+Happy Humphrey Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 A rare original is for sale on Ebay: but if you're interested, you'd better have deep pockets Moun10bike 1st issue If you buy it, would you kindly let me know which cache you place it in? HH Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 £320 so far... reserve has not been met (!) As BA Barracus said..... "Crazy fools!" Quote Link to comment
+Eco-sheep Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 No history either. That would make me extra nervous. Steve. Quote Link to comment
The Washers UK Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 (edited) My second ever purchase off ebay for a coin went like this I bid max of £15 the other bidder out bid me over and over, I thought it was a rare-ish coin when I got to £40 I decided to call it a day bearing in mind when bidding on ebay in the last seconds someone else takes over your senses and reasoning, however I took control. I later got an e-mail to tell me that the bidder a newbee only intended on bidding £6.66 the seller who e-mailed me we came to a very reasonable agreement I felt like a desperado trying to get this coin I was willing to pay well over the odds, should I ever meet the seller and it is possible a drink is in order, from me to him. I have to say I don't think however I would buy any thing from someone with no feed back. Does any one remember the Beanie Baby craze I bought hundreds worth not a lot in the end although I have kept all my Bears not the animals I managed to sell them at work (cold and lonely in the loft) Is this the final destination for all the coins I keep buying. Diane. Edited March 7, 2006 by The Washers Quote Link to comment
+Cryptik Souls Crew Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I emailed the guy, the reserve is a thousand bucks. Quote Link to comment
+Tharagleb Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I can't believe anybody would bid on this since the seller has no e-bay history. Am I crazy or are the bidders crazy? Quote Link to comment
+kbootb Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Madness if you ask me (which of course you didn't). Quote Link to comment
+bobuk Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 I emailed the guy, the reserve is a thousand bucks. only a $1000> > > > well must dash..... off to have words with the bank manager B. Quote Link to comment
+macroderma Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 It is up to £375 now Why the snopake over the final digit? Anyone think that this coin doesn't exist and this is just a photograph? Quote Link to comment
+freespirit1402 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 id wanna use an escrow service thats for sure! not that i could afford it anyways LOL Quote Link to comment
+walkergeoff and wife Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Why the snopake over the final digit? To stop someone logging it? Quote Link to comment
+macroderma Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Why the snopake over the final digit? To stop someone logging it? I suppose so, but looking at the TB pages most don't seem to be circulating anyway Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 You can log any of the 101,102,103,104 etc coins.... Anyone can guess the number and log it as found, not that anyone would do such a thing?! Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 If you know the number you could track the current possessor who may be embarrassed at his/her situation Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 The Moun10Bike coin pages say that you are free to keep the coins or move them from cache to cache. Nothing to be embarrassed about, and it shows that Moun10Bike was a generous chap! Quote Link to comment
+Cryptik Souls Crew Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 If you know the number you could track the current possessor who may be embarrassed at his/her situation I asked him that too, its number 103 Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 The Moun10Bike coin pages say that you are free to keep the coins or move them from cache to cache. Nothing to be embarrassed about, and it shows that Moun10Bike was a generous chap! Ah yes, you can read that, and I can read that, but if I were selling one? I'd sooner keep my identity quiet - the mob rules in the forums. Adrian Quote Link to comment
+third-degree-witch Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Total insania Quote Link to comment
+freespirit1402 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 biddings up to $660 and he has left a link to his profile Quote Link to comment
+Haggis Hunter Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 biddings up to $660 and he has left a link to his profile This is a fair point, the person in question is Macduff link was the one that he provided. Quote Link to comment
+rutson Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Up to $800 and the reserve still not met, it's a mad world! Quote Link to comment
+Sensei TSKC Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Rutson: Up to $800 and the reserve still not met, it's a mad world! Doh! I emailed the guy, the reserve is a thousand bucks. Quote Link to comment
+freespirit1402 Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 ended at 821$ or a mere £475 Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 (edited) The coin was relisted after it failed to reach the reserve price of $1000. It ended up going for a 'mere' $737, almost $100 less than when it was first listed. Bad luck Edited April 4, 2006 by Stuey Quote Link to comment
+McDeHack Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 For $1000 you could get a very nice collectable antique. That could sell again in a few years time. What would this geocoin be worth if for some silly reason geocaching went flat, and every one lost interest? Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 What would this geocoin be worth if for some silly reason geocaching went flat, and every one lost interest? An unlikely scenario, but I would expect the geocoin to be worth more then, not less. Like it or not, geocoin collecting is a separate and distinct hobby, and won't die off if geocaching does. I don't know, but I imagine that there are already people who collect geocoins but not caches. HH Quote Link to comment
+McDeHack Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I always thought that the object of geocoins as travel bugs was to move them around from cache to cache??? Quote Link to comment
+The HERB5 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 I always thought that the object of geocoins as travel bugs was to move them around from cache to cache??? It's more profitable to move them from CACHE to CASH Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 The object of stamps was originally to pay for moving letters around. But once the designs became more attractive and varied, philately was born. What's the term for geocoin collecting, by the way? HH Quote Link to comment
+Happy Humphrey Posted April 6, 2006 Author Share Posted April 6, 2006 It might be that - snappy though it isn't! Quote Link to comment
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