What Irked You Today?

[Tom Geiger]

It's called fishin' the waters of the 'bay or trolling for suckers! As others said, they're looking for someone who hasn't done their homework. For instance I notice when I'm looking for parts for my 1:1 cars, things like models, manuals and dealer brochures pop up in the search. So that guy who owns that vehicle and didn't know there was an easily available kit hits that "Buy It Now" button!

And it's been going on long before eBay. I once got kicked out of an antique shop when I disclosed to the seller that their "Genuine 1966 kits $100 each" had bar codes on them!

And I remember back a bit when I guy I worked with brought in a 1970s Camaro brochure he bought in an antique shop for $100. He owned Camaros and would go to the dealer every year to get the new brochure. He forgot to do it one year. He was convinced he was the only person in the country who did that and the ones he had were absolutely unique. He saw that missing holy grail and seized the opportunity! He was very happy with himself so I didn't point out that it was a $10 brochure from my sources.

and you think the model sellers are crazy?? The stamp collectors are amazingly worse. I see the very same items in the $100s to $1000 price that have been renewed regularly for the past 5 years.

Edited April 25, 2015 by Tom Geiger

[Ben]

I was curious today about the lunch box collectors. There is a lunch box on EBay right now for, get this.......over four THOUSAND dollars!?!?!? Who in their right mind is going to pay that for an old lunch box???

[fseva]

It's what happens when eBay keeps giving away free listings and relistings, in order to keep an inflated number of items available for sale. In one search that I do every so often, I have been seeing a handful of items that have been relisted, over and over, for the last five or six years.

It could also be the "store sellers" who are REQUIRED to make a certain number of listings per month... all they have to do is devote a good number of items to the cause, mark them up so high that they can't possibly sell, and auto-relist them. Sure would take the pressure off!

[Tom Geiger]

I was curious today about the lunch box collectors. There is a lunch box on EBay right now for, get this.......over four THOUSAND dollars!?!?!? Who in their right mind is going to pay that for an old lunch box???

Thanks for the heads up on the lunch box. It was the last one I need for my collection so I grabbed it!

It's not about right mind / out of your mind... it's about your cost of money. For some folks four grand is insurmountable, for others it's pocket change, that they'll gladly spend to get something they want... without a second thought...

Says the guy who was just admiring a set of US Zeppelin stamps for a grand! Note I said admiring. I didn't hit the button.

[Mackvision]

It bothers me the recent "trend" of ebay sellers breaking up a kit by the sprue/tree ie; cab,engine,interior etc listing them separately and asking RIDICULOUS prices for them! saw an AMT 72 Chevy pickup cab/body listed for $75.00 buy it now!..............................Mark

[Fat Brian]

The first time I noticed someone parting out a kit he had split it up into useful groups, like the whole body with the bumpers and stuff, then the whole chassis and so on. I bought a couple different of these groups since they were reasonably priced and had everything you needed. I can't justify paying $25 for a cab and then having to pay $15 for the hood and $10 for the grill and on and on.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

So the computer I use for video tunneling (Playstation into PC to monitor) needs a new 3.5 floppy disk drive. Meh.

So, in total it needs a DVD drive (the one in it is from 1998.. safe to say it's kinda tired), a 3.5 floppy drive, install the 5.25 drive, set up the Sound Blaster, rewire the video port, connect the USB extension to the casemodded hub, new HDD activity light, and quick-release case screws.

[vintagedragcrazy]

Your to young to have that much stuff to irke you you need to give up on the computer games and stuff like that and build some models or get a girlfriend and then you can be irked because you have no money.

Vince

[chunkypeanutbutter]

I make time enough in my life to allow everything to slightly annoy me. I like a lot of stuff, but I find irksome things in everything I do.

[High octane]

If you find irksome things in everything you do, you need to do other things that won't irk you. I find that as I get older, there are less and less things that irk me. Things that mattered when I was much younger, don't matter much anymore. Life changes and so do people.

[vintagedragcrazy]

Hey only messin with ya except the girlfriend thing if you have one of them you won't have any money lol

vince

[chunkypeanutbutter]

If you find irksome things in everything you do, you need to do other things that won't irk you.

Here's an example.

Vintage computers. I love writing code in BASIC, fixing broken computers, using something someone threw out, and the sheer simplicity of it.

I don't like, however, the cost of some repair parts, when I can't find that cable I put in my desk the other day, and RWG errors.

Something irksome in everything.

[Pim]

Hey only messin with ya except the girlfriend thing if you have one of them you won't have any money lol

vince

What he said

[southpier]

.... find that as I get older, there are less and less things that irk me. Things that mattered when I was much younger, don't matter much anymore. Life changes and so do people.

ayuh

[Olskoolrodder]

The washing machine we bought 3 months ago (refurbished,with 60 day warranty),it broke down for the 4th time today,fixed it,and it terminally broke on the first wash...a Maytag at that

[oldnslow]

Out doing yard clean up Saturday, it's 8:30 PM and 84 degrees, welcome to Florida.

Edited April 27, 2015 by oldnslow

[Pete J.]

The washing machine we bought 3 months ago (refurbished,with 60 day warranty),it broke down for the 4th time today,fixed it,and it terminally broke on the first wash...a Maytag at that

Maytag ain't what it once was. It is now a Whirlpool company. They throw a couple of widget on it and call it a Maytag.

[my80malibu]

I think, Maytags only repairman died a few years back, so your really in trouble now.

[Roadrunner]

So the computer I use for video tunneling (Playstation into PC to monitor) needs a new 3.5 floppy disk drive. Meh.

So, in total it needs a DVD drive (the one in it is from 1998.. safe to say it's kinda tired), a 3.5 floppy drive, install the 5.25 drive, set up the Sound Blaster, rewire the video port, connect the USB extension to the casemodded hub, new HDD activity light, and quick-release case screws.

I'll be upgrading my own PC (not for gaming though) later this year. Already have a new motherboard with 32GB RAM capacity, and I'll be throwig an Intel i5 or i7 quad core processor on it, plus a new SATA III 2TB internal drive (not solid state though, as that would cost a small fortune), as well as a liquid cooled procesor fan. Once I then do a clean install of Windows, it should be more than adequate for my personal needs.

[Joe Handley]

I had the notifications on my phone set to use a Challenger Hellcat ringtone offered by SRT, which is the car revving up and launching like I use for the actual ringtone. With Mom being in the hospital again, I've always got an ear out for it when I'm not there. Problem is, when the videos I'm tipically alerted to pop up, it panics me thinking there could be an issue with Mom and I may need to run for it. Usually, I've gotten these alerts while at work, but also got two in the middle of the night/early morning, which REALLY scared me!

Needless to say, that tone has been changed this afternoon!

[Olskoolrodder]

Maytag ain't what it once was. It is now a Whirlpool company. They throw a couple of widget on it and call it a Maytag.

I think, Maytags only repairman died a few years back, so your really in trouble now.

LOL!

Well,spent the day at the laundomat today--haven't done that in 1.5 decades,LOL! Wasn't so bad,had a nice chat with a nice elderly lady whose grand daughter has just left for Naval BT (she noticed my Veteran license plate and the conversation was struck ),not a bad way to spend an hour IMO

[bobthehobbyguy]

The usual stupid people. Too busy with stupid phones. The usual assortment of bad drivers. People who don't understand the concept of civility.

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Even worse, people in cars on their phones. I once saw a cement truck driver on his phone, and that really incensed me.

[Nova-ss]

I look at kits that high as the seller don't really want to sell it.I would pay much if it was the last kit ever.I look for what I want and for others looking for kits or parts..I have to do something in dialysis. Sometimes I see those kits that cost thst much and wonder,does it

have a job? Does it run?..its funny to watch those kits..but ebay rules can be difficult to deal with.

[bobthehobbyguy]

I was not able to attend GSL this year. Really bummed.