Some fun eBay weirdness...

[peteski]

1 hour ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

I haven't heard one person complaining on this one - except.....

Don't be a troll - let it go.

Well, then I'm the first "bitchee" -  griping about seeing the same subject frequently repeating on this  forum. Not trolling - just starting facts Sir! Nothing to let go.

[slusher]

9 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

I haven't heard one person complaining on this one - 

Really a nice topic to always revisit..

[MrObsessive]

I'm one of those that used to get miffed at seeing old kits get parted out. UNTIL the time came when I needed a hood for a '64 Cutlass after two failed attempts at resin ones.

As was said, since the demise of The Modelhaus, you'll be seeing more and more of this. That's the reality of where the hobby is today. No one's getting any younger and resin casters some of them are getting up in years and will eventually retire.

Now I don't mind any longer getting parts when I see 'em as getting the resin cast ones is 'bout impossible anymore and then you can end up spending just as much on the cast resin as opposed to the originals.

[Bucky]

Over the past couple days, I "watched" a 1971 Dodge Demon built-up get parted out. Every piece sold, and the total, before shipping was somewhere around $160.00. I didn't check to see if the same bidder got all the parts, but there were several bidders involved.

[ChrisBcritter]

A couple weeks ago, seller vintagemodelcarparts put up the parts of a '66 Skylark; one guy Buy-It-Nowed pretty much everything but the bumpers and ended up spending around $250.00.

[gtx6970]

being one who has a bunch of these old annuals. I usually need something for one or the other

 

Im not a fan of resin per say, so I usually try to find original kit pieces if I can

With modelhaus gone,  guys like myself have no other choice really

 

I have a few sellers on my favorites page. Vintagemodelparts is NOT one of them. Wouldnt buy from him ever again, i dont care what he has I need . But thats a whole nutter story

[slusher]

Since I don’t have older models that are expensive I buy parts from guys that sell newer parts...

[Snake45]

More eBay fun. These three restorable original AMT '66 Mustang fastbacks sold this week on eBay. One went for just over $125. The other two went for under $38. Care to guess which is which? 

(BTW, no other extra parts. What's in the pics is what the buyer gets.) 

 

[Bucky]

My guess is the dark green one went for $125.

[ChrisBcritter]

Took a guess, then checked eBay.

Surely it couldn't be that one...

It was. And don't call me Shirley.

[DonW]

7 hours ago, Snake45 said:

More eBay fun. These three restorable original AMT '66 Mustang fastbacks sold this week on eBay. One went for just over $125. The other two went for under $38. Care to guess which is which? 

(BTW, no other extra parts. What's in the pics is what the buyer gets.) 

Ok Snake, I'll bite. I reckon it's the one with no wheels 'cos people are strange!

[keyser]

Unbuilt sold for less money than wheel-less wonder. and trimless, and hoodless, and...

Crack. Horrible drug

[DonW]

15 minutes ago, keyser said:

Unbuilt sold for less money than wheel-less wonder. and trimless, and hoodless, and...

Crack. Horrible drug

Is that what crack does, make people go on Ebay and buy part-built and incomplete AMT Mustangs for too much money?

That's pretty sinister.?

[Snake45]

4 hours ago, keyser said:

Unbuilt sold for less money than wheel-less wonder. and trimless, and hoodless, and...

Crack. Horrible drug

An unbuilt '66 HT/Convertible kit sold for just under $60--less than half the wheel-less wonder fastback. 

[DonW]

Maybe it's that excellent blue fogged paint job!

Edited April 27, 2020 by DonW

[Bucky]

It might look great in a salvage yard diorama.

[keyser]

You can probably get a rusty hulk 1:1 without vin's for that money. LOL. Cool 1:1 dio.