[Groop]statue bargain

The Craills thecraills@falcompound.com.sa
Sun, 18 Aug 2002 22:08:34 +0300


He probably has a sketch card and all . . . . . . . 


Greg "wind up merchant" Craill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dieter Opfer" <dopfer@csu.edu.au>
To: <groop@groo.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 1:08 PM
Subject: [Groop]statue bargain


> Just had to share this with you guys.
> 
> I went into a comic shop in a Brisbane suburb today looking for magazine
> boxes (they're hard to come by down here).
> 
> Sitting in the display case was "Cheese Dip" the groo statue. Now I had
> seen this statue two days ago in another shop and they wanted $AU455.00.
> So I had a quick look to see what they were asking for this one. I had
> to do a double take because the sticker said $AU100.00. $AU355.00
> cheaper than the other shop that is only about five minutes away. I
> asked the guy if he had put the wrong price on. He said no and that he
> just wanted to sell it off as it was taking up space. He then showed me
> the US price in the latest comic guide ($US175.00) and said he should be
> asking double that in Aus dollars. I said, "But the sticker says
> $100.00". Whereupon he said Ok. It's now "taking up space" in my study.
> 
> It's number 154 and has a Groo bust shot drawn by Sergio on the
> Certificate of Authenticity.
> 
> In further conversation with the owner he told me he loves anything that
> Sergio does. I told him about the Groop but he doesn't do email yet.
> 
> Cheers all,
> 
> Dieter :)#
> 
> 
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