Rare ponies on eBay?

[freezestime]

Friends, do you think the previous owner may have some previously unseen prototypes? Or errors?

I personally believe the person was employed by Hasbro in some way, idk exactly what way but a way.

[Taffeta]

Friends, do you think the previous owner may have some previously unseen prototypes? Or errors?

I personally believe the person was employed by Hasbro in some way, idk exactly what way but a way.

I think both are unlikely.

We've seen collections liquidated before with rare or ooak items in - the delaneys and Helen's collections both had these, especially the latter - but thus far and from the storage facility photos this seems like an (admittedly awesome) collection of only US mint in package and loose items.

So the Hasbro possibility...I thought about that right at the start but since that point and seeing ones on ebay with certain issues, I think not so much now. Not just that but the discussion about his time zone rant also made me notice that the seller is, I believe, West Coast. Hasbro in the US is in Rhode Island. A very few rare items have been found in thaty vicinity. It's highly unlikely that they'd have all migrated from RI to a storage locker on the other side of the country.

Of course, if it's an online collector, then there's no precluding them having stuff. But as yet we've seen nothing not American. That suggests if it's a collection, either they collected at the time things were out/very early in proceedings when there were more MIP items around but not so much foreign stuff or other rarer material, or they chose to collect only US stuff and focus on that.

Either way the prices are the most exceptional part of this. Having a lot of MIP items is impressive. And having them all up on ebay like this is highly unusual. But I think that's all it is.

I guess we'll see though what still has to come out of the locker.

[LadyMoondancer]

I am certain this collection of ponies did not come from Hasbro, as a lot of the boxes had store price tags.

Also, Hasbro would not put examples of their toys in a random storage locker.  They'd put them in their company vault.  And the storage locker wasn't even in Rhode Island.

Of course, if it's an online collector, then there's no precluding them having stuff. But as yet we've seen nothing not American.

I noticed that too!  It adds another layer of mystery.

[freezestime]

Hey friends! The unit auction person is listing new ponies again! So far are some princesses, happy tails, sea ponies, dream beauties and peek a boo babies.

[Ponyfan]

I love the MIB princesses and Dream Beauties.


Ponyfan

[Chrissytree]

The missing ponies are showing up for me again too. So new second round total is $24,798.49. $48,394 so far in total!

[TheBeatlesPkmnFan42]

Aaaww no Windwalker's already pretty high. There goes trying getting one of my grails MIB, haha.

[freezestime]

Heads up! There's the crib (I will fight for it, until I can't afford it anymore) and the secret surprise ponies!

Post Merge: March 28, 2019, 08:09:50 PM

Edit: they mention a "prince" being the 50th listed pony, twice in the MiB bathtub listing (also fighting for that)

[LadyMoondancer]

Honestly, you'd have a better chance of winning them if you didn't post about them.

Like I realize it's exciting for the community to see what's there, but every auction can only have one winner, you know what I mean?  I once found an auction for a Takara prototype (not on eBay) and you can bet I clutched that information close to my chest and stayed quiet as a monk who'd taken a vow of silence.  (Though I suppose in this case posting about the auctions probably doesn't make too much of a difference in this case because the storage unit lot is already so highly publicized.)

[freezestime]

Honestly, you'd have a better chance of winning them if you didn't post about them.

Like I realize it's exciting for the community to see what's there, but every auction can only have one winner, you know what I mean?  I once found an auction for a Takara prototype (not on eBay) and you can bet I clutched that information close to my chest and stayed quiet as a monk who'd taken a vow of silence.  (Though I suppose in this case posting about the auctions probably doesn't make too much of a difference in this case because the storage unit lot is already so highly publicized.)

Yeah, I understand, I just like telling people about them but thank you regardless.

[glitterball]

The missing ponies are showing up for me again too. So new second round total is $24,798.49. $48,394 so far in total!

Ooh, a nice little earner, eh? 

[Taffeta]

Honestly, you'd have a better chance of winning them if you didn't post about them.

Like I realize it's exciting for the community to see what's there, but every auction can only have one winner, you know what I mean?  I once found an auction for a Takara prototype (not on eBay) and you can bet I clutched that information close to my chest and stayed quiet as a monk who'd taken a vow of silence.  (Though I suppose in this case posting about the auctions probably doesn't make too much of a difference in this case because the storage unit lot is already so highly publicized.)

Yeah, I understand, I just like telling people about them but thank you regardless.

I think it's actually borderline breaking the rules to post about them in such specific detail. It's just that this is such an exceptional circumstance that even if you didn't post about it, we'd all still know and be discussing the event somehow.

But as I mentioned before, the posting link rule happened so that we didn't create bad feeling by advertising auctions someone else was watching. Posting the seller, the item name/how to find it is basically the same thing as that. I don't know officially these days if that is against the rules too, I only know the links are - but it's better not to post that kind of detail in general, just as a rule of thumb. This seller, as I said, it's kind of an exception and not discussing it probably isn't going to stop them selling high. But you can also see from the attention and discussion on those auctions the impact it has on price as well.

We've all had a situation whereby we've found something hidden and then someone's posted about it on a forum to 'help people' looking for it. That then annoyed people who were watching that auction because it made it go higher and often was settled by whoever was richest. This is especially an issue with hidden items because it stops being hidden.

A week or so ago there was a lot with MO mum and baby in unmarked in the title. I don't know how high it sold, but even though I know people here are probably looking for them, I would never have posted about it on here, because I don't know how many people here are watching it hoping they might finally be able to afford a rare pony without breaking the bank. (I don't know if anyone here won it, if they did, congrats). I have also had my fair share of hidden auction wins...knowing that this is a community where those won't be posted or signposted by other members is hugely reassuring.

To sum up, it's generally wise to steer away from talking in specifics about live auctions. I admit some of the specifics being posted about auctions (not just these) lately make me uncomfortable. I'm not looking for any of the ponies being mentioned, or I know I can't afford them - but if I was, or I did, I'd be upset that they were being pointed out so someone else could hike the price.

[freezestime]

Honestly, you'd have a better chance of winning them if you didn't post about them.

Like I realize it's exciting for the community to see what's there, but every auction can only have one winner, you know what I mean?  I once found an auction for a Takara prototype (not on eBay) and you can bet I clutched that information close to my chest and stayed quiet as a monk who'd taken a vow of silence.  (Though I suppose in this case posting about the auctions probably doesn't make too much of a difference in this case because the storage unit lot is already so highly publicized.)

Yeah, I understand, I just like telling people about them but thank you regardless.

I think it's actually borderline breaking the rules to post about them in such specific detail. It's just that this is such an exceptional circumstance that even if you didn't post about it, we'd all still know and be discussing the event somehow.

But as I mentioned before, the posting link rule happened so that we didn't create bad feeling by advertising auctions someone else was watching. Posting the seller, the item name/how to find it is basically the same thing as that. I don't know officially these days if that is against the rules too, I only know the links are - but it's better not to post that kind of detail in general, just as a rule of thumb. This seller, as I said, it's kind of an exception and not discussing it probably isn't going to stop them selling high. But you can also see from the attention and discussion on those auctions the impact it has on price as well.

We've all had a situation whereby we've found something hidden and then someone's posted about it on a forum to 'help people' looking for it. That then annoyed people who were watching that auction because it made it go higher and often was settled by whoever was richest. This is especially an issue with hidden items because it stops being hidden.

A week or so ago there was a lot with MO mum and baby in unmarked in the title. I don't know how high it sold, but even though I know people here are probably looking for them, I would never have posted about it on here, because I don't know how many people here are watching it hoping they might finally be able to afford a rare pony without breaking the bank. (I don't know if anyone here won it, if they did, congrats). I have also had my fair share of hidden auction wins...knowing that this is a community where those won't be posted or signposted by other members is hugely reassuring.

To sum up, it's generally wise to steer away from talking in specifics about live auctions. I admit some of the specifics being posted about auctions (not just these) lately make me uncomfortable. I'm not looking for any of the ponies being mentioned, or I know I can't afford them - but if I was, or I did, I'd be upset that they were being pointed out so someone else could hike the price.

Oh geez, I didn't actually realize that. I can only say my bad, but I'll take on those words and tone it way down. Cheers.

[Taffeta]

Well, I think with this particular set of auctions, it hardly matters, as it's all under such public scrutiny anyway. But probably more people are bidding on these because of all the publicity, youtube video, whatever. The long term impact of that on pricing we have yet to find out I suppose.

Thinking of the price of Rapunzel, and then how it was listed as Queen...although it probably wouldn't have been a hidden auction, it might have taken longer for people to find and might have sold for less if not for all the discussion around the seller's auctions. He benefitted from the fact we're all watching his listed auctions. But if that were the only auction he listed and that was how he listed it, there might be fewer people who noticed it and it might have sold for considerably less.

As a rule of thumb, it's not a bad idea to be cautious in the information you mention during the live run of an auction. Just in case. If a seller has done their job properly in listing the item in the right place with the right information, then they'll make a good sale from it. But I firmly believe if a seller can't be bothered to do the proper research and puts something in a job lot in a bad category with the description "hasbro horses rare", then the person who does the hard work and finds the lot deserves to have a shot at winning it without someone blasting it all over the pony community...it's not our job to advertise for lazy sellers

[banditpony]

It seems pretty normal for people to mention seller names, or whole auction titles, or describing in a way to easily find.. as in, people have been getting around the "no link" rule for YEARS.

OP even mentioned they weren't sure if it was ok to post the seller in the original post. No one said "take it down" then. I actually think it's ok?

Although what I think LadyMoondancer is saying -- is for your OWN benefit, people keep quiet about who they bid on as a strategic plan to not bring hype to a listing.