madgirlinabox
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I was born to save the Doctor....
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Post by madgirlinabox on Oct 18, 2013 22:06:34 GMT
I saw someone put up an SA River Song Let's Kill Hitler dress when I *know* they only paid about 10 dollars for it. There's a seller selling them for £5.99 and people are putting them up for unrealistically high prices, and people buy them because they know that other people don't know to look for it. And it's just really sad. Because I would gladly pay a reasonable amount for it, because it's difficult to find, but 350 is just too much. And someone else listed another one in a large, but they don't ship to the States and it's only on the third bid and on £21, so it's going to go up very quickly I'm afraid. *sighs* I was very lucky to get mine for 52, there was a mini bidding war at the end. Something like 10 bids in 30 seconds, it was ridiculous. I guess you just need to know where to look but the poor sods that just search for things specifically don't stand a chance. I've found a couple of things unlisted and got them really cheap because the sellers didn't know what they had and really just wanted the money they paid out back. If I ever sold any of my costume pieces on ebay I would never be that horrible. If it goes up and up fine, but I will never set a high price. I really hope you manage to find one soon
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Post by Moonflower on Oct 18, 2013 22:13:35 GMT
If nothing else, I'm hoping that once season 8 starts filming, there's quite a few pictures, and *hopefully* they're going to be from Urban Outfitters and Topshop again rather than super-expensive and out-of-my-budget Karen Millen. Although this time I'll be a bit more prepared, and once they're IDed, it's off to the internet I go! I doubt I get any SA pieces from this season though, unless I get really lucky. I saw an SA (or very very close) Rose item yesterday, but they wouldn't ship to the States, which made me sad...
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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 18, 2013 22:22:02 GMT
I always ask sellers on Ebay if they are willing to ship to the states, rather than go by what is stated on the listing. You never know if someone will be kind enough to do so! Just keep looking, I'm SURE you'll find something! Don't lose hope!
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Post by Moonflower on Oct 18, 2013 22:27:28 GMT
I asked the one with the Rose jacket, but they said no. On the RoA dress I'm just going to wait around and see if another one pops up at some point. And hopefully I can dive in with a private offer. I'm going to see how much this one goes for.
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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 18, 2013 23:03:50 GMT
Well, I'm done buying SA pieces for a while now, but I'm going to make helping you find some a priority! I'll send you some links if I find anything, okay?
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Post by Moonflower on Oct 18, 2013 23:24:08 GMT
Oh, wow, thank you so very much!
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Post by lallyinthesky on Oct 18, 2013 23:29:50 GMT
I saw someone put up an SA River Song Let's Kill Hitler dress when I *know* they only paid about 10 dollars for it. There's a seller selling them for £5.99 and people are putting them up for unrealistically high prices, and people buy them because they know that other people don't know to look for it. And it's just really sad. Because I would gladly pay a reasonable amount for it, because it's difficult to find, but 350 is just too much. And someone else listed another one in a large, but they don't ship to the States and it's only on the third bid and on £21, so it's going to go up very quickly I'm afraid. *sighs* Did you see there was someone who put one up for £1000. I almost choked when I saw it, absolutely outrageous.
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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 18, 2013 23:30:57 GMT
I KNOW!!! I JUST spotted that!!! NO ONE is going to pay that price!
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Post by lallyinthesky on Oct 18, 2013 23:31:26 GMT
If nothing else, I'm hoping that once season 8 starts filming, there's quite a few pictures, and *hopefully* they're going to be from Urban Outfitters and Topshop again rather than super-expensive and out-of-my-budget Karen Millen. Although this time I'll be a bit more prepared, and once they're IDed, it's off to the internet I go! I doubt I get any SA pieces from this season though, unless I get really lucky. I saw an SA (or very very close) Rose item yesterday, but they wouldn't ship to the States, which made me sad... I'm so lucky that Neda Marie agreed to ship me anything I absolutely KNEW I wanted that wouldn't ship to the States. Such a saint, that one.
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Post by lallyinthesky on Oct 18, 2013 23:33:32 GMT
I KNOW!!! I JUST spotted that!!! NO ONE is going to pay that price! I actually ended up writing about it on my blog because I was in such a huff. I mean there are times when I understand knocking a price up a bit, especially for some of Amy/River and especially Rose's things. Like I know full well I will never find Amy's Topshop handkercheif shirt for less than $100, and I've accepted that. It all has to be relative to how old/how difficult to find the item is, but 1000 is absolutely ridiculous.
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Post by Moonflower on Oct 18, 2013 23:37:06 GMT
...I am shocked beyond words. And then add in the fact the exchange rate from UK to US...you're looking at a dress they're trying to charge almost two thousand dollars for. It hurts my soul to know that there are people just trying to make a quick buck off of something that other people like.
I don't even cosplay Rose, but it was one of the rarest items of her (her Journey's End jacket), so I figured, 'why the heck not ask?', and so I guess it's a good thing I didn't get my hopes up.
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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 18, 2013 23:37:38 GMT
Absolutely, the harder/older pieces to find will be more money. But jacking it up that much?! So sickening. That person is just looking to gouge fans. This same thing happened when I was cosplaying Bella from Twilight. They re-released the B.B. Dakota jacket here in the states, and people would go out and buy it, only to turn around to sell it to people over seas for outrageous prices!!! Not cool. There were a lot of complaints in the cosplay community over that one.
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Post by Moonflower on Oct 18, 2013 23:40:53 GMT
I have no doubt. I'm sure if they ever re-release things (which Urban Outfitters totally should. They could make *even more* money off of their stuff, especially with Rose and Clara items), people will just buy and sell. I can just imagine the chaos if they re-released the Journey to the Center of the TARDIS dress...
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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 18, 2013 23:41:40 GMT
The saddest thing about the B.B. Dakota situation was that the fans wrote to the company to get them to re-release the jacket, and they were SO nice and re-released it as a fan edition. Lucky Brand and Curious Gypsy also were kind to the fans and re-released items as well, and the SAME thing happened with those items! I so want to ask Urban Outfitters to re-release items, but I am so scared the same thing will happen in the Whovian community that happened in the Twilight community, and seeing that item go for 1,000 confirms that fear.
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Post by Clara Oswald on Oct 18, 2013 23:43:39 GMT
Moonflower, Matt has said that he is willing to receive items and ship them. I would ask him if he's still willing to help you out so con bid on that sucker!
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