ho is a Reaper I love, it's a shame yours never saw love and was kept in a sealed bag :/ I wish I could afford to liberate these, just for that Reaper
He took them out of the bag, there are a few pics in his post history :P
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I wouldn't mind buying them and splitting them with people, but it seems like it's going to have to be, like $63 per cap to break even.
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I wouldn't mind buying them and splitting them with people, but it seems like it's going to have to be, like $63 per cap to break even.
if you
or anyone did I would be happy to pick up that bro-ho-ho :)
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How about we get some people together, buy them, and make a raffle? (for example 38 people pay $10 and have a 1/38 chance to win)
i'll be in for this. i'll take any chance of finally obtaining a brocap.
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I wouldn't mind buying them and splitting them with people, but it seems like it's going to have to be, like $63 per cap to break even.
if you
or anyone did I would be happy to pick up that bro-ho-ho :)
Let's see! It doesn't seem like he's replying though.
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I wouldn't mind buying them and splitting them with people, but it seems like it's going to have to be, like $63 per cap to break even.
if you
or anyone did I would be happy to pick up that bro-ho-ho :)
I would definitely pay that much for one. I am really interested in the bro-ho-ho and slurple. I'd just buy the Reaper (hopefully) so someone else could pick up a Bro.
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
They are not priced much higher than the normal price for a BroCap. Maybe he trying to make back the extra money he had to pay for shipping, customs etc? You don't know if he'd making a profit or not. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
Compared to ebay auctions I see for $150 PER cap.
I'm not giving him a hard time for the price although it sounds like an unfortunate situation.
Norther lights reaper
$35
Brohoho
$35
Slurple
$32
Mellow yellow
$25
Gamer set
Esc pink
$15
Gamer set Esc purple
$15
$157 for just the caps
let's add another $50 or so for S&H just to be safe
$207 (roughly)
Again I'm not critiscizing just stating facts
You may need to check your facts before stating them. Cause your prices are off on some of these caps. Just saying.
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Can someone post here if he replies to you so we can all be put out of our misery? =)))
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Everyone wants the Bro-Ho-Ho, and im just thinking that Northern lights looks hella cool.
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
They are not priced much higher than the normal price for a BroCap. Maybe he trying to make back the extra money he had to pay for shipping, customs etc? You don't know if he'd making a profit or not. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
Compared to ebay auctions I see for $150 PER cap.
I'm not giving him a hard time for the price although it sounds like an unfortunate situation.
Norther lights reaper
$35
Brohoho
$35
Slurple
$32
Mellow yellow
$25
Gamer set
Esc pink
$15
Gamer set Esc purple
$15
$157 for just the caps
let's add another $50 or so for S&H just to be safe
$207 (roughly)
Again I'm not critiscizing just stating facts
You may need to check your facts before stating them. Cause your prices are off on some of these caps. Just saying.
What prices were off as I looked them up ? It doesn't matter really I was just stating that it was much higher then the retail price as someone had tried saying .
Edit: oops the brohoho was $40 :rolleyes:
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
They are not priced much higher than the normal price for a BroCap. Maybe he trying to make back the extra money he had to pay for shipping, customs etc? You don't know if he'd making a profit or not. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
Compared to ebay auctions I see for $150 PER cap.
I'm not giving him a hard time for the price although it sounds like an unfortunate situation.
Norther lights reaper
$35
Brohoho
$35
Slurple
$32
Mellow yellow
$25
Gamer set
Esc pink
$15
Gamer set Esc purple
$15
$157 for just the caps
let's add another $50 or so for S&H just to be safe
$207 (roughly)
Again I'm not critiscizing just stating facts
You may need to check your facts before stating them. Cause your prices are off on some of these caps. Just saying.
Even if you doubled the estimate without p&h, it's still less than the asking price.
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Everyone just seems a little salty in this thread haha. Yes you are right, they are more than retail. But he could have easily gone to ebay and sold them for much higher. Many people have offered to buy, so obviously 380 is not an unreasonable price. Not sure why people even expect to pay retail for these things when they are so hard to get in the first place. I've been trying for over a year and still have yet to get one in an actual Bro sale. (I know bro has stated he disapproves of people selling for profit, yet life happens and sometimes we need some help)
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Sorry you are in such a bad financial pinch. Hope you get it all sorted out quickly.
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Everyone just seems a little salty in this thread haha. Yes you are right, they are more than retail. But he could have easily gone to ebay and sold them for much higher. Many people have offered to buy, so obviously 380 is not an unreasonable price. Not sure why people even expect to pay retail for these things when they are so hard to get in the first place. I've been trying for over a year and still have yet to get one in an actual Bro sale. (I know bro has stated he disapproves of people selling for profit, yet life happens and sometimes we need some help)
I've sold a couple keys now and they were all sold for their retail cost and not a dollar more. Why? Because I didnt do anything to add value to them. Profiting grossly off these keys essentially permanently moves them into a price bracket where many are priced out. Unless you have someone ridiculously altruistic and willing to lose money, most people are typically going to sell the keys for the same or more than they paid. I fully support Bro Caps and other makers in blacklisting people for profiting off his art because they are essentially removing those keys from access to a quantifiable percentage of the community.
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I do respect the people that choose to sell them at retail (along with Bro's wishes). But let's be realistic about what these are. They're fun keycaps that add some visual coolness and pride to a keyboard. It's really as simple as how much you value those two things. The people "removed from access" are the ones who don't value the keys as much and that's fine. They're missing out on only a very small part of this hobby.
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Why doesn't everyone stop thread crapping about the price and only post if you actually want them that way everyone is happy also the mellow yellow might be a very rare one.
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You say you don't want to make a profit off them... But you definitely are.
They are not priced much higher than the normal price for a BroCap. Maybe he trying to make back the extra money he had to pay for shipping, customs etc? You don't know if he'd making a profit or not. Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions.
Compared to ebay auctions I see for $150 PER cap.
I'm not giving him a hard time for the price although it sounds like an unfortunate situation.
Norther lights reaper
$35
Brohoho
$35
Slurple
$32
Mellow yellow
$25
Gamer set
Esc pink
$15
Gamer set Esc purple
$15
$157 for just the caps
let's add another $50 or so for S&H just to be safe
$207 (roughly)
Again I'm not critiscizing just stating facts
You may need to check your facts before stating them. Cause your prices are off on some of these caps. Just saying.
Also I mentioned a couple of times I wasn't giving him guff about the prices and even went so far to say that its an unfortunate situation he has to sell his caps!
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I could pick them up and sell separately, no profit involved. already pm'd op. not sure if they're still available though.
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I like 3K's idea about the raffle lolol.
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Everyone wants the Bro-Ho-Ho, and im just thinking that Northern lights looks hella cool.
I like that one a lot too, but when I made my original post in this thread, I didn't want to take the others keys that others would enjoy more than me away from them. The Northern Lights Reaper is beautiful though.
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What do you guys think about this? I was thinking if I got it, I would raffle them off at $10 per ticket, and then donate what I get beyond my breakeven to Absyrd.
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I like the raffle idea. What's going on with absyrd? and I would definitely do that if I got them. Depends on who scores the lot!
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Depends on who scores the lot!
Hopefully whoever does goes beyond keeping it all for himself. Haha, that's a lot of bros that could go for the community. I'd understand picking one or two from the lot though.
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Depends on who scores the lot!
Hopefully whoever does goes beyond keeping it all for himself. Haha, that's a lot of bros that could go for the community. I'd understand picking one or two from the lot though.
Definitely! I'd probably keep one of the gamer esc's for myself, I would loooooooooooooooooooooooooooove the v2 and reapers but like other people would probably get better use out of 'em and it'd be good for someone to win a bro at 10$ :)
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What do you guys think about this? I was thinking if I got it, I would raffle them off at $10 per ticket, and then donate what I get beyond my breakeven to Absyrd.
To be honest, I'd be a little disappointed since I brought a specific key first, but I suppose a raffle would be much more even for the community and replicate the actual bro sales.
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What do you guys think about this? I was thinking if I got it, I would raffle them off at $10 per ticket, and then donate what I get beyond my breakeven to Absyrd.
Sounds like a great idea if these haven't already sold 5x over. $10 puts them back under retail for reselling and the "losers" have donated to a good cause :)
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What do you guys think about this? I was thinking if I got it, I would raffle them off at $10 per ticket, and then donate what I get beyond my breakeven to Absyrd.
Is this allowed here?
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What do you guys think about this? I was thinking if I got it, I would raffle them off at $10 per ticket, and then donate what I get beyond my breakeven to Absyrd.
Is this allowed here?
That's what I was gonna ask a mod if it came around to it. Anyone know?
Was thinking if it came down to a matter of integrity, I could give access to Google spreadsheet for the form to a trusted mod.
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Okay so,
I just came back home after a long day just to see a ton of emails. Then i checked the thread and saw some people were unhappy about the price.
Now to those of you who can't seem to understand I'm in a really bad situation right now; I'm sorry. It's a personal matter and I really just NEED ALL THE MONEY I CAN GET.
I am not selling my artisan caps because I want to make a profit out of it. I have never before sold any artisan keycap. Why? Because I have been collecting them for the past year and a half and because I love Bro's work, the effort he puts into it, and the way he makes it all a bit more accesible with raffles.
I would, if not for those unfortunate circumstances, never EVER sell them. EVER. If I would give them away, it wouldn't be for money. I would make some kind of raffles that would be fair.
But I'm in a dire situation and as stated above; I NEED ALL THE MONEY I CAN GET atm.
So i won't hesitate if someone offers more.
I can't influence the unfortunate turns of events that have caught me off guard in those past few days. So, again, I would like to apologize for doing this - To the community, to Bro, and specifically to everyone who got mad over it. I am sorry.
As for the caps, they're probably sold to temence for 450$.
Yes, it's more than stated in the title. Why? As already mentioned, I NEED ALL THE MONEY I CAN GET right now. So please stop the witch hunt.
Thanks to everyone who is supportive for your nice words. It means a lot.
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Thanks to everyone who is supportive for your nice words. It means a lot.
Hope you're situation improves.
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Was he the first to PM you..? I had no problems with the initial price but waiting around for the highest offer and then ignoring the people who PMed first seems a little off.
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He already said he wants to make the most money as possible.
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People don't act like if you were in a pinch you would not do the same thing.
These are sold privately for much more than is being asked here.
Isaske you might have better luck on ebay or even r/mechmarket but do be cautious with who you deal with, ship well packaged and take photos to protect yourself from sleazy buyers.
i think the issue is:
I DO NOT want to make profit from having Brocaps and participating in Bro's sales!
Right he doesn't want to make profit but his current life situation dictates that he needs to.
Thanks for being reasonable.
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Was he the first to PM you..? I had no problems with the initial price but waiting around for the highest offer and then ignoring the people who PMed first seems a little off.
I didn't ignore anyone.
As said, I just came home after a long day at my university.
Edit: Of course I would take the highest offer, if you still don't know why read my initial post.
For all the people that I didn't PM back, I wrote a response in this thread. Nobody got ignored.
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I wonder if this thread would have blown up if OP hadn't said anything about not wanting to profit. The man has a bunch of highly desired caps. Does anyone really expect a brobot to sell for $35?
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People don't act like if you were in a pinch you would not do the same thing.
These are sold privately for much more than is being asked here.
Isaske you might have better luck on ebay or even r/mechmarket but do be cautious with who you deal with, ship well packaged and take photos to protect yourself from sleazy buyers.
i think the issue is:
I DO NOT want to make profit from having Brocaps and participating in Bro's sales!
Right he doesn't want to make profit but his current life situation dictates that he needs to.
Thanks for being reasonable.
From recently just being in the same situation as OP, there are times when you've got to do things you don't want to. That doesn't make you a bad person. Unless of course that thing is murder or the like, but this is nowhere near that.
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Was he the first to PM you..? I had no problems with the initial price but waiting around for the highest offer and then ignoring the people who PMed first seems a little off.
I didn't ignore anyone.
As said, I just came home after a long day at my university.
kind of breaking forum rules though by turning it into a quasi private auction and allowing for people to offer more than the listed sale price to buy the caps out from under someone else.
just put them on ebay, you'll get over $300 for the bro ho ho alone.
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I understand you need the most money and I understand that in the grand scheme of things, this is about keycaps and it's pretty trivial. That being said, it seems like there was a better way to go about this. How was I or anybody else who PMed about the keycaps supposed to know that $380 wasn't really what they would cost? Collecting PMs waiting for the highest offer shouldn't be how this works. Your post said $380 and several people were willing to pay that but were never given the chance. Just trying to express my reaction and I don't think I'm alone.
I hope the situation you're in, whatever it may be, improves.
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I understand the money issues but I made multiple offers to buy at $380 within minutes of the post so Ill re state my original offer if that's not taken have fun with that everyone
Edit lol .....I even borrowed money from my roommate and had him rush transfer it into my Paypal sigh.... Oh well
Edit edit
I know what it's like to be in bad situation the transmission just went in my car for the second time in 3-4 months ....it sucks and I hope your able to resolve this in a quick and painless fashion just wish it was carried out differently
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Perhaps I should be the one taking the heat for this, sicne Isaske probably has a lot on his plate already. After all I am the one who instigated things with the high offer.
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Perhaps I should be the one taking the heat for this, sicne Isaske probably has a lot on his plate already. After all I am the one who instigated things with the high offer.
Blame Canada for everything! :p
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Blame Canada for everything! :p
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no final price set
updates with highest price that's pending
feels like an auction
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Lol I didnt even get a reply back until now telling me it was sold...nice
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Was he the first to PM you..? I had no problems with the initial price but waiting around for the highest offer and then ignoring the people who PMed first seems a little off.
I didn't ignore anyone.
As said, I just came home after a long day at my university.
kind of breaking forum rules though by turning it into a quasi private auction and allowing for people to offer more than the listed sale price to buy the caps out from under someone else.
just put them on ebay, you'll get over $300 for the bro ho ho alone.
Yyyyyeeepppp. Offers are meant to be for offers below the asking price, to ensure a sale. Hosting a silent auction is against the forum rules. Hosting an silent auction without telling the bidders? That's just sleazy.
OP, numerous people played by the rules and offered your asking price in a short period. You've slapped them in the face by accepting an offer without declaring that you'd accept higher offers.
If you want to host an auction, please take it to eBay. You'd get more money there anyway.
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I was quick to come out and wish you all the best. I know how it is to be in a tough place.
That said I really freaking hate this crap about "the price is ___ (wink wink)" and then selling it to the highest bidder via PM.
This is not the first time it has happened, and it really spoils the spirit of the community every time it rears its ugly head. If it were up to me I would ban anyone involved including the buyer who is every bit as big a part of the problem as the seller.
I guess it's fortunate that I don't have that power. But I won't trade anything from my meager collection to either of you jerks. Ever.
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"The price is 380$...Take it or leave it."
Edited.
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Yeah, multiple people "took it". In my opinon, temence is just as bad as OP for offering more than the list price with the intention of buying it out from underneath people.
I am not mad or anything, I only wanted 1 cap out of the lot, but next time you should sell at your list price, or just hold an auction.
Good luck with the financial hardships though.
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Yeah, multiple people "took it". In my opinon, temence is just as bad as OP for offering more than the list price with the intention of buying it out from underneath people.
I am not mad or anything, I only wanted 1 cap out of the lot, but next time you should sell at your list price, or just hold an auction.
Good luck with the financial hardships though.
Like wise, I really just want to own a Bro. Darn it.
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Perhaps I should be the one taking the heat for this, sicne Isaske probably has a lot on his plate already. After all I am the one who instigated things with the high offer.
Stereotypical Canadian..
Randomly, you aren't the guy who wrote about studying at the Vancouver Ikea right (In Canada Chat xD)
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Stereotypical Canadian..
Randomly, you aren't the guy who wrote about studying at the Vancouver Ikea right (In Canada Chat xD)
I was HAHAA. the topre in Ikea? I don't remember specifying Vancouver though. How'd you know that? =)) my location?
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I'd be interested in the V2's if someone wants to split with me?
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Stereotypical Canadian..
Randomly, you aren't the guy who wrote about studying at the Vancouver Ikea right (In Canada Chat xD)
I was HAHAA. the topre in Ikea? I don't remember specifying Vancouver though. How'd you know that? =)) my location?
Haha, I remember reading that, and yeah location! Was talking to some Vancouver GH'ers who were moving and I remember the Topre Ikea Studier :P. And the name :O.
I hope you win this, seems you understand OP and not question everything :). Sometimes you have to do things that stretch morality, and at least he is being honest.
Gl :3
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Sour gummy bears
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People don't act like if you were in a pinch you would not do the same thing.
the weather is better up on a high horse
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Sorry for everyone, it definitely wasn't mean to be a silent auction or anything.
As said, I've posted the thread somewhere in the morning yesterday and I had to wait anyway for it to be approved by a mod.
I proceeded to go to school and checked geekhack/emails when i got home late in the evening.
Then I read all the replies and PMs and wrote a response for everyone in the thread.
As for bidding, it wasnt really bidding, he offered more and I just agreed. It was that simple. If i wanted an auction I would have waited for 3 days more for sure, since I already got an offer for 550$ while sleeping.
And ofc it was already sold.
What happened yesterday was just because of my lack of time and because of the fact that I wasn't near my computer for nearly the whole day.
Again, if any of this was wrong, I am very sorry to everyone who feels deprived of anything.
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
Exactly, you aren't out of line. Just realise you are banned from BroCaps sales but uglier things happen in private trade
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Thanks to everyone who is supportive for your nice words. It means a lot.
Hope you're situation improves.
HEEEY BUDDIE
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
Exactly, you aren't out of line. Just realise you are banned from BroCaps sales but uglier things happen in private trade
Oh yea, I'm sure he's banned lol.
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
Exactly, you aren't out of line. Just realise you are banned from BroCaps sales but uglier things happen in private trade
Oh yea, I'm sure he's banned lol.
Yeah, well, I'm really sorry if that's the case, because I will always admire his work and would get back to collecting his caps once my financial situation goes for the better.
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
Exactly, you aren't out of line. Just realise you are banned from BroCaps sales but uglier things happen in private trade
Oh yea, I'm sure he's banned lol.
Yeah, well, I'm really sorry if that's the case, because I will always admire his work and would get back to collecting his caps once my financial situation goes for the better.
Good luck then, man. Got anything else to sell? Or a fair way to support you?
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Don't have to explain yourself mate. People are just sour because the missed out. Do what's best for you.
Exactly, you aren't out of line. Just realise you are banned from BroCaps sales but uglier things happen in private trade
Oh yea, I'm sure he's banned lol.
Yeah, well, I'm really sorry if that's the case, because I will always admire his work and would get back to collecting his caps once my financial situation goes for the better.
Good luck then, man. Got anything else to sell? Or a fair way to support you?
No, not really. Else I would never be resorting to selling Brocaps.
But thanks for the kind offer and thanks for your wishes!