If you think coin collectors are nuts....

holeinone1972 · September 19, 2006 6:39AM

Go to ebay and seacrh for the new tmx elmo

SOLDOUT $39.99 retail going for $100 easy and there are 67 pages full of them.

LOL

I confess I bought one, and might flip it. LOL

zef204 · October 12, 2006 3:32PM

<< <i>elmo >>

ddbird · October 12, 2006 3:34PM

$100 for Elmo?

Elmo Im rich!

XpipedreamR · October 12, 2006 3:39PM

You don't know Elmo from Shinola.

WoodenJefferson · October 12, 2006 3:42PM

zef204...love your icon...Harry Carry "Holy Cow"

OK to reply since this a non coin threaded issue/factoid/gripe..etc.

seemyauction · October 12, 2006 5:15PM

I'd rather put my 100 bucks into a coin....lets see how elmo's resale value holds up over the next 5 years......remember beanie baby's......

WoodenJefferson · October 12, 2006 5:36PM

Those dang beanie babies started all this scamming on e-bay...it was a frenzie!

TavernTreasures · October 12, 2006 6:53PM

These are not collectors for the most part. And the few that MAY become collectors in the future will become turned off to collecting when this scam completes its cycle. Too bad.

Conder101 · October 14, 2006 8:05PM

Sounds to me like they have already started dropping in value. When they first came out a couple months ago they were were going for more than that on the Bay.

This has become and annual occurance. At the mid year toy convention some toy becomes "THE" toy for this this Christmas and everyone tries to buy it. It disappears from the stores and the only place it seems like you can get them in on ebay at big markups. The first really big one I remember was the Furbies. The differeance on Elmo is that they started the sales in the stores earlier and had teir production ramped up to be betterable to supply the demand. this is beginning to lead to a glut on the market and the speculation prices are starting to fall.

123cents · October 15, 2006 1:06AM

Sorry to say but I am one of the nuts. I bought one for my grandson off Ebay. I bought it a few weeks back and gave $65.00 plus shipping.

Trime · October 15, 2006 3:09AM

Specific reply to whether coin collectors are nuts:YES!
The reasons are legion. I am seeing a numismatic psychiatrist. She says no hope for me.

AnkurJ · October 15, 2006 9:40AM

I admit, I bought one for $80 for my newphews birthday.

but the smile on his face every time I see him play with it makes it worth EVERY PENNY!

Ankur

Connecticoin · October 15, 2006 9:44AM

Like the idiots who paid $2,000 for the Xbox 360 when it first came out.

Oldnewbie · October 15, 2006 9:45AM

<< <i>lets see how elmo's resale value holds up over the next 5 years >>

It'll probably be in the crapper.

If you think coin collectors are nuts....

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