Geospiza fortis
Country/State : United States Age : 26 Joined : 2013-01-12 Posts : 465
| Subject: Schleich elephant with an unusual tag Sat Apr 13, 2013 1:12 am | |
| I just today bought the old female Indian Elephant. The store had four left, and, as always I chose the one which was best, in terms of damages. After picking it up, I noticed that the leg ribbon had a yellow spot ($6.49) instead of a gray one ($7.99). I'm not sure why this has happened, when it was scanned it came up as the correct animal, so no one was switching tags. I was wondering if this is a misprint or mistake of some sort, and if it was one, would it be worth anything at auction? Thanks in advance. |
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SUSANNE Admin
Country/State : Denmark, the peninsula of Djursland. Age : 72 Joined : 2010-09-30 Posts : 37808
| Subject: Re: Schleich elephant with an unusual tag Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:43 am | |
| Congratulations with your find It sounds like they did a printing error on the colour, doesn`t it ? I have no idea about price ! Most often I ( most people? ) take the price tag off and throw it away |
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Ana
Country/State : Utrecht/NL Age : 37 Joined : 2010-04-01 Posts : 11003
| Subject: Re: Schleich elephant with an unusual tag Sat Apr 13, 2013 9:52 am | |
| I don't know but I have seen few times different situation: animal which has cheaper spot on website had more expensive colour in the shop... I thought maybe someone exchange these price tag to buy other animal cheaper or so But it could be that was just mistake in factory too :) Anyway congrats on Your find :) _________________ Anna Horse and Bird studio - Horse sculptures My model horse collection
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widukind
Country/State : Germany Age : 48 Joined : 2010-12-30 Posts : 45638
| Subject: Re: Schleich elephant with an unusual tag Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:40 am | |
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Geospiza fortis
Country/State : United States Age : 26 Joined : 2013-01-12 Posts : 465
| Subject: Re: Schleich elephant with an unusual tag Sat Apr 13, 2013 8:31 pm | |
| Thanks. I had an explanation myself, that it was once a lower price, and was since raised, but I think it being an error was more likely. this would be my second misprint, after a Safari suchomimus with a T. rex label. To answer Ana, I have also seen such a thing where the store raised the price, the store's sticker was put over the original colour to put it in a higher price group. |
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