A 6M$US trade, can BTown beat that?

br00n0 · Post by **br00n0** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 1:22 pm

Heh heh,

Two guys swapped stamps, valued at 3M$US on each side.

One guy sent:
1x Stamp, 3M$US value

The other:
1x Stamp sheet (4x stamps on it), 3M$US value

Read it here:
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/11/02/st ... index.html

Can we beat that, BTown?

Bruno.

fibonacci · Post by **fibonacci** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 2:18 am

I would gladly trade my collection for something worth 3M$.

Any takers?

*looks around*

MEDEVL · Post by **MEDEVL** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:14 pm

I wonder what the total value of items traded on this site is. I know there is that slot where you fill in an etimated value at the end of a trade report, it would be interestingto see that info gathered up and presented. If you think about it Bartertown has been around for quite a few years now so I wouldn't be suprised to find out we are over 1 million dollars traded.

orcdom · Post by **orcdom** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:01 pm

this site has had to have had well more than a million retail in trade value over the years traded here.

but the value IIRC hasnt always been there, way back when it was the original ITL i dont think that was a feature.
Steve

( 108 ) · Post by **Linrandir** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 10:35 pm

I ran the stats recently and Btown has more GW for sale in sheer $$$ volume than Ebay (something on the average order of 35% by game system). No word on other stuff, but as far as I am concerned it's far better for us to be moving hordes of secondhand GW than other items.

We f*ckin' rock.

br00n0 · Post by **br00n0** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:27 am

The only thing your stats won't say is that the 1 millon$US worth of GW stuff moving around on BTown is the same Pro-painted Biel-Tan Wraithlord, the lightly painted Land Raider Crusader and the 8,650 Dark Eldar Warriors on-sprue that keep being traded from person to person, week after week!

orcdom · Post by **orcdom** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:31 am

they might be changing hands alot but the post office is making the money and not GW.
Steve

( 108 ) · Post by **Linrandir** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:16 pm

br00n0 wrote:The only thing your stats won't say is that the 1 millon$US worth of GW stuff moving around on BTown is the same Pro-painted Biel-Tan Wraithlord, the lightly painted Land Raider Crusader and the 8,650 Dark Eldar Warriors on-sprue that keep being traded from person to person, week after week!

Actually, that's 8,654 Dark Eldar Warriors on Sprue. Though more to the point, I compared the first page of posts in each relevant Btown forum to an equivalent search on eBay. Unlike many, when I do stats they don't lie. Mark Twain must be rolling in his grave.

psiekier · Post by **psiekier** » Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:13 pm

Linrandir wrote:Unlike many, when I do stats they don't lie. Mark Twain must be rolling in his grave.

[Homer Simpson]
"Anyone can make up statistics to prove a point, Kent. 84% of all people know that!"
[/Homer Simpson]