Star Wars 1978 Darth Vader with single telescoping lightsaber light saber, for $1000

[Mike_the_Massive]

Here's another one:
Rare Star Wars Vintage Darth Vader w/ Double tip light saber - 1977 | eBay
"This item has been listed in yahoo as one of the top 5 sought after toys."
Thanks Yahoo! I guess we're going to see a lot of these auctions for a while.

[HughJorgan]

I just sent the seller a quick note telling him that he does NOT have a DT Vader. I'll get the "f*** off" reply most likley, oh well. I tried.

[SF1138]

Here's the response I got:

"Thanks, You are the third person to contact me on this. I love the SW collector group. Very helpful people. I misread the article about the rarity of the Vader saber. This is the regular one piece design. I revised the ad last night to reflect it & lowered the price(still above another postings prices thou). I really don't want to sell him so I put a obscene price that would make it less painful for me, if someone actually still wanted him and since I already posted it I left it up. Also thanks for the website address. I didn't know about them."

Something I didn't think about until this post. Some people are choosing to sell their childhood toys not because they don't love them, but perhaps see a winning lotto ticket. They can be hurt as much by the thought that they sold their childhood dreams, which they wouldn't have considered at $5, but were tempted and gave in to the 1000's they thought they had.

I see this as a big downside. If you thought you had a winning lotto ticket and it turned out it was close, but not the right one, (even when Yahoo said it was and had shown your number) it wouldn't be less upsetting.

While I am guilty of saying these people are idiots, if I look from their viewpoint, it would suck, too.

Just something to ponder.

[HughJorgan]

Yep, I got close to the same response from the seller. He seemed OK in his response and said he would revise the listing (which he did). Yes, I agree...not all of these people are tools that are trying to scam. Some, like this guy, might have thought he hit the lottery with his DT Vader.

[DJ121]

:hopelessness: Woefully slaps head into hands, shaking head.......

Man, HOW HARD is it for people to do a little GD research before listing items? I know that Yahoo has really F'd things up for a while with that stupid article. But when people don't want to listen to seasoned veteran collectors and prefer to listen to a "collecting buddy who said it's worth 1000.00", there is not a lot of hope. Now, if you will excuse me, I need to list my near mint, complete 1979 Millennium Falcon with minor corrosion in the battery compartment for 17,000 dollars on ebay. Buy it now, Free shipping!

[Strikefoil]

No figure in my opinion is worth that.

[SF1138]

It could be worse, here in San Francisco a studio (450 sq ft) in my building now runs $2100-2400/month. $1000 for a figure aint too bad.

No figure in my opinion is worth that.

[Strikefoil]

I only pay 385 for a one bedroom in topeka ks.

[SF1138]

A 1 bedroom here starts at $2795. Parking reserved is an additional $320.

$385 would be nice...But it ain't SF.

I only pay 385 for a one bedroom in topeka ks.

[jedimom]

$450/month 3-bredroom 1 bath single-family house with single-car garage and HUGE fenced backyard Small towns may be in the middle of nowhere, but no one else wants to live here either so rent is cheap. And my rent has not gone up in 10 years