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Old 04-12-2019, 12:16 PM
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Still baffled someone still has a single ancient 18mm Estes engine for $1500 on eBay.
Makes zero sense
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Old 04-17-2019, 07:22 AM
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Here's a good one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Estes-ASTR...AAOSwCGVcrn0 l

You'll find this person is proud of many of the rockets they're selling if you look at other items.



Wow, Scott! Click on your link now...........it sold for $234!!! Is that insane, or what??
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Old 04-17-2019, 08:24 AM
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Wow, Scott! Click on your link now...........it sold for $234!!! Is that insane, or what??

Heh, time to start listing some of my kits!

No one beats Goodrocks1 on ridiculous pricing though. Yet he continually relists the stuff week after week.
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Old 04-24-2019, 02:39 PM
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Old 04-24-2019, 02:43 PM
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But it is only $24 per month with PayPal credit...for 29 months.
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Old 04-24-2019, 02:44 PM
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If I was Bill Gates, it would be mine.
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Old 04-24-2019, 03:58 PM
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Did you not see it comes with two (TWO!) packs of engines!
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Old 04-24-2019, 07:17 PM
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There is another Estes Pershing up for bids and is currently at a little over $200, but the reserve price has not been met. Yeah, $600 is about twice the going rate for these, but some ocassionally jump up to the $350 range.

Then again, sometimes a nut wanders along and poof!, an overpriced kit like this gets bought. So, who knows sometimes....


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Old 05-01-2019, 07:51 AM
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Let's see....A 1000% markup sounds about right for a starting bid.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-ES...IB/143234638996
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Old 05-01-2019, 01:29 PM
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But it’s “...near MINT in a sealed bag!!”

The bag alone must be worth 40 bucks.
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