Paid Stupid Money

[starmanmm]

I can't believe that I got caught up in the auction... I paid close to $100 for the Andrea Miniatures Painting Girls in Miniature - English Version.

I just got caught up in the bidding and now I own a book that I have paid $100 for. I haven't paid that much for a book since college.

I guess once I get it ( and I do hope it is worth it) the shock will be over and I can lose myself in the reading.

I better call it a Christmas present or she'll hit me with the book!

[FilmMkr]

I would've sold you mine for ten bucks.

Maybe ain't should put it up on eBay...

[timetraveler]

That's happened to all of us at one time or another. Ebay can quickly go from shopping to sport.


Pricey for a book? If you learn a lot from it and bump up your skills, it'll be worth it. Onward!


"If life gives you lemons, pass them on to the man you taught to fish."

[lugnut]

...Pricey for a book? If you learn a lot from it and bump up your skills, it'll be worth it. Onward!

What timetraveler said. You can drop $100 for one night in a bad hotel. It's just money.

[temperflash]

I paid 25 cents for a first edition "Forbidden Planet" in near mint condition intact dust cover and all.
I've seen less well preserved copies priced at over 2 grand.

[starmanmm]

FilmMkr wrote:

I would've sold you mine for ten bucks.

Maybe ain't should put it up on eBay...

Ya know... I knew one of you would say this to me!

Yup lugnut... only money... would have felt better using it to by a model.

I'm looking for another book... this time I will first post on the Members Swap and Sell.

[RCreations]

Don't worry about it. I've done that a bunch of times with kits, getting involved in the bidding, then at the end, "Did I really pay this much for THIS kit?" Then again, I've also gotten some great deals on EBay, so it all evens out.

[Pun13]

You live and learn right.. Next time you know better.. that is what counts right?

Tom

[starmanmm]

Yup Tom and RCreations... Live and Learn. Sometimes you score a great deal only to pay for it later by over paying on another.

The cycle of Life!

[yellowcat]

Don't worry! You only paid close to $100. It is still a good deal. Look at this link, someone paid $205.50 for it.
May be you should consider to re-sell it on ebay again and make some money for the new year.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Andrea-Miniatur ... true&rt=nc

[starmanmm]

Yellowcat... you did make me feel better!

Now for the funny part... the person who sold that book lives in a town that is only 35 minutes from my house!

[Avall15]

weird that the book went from $83 to $205.

happy reading....then sell. LOL!

[mightymax]

I have that book and all I gotta say is.... I wish that was my auction!

Hopefully you will learn alot from it and then it will be worth it. An education is expensive...

Max Bryant

[Jim Mc]

Having the book, I can tell you I have NOT been impressed. How much? well, I would have also sold it for ten bucks, but, that is water under the bridge. If you had asked me, and, once again, water under the bridge, but I would not pay for it, and take the hit on feedback.

The book is at best vague, and doesn't cover a lot of "how to". It does have high gloss paper, and purty pictures.......

[starmanmm]

Funny... I was under the impression, besides Fishers' dvd... these were the go to books.

[Kit junkie]

hell,i would have sent you mine for free.Not a very good book as far as being informative,get the same info off modeling or miniature painting sites for free. -Brian

[starmanmm]

Yeah... it happens.