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ddvm wrote:
*passes out Gertrude Hawks peanut butter smidgeons to all the forum members*
YOU know about Gertrude Hawk chocolates? The factory is located right by my home-of-record!
They make fantastic smidgeons. NOM.
Windstone collector in remission. 😉
I live a few miles from one of the stores. I try to only go a couple of times a year but Easter smidgeons are a must! And I love the solid Easter bunnies. Where is the factory?
ddvm wrote:I live a few miles from one of the stores. I try to only go a couple of times a year but Easter smidgeons are a must! And I love the solid Easter bunnies. Where is the factory?
Dunmore, PA.
Windstone collector in remission. 😉
Tyrrlin wrote:ddvm wrote:*passes out Gertrude Hawks peanut butter smidgeons to all the forum members*
YOU know about Gertrude Hawk chocolates? The factory is located right by my home-of-record!
They make fantastic smidgeons. NOM.
I ADORE the raspberry filled dark chocolate smidgeons! 😀 They are divine! (I spied a big Gertrude Hawk bag in my mom’s room from this weekend. She says she only bought something small for herself and the rest is other easter candy. For the size of the bag, I know there is more than one thing of Gertrude Hawk hiding in the bottom 😈 . Yeah, mom still makes me an Easter basket 😉 Keeps me from eating her candy.
ddvm wrote:Arlla, is it better or worse he went for so much more than your top bid? Personally, if I loose by $10 or $20 I gnash my teeth for hours that I didn’t bid a little bit higher. But if it goes way over my price range I don’t feel as bad – I guess I figure someone else wanted it waaaayyyy more than I did. Go figure. But I totally understand feeling bad – yes, it is “stuff” but it is absolutely, one of a kind, beautiful, amazing, wonderful “stuff”. *passes Arlla TWO smidgeons”
It’s both better AND worse, in a way! It’s kind of funny, because my fiance was trying so hard to cheer me up, and he rebudgeted our whole month and scraped up another hundred for me to bid again – but I turned it down because I really didn’t want us to be that tight on money during this unstable time (we’re moving.) When I saw the ending bid, I was gratified that I still had no chance in hell of getting him with the money I had available…but I’m also terrified that this means I’ll NEVER be able to get one!! I’ll have to save up, hardcore.
Though, just because the winner bids more money than you, it doesn’t necessarily mean they want it more – just that they have more money!
"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."
-J R R TolkienTyrrlin wrote:ddvm wrote:I live a few miles from one of the stores. I try to only go a couple of times a year but Easter smidgeons are a must! And I love the solid Easter bunnies. Where is the factory?
Dunmore, PA.
i grew up south of there (outside of philly), and i have never heard of these things! i live a sad life. 😳
Arlla wrote:ddvm wrote:Arlla, is it better or worse he went for so much more than your top bid? Personally, if I loose by $10 or $20 I gnash my teeth for hours that I didn’t bid a little bit higher. But if it goes way over my price range I don’t feel as bad – I guess I figure someone else wanted it waaaayyyy more than I did. Go figure. But I totally understand feeling bad – yes, it is “stuff” but it is absolutely, one of a kind, beautiful, amazing, wonderful “stuff”. *passes Arlla TWO smidgeons”
It’s both better AND worse, in a way! It’s kind of funny, because my fiance was trying so hard to cheer me up, and he rebudgeted our whole month and scraped up another hundred for me to bid again – but I turned it down because I really didn’t want us to be that tight on money during this unstable time (we’re moving.) When I saw the ending bid, I was gratified that I still had no chance in hell of getting him with the money I had available…but I’m also terrified that this means I’ll NEVER be able to get one!! I’ll have to save up, hardcore.
Though, just because the winner bids more money than you, it doesn’t necessarily mean they want it more – just that they have more money!
I totally relate. I tried so hard to get this one gaming book I’d been trying to track down for ages (very small printing, the only book I’d been missing, and EVERYONE else was either looking for it too or it was out of sight price wise). I found a copy and almost got it, but the computer connection started acting up on my laptop and my parent’s pc froze, so someone else managed to get it for like $20 (below cover price). The person who got it tends to just buy up gaming books too and relist them for ridiculous prices (ie. over $100). It hadn’t even been a snipe! Needless to say my hand was hurting later (I punched my hand down on the corner of the piano I was so pissed). I went into a little cussing tirade for a bit. I was a very unhappy little Siberakh1 for a good 15-20 minutes. I’d already been screwed out of two previous copies too, adding insult to injury. I did manage to find a copy a few months later (finally!) that was brand new and reasonably priced on a newly listed BIN.
It will happen eventually. You should put that money aside and add to it. Something will come up. Nambroth has more to paint 😉
*falls out of chair and into shock* WOW, $3 grand! Apparantly the new lucky owner loves Windstone griffins…he’s now the proud owner of a mother pearl, Nam’s, the dark stripey griff
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280073670808
and TWO non stripey male griffs
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290080798997http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190072646639
One day, I, Wolfen, will TOO have that kind of cash to spend on WINDSTONES!! *stands on tall building with wind blowing hair* 😆
…one day.
If you don’t mind me asking, Nam, is that all profit for you, or does some of it go back to Melody and crew? It would be funny if you used the money from this to buy a few production pieces. Bills? Meh, those are boring! Congrats on the AWESOME outcome! You DO totally deserve it!
that person really like the brown male griffin. 😯
but those three are all slightly different.
what do you call a group of griffins?
Congratulations on the great price, Nam. The griffin deserved it and so did you.
Isn’t a collection of griffins called a flock? 😕😯 JIMMINY CHRISTMAS. 😯 I just saw the final price on the Sun Griffin (yes, hours later than everyone else since I’m at least 6 hours behind the East Coast and 3 from the West) BIG CONGRATS NAM!!! I was going to put a nice tidy bid on him in the $1500 ball park, but heck, that wouldn’t even have won me the wings!
I have tons of chocolate covered macadamia nuts for you Arlla…if you like those. You can join me, I’m eating them now at the computer. 😉
After seeing the pics of the moon griffin, I wince to think about what she’ll go for. Goodness, Nam, your beautiful work makes my wallet ache and I can’t even win one! 🙂 Good luck with her…may she go for more than the Sun!!
WolfenMachine wrote:If you don’t mind me asking, Nam, is that all profit for you, or does some of it go back to Melody and crew?
A similar question came up in a previous thread (2nd post from the top):
Nambroth wrote:Greater Basilisk wrote:Do you get any percentage of the sale price of your PYOs?
Yes, but only after it reaches a certain dollar amount do I get a percentage, but I can’t say any more than that. 😉
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