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Pony Talk => Pony Corral => Topic started by: hathorcat on May 22, 2012, 03:30:41 PM
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So I am a notorious "over payer" on pony things :biggrin: ...I genuinely never seem to get myself a bargain...but finally the other day I got luck with a little item which had been eluding me [just a pony princess ribbon!] at a startlingly low price. I think I was even happier to get it because of the price!
So I wondered...who is your "bargain" pony or merch or accessory - who did you luck out on in an auction or a buy it now?
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Hm, mine would probably be Wave Jumper and her shell for about 40$, at auction. I don't think most people looked past the first few pics which were of common pony stuff. Very pleased to have her, since she was the last Y3 adult seapony I was missing.
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My best bargain is probably my baby Sweet Tooth I got for about $1. :)
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Definitely the MOC/MIB ponies and pony wear I bought recently. The average I paid per item in the lot was $1.60. :p
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I got a mint Lightening once in a lot, he wasn't in the sellers photos. Needless to say he was a very nice surprise : )
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My best bargain would have to be the G1 Pony Bride MIB for $40. And of all the places I could've found her, I got her on EBAY. *GASP* :lol:
Now I'm no G1 collector, but I have a major soft spot for bride ponies/love ponies from all generations (I'm a G3 girl, through and through). Imagine my surprise when I recently saw an auction end for the G1 Pony Bride MIB for the BIN price of $359!!!!!!! I almost fell out of my chair. Whether or not she's actually worth $359, I have no clue. Either way $40 still seems like a bargain to me. :)
~zillahstarchild
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The only time I ever lucked out really well in all my 10+ years of collecting was when I traded G3 Love Wishes (which cost me just shipping and some pony points) for a MOC G1 Fizzy! That was the best deal ever. ^_^
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I got Princess Tiffany and Sugarberry for 10 cents each~! :3
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Well, I'm not sure what my 'best' one is, but here are some of my better ones :)
$50:
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$50 (whole lot):
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Wave Jumper's shell:
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Sand Dollar's shell:
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For whatever reason no one bid against me for Macau Jenny, she's MINT :drunk:
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$9.99 BIN:
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$15:
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Also $15:
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$25 BIN:
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$10 BIN:
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$10 BIN:
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$15 BIN:
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$15 BIN:
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The one on the right was a $20 BIN:
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Ebay's been pretty good to me :lovey:
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A mimic for 5$. Then there was this lot I got for 100$ with almost mint wingers and nearly complete playsets and some nirvanas in it and loads of other items in it as well. :)
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A mint Ice Crystal for £.20, or $.50. Or, Lightning for £1/$2. They've been my biggest bargains yet :)
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I don't do evil bay.
I will say this, separately I paid a TOTAL of $1.50 BOTH of these gals including the outfit.
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At a thriftstore I found a mint-cond Windsweeper för about $2,5
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Love reading and seeing people's bargains! :)
My best ones, from eBay:
Mint Tux and complete Satin and Lace for $36
Complete Slugger for $16
Crumpet for $24
From thrift shops/flea market
Munchy for $2
Princess Taffeta for $2
Dream Beauty Skydancer for 99 cents
Wigwam for 69 cents
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I got my talking Princess Celestia for free!
I didn't pay for shipping either
Contests are the best...
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Cha-Cha the llama, Oakly and Cutasarus with a bunch of other ponies for probably around $5.
Nightglider for about .25
Part of the Wedding Prance porcelain (Just Twilight on the base, Moondancer was gone) for probably $1.50.. and Cotton Candy porcelain for under a buck.( And CC fits perfectly in the spot Moondancer's supposed to be in!)
A so soft sleepy newborn for $1
Lots of things. I used to thrift a TON and used to find great things a lot! Pony and non pony.
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I've only been collecting for a little over a year, so I haven't found many bargains. My best ebay bargain would be getting a huge lot of almost 90 ponies for 50+shipping. Most were in really great condition, and it was an awesome buy for me, since I was just starting to collect ponies. They came out to like .80 per pony. I also got just-out-of-the-box condition Baby Rainribbon and Sunribbon for 7 bucks, I love them!
My best flea market/thrift store find was getting the fading-pink-haired version of Italian Cotton Candy for $1.00.
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This pony for $5
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Well she didn't have wings or hair, but still.
Glacia, that Teeny Tiny pony picture with the scary eyes never gets old! Not to mention that Lady Flutter looks awfully *familiar*!! Teehee:)
**EDIT*** Wait, I found her on a mailbox, so technically she was free:
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Mine would be my $1.00 Mimic who came in a bag with other g1s as well :)
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I love that feeling when you find an amazing bargain, I'm getting it right now just reading about all of these :biggrin:
Mine is finding Pearly Baby Surprise at a thrift store for a couple of dollars. :whoa:
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Hip Holly for about $12.
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I picked up Diamond Dreams along with nine G3s for $10 at a thrift store.
I thought she was a fakie at first, the Arena collectively facepalmed when I asked who the fakie is in my lot of G3s.
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I've not had a whole lot of luck with ebay (I usually spend too much on there :p) but my friend picked up about 60 G1's at the flea market for me for $15. It had Baby Sea Ponies with their floats and even some Lady Lovely Locks Pixie Tails that I've always wanted :D And I got a near mint Diamond Dreams from the thrift store for about $2 :) I didn't like her at the time and stuffed her up in the attic and forgot about her, lol. But I rescued her and I love her now!!
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This pony for $5
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Well she didn't have wings or hair, but still.
Glacia, that Teeny Tiny pony picture with the scary eyes never gets old! Not to mention that Lady Flutter looks awfully *familiar*!! Teehee:)
**EDIT*** Wait, I found her on a mailbox, so technically she was free:
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Hmm, Michelle, I think your MOC Argie Sun Glider was your best bargain. She cost more than Cool Breeze, but she was still a bargain considering. :)
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MB Tornado in excellent condition on eBay for $20. Or Greek Blossom on eBay for $2.
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Hip Holly for about $12.
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Soooooooo jelly.
I got a Goldilocks, Molasses with factory curl, and a Minty with a nice outfit for hosting a friend when she was too drunk to drive home. :)
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My best deal ... when I found a MIB Rapunzel at a US garage sale for 1 penny!!!!
HAHA... not. (Though I've had dreams like that....)
My best deal was probably done by my sister, actually; years ago she swapped a lot of sea ponies for a minty Mimic, as a gift for my birthday. (Doesn't she rock??)
Ironically, NOW, those particular HTF sea ponies together are probably worth more than Mimic... but it was a great deal back then.
Do gifts count?? I got a MIB Tall Tales as a gift from a very dear friend this Christmas. :heart:
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I think my best to date was greek baby bowtie in a no picture sale on ebay, for £5 including postage. But others would be spain sugarberry for £20 on ebay, piggies butterscotch 20p, snuzzle 50p... quite a few others... but its not like it used to be anymore!
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Ebay's been pretty good to me :lovey:
Gosh! eBay really has been good to you, Glacia! I can't believe some of those absolute steals!
My best bargains were: Barnacle: free and Baby Ribbons & Bows: 5 sek ($.70).
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When I was just getting into pony collecting in the late 90s, once in a while a store near me would have "surplus goods" . . . Stuff that they had bought from other stores going out of business. One time I found four MIB Dream Beauties there for $10 each! They also had loads of MIB Dance 'n Prance ponies at one point. But the best was when I found the Satin Slipper Sweet Shoppe for $10 and the Perm Shoppe for $15!
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I picked up alt bf Poppy for $25USD, Minty MB Tornado & Lightning for $5USD each, they were in a lot taken by a cellphone camera so VERY poor quality :)
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one of them, at least is my NSS Cupcake. she cleaned up to be as near mint as possible, and i got her for a handful of baity/played with ponies (I think 3 or 4...).
money-wise... I think my crimp n curl salon, complete and MINTMINTMINT with box, for €20.
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Wow nice bargains everyone!
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greek sunlight for 25€ :D
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Baby Blue Ember for 10 cents ^.^
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This pony for $5
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Well she didn't have wings or hair, but still.
Glacia, that Teeny Tiny pony picture with the scary eyes never gets old! Not to mention that Lady Flutter looks awfully *familiar*!! Teehee:)
**EDIT*** Wait, I found her on a mailbox, so technically she was free:
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Hmm, Michelle, I think your MOC Argie Sun Glider was your best bargain. She cost more than Cool Breeze, but she was still a bargain considering. :)
Haha Kelly, I almost posted her! My Sunglider was $65! She was literally a steal, bent wing and all. Remember how worried we were about the seller? She turned out to be quite lovely.
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$1.50 for Mimic. I think I paid $1 for Oakley. I get lots of bargains because all I do is thrift stores and rummage sales.
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My best bargain would be when I got Rainbow Flash and Petal Blossom from Good Will for either 50 cents each or 50 cents altogether. I forget which but they were both in excellent condition.
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My best bargain so far was a Posey for £1 from eBay. I think they set her so cheap because she has a pink highlighter mark on her cheek, but I'm sunfading that out now (hopefully!).
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$8 for Mimic (BIN)
Wave Jumper $20 (BIN)
Lot of 30 ponies with 4 taf babies $100 (BIN)
oakley $5 (BIN)
Bunch of others I can't remember. I generally have good luck with ebay deals.
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These deals are amazing! Its great so many people have such fab pony luck!!!!
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My best bargain was finding G1 Heart Throb for 50 cents in poor shape at a garage sale. She's currently under salon treatments!
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No real eBay luck here (I don't think I've bought a pony off eBay in a number of years)
My favorite finds were:
Baby Princess Sparkle for $0.50 (and she's about as minty as you can get!)
Dream Castle complete w/ box $5 (flea market & there were a couple of ponies thrown in there too)
No Country Cotton Candy $0.50
Brown My Pretty Pony $1 (she still needs some mane/tail work)
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Ebay has never been kind to me, but I found Baby Rainribbon at a thrift shop for £1. :) It was such a wonderful surprise, I never thought I'd find a G1 outside the online community.
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I found Bright Glow in a thrift store for $2, she was in a bag with a bunch of G2 ponies. I also just won an auction for Salty; got him for $6. I don't know how good of a bargain that is but I'm pleased.
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Free Lavender Dream Castle. Can't beat free! :D
But also:
MINT pink Pretty Pony for about $8 in a lot of other stuff (OMG the hair on this pony!!)
Magenta Satin & Lace for $40
MOC Milky Way $28
French Glory $30
All 3 Japanese Rainbow Baby keychains for $5 each
Dream Beauty for $1
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Baby Candy for £4.99
Sunburst in a very badly titled auction lot £5
Macau Lemondrop for £2 ( was in a lot of 14 ponies including baby Ruby )
Gotta love eBay UK :biggrin:
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probably the entire sweetberry and candycane sets for a little under $10. i found a large lot of old toys in a box at goodwill ages ago. most are in very good shape
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Do grandmothers giving me vintage ponies they got me count? :happy:
I've gotten countless of ponies at yard sales and thrift shops for $3 or less. But the best online purchase I ever got was two Family ponies (the names escape me, the blue daddy and the purple daddy) for $20 together in practically mint condition. :frolic:
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great thread!!!
i have had several bargains
$25 BIN
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$10 swap meet
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$1 Garage sale
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$1 swap meet (found 2 of them)
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these 2 for $3 each
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$1 at swap meet
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and then i found this LOT of 28 ponies for $20 at the swap meet
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MO Pretty Mane Scribbles for less than $2.00 (at this moment, $1.00).
MO Baby Gametimes for $30
MO Mommy Pony for maybe $2.00 (it was a looooong time ago)
Mexican Prince Emerald for less than $0.50
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My best find was MO Hollywood for 21 cents. She needed a rehair but still a sweet find.
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£15 buy now..... baby sapphire and ring, baby dancing butterflies and ribbon, baby nightcap and the school of dance playset all in mint condition
I also got daddy meadowsweet in a g3 lot with heaps of playsets, I relist listed the lot and it actually sold for more than what I paid for it including shipping so I techinally got him for free plus $20 lol
In saying that thou I certinaly have had big downfalls so I guess it evens out with the bargins at the end of the day
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Two ponies stand out to me the most. One would be two Rosey Posey ponies foe $2.99 each and my pink My Pretty Pony with box and all accessories for $10.
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I got Indian Cotton Candy for £2 at a toy fair and a newly list BIN on ebay for the aqua haired SDCC pony for £8 :biggrin:
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I got Sea pony Sea Mist for 10p from a car boot. Goldilocks and the white valentines baby pony from Currant in a big bag of 30 ponies I paid $4 for at a flea market I went to when I was on holiday in Florida last year.
People tend to give me stuff for really cheap or free at car boots LOL they have ever since I was little. I got given a french Applejack for free. I've also gotten mountain boys for free before. Baby Candy for 20p. I got Prickles the dragon for 5p.
My mum found me a MOC G2 Twins Study & Play which you could only get through a magazine offer in France but I sold them as I really didn't collect G2 at the time and I wanted to get some spending money for my Holiday but I reallt regret it now. :)
Not My Little pPony but I did once get an original Care Bear Cousins Proud Heart Cat plush for 5p from a car boot a very long time ago. It was absoultly filthy but washed up very nice.
My Sister found a Rainbow Brite Tickled Pink with her dress but missing her booties for £1.