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TCB => Trader & Shipping Support => Price Check Archives => Topic started by: An-Gel Sakura on November 17, 2013, 08:19:10 AM
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Hi [you],
Can I please ask a favor?
How much do near mint, but loose G4 Sweetie Swirls go for these days?
Also, what about the Ploomette promo pack in the states?
Just wondering how high or low they go for now a days. ^.^
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I just bought a sweetie swirl in package for 8.00 free shipping a few days ago.
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I just bought a sweetie swirl in package for 8.00 free shipping a few days ago.
You got Rarity's Carousel with free shipping? Or are we talking about a different pony?
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no just sweetie swirl in a plastic bag. the listing said mip sweetie swirl. and shes in a little baggie thing. it kind of looks like the smae packaing my mrs cake and tiwry treats was in.
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no just sweetie swirl in a plastic bag. the listing said mip sweetie swirl. and shes in a little baggie thing. it kind of looks like the smae packaing my mrs cake and tiwry treats was in.
Ohh.... she's a Taobao pony then :)
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no just sweetie swirl in a plastic bag. the listing said mip sweetie swirl. and shes in a little baggie thing. it kind of looks like the smae packaing my mrs cake and tiwry treats was in.
Ohh.... she's a Taobao pony then :)
What, who where????
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Hahahaha! I wondered the same thing when I first heard the word, An-gel...Taobao is kind of a chinese market where they sell one-offs, prototypes and ponies that are going to be released but haven't hit the market yet. It's kind of underground, but everyone knows about it, and they sell openly on eBay as well as some members here having private dealers. Taobao is how some people were able to obtain Minty A and minty B before it was decided which would be released mainstream. It's kind of a crap-shoot, though. Sometimes you get one that's just been found on Taobao and hope it's a prototype so it goes up in value, and sometimes people pay a pretty penny for them.
I remember when sparkley Wysteriia first appeared people were paying a LOT for her, and now anyone can have one so...meh. It's like gambling with ponies, i guess :)
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Taobao?
Doesn't sound cheap.
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yeah i think i paid.. 12.00 for m mrs cake and 12.0 for my twirly treats form soemone here who orderd from taonao. then the sets avalible now for 15,00.
well lol for hte price and it not being relased int he us i thought it was a good deal (sweetie swirl) soem of the ponys are cheap some are expensive. the ones i bought ususaly got released. some people here do taobao orders it isnt tht expensive.. but some can be.
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yeah i think i paid.. 12.00 for m mrs cake and 12.0 for my twirly treats form soemone here who orderd from taonao. then the sets avalible now for 15,00.
Ouch! I picked up some extra Mrs.Cake sets for people for $14 MIB.
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At the time a lot of people took a gamble on the Taobao releases as not actually hitting shelves retail - hence why they ran a little expensive.
I agree with Lorelei on Sweetie Swirl; she has recently absolutely swamped ebay because of Taobao and Chinese ebay sellers; she used to be really expensive but now loose by herself she is a $8 pony.
Ploomette runs higher due to a very limited release in a handful of European countries but again a lot of Chinese ebay sellers carrying her has helped lower her down. $12-14 [basically the value of the bonus pack].
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I got my Sweetie Swirl thanks to.... ^^^^^ Hathorcat! A massive TaoBao order worked out as £8.00 for her (I think, Hathorcat?) and roughly the same for all the other ponies on the order. I don't mind settling at ~£8.00 per pony since RRP for a single pony here is £5-£8 depending on where you shop.
I've stopped buying from TaoBao just because their random ponies are so weird now, but I adore collecting the true 'freaks' that had the wrong symbol/eyes on an otherwise normal pony. :)
Ploomette I'd put at about £10 over here just because I've never seen her.
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I bought a Sweetie Swirl for $15 a few months ago because I thought her value was going to go up :(
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Ploomette runs higher due toee with Lorelei on Sweetie Swirl; she has recently absolutely swamped ebay because of Taobao and Chinese ebay sellers; she used to be really expensive but now loose by herself she is a $8 pony.
a very limited release in a handful of European countries but again a lot of Chinese ebay sellers carrying her has helped lower her down. $12-14 [basically the value of the bonus pack].
Thank you all for the help so far.
How much do you think I should buy a MIB Ploomette pack for if I'm in the USA from a USA seller?
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I bought a Sweetie Swirl for $15 a few months ago because I thought her value was going to go up :(
That's not bad, that's what I paid for mine :) Some people paid $60 when she was first released XD
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i paid 22 for my ploomete but that was with shipping i ended up paying 15.00 for her the rest was shipping form austrila i thnk lol
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I got my Sweetie Swirl thanks to.... ^^^^^ Hathorcat! A massive TaoBao order worked out as £8.00 for her (I think, Hathorcat?) and roughly the same for all the other ponies on the order. I don't mind settling at ~£8.00 per pony since RRP for a single pony here is £5-£8 depending on where you shop.
I've stopped buying from TaoBao just because their random ponies are so weird now, but I adore collecting the true 'freaks' that had the wrong symbol/eyes on an otherwise normal pony. :)
Ploomette I'd put at about £10 over here just because I've never seen her.
Yup :) I think by the time we factored in everything it ran to £8 and some change per pony. Wow...that was a crackers order lol.
I bought a Sweetie Swirl for $15 a few months ago because I thought her value was going to go up :(
Its not to say her price wont go back up. 12 months or so ago she was up at the $30+ mark! It is simply that a stack of them have appeared on ebay recently and volume has driven her price way down. I think at the time it amazed people she was so high in price; think about how the super common ponies in G1 are all playset ponies so you would think logically something similar would happen with G4. I dont think she is going to turn into the Peachy of G4 :P but I think her high prices are over for a while at least. She will probably drift around these lower prices now. I think you got her for a good price still :) Its not crazy high and was probably what the market was at at the time.
There is a big difference in pony generations which are being purchased by collectors at the same time they are on shelves. We saw it with G3 too. You get a surge in price for a while after toys disappear from shelves as collectors who were unable to pick them up are forced to bid and buy at slightly inflated costs. But then it evens out because all the collectors who want the pony were able to find her. But there is still a lot of them on ebay and on the market so the pony price bottoms out a touch. I think thats all thats happening with Sweetie Swirl now.
Ploomette runs higher due toee with Lorelei on Sweetie Swirl; she has recently absolutely swamped ebay because of Taobao and Chinese ebay sellers; she used to be really expensive but now loose by herself she is a $8 pony.
a very limited release in a handful of European countries but again a lot of Chinese ebay sellers carrying her has helped lower her down. $12-14 [basically the value of the bonus pack].
Thank you all for the help so far.
How much do you think I should buy a MIB Ploomette pack for if I'm in the USA from a USA seller?
I dont think it being in the US from a US seller rather than it being in Germany/Italy makes any difference in price to the item itself. It was not available in the US so your only saving is shipping. MOC I would not pay more than $14-15 for the set and there are plenty floating around for that kind of mark. So perhaps your best bet is to calculate what you are saving on shipping from inside the US as opposed to what you would pay for shipping from Europe and add that to your offer? Its not something I personally would do as the set is worth what its worth...but the shipping saving may encourage you and the seller to agree an increased price :)
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Traded USA exclusives for 4 Ploomette packs with the Netherlands.
I'm going to use one for my collection,
one or two for customs, and I was going to sell one to my friend, but
she got one on her own, so now I have an extra I guess. :lol:
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I just bought a sweetie swirl in package for 8.00 free shipping a few days ago.
ditto on ebay for me
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why not keep an extra mib for awhile? i mean.. who knows in 30 years itm ight be worth soemthing.. lol
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Traded USA exclusives for 4 Ploomette packs with the Netherlands.
I'm going to use one for my collection,
one or two for customs, and I was going to sell one to my friend, but
she got one on her own, so now I have an extra I guess. :lol:
Its up to you then on price. As I have said its going for $14-15. So if you wish to charge more as long as you are aware people can purchase it at that money plus international shipping then you will be fine. Perhaps auctioning it or even trading it may work better for you?
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I wouldn't ask for more, but if I got an idea for a third custom, she's gone from my trade & sale list.
Meanwhile I'll make a teen babysitter Cadance & a G4 version of Firefly with the first two Ploomettes. ;)
Now what to do with all the extra crystal empire Twilights that came with them.
They all have tinsel hair. >_<
Thanks for all the help my fellow ponies. ^.^