I know! I know! I couldn’t believe it either. The girls were probably all at the Chess Club.

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4 out of 3 people struggle with math.

Chemically, alcohol IS a solution.

NAR# 94042
SAM# 0078

I stumbled across this on eBay, and thought of Doug H.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1127970590...ABk9SR-jxp86BYg

Cheers,

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Jay Goemmer
"Centuri Guy"/"Tau Zero"
YORF Member 28
Semroc SAM #0029
NAR 86131


"I think about organizing things all the time. Never seems to happen. I find something that piques my interest and I'm off on a quest. Or a Centuri. "

--Bill Eichelberger, 02/22/2022


“Centuri fret buzz in an updated form.”
Bill “Wallyum” Eichelberger re: Estes Flutter-By
03 Sept 2014

great condition but a little high for me

https://www.ebay.com/itm/3946426966...0&segname=11021

Somebody is smoking really bad CRACK with the pricing on that BBZ. ABSURD.
That is maybe a $100 kit tops.
Easily clonable too.

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Yes, there is such a thing as NORMAL, if you have to ask what is "NORMAL" , you probably aren't !
Failure may not be an OPTION, but it is ALWAYS a POSSIBILITY.
ALL systems are GO for MAYHEM, CHAOS, TURMOIL, FIASCOS, and HAVOC !

The seller's other offering is a $125 Mean Machine.

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NAR 28643 - TRA 15520
MTMA Section #606 President

At least this is priced less than $1,000.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1152996403...38AAOSwEiNiM56q

It was better when ebay charged a fee to put up a listing. It helped discourage crap like this - you'd be throwing away money to put up a listing that no one in their right mind would buy. Plus, the seller fees when something sold were less, so if you set your prices reasonably the seller came out ahead.
Now - with free listing - there is nothing to discourage this sort of behavior. If no one is dumb enough to buy it's no loss. And if someone who doesn't know any better springs for it, you just made a huge profit.
The current pricing scheme is a detriment to the responsible seller, while encouraging the scammers.

Couldn't agree more. And if someone puts the item on their watch list, more likely than not they will get an automatic 'offer' for some percentage below the ridiculous listing price. It's like the seller is fishing and twitching the bait in the hope that he'll get a strike.

Friendly reminder folks: this thread is for ‘actual’ eBay deals. I know some thread drift is unavoidable, but for discussions of eBay ‘silliness’, let’s try to place those listings and discussions in (yes! it actually exists!) the “eBay Silliness” thread.

As for actual deals, here is a listing for a sealed box of the Centuri Cub Scouts Akela kits, the forerunner of the Centuri (and later, Estes) Viking kit. This box would contain eight complete Akela kits, with eight Centuri #7 plastic nose cones, body tubes, streamers, and decals. Listed a $50, but the seller sent me an offer at $44. Make the same offer to them, and the set will probably be yours. I have a couple of these sealed sets, so I certainly do not need another.

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/185914918527


Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970

I seem to recall that, recently, someone was looking for a Semroc Hustler for sale.

This ebay seller has about 60 Semroc kits they have listed in the last day or so. One of them is a Hustler. Overall, their prices are fairly decent for the Semroc kits the have listed.

The Hustler is probably the most expensive at $99, but one would expect to pay something north of $75 for a kit like this at this point.

Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/3256726932...UQAAOSw-XFkc8i6

Earl

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Earl L. Cagle, Jr.
NAR# 29523
TRA# 962
SAM# 73
Owner/Producer
Point 39 Productions

Rocket-Brained Since 1970