But just in case, I took the seller in my ebay favorites. His username was champ_des_pins. This was a few years ago
Now, a few days ago, I took a chance, I contacted this seller with this very message
Hi there, I contact you through this item, but I want to ask you a totally different question. I don't know if you remember, but few years ago you had on sell a Phantasy Star Collection Art book published by Rock-Zah (the famous companion book to the two Phantasy Star Sound Collection). To this day, you are the only seller both on ebay and yahoo auction japan I've seen with this book. You were selling it 99$ back then, I was younger and didnt had the money for it. And when I did, of course, it was already sold.
It's been now a few months since I've been searching this book everywhere, and to no avail, so I turn myself to you in hope that maybe, you know someone who can get his hand on it. I'm willing to pay the 100$ tag price you put back then if you still have it or maybe knows someone who can get it.
Sorry for the bother if you don't know what I'm talking about. It was worth a try. Thanks for taking the time to read this
Didnt excepted any reply but it was worth a try...To my surprise, here's the reply I got:
Hi,
I have one for sale but please give me 24 hours to relist it on eBay.
Regards,
Daisuke
- champ_des_pins
I was filled with joy...until I realized I made a terrible mistake...I should not have specified the amount I was willing to pay for this item....I was affraid he would try to go higher than this price...
Just a few hours ago, I received a message again from him
Hi,
I've just relisted it as follows.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0278051607
Regards,
Daisuke
- champ_des_pins
Follow the link, and see the price. 200$!!! Double of what I was willing to pay for that. Let's just say that I replied to him in very polite words to forget about that, that he was just totally crazy, and that if he didnt want to lower its price to 100$, I'm really not interrested AT ALL, I would continue to watch Yahoo Auction Japan, and get a better deal one of these day.
Anyway, I gave the link, if anyone have that much money to spend on one item, be my guest. It may be a one-chance-only deal. But really, even if I made a mistake, I'm surely not stupid enough to fall for that price.
Too bad my try to get this item, which started great, end up in such failure. Maybe this will make someone happy, someone richer than me...