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What's a fair price for Woot! monkeys?

Oct 6, 2012 11:25 PM

I recently came across someone selling their woot monkey, including all the pleather capes. I made an offer, knowing it was less than he would want to give them up for, but going maybe he really just wanted to get rid of them. When he emailed back, he basically said he wants like $100+ for just the red one, and $30-50 a piece for the others. Now I want them as much as the next guy, but come on! The ones to go recently on eBay went for $15-20 each, for the pleather ones. Am I expecting too much or is this really what people are willing to pay?

sully51 sully51

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Hey man- if you don't like my prices, then don't buy them from me.

iggz iggz
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Since they were purchased at .99-1.99 originally I would find that fairly steep. I'm not so sure that they are a "valued" collectible anyway.

jsimsace jsimsace
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I'm with @jsimsace on this one.

Plus, really what's valuable are the accessories for the most part. I think in most cases you could swap accessories from one to another and not know the difference.. plus, as much as I like Woot! monkey's they aren't exactly beanie-babies :)

I guess if all of a sudden the Woot-Monkey market exploded and I had to give it a FAIR number I'd say allowing for maybe a MOST $5-7 for common ones and maybe $10-15 for uncommon.. most all of them are made in pretty large numbers too.
In the current market I'd say $.99-$3.

drchops drchops
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I goofed that last message up.. I stopped then restarted it then didn't edit it in time :) - the beanie babies thing was a joke too. I'd take a Woot Monkey over a Stubby the Pig any day.

drchops drchops
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I had to go on ebay to check. I'll just say that's amazing. I like the "super rare" one that has 5 listings of the same one after it.

xdavex xdavex
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Basic supply and demand. If someone is willing to pay 100 dollars the monkey is worth 100 dollars. I imagine I could find plenty of people selling monkeys for less.

caffeine_dude caffeine_dude
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I understand supply and demand. I just didn't think anyone was crazy enough to spend that much for one monkey (really just for a cape...). I'm ok with having an incomplete collection if it means not throwing down $400 for 8 or 9 monkeys...

sully51 sully51
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Seriously, these things are not collectable! They are fun and all, but here is a link to the page where you can customize your monkey!
Here is a link where you can buy standard flying monkeys.
Here is a link where you can buy them cheaper
Here is a link to the Manufacturer's site.

lumpthar lumpthar
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Wow. I wish that I knew that these monkey's were so expensive. I was unpacking my stuff that was in storage and came upon about a dozen of Mortimer and Monte's cousins. I didn't know they were a veritible gold mine.

wilfbrim wilfbrim
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I am thinking 1-2 woot monkeys for all of someones dignity depending on the value of the Yen is about right these days.

philosopherott philosopherott

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