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nachoman
there is a HOn3 model die casting 2-8-0 kit on ebay selling for about 200 bucks right now with an hour left. Sure, these kits are fun, and no longer produced, but when they were produced just 3 years ago, they could be had for about 65$. I have two myself, and know building the kit is considerable work and requires regearing to get them to run well.
Another auction just ending is for a brass K-36 2-8-2 in HOn3. It isn't the greatest brass model, but it is BRASS and prototype specific and no assembly required and it just sold for 222$. This seller had no feedback - beware, but still... the new RTR blackstone hon3 k-27 2-8-2 should be out soon, and I see it advertised for 200$. This is a die cast model with way more detail than the roundhouse kit, and RTR!!!
I just don't get it. I would almost feel guilty selling a MDC kit for that much. Things like this make me wonder if the idiots out there combined with ebay are driving up the prices for everything. Hell, I could go to the thrift store this morning, pick up a vintage oakland raiders tshirt for a buck or two, and list it on ebay as a "rare oakland raiders tshirt" and probably sell it for 25. Or the printer I picked up at the thrift store for 3 bucks last week. Needed a new ink cartridge but now it is perfect. I could purchase similar and sell them for 10s of dollars.
well hell, i could make a business doing that, and do quite nicely. Then I could underreport that income on my taxes. It's the american way!! What the hell am I wasting money on college for? I was hoping to use my geology degree to help society with such issues as stream and groundwaterr management, or landslide hazards, but I just stated that people are idiots, so why should I care?
okay enough of a rant.
kevin
Another auction just ending is for a brass K-36 2-8-2 in HOn3. It isn't the greatest brass model, but it is BRASS and prototype specific and no assembly required and it just sold for 222$. This seller had no feedback - beware, but still... the new RTR blackstone hon3 k-27 2-8-2 should be out soon, and I see it advertised for 200$. This is a die cast model with way more detail than the roundhouse kit, and RTR!!!
I just don't get it. I would almost feel guilty selling a MDC kit for that much. Things like this make me wonder if the idiots out there combined with ebay are driving up the prices for everything. Hell, I could go to the thrift store this morning, pick up a vintage oakland raiders tshirt for a buck or two, and list it on ebay as a "rare oakland raiders tshirt" and probably sell it for 25. Or the printer I picked up at the thrift store for 3 bucks last week. Needed a new ink cartridge but now it is perfect. I could purchase similar and sell them for 10s of dollars.
well hell, i could make a business doing that, and do quite nicely. Then I could underreport that income on my taxes. It's the american way!! What the hell am I wasting money on college for? I was hoping to use my geology degree to help society with such issues as stream and groundwaterr management, or landslide hazards, but I just stated that people are idiots, so why should I care?
okay enough of a rant.
kevin