I just can't believe it !
06-21-2005, 05:44 PM
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RE: I just can't believe it !
If you believe that the prices for original NIB kits are ridiculous
just take a look at the prices for ignition engines. I paid $10 for my first Baby Cyclone in '36. That represented a lot of newspapers delivered and a bunch of lawns mowed. Now you couldn't get a set of points for $10 for any ignition engine. Last ones I bought for an Ohlsson .60 were $37 and I was lucky to get them. Supply and demand rules our hobby as it does gasoline prices.
just take a look at the prices for ignition engines. I paid $10 for my first Baby Cyclone in '36. That represented a lot of newspapers delivered and a bunch of lawns mowed. Now you couldn't get a set of points for $10 for any ignition engine. Last ones I bought for an Ohlsson .60 were $37 and I was lucky to get them. Supply and demand rules our hobby as it does gasoline prices.
06-21-2005, 07:50 PM
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RE: I just can't believe it !
According to the cost of living calculator website, $10 in 1936 is equal to $138.56 today. [X(]So that means that a Super Cyke is only two or three times as valuable today as it was in '36. Old ignition engines were actually not a very good investment.[
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Jim
]Jim
08-30-2005, 08:40 AM
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RE: I just can't believe it !
Most sellers require bidders with less than 10 positive feedback comments to contact the seller before bidding. He could also have rejected the bids. Since he did not, he will more than likely relist it and block any future bids from that buyer. That's all he can do unless it turns into an e-mail war with ebay in the middle. Not likely I hope. If you want non paying bidder stories, talk to Easytiger. He has quite a few.
08-30-2005, 09:08 AM
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RE: I just can't believe it !
Oy, I seen it all!
In this case, I would not even bother to contact the high bidder, I would just file the paperwork for FVF(you do NOT want to pay the FVF on a $1000 deadbeat auction) and move on. Just re-list it and don't spend a lot of time on it. This happens all the time.
Remember what I was saying about prices and peaks and one time incidents? That first quick fly sold for $500, this one for $300, the price will probably stabilize somewhere around $250, more or less. But you can bet everybody with a kwik fly in the closet is going to whip it out and take it to a swap meet and say "these are worth $500 now, that's what they get for them on ebay!"...yeah, ONE sold ONCE for that on ebay.
In this case, I would not even bother to contact the high bidder, I would just file the paperwork for FVF(you do NOT want to pay the FVF on a $1000 deadbeat auction) and move on. Just re-list it and don't spend a lot of time on it. This happens all the time.
Remember what I was saying about prices and peaks and one time incidents? That first quick fly sold for $500, this one for $300, the price will probably stabilize somewhere around $250, more or less. But you can bet everybody with a kwik fly in the closet is going to whip it out and take it to a swap meet and say "these are worth $500 now, that's what they get for them on ebay!"...yeah, ONE sold ONCE for that on ebay.
08-30-2005, 09:10 AM
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RE: I just can't believe it !
ORIGINAL: Jim Thomerson
According to the cost of living calculator website, $10 in 1936 is equal to $138.56 today. [X(]So that means that a Super Cyke is only two or three times as valuable today as it was in '36. Old ignition engines were actually not a very good investment.[]
Jim
According to the cost of living calculator website, $10 in 1936 is equal to $138.56 today. [X(]So that means that a Super Cyke is only two or three times as valuable today as it was in '36. Old ignition engines were actually not a very good investment.[
]Jim
