Mark Posted September 9, 2020 Posted September 9, 2020 Asking price, selling price...two very different things...
ChrisBcritter Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 The sold listings tell the story; this is the current top dollar paid:
High octane Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 Hmmm, I have some Modelhaus kits that I'll probably never build. Sighhhhhh...............................
misterNNL Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 My luck would be that I would have just cut the roof off of it five minutes before I saw this post!
slusher Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 7 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said: The sold listings tell the story; this is the current top dollar paid: I have seen them from time to time but never thought much about it. That’s a lot of money!
SfanGoch Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 A perfect balance of too much disposable income and no common sense.
Ramfins59 Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 Yeah...... Just do an EBAY search for "Modelhaus" and see the ridiculous prices this stuff is listed at.
Deuces ll Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) No thank you!... I'll take your word for it... ?? At least I won't feel guilty for spending an "X" amount of $$ for a Monogram Big Drag kit new in the box.... Edited September 10, 2020 by Deuces ll
wrenchr Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 Modelhaus needs to do some limited runs and auction them off on ebay. I would and that avoids the order issue / backlog of before.
kelson Posted September 11, 2020 Posted September 11, 2020 I've seen those prices too!,just about fell off my chair!!
Brutalform Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 It’s not only modelhaus items that this seller has for ridiculous money. Look at his other items. For every two items he has up for auction, he plans on clearing a cool grand. But I suppose if you can get a uninformed buyer on the hook, he’ll make his money.
Ramfins59 Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 I am soooooo glad that I was able to order and get everything that I wanted from Modelhaus before they shut down. I still have 2 of their complete kits of 1950's cars ('57 Lincoln & '59 Oldsmobile), and a couple of 1950's conversion pieces ('51 Ford & '52 Chevy) that I have yet to work on. While I definitely wouldn't mind making a huge profit on them by selling them on EBAY, that's not why I bought them. They are going to get built, as long as I live long enough to do it.
Tom Geiger Posted September 13, 2020 Posted September 13, 2020 When Don announced he was shutting down, he had the class to do a “Last Call” and allow us the chance to do a final order. Like my good friend Rich, I ordered a few item I had long meant to order to build. I was sad to learn that some people took advantage of Don’s kindness and placed large orders for speculation and profit. Those are the models you see on eBay for huge numbers.
mikemodeler Posted September 14, 2020 Posted September 14, 2020 I placed an order for two kits as they were retiring. I recently sold one to another model builder as I couldn't decide if wanted to build it or not. In the interest of treating fellow modelers fairly, I sold it to him for what I paid for it, plus shipping, as I knew he would build it. Within 3 weeks of me shipping it to him he had it done and displayed. I could have listed it on eBay and made several hundred dollars but got more enjoyment out of seeing it built. Sure the money would have been nice but that wasn't my intention when I placed my order several years ago.
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