Gold plated Leo statue on eBay

[Jed]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/TMNT-Ninja-Turtles-OOAK-Leonardo-Gold-plated-statue_W0QQitemZ6027537498QQcategoryZ16474QQssPage NameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Thought I'd post this outside the eBay Almighty thread seeing as there's only one day left in case people don't look inside the eBay thread that much! It's pretty dear at AU$1,000 (US$755, Canadian$880) but ya never know, one of you might have the cash:P

[Turtle Dove]

:o Only if I truely was rich and had more money then I dreamed of

[OA]

I remember when Playmates auctioned that bad boy off...dont remember how much it went for but man it is pretty sweet....

[Shreddette]

I now have to part with it due to other commitments.


What the... What kind of "commitments" makes you have to part with an inatimate object that requires absolutely no care at all to keep?

That's a wierd statement, in any case.

[Turtle Dove]

I got a better question,what IDOIT would sell it? I wouldn't!

[pwnage]

Oh man, thats about as Godtastic as the Lucky Draw Gold MP Prime. Suprised its only $755...

[Shreddette]

I got a better question,what IDOIT would sell it? I wouldn't!

Indeed. That's just... insane.

[pwnage]

What is an Idoit?

[Shreddette]

:lol: The dude selling that turtle is an idoit. Which is worse than being an idiot!

[pwnage]

What if he has to pay for chemotherapy? Is he still an idoit?

[Turtle Dove]

:lol: Ah errors. Anyways this cool if a FOOL to sell that rare TMNT statue.I wouldn't sell it. HE must be greedy with TMNT being as popular as they are.

[BigApple3AM]

I wish I bought this, I think the origianls went for $150.

[Spitfire]

To be honest it being gold takes away from the detail and how awesome it looks. But then again I think gold is ugly, and it makes it look more like a trophy as opposed to statue.

[The Lone Turtle]

Wow, what are the chances that an Aussie would own this? :p

I don't mind the gold - you get used to seeing gold varients when you're a Trabsformers fan. Heh

[Buslady]

at least the dude originally won it and helped NA wood turtle research. If I had the dough, it'd be mine...but I'm poor like everybody else.

i agree with Spitfire...gold...bleah...it'd be prettier in silver.

maybe the dude's needing money for other things he wants to do or pay off a credit card. Sometimes other things are more inportant than a gold plated, one of a kind statue of a bitchin comic book character.

[BigApple3AM]

I wouldn't make him out to be a saint, sure he helped the turtle research the first time around, but there were other bidders. If not him someone else. The fact that he's reselling it for more than he paid means that the winner of this auction would be the one helping the turtle research, and this guy is profiting from a charity auction that he's reselling.

[andrewdsz]

Guys it is indeed NOT hard to gold-plate one yourself, this statue doesnt have any documentation or official stamp/signature/stickers/sheets to proof its uniqueness and authenticity. Be honest I can just get a Leo statue myself and plate it, probably gonna cost me 180$ on total, not hard at all.

[OA]

I wouldn't make him out to be a saint, sure he helped the turtle research the first time around, but there were other bidders. If not him someone else. The fact that he's reselling it for more than he paid means that the winner of this auction would be the one helping the turtle research, and this guy is profiting from a charity auction that he's reselling.

Well, if I recall correctly this gold figure went for a pretty high price the first time around, not far removed from what hes asking now...

As a tmnt fan, Im sure he must have a VERY good reason for parting with it...

[andrewdsz]

Auction ended.

Nobody is stupid enough to pay that dose for a gold figure.

[TheShowstoppa]

*sighs* If I didn't want to pay my bills for this month, I would defnately have had enough money to buy that damn thing. I'll just live with my Leo statue I got last week.

[the power of 3]

I am the seller of the gold statue that ur speaking of, firstly dont judge someone for selling something they paid good money for, infact i paid close to $1200- U.S for the item, so i am losing money anyway, which im not fussed about. Other commitments are, my mother passed away last week and havent been working as much as have to help my bro and sis out get through this time, so unfortunately this was something i had which would get me a bit of cash, sure its not something i thought i would ever part with but hey things change in life, and what means something one day can change the next.

anyone can think what they will thanks

[BigApple3AM]

Sorry to hear about your mom.

I apologize if I came off as rude, it's good you came to defend yourself. I didn't know the statue went for over $1000 though, I coulda swore I saw one go for only over $100. I personally would never pay that for a toy but to each their own.

Still with all of your latest auctions sold being Turtles I wasn't sure if you were the scalper type that I've come to know on eBay from other lines. I don't think you'll make back your money on the statue, but if you want tips here's a few:
Don't start your auction at that high of a price. Startit out at like a dollar and let people bid up so that they get in bidding wars. If there's only a day and the price is lower than you'd like then you can cancel the auction with no penalties on your account. Make sure there's more than a day left though and remember that most of the bidding is done in the last minute. If you're afraid of doing that then set a low price and use a reserve price.
Another tip is to take more pictures, if you have a certificate of authenticity then take a picture of that. Play the fact that it's one of a kind and is an official product. If this is a more premium auction then I would suggest paying the extra $20 to make your auction appear at the top of every ninja turtles search. That gets thousands more people looking at it. Also try shipping worldwide. Tons of fans in the UK and Europe. Make them pay the difference for shipping so really it's no hassle for you at all and you'll get more bidders.

Good luck.

[TheShowstoppa]

Sorry to hear about your mom.

I apologize if I came off as rude, it's good you came to defend yourself. I didn't know the statue went for over $1000 though, I coulda swore I saw one go for only over $100. I personally would never pay that for a toy but to each their own.

Still with all of your latest auctions sold being Turtles I wasn't sure if you were the scalper type that I've come to know on eBay from other lines. I don't think you'll make back your money on the statue, but if you want tips here's a few:
Don't start your auction at that high of a price. Startit out at like a dollar and let people bid up so that they get in bidding wars. If there's only a day and the price is lower than you'd like then you can cancel the auction with no penalties on your account. Make sure there's more than a day left though and remember that most of the bidding is done in the last minute. If you're afraid of doing that then set a low price and use a reserve price.
Another tip is to take more pictures, if you have a certificate of authenticity then take a picture of that. Play the fact that it's one of a kind and is an official product. If this is a more premium auction then I would suggest paying the extra $20 to make your auction appear at the top of every ninja turtles search. That gets thousands more people looking at it. Also try shipping worldwide. Tons of fans in the UK and Europe. Make them pay the difference for shipping so really it's no hassle for you at all and you'll get more bidders.

Good luck.

Ecto, you made very good points, but you forgot one very important thing about the Ebay selling... If you start at a dollar, make sure you put a reserve on the item. If you start the item off at a Dollar and set the reserve at $750, and a bid war starts on the item, then it will definately reach the pennicle.

*Checks to see if I made any idiotic comments.*

I don't think that selling anything you're fond of is idiotic in any way. I'm hoping to sell my TMNT collection when I get older to put my children through college. This is why I'm pushing to buy all the statues and the comics now before they become a rarity.

I'm sorry to hear about your mom. That would send me into a whole new world of depression... You have my complete sympathy. Good luck in your ventures from here on out.

[OA]

I thought I remembered that auction going for quite a bit of change...I was tempted to bid (I just pointed it out to the wife and told her it was 1 of kind and shes like "well get it then!". I'm like "its a $1,000 bucks". She thought it was worth it if you can believe it...)...good luck

[the power of 3]

thankyou for the replies and kind words. I never thought i would spend that much back then on something, but did and im glad i did as had the chance to see something one of a kind like this. Most of my other auctions i have had, have been turtles as that is what i collect first up, and parted with few things to get some cash, one day i will piece the collection back together, other things take priority at the moment.
thanks for the tips on the auction if it dont sell this time round i will try that technique.

[BigApple3AM]

We should pass that Leo around like a team would pass around a trophy. Each person who wants it pays you like $10 and they get to keep it for a week, then they pass it off to the next person. Before you know it you'll have made your money back and in the end you can keep the statue lol.

[BigApple3AM]

Ecto, you made very good points, but you forgot one very important thing about the Ebay selling... If you start at a dollar, make sure you put a reserve on the item.

If you're afraid of doing that then set a low price and use a reserve price.

I don't think reserve price is the best way to go though, whenever I see those auctions I usually pass as I have no clue what the price is and don't want to bother to find out.

Your best bet is to start an auction off at like 99 cents (make sure it's 99 cents, you save money on the listing .1-.99 is like 35 cent listing, $1 on is like 75 cents, and for something a small as a penny it's not worth paying the extra 25 cents since the auction will go way high anyway). Don't have a reserve or buy it now or anything. List it at 10 day auction, and after 8 days if it's not over like $400 then you can cancel all the bids and end the auction with one button and there are no penalties to your account except the 35 cent listing fee is non refundable (big whoop). If there's less than 24 hours it won't let you cancel the auction. I sell on eBay pretty often (though I'm no power seller) and I have used this technique quite a few times for larger auctions. If you don't use the garbage eBay tries to sell with your auction you can list things for 30 - 35 cents.

For this auction I recommend paying ebay the extra quarter for each picture though. And a gallery photo as well. Should end up only being like $2 for listing fees, and it'll be worth it. Only use about 4 pictures though, and the rest of the pictures (take as many as possible) just post links to. Use www.imageshack.us for hosting pictures for free. Try html image tags, though they may have blocked those (example "[img]linkhere[img]" except with no quotes). Then in big bold letters at the top of your description in huge text size and in red color or something put "Officially licensed product from playmates, and only one made!" or something to that effect.

Pimp your ebay auction out to any toy forums or turtles forums, like on toynewsi.com put it in the marketplace forum. Do this to get as many viewers. Then like I said before make it worldwide shipping and you'll probably get over $700.