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Title: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: partypony566 on July 30, 2012, 10:41:34 AM
I just called and the lady said someone is coming to look at them tomorrow.... There are 12 g1 ponies and a complete G1 playset....with box.... :faint:

No rare ponies but there are some nice ones I don't have and lots of accessories :)
I am praying the other person does not turn up...I told the seller I will buy everything, so if the other buyer doesn't buy everything the seller will call me. I need to wait 24 hours though! Gah! I want those ponies DAMMIT! :yikes:
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: michelle53 on July 30, 2012, 10:50:47 AM
I'll be doing a "pony rain dance" for you all day today and tomorrow:)  Best of luck that you get them!!!!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: partypony566 on July 30, 2012, 10:54:14 AM
I'll be doing a "pony rain dance" for you all day today and tomorrow:)  Best of luck that you get them!!!!

Thanks hunny! :biggrin:
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Post by: kakenterprise on July 30, 2012, 10:58:32 AM
O no not the waiting game.  I hope it works out!!

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Post by: reanna-mator on July 30, 2012, 11:00:44 AM
Good luck! I had a similar encounter through Craigslist and got a nearly complete Dream Castle and a few ponies for $25. Hopefully you make out even better than I did!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: partypony566 on July 30, 2012, 01:29:20 PM
Thanks peeps!

Reanna I hope I can get them, wow a near complete dream castle! :faint: hopefully I can get just as good a deal!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: mimitchi33 on July 30, 2012, 02:56:21 PM
Sugoi!
It's nice when you find toys listed in the newspaper!
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Post by: Saber-Toothed Crow on July 30, 2012, 02:59:22 PM
Oh, that would drive me bonkers! Hope it works out for you!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: Dusky on July 30, 2012, 03:10:22 PM
You found ponies in the paper in the UK? I *am* impressed! Good luck and all that!

(And if all else fails I have most of a Dream Castle you can just have if you want... it needs love)
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: partypony566 on July 30, 2012, 03:21:09 PM
You found ponies in the paper in the UK? I *am* impressed! Good luck and all that!

(And if all else fails I have most of a Dream Castle you can just have if you want... it needs love)


Yep unbelievable isn't it!! I'm going out of my mind!

And Dusky if i have no luck tomorrow i would LOVE to take DC if it's going, it would be much loved and appreciated here! I have majesty, spike and some accs already so they are waiting to move in lol! :hug:
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Post by: butterflybuttons on July 30, 2012, 03:36:46 PM
I hope you get it!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: Catlein on July 30, 2012, 03:40:45 PM
Ugg... that happened to me once, but I was the first buyer, and someone went and bought them before I could get there! Worst collector feeling EVER! Sending you sympathy!
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Post by: hathorcat on July 30, 2012, 03:53:31 PM
Oh! Keeping everything crossed for you sweetie that you manage to get them!!!
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Post by: rybett on July 30, 2012, 04:28:10 PM
Is it mean to hope for temporary engine trouble for the other person?
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Post by: gabumon on July 30, 2012, 06:04:34 PM
hope you get them! maybe the other person is really picky and won't want them!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: Diamond on July 30, 2012, 07:54:26 PM
*crossed boobs*  here is hoping they are not looking for the ones she has.
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Post by: kittybethy on July 30, 2012, 10:26:23 PM
I hope it works out!
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Post by: Nerdfins on July 30, 2012, 10:39:40 PM
OMG good luck good luck good luck!
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Post by: Stormness_1 on July 30, 2012, 11:49:31 PM
I love finding ponies like that, but hate the waiting game!

I'm actually in a similar situation, I found a whole bunch of vintage stuff on Gumtree, which is like a general online trading post here in Australia. Thankfully I'm the only buyer, but it took aaages for that email to come through with the "yes, they are still available." I'm now waiting until Saturday to pick them up... It's really exciting, because the pics are so blurry I've only tentatively identified some of them... I can barely pick wings and horns and poses! but I think I have a complete pony bride, some newborn twin rockers, a couple of keypers, some sparkle ponies, Plushies, the g2 dainty dove playset and maybe even a princess tiffany. Hoping so, at any rate... So excited! There's also some vintage fakies.... eek!
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Post by: Gypsy_Nights on July 31, 2012, 01:46:27 AM
Wow!  Finding ponies in the paper and on craigs list?!?!  I didn't know people would actually try to put ponies in the paper!   :shocked:  Makes me want to start looking for them there.

Its to bad that someone else got there first!  That would bum me out too.  Like you said maybe she won't take them all or won't even show.  Crossing my fingers for you.   ^.^
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Post by: Loona on July 31, 2012, 09:18:37 AM
argh, no wonder you're frustrated, it must be awful to wait for the reply now :( I hope the other wannabe buyer will choose not to buy them (for whatever reason, that's not the important part here  :P ) and you get to get them! fingers crossed! ^^
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: hathorcat on July 31, 2012, 12:33:06 PM
Ok! I have no patience...did the other person take them? Are you going to get them? * hopeful*
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: mercynova on July 31, 2012, 04:21:22 PM
Ok! I have no patience...did the other person take them? Are you going to get them? * hopeful*

Yes, please tell *fingers crossed*

Though I did have a nightmare about just getting to someone's house as another person was walking away with a load of ponies... I think it was as a result of reading this thread yesterday!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: ponybanker on July 31, 2012, 07:05:16 PM
im anxious to know too! details :)
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Post by: octocorn on July 31, 2012, 08:06:22 PM
Good luck!

the only ponies I bought off craigslist still smell like a basement.  Yuck.  I hope these are pristine and all yours!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: hyenacub on July 31, 2012, 08:12:14 PM
*crossed boobs*  here is hoping they are not looking for the ones she has.

You crossed your BOOBS?  O_o  ...  :lmao:  :lmao:
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: rybett on July 31, 2012, 08:44:36 PM
Women can do extraordinary things Cubster...
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Post by: Calico_Star on July 31, 2012, 08:45:53 PM
*crossed boobs*  here is hoping they are not looking for the ones she has.

You crossed your BOOBS?  O_o  ...  :lmao:  :lmao:

Diamond is a mod of many talents ;)
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Post by: rybett on July 31, 2012, 08:47:16 PM
Well said!
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Post by: Gingerbread on August 01, 2012, 02:49:43 AM
*crossed boobs*  here is hoping they are not looking for the ones she has.

You crossed your BOOBS?  O_o  ...  :lmao:  :lmao:

Diamond is a mod of many talents ;)

:lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper....
Post by: partypony566 on August 01, 2012, 03:17:17 AM
Ok so she wants £30 (that's $50)  for:

2 sea ponies ( one is a pink baby with yellow hair
Applejack
Bride pony with veil
Vanilla treat
Bluebelle
Tootsie
Peachy
Majesty x 2
Songster
And a small bag of common accessories

The playset was sold :(

She won't budge on the price either.

:/
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: hathorcat on August 01, 2012, 03:40:21 AM
Oh sweetie! Personally I think thats a trifle expensive...seriously people do your research before you start setting prices!!

Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: partypony566 on August 01, 2012, 03:46:26 AM
Oh sweetie! Personally I think thats a trifle expensive...seriously people do your research before you start setting prices!!



Yeah me too!

Post Merge: August 01, 2012, 04:03:04 AM

I turned her down, not buying a load of commons for £30 no way!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: hathorcat on August 01, 2012, 04:03:24 AM
You should leave your number with her - no one with any pony knowledge is going to pay that for those items so perhaps once she gets no more interest she ll get back in touch with you?

If she was around the £20 then I would go for it though :)
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: partypony566 on August 01, 2012, 04:18:38 AM
Yeah £20 would be fine, she has my number as we've been texting so hopefully she will realize they won't sell an will come back to me. I offered her £25 and she said no but that's the highest I'll go ;)
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: hathorcat on August 01, 2012, 04:22:55 AM
Yeah £20 would be fine, she has my number as we've been texting so hopefully she will realize they won't sell an will come back to me. I offered her £25 and she said no but that's the highest I'll go ;)

I will continue to keep everything crossed :) Good luck!!!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Englishgothgirl on August 01, 2012, 04:54:12 AM
If the sea ponies are ones I don't have, I'll give you some money for them, as we're doing a trade anyway, and if any of the accessories are for sea ponies? Whale / fish brushes etc. :)

That way it will bring the price down a bit if you're not interested in the sea ponies :)

Or I can send you the ponies you wanted in exchange :)

Just an idea x
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: mercynova on August 01, 2012, 04:56:36 AM
Oh dear, I think those ponies are barely worth £20 to be honest. Though you have achieved something by finding ponies in the newspaper! That's no mean feat even if it didn't quite work out. At least you know that someone didn't walk off with a load of Mountain Boys etc :D
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: partypony566 on August 01, 2012, 06:48:59 AM
Thanks Gothpony, if she gets back to me with a lower price I will get them. Oh and I just pm'd you :)

Oh dear, I think those ponies are barely worth £20 to be honest. Though you have achieved something by finding ponies in the newspaper! That's no mean feat even if it didn't quite work out. At least you know that someone didn't walk off with a load of Mountain Boys etc :D

Oh blimey, that would be my ultimate worst nightmare! Yeah, I feel better that they are only commons.... But yeah, so expensive!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Clipper on August 01, 2012, 07:12:32 AM
Isn't that like $4.16 a pony? I don't think it's that bad .. But seems the good ones were taken for the most part. I would see if she would go down a bit.. But they are g1 ... So regardless if you don't take them, someone else will.
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: partypony566 on August 01, 2012, 07:19:06 AM
Isn't that like $4.16 a pony? I don't think it's that bad .. But seems the good ones were taken for the most part. I would see if she would go down a bit.. But they are g1 ... So regardless if you don't take them, someone else will.

Yeah but 4 of them are bait condition: 2x majestys, songster and peachy. I mean you can sell a mint peachy for more than $2 lol. Ioffered her £25 for them and she said no.
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Dusky on August 01, 2012, 10:16:34 AM
*crossed boobs*  here is hoping they are not looking for the ones she has.


... O.o Howdoyouevendothat...

Sorry to hear they're not quite right. I'm a sucker who would pay that much because...eh... pony finds that aren't online, I feel better buying them. Hopefully someone will adopt them. Have you tried aiming Dream Valley at her for ID purposes and some idea of value?
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Rachel-Eyes on August 01, 2012, 10:25:30 AM
I'm sorry it's not exactly working out. :( I hope she caves soon so you can get your ponies for a fair price.
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: partypony566 on August 01, 2012, 12:11:16 PM
Thanks Racheleyes :)

*crossed boobs*  here is hoping they are not looking for the ones she has.
 

. O.o Howdoyouevendothat
Sorry to hear they're not quite right. I'm a sucker who would pay that much because...eh... pony finds that aren't online, I feel better buying them. Hopefully someone will adopt them. Have you tried aiming Dream Valley at her for ID purposes and some idea of value?

I know Dusky it's SO hard to even find g1s anywhere, so I was tempted but honestly I think as soon as I got them I would have regretted paying that.... I mean £30 is a massive amount of money to me at the moment, so they would have had to be rare ones for me to cough up lol.
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: hyenacub on August 01, 2012, 12:55:19 PM
Quote
Women can do extraordinary things Cubster...

Diamond is a mod of many talents

...I guess so!  :lmao:

Quote
... O.o Howdoyouevendothat...

Very skillfully apparently!

Yikes, sounds like she's not gonna be much willing to negotiate!  And too bad the playset got sold!  D:  Good luck with her!
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Nappercasper on August 01, 2012, 02:07:55 PM
To be honest if im buying second hand i find it hard to pay any more than £2 per pony (if they are in good condition). Baits are worth what 50p each. The only one worth anything is vanilla treats and shes not that popular either.
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: hathorcat on August 01, 2012, 03:55:29 PM
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... O.o Howdoyouevendothat...

Very skillfully apparently!

Yikes, sounds like she's not gonna be much willing to negotiate!  And too bad the playset got sold!  D:  Good luck with her!

*shakes head* no Cubby...very carefully :P
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Ringlets on August 01, 2012, 04:51:30 PM
Aww hun! I was soo excited for ya too :(    I hope she cant sell 'em so that she has to accept your lower offer :hug:  :hug:  :hug: 
 Must be something in teh water ATM cos there was a pony lot n playset in our local paper tonight as well :faint:   (dad called me to tell me - I has him well trained LOL!! :accomplished:  )   I shall see what they are.... and if they are still for sale...
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: kissthethunder on August 01, 2012, 05:33:41 PM
Why do people these days think that any G1 that a dogs pooped on is gold...?
Title: Re: ARGH! Pony find in local paper UPDATE PG 2!
Post by: Diamond on August 01, 2012, 06:18:02 PM
Ah sorry they turned out to be uber common and somewhat baity.

As to crossing boobs, helps to be old and how the heck else are you supposed to type and offer good luck?  You so can not type with fingers crossed. 
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