I'm shocked that you had any to lose.It was enough to make me lose faith in the math skills of most consumers in this country!
Anyway, it's not worth getting upset or frustrated over this stuff. Just sit back and laugh at the idiots.
I'm shocked that you had any to lose.It was enough to make me lose faith in the math skills of most consumers in this country!
How does one explain this auction??
Used, damaged, Starlight - Sold for how much?
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Here's one possible explanation that I've heard from multiple sources, hard to say if it's true in this case, or in any case, but we all know that money laundering is a thing:How does one explain this auction??
Used, damaged, Starlight - Sold for how much?
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What's really fun is to be the guy who backs off... and watch how much the sucker now has to pay for something so trivial. It's a delicate game, but it's fun when it works.Where I used to work they would occasionally auction off old tools like battery powered drills. I went to watch once and two guys got into a bidding war over something. It was something common that they could go down the street and buy at Wal-Mart, but neither one wanted to lose. The price was soon more than a brand new one, but they kept bidding. People were openly laughing at them, but they kept bidding. Eventually common sense prevailed for one of them and he quit bidding. Some people HATE to lose.
It's kind of like free shipping – I can sell you a kit for $50 with free shipping, or the same kit for $40 with $8.95 in shipping. Guess which one most folks will buy? Based on many conversations with online sellers, many buyers seem incapable of seeing past the 'free shipping' label and doing a little math in their head. The most common complaint I heard from sellers was that if a competitor was selling the same item with free shipping for a higher price, they wanted free shipping 'as a price match', even though the total price was lower from the start. It was enough to make me lose faith in the math skills of most consumers in this country!
Well, there are apparently a lot of people that don't understand how markets work either.Ever hear why A&W stopped selling their 1/3 pounder hamburgers? Yup, you guessed it... People would buy a smaller 1/4 pounder (for a larger price) and think that they were getting such a deal.
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Well, there are apparently a lot of people that don't understand how markets work either.
This is an example of a seller that understood the market and strategized correctly. And a patient buyer that waited until the market came to him.I love it when a seller has multiples of the same rare kits... And then sells them off one at a time... The first few go for premium prices as guys get themselves into a frenzy trying and score one... Then after they get theirs (draining their wallets in the process), I come in and scoop the last one for a fraction of the price because they all now can't afford to buy it.
I think the price is half right. The 0.50 half of the price.Or how math works.
How does one explain this auction??
Used, damaged, Starlight - Sold for how much?
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Cool looking rocket. I'd pay for that kit. The price I'd be willing to pay is not yet determined, but it's somewhere in between 50¢ and $2500.I think the price is half right. The 0.50 half of the price.
A mega der red max is out of production and sort of rare, but it is NOT 350 bucks! You can still buy the tube AND nose from Estes and the fins and motor mount from rocketry works. You can make a scratch build MDRM for less than $100. When I first saw this they had it priced a 500 bucks. At least they lowered the price a little.
Look at this!
Overpriced MDR
Ever paid attention to the stock market?
Then there is whole thing about gambling and going to Vegas...
Primitive, or motivated?
But your not him.....Yes, I understand that, but as a rocketeer myself if I was him I would sell it for a reasonable price. Even if I could get someone to buy it for that price, I wouldn't feel good about knowing that I kind of tricked someone into thinking it was worth that much.
Bingo!But your not him.....
He's not a rocketeer, but preferred racketeering.
That’s exactly why I sold my kit for $1 more than a fake.Bingo!
“It’s all in the Eye of the Beholder!!!”
Is that a problem? As long as the seller asks if the buyer is "certified", and the seller follows all ATF shipping requirements?I reported a guy on Monday selling an M motor on eBay - it was offline in 2 hours.
Yes.There is a guy selling a lot of ceceroni 6 grain reloads on ebay. 3 of them are G150's, which are high power. Anyone could by these on ebay, not only high power certified people- should I report this?
It requires HAZMAT shipping, and he was not doing that. We do not need these violates attached to our hobby. That being said, I report and let it go. eBay thanked me.Is that a problem? As long as the seller asks if the buyer is "certified", and the seller follows all ATF shipping requirements?
It requires HAZMAT shipping, and he was not doing that. We do not need these violates attached to our hobby. That being said, I report and let it go. eBay thanked me.
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