There's nothing more frustrating than finding a great buy but seeing the dreaded "ships to United States only". I just came upon a Buffy season 3 Juliet Landau autograph card with a BIN of $49.99 (Im actually looking for one since I recently notices a tiny flaw on the back of the 1 I have) and the seller leaves no doubt they only ship to the U.S. I also missed out on a season 2 9 card Dark Destiny set with a BIN of $19.99, a season 4 New beginnings $14.99 and season 5 Protectors of the key set $14.99 not to mention a reflections Harry Groener for $17.99 all with U.S. only shipping

1) become good friends with someone here in the US
2) ask them if they wouldn't mind being a go between
3) bid and win a card and have the card in question sent to your friend.
4) have that friend pass on the card to you after they get it
5) have fun

I recently got the Buffy season one base set already in 9 pocket pages for £15. I think thats probably my best buy so far. I considered it a huge bargain as theres no way I can currently afford to pay £40-£50 for a base set

-Claire

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Originally posted by BuffyAngelFan:
I recently got the Buffy season one base set already in 9 pocket pages for £15. I think thats probably my best buy so far. I considered it a huge bargain as theres no way I can currently afford to pay £40-£50 for a base set

-Claire

Not being a Buffy collector... yet .... can I ask why that base set is so costly?

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Originally posted by Redemption:


Not being a Buffy collector... yet .... can I ask why that base set is so costly?

£40-£50 is a bit extreme, I see them selling consistently in the $40-$45 range with the occasional exception. Buffy fans are rabid beasts and being the first set collectors probably have most of them tucked away and it has slowly climbed in price like no other base set I've seen since I started collecting. Boxes and packs are all but gone (boxes are close to $500 when 1 does come up for sale).

Wow! I think if I do start collecting Buffy I'm gonna stay with the later series.

Thanks for the info!

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:
Was that the Julie Benz I had on watch and forgot about?

Probably (6181674219)

She also had listed a LOTR FOTR binder, but only answered my shipping question *after* the auction had closed. How's that for rude!

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:

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Originally posted by Redemption:


Not being a Buffy collector... yet .... can I ask why that base set is so costly?

£40-£50 is a bit extreme, I see them selling consistently in the $40-$45 range with the occasional exception

At collector fairs I've only ever seen season one on sale for £45 and £50, never any cheaper. I've often watched them sell on ebay and the cheapest I've seen one sell is £25 but I've only seen that happen once. All the other sets I've watched have sold for £35+

-Claire

Best recent find (still waiting for it arrive) is Alicia Silverstone Batman & Robin auto for $107 (inc. p+p). The listing said 'ship to US only' but I emailed him and he said okay.

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Originally posted by starwolf1001:
1) become good friends with someone here in the US
2) ask them if they wouldn't mind being a go between
3) bid and win a card and have the card in question sent to your friend.
4) have that friend pass on the card to you after they get it
5) have fun

1) Hmmmm. Friends, yes. Have some of those over there
2) Done that a few times
3) See #2
4) See #2
5) Of course

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Originall posted by Incarnadine:
There's nothing more frustrating than finding a great buy but seeing the dreaded "ships to United States only".

One of my fave sellers not long ago barred all non-US buyers from her auctions. She has alot I need, and i've dealt with her before so i don't see why she lumps us all into the "dodgy basket" if she only had one or two bad deals. That's one Faith fan I won't deal with again even if i called on the services of my go-between.

I few days ago I won and received today...
Buffy 3 set
inserts:G2-G7
BL3,BP2
all in nine card pages.

Won all for $11.05 + $5.50 priority.

Ill go with my-
Alyson Hannigan Willow auto for a bin of 400.00 with free priority shipping

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Originally posted by H.I.M.:
Ill go with my-
Alyson Hannigan Willow auto for a bin of 400.00 with free priority shipping

I'm guessing that's a really good price H.I.M.?

I don't think I'll ever pay that much for just one card. There are just too many other cheaper cards on my want list still.

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Originally posted by Redemption:
I don't think I'll ever pay that much for just one card.

God no, I wouldn't I presume it's $400 US That's about AU$500...which would be my car registration, half my credit card paid off, some programs I need, the list goes on, lol!

It's not imperative that I find everything that's on my need list.

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Originally posted by Star*Mystyk:
It's not imperative that I find everything that's on my need list.

I feel the same.... I'd like to have eveything, but it won't kill me not to. Some cards I'm satisfied with just having a picture of it available in my files.

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Originally posted by Redemption:

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Originally posted by H.I.M.:
Ill go with my-
Alyson Hannigan Willow auto for a bin of 400.00 with free priority shipping

I'm guessing that's a really good price H.I.M.?

I don't think I'll ever pay that much for just one card. There are just too many other cheaper cards on my want list still.

That is not a good price, it's an AWESOME price. They regularly end in the $600-$700 range, here's the last one I saw end for GBP 351.00 (Approximately US $637.21)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6182...TRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1

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Originally posted by Incarnadine:
That is not a good price, it's an AWESOME price. They regularly end in the $600-$700 range, here's the last one I saw end for GBP 351.00 (Approximately US $637.21)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6182...TRK%3AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1

Wow! I guess I'll never collect all those Buffy autos... not that I was thinking of it. I may not know much about the card prices, but I know that some Buffy fans are willing to pay anything for their Buffstuff.

Just won two Hercules Complete Journeys autos- A2 Sam Sorbo (Serena) and A4 Cory Everson (Atlanta-heart variant) for a total of $7.50!

I had quite a good day yesterday managing to pick up a Farscape DRD Pablo Sketch for £3.19 and a C6 Crais Costume for £18.

I guess my best ebay buy was the Daredevil box I picked up for under twenty bucks which yielded me the Ben Affleck auto.

Yea... I'm pretty sure that was it.