Man that's what I call rolling back prices, 50% off on the shirts not sure how walmart can compete I love the remark about a certain thing happening on ebay, you guys kill me with the funny stuff
Would be great if you could send every "wanted: vintage rc stuff" craigslist speculator douchebag to his next yard sale. Park at the curb, put the window down to listen in on the shanigans, and let the hilarity unfold.
ChisaiKuso wrote:So the guy is a prick just because he wasn't willing to give away his vintage RC cars at ridiculously low prices? I'm just playing the devil's advocate here, but perhaps those of us who feel we are somehow entitled to get bargain basement prices at garage sales are actually the pricks...
No, actually it makes him a dumbass. What did he think, that every collector in the U.S. was going to show up in his front yard? No one is going to pay ebay prices at a garage sale, nor should they be expected too. Also he needs to trim his bush. He's disgracing the American flag by letting it drag a surface...
Exactly! If you are willing to pay eBay prices, why would you want to take the time and effort to drive out to some ghetto looking house when you can sit in your underwear in front of the computer doing the same thing. What you buy even gets brought to you.
ChisaiKuso wrote:So the guy is a prick just because he wasn't willing to give away his vintage RC cars at ridiculously low prices? I'm just playing the devil's advocate here, but perhaps those of us who feel we are somehow entitled to get bargain basement prices at garage sales are actually the pricks...
No, actually it makes him a dumbass. What did he think, that every collector in the U.S. was going to show up in his front yard? No one is going to pay ebay prices at a garage sale, nor should they be expected too. Also he needs to trim his bush. He's disgracing the American flag by letting it drag a surface...
Exactly! If you are willing to pay eBay prices, why would you want to take the time and effort to drive out to some ghetto looking house when you can sit in your underwear in front of the computer doing the same thing. What you buy even gets brought to you.
Taking a quote from Thumbs book of observations... "Who wears underwear while sitting at home in front of the computer?"
what a jackass.. did you tell him tamiya did a rere on almost all the stuff he has. $200 for this clapped out Hilux!! when he said no i would have spoke to his wife and said "heres my phone number tell him to call me when he wants to take $100 for his clapped out Hilux"
I love these guys that think that ebay is the be all and end all of vintage things. I used to buy vintage outboards. I can't tell you how many time people tried to tell me that it is $xyz on ebay and that is all that they are taking. I will tell you for a fact that not only did I get the motors from these same people I usually ended up paying them around 30% of what they were asking for. I found that the RC guys were worst. Constantly I have these guys with broken RC10's with a attack radio and telling me that it is worth $400. The general problem with ebay is that people do not understand about the exchange rates. There are many UK and european buyer that inflate the prices because of the exchange. Wait this guy out and I bet you will get it for pennies on the dollar.
The best advise that I got from the old men at the outboard club is that a vintage items is only worth what some one is willing to pay!
urban hype wrote:Unfortunatly these ebay vintage gold diggers are not limited to garage sales. Here is a response that I got today from a kijiji ad poster:
I'll entertain serious offers only.
Avantes list on ebay between 400 and 1250
Vanquish is between 700-800
2013 Egress is around 400 at local hobby shop but requires battery, charger, transmitter, reciever, AA batteries, motor and assembly.
Ive seen vintage egress' unopened listed over 1200
You know if people want/expect eBay prices, than sell it through there! It's like going to a pawn shop and expecting you're going to get paid top dollar.
Also, I've found that the people who are trying to sell these old broken down R/C's for ridiculous amounts usually got them for next to nothing to begin with. Like the garage sale guy with the Hilux. I bet it was given to him or he found it at a flea market or something to that effect.
I think so. I have my 1976 mercury cougar up for sale right now and I got a call from longwood inc. Or some thing like that. Some guy named Matt that was an obvious recording stated they have buyers in my area looking for my type of vehicle . I did...
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Total rip of man. Even up in in Ontario, Canada, through kijiji there their. Sorry man NO deal. Sharks!!! :evil:
I was just looking in a storage cabinet in my RC room for some books to donate to Goodwill, and came across my stack of old Stormer Racing newspaper circulars from 1994-96 that I received with my orders. :D I remember taking these things with me to...
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Awesome. Those were a PILE of work.
A lot of that early stuff was done before you had things like internet or email. you had to take a file on syquest disc to the printer and hope they could make it work. I think they were 150 meg discs? Can't...
Hello fella's :D Well, I don't have much to show in my garage just yet, but I have been busy and will be updating later on. I sort of got into this hobby late and it's something that just Happened. It all started with this Tomahawk. Originally, I...
Welcome to Dazza's Garage!
Its a bit of a work in progress, and I seem to be accumulating more projects than I'm completing these days. I'm going to try and get a photo of every car in my collection so I have a documented current state then I will...
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Stuff in Dazza's Garage from other manufacturers
Schumacher Corner:
Schumacher SPC car. This car was assembled about 40 years ago and put on a shelf. I got it and can confirm it has never been used, so it will sit on my shelf for a few more years!...
Just a couple of the past few that I have done. The 10T I painted back in about 1992.
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My 7 year old Sons Slash Baja and My SC10 Baja.
For the Slash ,my boy picked the colors, came up with the design and decal placement on his own, I think he did a pretty darn good for his first body design. I painted and masked it for him.
I love the remark about a certain thing happening on ebay, 
Also he needs to trim his bush. He's disgracing the American flag by letting it drag a surface...
