Drewseph's TERAMINX Auction (Ended)

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

This auction is over, thanks to all who participated!

Congratulations to the Winner! not sure if he is a member of this forum but its still worth saying!

Pierce J · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:47 pm

thats gonna sell for a hefty price

Scott Bedard · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:57 pm

Phht, this is worth 10 dollars.
Tops.

ejisfun · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:12 pm

My votes around $2,000. Maybe even higher. :shock:

flambore · **Posted:** Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:30 pm

No doubt this will bring in a record price. Good luck, Drew. If you don't get any bidders, let me know, and I'll take that ol' thing off your hands.

MarkSS · **Joined:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:29 am **Location:** UK

I see the puzzle is in safe keeping for the next few weeks.

I'm wondering - what's next?

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

I do not plan to auction any more Teraminxes. So this is a great chance to own the very first of its kind. I hope for my bills sake, that people bid =) I've got student loans to pay!

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:18 am

most expensive cat toy I've seen yet

Caphits · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:40 am

That thing is gonna catch a heafty price. Im guessing around 2.5 grand.

Good luck with your auction!

katsmom · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:32 am

Drewseph wrote:

I've got student loans to pay!

I'll trade your tetraminx for MY STUDENT LOAN bills!

Bounb · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:45 pm

Drewseph wrote:

I do not plan to auction any more Teraminxes.

I will be watching this one.
Oooh. I can't imagine.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:00 am

Thank god, I'm allergic to cats... Now I have a reason to not spending thousand of dollars. :lol:

512456 · **Joined:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 6:54 am **Location:** Malaysia

Your cat is so lucky to have so many different modded puzzles to play and sleep with.

Skate Addicti0n · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:06 am

Drewseph wrote:

I do not plan to auction any more Teraminxes.

To be honest I think he is saying this to make the value of the first one more. But I still think either way it is going to sell for a lot. The first Gigaminx was close to $2000 correct?

Apok · **Joined:** Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:03 pm **Location:** NC, USA

There is a difference between auctioning and selling. I doubt he would make 6 more teras and keep them all to himself.

Apok

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

Exactly. This is the only one I offer up for auction, since it is the original, and first. I will offer 5 others at a later date and fixed price.

Draconic · **Joined:** Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:58 am

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

1: Lets not over inflate the price, it could scare bidder away. then again, the odds of you ever owning one are low, since I am never going to sell the masters.

2: the cats together cost $2k and worth every penny ^_^

3: possible yes, but still pricey!

4: I'm done with college, its just the remaining bills that are left to pay =( which is sadly alot more than 5k....

Apok · **Joined:** Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:03 pm **Location:** NC, USA

If i'm reading the situation right, I think an auction for the first Teraminx will be a good indicator of what they could be sold for to prominent members of the twistypuzzle community.

And you're right Drew, If I were one of you guys coming up with these new, very complex puzzles, I would never sell the masters. Too much work for someone else to just buy the ability to cast to their hearts content. Your pillowed dodeca idea is alone worth not selling the masters.

Apok

PS. oh, about $2,700 or so.

Draconic · **Joined:** Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:58 am

flambore · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:16 pm

Draconic wrote:

3. Well, assuming you had 3 workers on a $70K per year wage, with you having a $100K year wage from this, and each Teraminx sells for an average of $5K, that would be $310K per year.

Divided by 5K, that would mean you would have to make 62 Teraminxes per year. Lets add in another 3 Teraminxes for the materials needed and possible mishaps, and you're looking at just above one Teraminx per week.

Even if you yourself made one a week, you would still be looking at $260K a year. You could do that; you built 2 in what looked like a matter of days

(of course, this all assumes that all your Teraminxes sell for $5K, and you're able to find buyers for what is, basically, a toy)

I'm not saying you have to, but it's plausible and it would cool if you did :wink:

(or you could just keep this one-of-a-kind and not fret with this, but then we wouldn't be able to get them

I think you're dreaming here, bud. It's an incredible puzzle, but...
1) I doubt anyone would pay $5k for anything but the original, and even that's a stretch.
2) If they did go for $5k a piece, there's probably maybe 5-10 people who would actually pay that much for one unless you somehow convinced the rich and famous that it's "in" to have one
3) Who gets paid $70k/year to assemble toys? You could have them assembled in China or Mexico for like $2/hr.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

Please, this is getting out of hand. Let not over hype this auction. the reality is there are a few people who would like to have this at your proposed cost, which is why realistically I'm not expecting an amount that huge. I'm just hoping that it gets a good home =)

Draconic · **Joined:** Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:58 am

Alright then :oops:

cubefan8 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:25 pm

Drewseph wrote:

Please, this is getting out of hand. Let not over hype this auction. the reality is there are a few people who would like to have this at your proposed cost, which is why realistically I'm not expecting an amount that huge. I'm just hoping that it gets a good home =)

If all you want is for it to go to a good home, I'll give you 50 bucks for it.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

Let me correct myself. I want to at least be reimbursed for the 60 hours I put into it =)

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:47 pm

What, 83¢/hr isn't enough for you?

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

also cost for materials =P

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:19 pm

Danny Devitt wrote:

What, 83¢/hr isn't enough for you?

I remember my first job that got paid for. I got paid for 2 weeks is $26.13 and that was for 77.5 hours I work for. They started at 8:15 went to 4:00 and not get pay for lunch. Its a [Censored. Please be nice!] shelter workshop so they don't have to follow rules or pay minimum wage.

I'll work for you because you only have to pay me 1 Teraminx and 1 Gigaminx.

I'm very serious!!! Of course I know nothing about making puzzles.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

Just a heads up, I decided to push the date back to Wednesday the 3rd.

dannyb21892 · **Joined:** Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:30 pm **Location:** NYC

Good luck with this Drew. Next week is gonna be fun for you!

TheCube · **Posted:** Sun Aug 31, 2008 11:34 am

Drewseph wrote:

Please, this is getting out of hand. Let not over hype this auction. the reality is there are a few people who would like to have this at your proposed cost, which is why realistically I'm not expecting an amount that huge. I'm just hoping that it gets a good home =)

i bet that the winning bid will be 6 billion dollars.....or less

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

This will certainly be interesting. It takes things to the next level and we will see if two people are prepared to go proportionately higher than the Gigaminx. Remember one person doesn't make a high price. I know there's huge money paid for wooden puzzles but will there be for a plastic twisty? What ever happens I think the winner will have to be Rich.

kloopstomp · **Joined:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:19 pm **Location:** Utah

They sure would have to be rich! I'll bet this will be the most anyone has payed for a twistypuzzle yet!

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

kloopstomp wrote:

They sure would have to be rich! I'll bet this will be the most anyone has payed for a twistypuzzle yet!

That's Rich with a capital 'R'.

Alokin · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:03 am

Personnaly, it's absolutely sure that it will go for an awes :shock:

me price, but, even if a Gigaminx goes for about 1/1.5K$, I don't think that someone would want to pay 5k for something of 20cm.
Don't keep out of mind that it's a toy (not for babies)

But anyway I'll keep an eye on this one

Good luck for Drew and for who want to get it.

:lol:

,Nikola

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

Alokin, its not 20cm, its 11cm...... :wink:

Alokin · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:03 am

Sorry =D

It's small

Cool

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

It has begun.....

DLitwin · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:18 pm

Heh. Bidder number 3. Now I just need to keep people from bidding for the next 9 days and 23 hours...

Dave

katsmom · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:26 pm

from $.01 to $255 within 16:45 min. Now multiply that rate times 9 days and your student loans will be more than paid off!!! Good luck!!

sausage · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:28 pm

That tetraminx will not walk away at $255, that much is for certain.

Georges · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:33 pm

sausage wrote:

That tetraminx will not walk away at $255, that much is for certain.

Surely, surely, doubling doesn't count. It's at $510 now that I write this.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

sausage wrote:

That tetraminx will not walk away at $255, that much is for certain.

You're right, I don't think that tetraminx is going anywhere. ^_^

Alonso · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:37 pm

EDIT:

Good luck Drew...

katsmom · **Posted:** Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:46 pm

I'm a Linguist, not a Mathematician so forgive me if my calculations are wrong. If this auction keeps going the way it is, but the end you should be able to get a new house, a new car or two, pay off those loans....And one heck of a lot more.

I guess it is going at $24 per minute now. At the end it should be in the neighbourhood of $344,160. Not bad for a 11 cm "TOY"
Here's hoping for you....

Scott Bedard · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:03 am

Not sure if Drewseph shares the same position as me, but I'll share my opinion. Whenever I'm selling puzzles, I really would prefer if people did not make predictions on the ending price. For a couple reasons. First, that estimate is usually grossly inflated. And second, in my opinion those inflated prices seam to, for lack of a better word, mock those who spend large sums on puzzles.

Can we keep to more productive conversation please?

Also, yes the prices of these auctions can be very impressive, but lets also please refrain from the "wow, look what it is now!" responses. They are just unproductive, and once again seam to make fun of those who are bidding. Thats just my opinion though.

Drewseph · **Joined:** Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:57 pm

I've tried to cool this thread down before. I appreciate your opinion Scott, and I share you beliefs. hopefully people will start behaving. and maybe edit their posts accordingly ^_^

Alonso · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:32 am

Drewseph wrote:

maybe edit their posts accordingly ^_^

Ok. i just did, I was just amazed how fast it was going up, that was it, now back on topic, Good luck Drewseph !!!

coastercrazy10 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:31 am

Uh....wow. Just wow. It's already over the price of the gigaminxes i've seen.

This is unbelievable...both the puzzle and the price it's going for. I hope you at least make your money back drew

-CC10

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:57 am

Scott Bedard wrote:

in my opinion those inflated prices seam to, for lack of a better word, mock those who spend large sums on puzzles.

With all the respect, there is absolutely no evidence for this. If I am wrong, please correct me.

Collectors *will* bid, and will bid hard, regardless of any comments from others.
I was quite amused by this thread (especially katsomom's remark) until I saw
some unessecarily serious remarks. Come on guys, loosen up a bit!

Just like the Gigaminx, the Teraminx is a beauty of a puzzle and deserves to have
many posts dedicated to it. I am not sure if there is some fear that the price is not
going to reach a high enough value. But it is definitely going to reach a super high
and this is because it DESERVES it, and of course, it has nothing to do with comments.

Everyone knows that Andrew is an awesome builder and there are many more
(besides me) who can testify for that.

Pantazis

PS I had placed a personal record automatic bid which has been already outbid!!! LOL

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