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[raycastile]

I forgot all about that. I was trying to imitate Criswell, the old phony psychic from Plan Nine from Outer Space. And "psychomotrized" is from The Mysterious Monsters.

I think you guys will get a kick out of this.  Found this old thread about the Dracula, and someone was speculating where the Tomland Draculas were : ) 

http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=2211.15

raycastile
I have psychomotrized the whereabouts of the Tomland Dracula.  My friends, there are exactly 17 on this small, fragile, blue sphere.

Six of them are in an unopened shipping carton of 24 Tomland glow monsters, sitting in a dank, dingy warehouse in Argentina.  It is a sad, lonely place, populated by sad, lonely people, trudging through the monotony of their miserable lives.

One of them is lying at the bottom of a toy chest in the basement of a Brazilian home, located in the east quadrant of an affluent suburb.

Another is lying atop a stack of old books in the attic of a 50-year-old house in Argentina.  The owner is dying of cancer.  It is a sad house.  Pity the poor souls who inhabit that dwelling.

Four of them are in an opened shipping case in England, forgotten in the attic of a former Tomland salesman.  His memories of selling toys to bring happiness to children are fading into oblivion, for he has Alzheimer's.

One is lying beneath a bed in an English home.  The child died in 1983.  The parents preserved his room all these years, leaving his playthings just as he left them, all those many years ago.

Two of them are in another UK home.  One is standing on a dresser.  The other is in a drawer.  The owner of the house has a brother.  When they were young, they had to have two of everything.  What one had, the other demanded.  So they each had a Dracula.  The one on the dresser belongs to the home owner.  The one in the drawer is his brother's.

One is in a small box in a plane, flying over the Atlantic, on its way to a new owner.  Its destiny is unknown.

The final one is in an acrylic case in the bedroom of a North American collector.  He appears to be on the west coast, perhaps California.  His house is filled with memorabilia.  He thinks he has a Lincoln Dracula.  He does not realize he has something much rarer.  He is a happy man, happiest when he is in the warm embrace of another man.

That is the present, my friends.  And the future.  And the past.  For the future, present and past are one.  God help all of us, in the future.

[John Pertwee]

Looks like the high bidder only bid once, and had a pretty good idea what the highest bid was. I really wonder what his top dollar amount that he put in was. For all we know, he bid $25,000.

[darkmonkeygod]

Looks like the high bidder only bid once, and had a pretty good idea what the highest bid was. I really wonder what his top dollar amount that he put in was. For all we know, he bid $25,000.

What indicates the winner had a pretty good idea what the highest bid was?

[Rockshasa]

I haven't been an Ebay regular for years.
Didn't they use to show the name of the bidder on the main auction page?

[SpeedierThantheGrave]

I haven't been an Ebay regular for years.
Didn't they use to show the name of the bidder on the main auction page?

They used to, yes. But awhile back they started doing that edited format for privacy.  From personal experience, there was nothing stopping disgruntled losing bidders from contacting you the winner and sending threats/miscellaneous hate mail. I recall getting a "I hope you choke on it" when I won the filler neck for a '70 Torino. Jerko.

If you're selling, however, of course you can still see the winning bidder's info.

[Mike Scott]

What indicates the winner had a pretty good idea what the highest bid was?

All I know is, he bid his top dollar, 'cause he didn't have a second crack at it!

[BRICK]

20K and no free shipping? 

[Mike Scott]

20K and no free shipping? 

I assume that isn't going to be the shipping situation, anyway.

[Monsters For Sale]

I assume that isn't going to be the shipping situation, anyway.

If it all possible, I would want to pick it up in person.  It would be a shame to have it damaged in transit.

I like to hear about stories like this.  It gets my hopes up for when I stop at a garage sale or visit a thrift shop.

Who knows?
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My best find was a non-monster wooden jigsaw puzzle I found at a 2nd hand store.  All the cardboard puzzles were selling for 50¢ to a dollar.  The wooden one was priced at $5 and came in a plain black box - no picture.  I could tell it was a quality item and kind of old.  I bought it even though I didn't know if it was all there and I didn't have any place to put it together in my tiny apartment.

Fifteen years later, I retired and bought a two-bedroom house with a small dining room.  I finally put the puzzle together.  It was a wonderfully difficult one and it was complete.  I liked it so much that I searched eBay for another by the same maker.  That's when I found out that they were highly prized by puzzle collectors.  I never did get another one.

But I sold my $5.00 puzzle on eBay for $736.86.


Keeps me searching for black boxes.

[John Pertwee]

They used to, yes. But awhile back they started doing that edited format for privacy.  From personal experience, there was nothing stopping disgruntled losing bidders from contacting you the winner and sending threats/miscellaneous hate mail. I recall getting a "I hope you choke on it" when I won the filler neck for a '70 Torino. Jerko.

If you're selling, however, of course you can still see the winning bidder's info.

Something similar happened to  me years ago. I won an Amazing Spider-man #2 for $35 and get a hate filled email about how I am a scum bag for freezing the auction and keeping him from bidding. I told him if I had that power I would have 20 Amazing Spider-man #1s laying around.

[Mike Scott]

But I sold my $5.00 puzzle on eBay for $736.86.

Nice return on your investment!

[Hepcat]

Didn't they use to show the name of the bidder on the main auction page?

They used to, yes. But awhile back they started doing that edited format for privacy.  From personal experience, there was nothing stopping disgruntled losing bidders from contacting you the winner and sending threats/miscellaneous hate mail.

Ffffftttt!!! Epay did it so that higher prices would be realized by preventing collusion on the part of buyers

[Rockshasa]

From personal experience, there was nothing stopping disgruntled losing bidders from contacting you the winner and sending threats/miscellaneous hate mail. I recall getting a "I hope you choke on it" when I won the filler neck for a '70 Torino. Jerko.

Wow! I was an Ebay addict from 1998 to 2005. I had a new package sitting in front of my door almost everyday. In my hundreds of transactions (all paid for with money orders), I never once dealt with any idiots or ever got ripped off. Although, there was one time when I bought an old Aurora Monster of the Movies Dr Jekyll. The guy told me it was mint in box, so I figured I'm getting it still sealed. Turns out the guy had resealed it himself with shrink wrap, and the model contents in the box were all wrapped with toilet paper. I paid $100 for it, and was kinda pissed. I gave him a bad feedback review, because he lied and deserved it, and he actually tried to sting me back, by giving me bad feedback. Other than that, I never ran into any trouble with sellers.

[Mike Scott]

Epay did it so that higher prices would be realized by preventing collusion on the part of buyers

How would buyers collude to keep the price down? Agree not to bid against the other guy?

[SpeedierThantheGrave]

How would buyers collude to keep the price down? Agree not to bid against the other guy?

I was wondering that too... "bidder alliance?"